National Legislation

WTE Donetsk Project will be developed in full accordance with the Ukrainian legislation. Below one can find the list of laws and other legislative norms to be used while project development:
 
The legislation of Ukraine in the field of alternative energy:

• "About Introduction of the Changes and Amendments to Some Legislative Acts of Ukraine as for Assistance in Production and Use of the Biological Types of Fuel" dated 21.05.09 Nº 1391-VI
• "On Ratification of the Agreement between the Government of Ukraine and the Government of the Kingdom of Sweden on Promotion and Mutual Protection of Investments" dated 21.12.96 Nº 645/96-BP
• "On Introduction of Changes into the Law of Ukraine "On Electric Energy" as for Stimulation of Alternative Energy Sources Usage" dated 01.04.09 Nº 1220-VI
• "Amendments  to the Law of Ukraine "On United Custom Tariff" dated 31.05.07 Nº
  1109-V
• "On Alternative Types of Liquid and Gaseous Fuel" dated 14.01.00 Nº 1391-XIV.
• "On Introduction of Changes to Some Laws of Ukraine as for Introduction of "Green" Tariff" dated 25.09.08 Nº 601-VI.
• "On Introduction of changes to certain legislative documents regarding the simplification of the procedure of the obtaining of the land rights"

The decision of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine

• "On Peculiarities of Connection to Electrical Grids of the Electric Energy Units, which Produce Electric Energy Using Alternative Sources" dated 19.02.09 Nº 126.

The Directive of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine

• "On Primary Actions as for Reduction of the Natural Gas Consumption Amounts till in a period until 2010" dated 19.02.09 Nº 256-p.

Decree of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine

• "About some measures as for assistance for foreign investment in the production of biofuel" dated 16.04.09 Nº 323 is one.

ENVIRONMENT:    

SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT:  

STATE CONSTRUCTION REGULATIONS OF UKRAINE

• DBN A.2.2-1-2003 Procedures and documents required for the Environment Impact Assessment (Assessment of design and construction of the enterprises, buildings and constructions) 15.12.2003. ? 214  
• DBN/SBC (State Building Code) A.2.2-3-2003. Annex K: air/water/land protection, flora and fauna, waste material  
• DBN/SBC (State Building Code) 360-92** Town-planning. Planning and building of cities and rural settlements.  
• DBN/SBC (State Building Code) B.2.4-1-94 Planning and building of rural settlements Law of Ukraine "On Natural Environmental Protection"  
• Law of Ukraine of 16.10.92    "On Atmospheric air Protection" 
• GOST (All-Union State Standard) 17.2.3.02-78. Conservancy. Atmosphere. Rules of Establishment of the possible emissions of harmful matters by industrial enterprises. 
• GOST (All-Union State Standard) 17.2.1.03-84. Conservancy and atmosphere. Classification of the emissions on composition. 
• Decision of The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine on Establishment of Norms of takings for pollution of the environment of March, 1, 1999 ¹303, Kiev. (Last update in 07.09.2009) 
• The Recommendations on the division of enterprises on the category of danger depending on mass and specific composition of the contaminating matters emission in the atmosphere. Goskomgidromet (State Committee of Hydrology and Meteorology). 1987
• Law of Ukraine of 20.04.00 1690-III "On planning and land development" (Last update in 02.10.2010) 
• DBN/SBC (State Building Code) A.2.2-3-2004. Composition, order of registration, concordance and ratification of project document for building. 
• Rules of device of electricity generating plant. 6th edition. Energoatomizdat, 1987. 
• Industry Regulatory Document 341.003.003.006-2000. Meteorological researches of wind descriptions. 
• State Sanitary Rules of planning and building of human settlements
• Snip (Construction norms and specifications) II-12-77. Protecting from noise. 
• Snip (Construction norms and specifications) II-89. General layouts of industrial enterprises. 
• SBC (State Building Code) B.1.1-7-2002. Fire safety of building objects. 
• Snip (Construction norms and specifications) 2.01.01-82. The Building climatology and geophysics. 
• Snip (Construction norms and specifications) 11-3-79** Building thermal physics. Abolished by the Regulation of Minbud of Ukraine N 301 from 09.09.06 
• Snip (Construction norms and specifications) 2.01.15-90 Engineering defence of territories, buildings and buildings that defenses from dangerous geological processes. Executive summary of planning. 
• RD (Ruling Documents) 34.21.122-87. Instruction on the device of lightning protection buildings. 
• Sanpin (Sanitary Regulations and Norms) 173-96. The State Sanitary Rules of planning and building Settlements. 
• Sanpin (Sanitary Regulations and Norms) 239-96. The State Sanitary Rules of Electromagnetic vibrations. 
• Sanpin (Sanitary Regulations and Norms) 1304-75. The Sanitary Norms of possible vibrations in dwelling-houses. Was changed by ?? 
• Sanpin (Sanitary Regulations and Norms) 1757-77. The Sanitary Norms of possible tension electric field. 
• Sanpin (Sanitary Regulations and Norms) 3077-84. Sanitary Norms of possible noise in the apartments of dwellings and public buildings and on territory of dwelling building

European Legislation

Ukraine is currently developing its policy with respect to the integration to European Union. The legislative base is in the process of the ongoing adaptation to the Directives and standards of the European Union. With respect to that fact, the WTE Donetsk project will also fulfill not only Ukrainian but European environmental and technical standards.

Below one can find the list of the EU Directives to be used during the development and operation of the facility:

• The 1975 Framework Directive on Waste (75/442/EEC)
• The 1991 Framework Directive on Waste (91/156/EC)
• The Waste Incineration Directive (2000/76/EC)
• Directive 1999/31/EC on Landfilling of Waste
• Directive 1985/337/EC on the assessment of the effects of certain public and private projects on the environment
• The Machinery Directive 2006/42/EC
• The Pressure Equipment Directive 97/23/EC (PED)
• 2004/108/EC - Directive on Electromagnetic Compatibility, EMC
• 2006/95/EC - Low Voltage Directive, LVD
• 94/9/EC - Directive on Equipment in Explosive Atmospheres, ATEX