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Rada raises limit for local administrations in determining humanitarian aid
KYIV. Sept 22 (Interfax-Ukraine) – The Verkhovna Rada has expanded the powers of local administrations and allowed them to define cargoes as humanitarian aid.
The corresponding bill No.3527 was supported at the second reading by 283 MPs at the plenary session on Tuesday.
The law expands the powers of the Council of Ministers of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, regional, Kyiv and Sevastopol city state administrations to determine as humanitarian aid cargo weighing up to five tonnes in the manner prescribed by the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine, and cargo up to 22 tonnes, if they consist exclusively of goods needed to prevent and eliminate outbreaks of epidemics or intended to overcome other emergencies.
According to the law, local administrations will also be able to recognize as humanitarian aid cars to provide assistance to persons with disabilities and special and specialized vehicles (except taxis and collection vehicles) for enterprises, institutions and organizations supported by the budget.
The law comes into force a month after its publication in the parliamentary newspaper Holos Ukrainy (Voice of Ukraine).
As reported, on December 1, 2020, the Verkhovna Rada adopted the relevant bill No. 3527 On Amendments to Article 5 of the Law On Humanitarian Aid at the first reading, which was supposed to expand the powers of local administrations and allow them to define as humanitarian aid cargoes up to 12 tonnes. During the discussion of the bill in preparation for the second reading, MPs proposed to reduce the weight of the cargo, which allows it to be considered humanitarian aid, to six or five tonnes, whereas previously, according to the law, local governments recognized as humanitarian aid cargo weighing only up to three tonnes.
