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Framework Law

The main law applicable to water resources management, which covers all of the following areas: administration; management, conservation and use of freshwater resources; water rights; waterworks; water supply
Water Code (No.213/95-VR of 1995).
Date of original text: 06 June 1995 (2017)

Constitutional provisions

Constitution of Ukraine.
Date of text: 28 June 1996

Right to water: No provisions regarding the right to water.

Natural resources: Every citizen shall have the right to utilise the natural objects of the people’s property rights in accordance with the law. Property entails responsibility. Property shall not be used to the detriment of the individual or the society. The State shall ensure protection of rights of all property rights holders and economic operators, and the social orientation of the economy. All the property rights holders shall be equal before the law (Article 13).

Agriculture

Water used for irrigation, forestry and aquaculture
Law No. 997-XIV “On concessions”.
Date of original text: 16 July 1999 (2013)
Order No. 11 of the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food validating the Regulation on the Methodology for calculation of fee for lease of part of fishery waterbody and fishery technological waterbody.
Date of text: 14 January 2014
Agreement between the State Committee on Water management of Ukraine and the Ministry of Irrigation of Syria on cooperation in the sphere of water management.
Date of text: 21 April 2002

Water Supply and Sanitation

Provision of water services by public utilities or commercial organizations; water supply for domestic, industrial or other purposes; right to safe and clean drinking water and basic sanitation; quality of piped water; sewerage
Law No. 2918-III on potable water and potable water supply.
Date of original text: 10 January 2002 (2004)
Law No. 2119-VIII "On commercial accounting of thermal energy and water supply".
Date of text: 22 June 2017
Law No. 2047-VIII amending Law No. 2918-III on potable water and potable water supply.
Date of text: 18 May 2017

Governance

The political, social, economic and administrative systems that govern water management and conservation; good practices; good governance; decentralization; water user’s associations
Decree No. 247 of the Cabinet of Ministers validating the Regulation on the procedure for the development of flood risk management plan.
Date of text: 04 April 2018
Decree No. 336 of the Cabinet of Ministers validating the Regulation on the procedure for elaboration of river basin management plan.
Date of text: 18 May 2017
Order No. 23 of the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources validating the Model Regulation on basin councils.
Date of text: 26 January 2017

Infrastructure

Waterworks; water supply systems; dams; hydropower systems; irrigation systems
Order No. 304 of the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources validating the form of authorization for works on water resource land.
Date of text: 09 August 2017
Order No. 276 of the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources validating the Regulation on preservation and depreservation of land reclamation systems and separate facilities of engineering infrastructure.
Date of text: 24 July 2017
Order No. 742 of the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food validating the Instruction on elaboration of certificate of fishery waterbody.
Date of text: 16 December 2013

Water Resources Management and Water Rights

Ownership and control of water resources; abstraction and diversion of water; allocation and quotas; riparian rights; priority of rights; free water use
Law No. 2918-III on potable water and potable water supply.
Date of original text: 10 January 2002 (2004)
Law No. 2047-VIII amending Law No. 2918-III on potable water and potable water supply.
Date of text: 18 May 2017
Law No. 2624-VI “On particulars of transfer in concession of the objects of heat supply, water abstraction and water supply”.
Date of original text: 21 October 2010 (2013)

Water and Environment

Water in environmentally-sensitive areas; ‘water demand’ by ecosystems; protection forests; water conservation zones; environmental impact assessment
Law No. 1641-VIII amending some legislative acts.
Date of text: 04 October 2016
Law No. 997-XIV “On concessions”.
Date of original text: 16 July 1999 (2013)
Decree No. 401 of the Cabinet of Ministers validating the Regulation on the procedure for the use of funds provided by the state budget for the priority provision of rural areas with centralized water supply.
Date of text: 23 May 2018

Water Quality and Pollution Control

Control of pollution and quality of freshwater bodies and groundwater; agricultural point and non-point sources of pollution; water quality standards
Law No. 2918-III on potable water and potable water supply.
Date of original text: 10 January 2002 (2004)
Law No. 2686-III regards amendments to the Administrative Code concerning liability for the infringement of the rules of navigation.
Date of text: 13 September 2001
Presidential Decree No. 436/2001 regarding system of regulation of emergencies in water basins.
Date of text: 15 June 2001

Groundwater

Freshwater resources located below the surface of the earth; aquifers; groundwater abstraction; well-sinking; boreholes; hydrogeology
Law No. 2849-VI amending Subsoil Code (No.132/94-VR of 1994).
Date of text: 22 December 2010
Order No. 234 of the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources validating the Regulation on approval of the form of permit for special water management and calculation of the amount of water use and sewerage.
Date of text: 23 June 2017
Decree No. 336 of the Cabinet of Ministers validating the Regulation on the procedure for elaboration of river basin management plan.
Date of text: 18 May 2017

Disaster Resilience

Water-related hazards; flood; drought; water shortage; adaptation to climate change; early warning system/emergency intervention system
Presidential Decree No. 436/2001 regarding system of regulation of emergencies in water basins.
Date of text: 15 June 2001
Decree No. 401 of the Cabinet of Ministers validating the Regulation on the procedure for the use of funds provided by the state budget for the priority provision of rural areas with centralized water supply.
Date of text: 23 May 2018
Decree No. 247 of the Cabinet of Ministers validating the Regulation on the procedure for the development of flood risk management plan.
Date of text: 04 April 2018

Transboundary Waters

Transboundary effects; international basin institutions; international agreements; transboundary coordination; transboundary aquifers
Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Belarus and the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine on the activities of border commissioners.
Date of text: 04 May 2015
Agreement between the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine and the Government of the Republic of Moldova on cooperation in the sphere of protection and sustainable development of the Dniester river basin.
Date of text: 29 November 2012
Memorandum on mutual understanding between the State Agency for Water Resources of Ukraine and the Ministry of Water Resources of the People's Republic of China.
Date of text: 11 September 2012

Policies

Irrigation and drainage strategy in Ukraine until 2030.
Date of text: 14 August 2019
Main principles (strategy) of the state environmental policy of Ukraine for the period up to 2030.
Date of text: 28 February 2019
Ukraine 2050 Low Emission Development Strategy.
Date of text: 01 November 2017
Law No. 4836-VI “On Approval of the National Target Program for the Development of the Water Management and Environmental Recovery of the Dnieper River Basin until 2021”.
Date of text: 24 May 2012

Main basins

Prut
Elancik
Kojilnik
Mius
Sarata
Bug
Dniester
Dnieper/Dnipro River
Vistula/Dnieper
Vistula/Visla
Danube