Today, the Verkhovna Rada Committee on Construction, Urban Development, Housing and Communal Services approved the draft Law of Ukraine “On Amendments to Certain Legislative Acts of Ukraine regarding improving conditions for construction activities” developed by the Ministry of Regional Development for the first reading.
The adoption of this draft law can provide Ukraine with +2 positions in the overall Doing Business ranking and +60 positions in terms of the construction component.
Key provisions of the draft law:
the abolition of the requirement to obtain the basic data and technical specifications from the State Emergency Service of Ukraine, including technical conditions on fire and technological safety;
the professional development of authorised workers in construction (preventing persons who didn’t get higher education in the relevant area from obtaining a certificate);
providing legal grounds allowing the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine to approve a list of construction works, which do not require documents to perform them and after the completion of which the facility is not subject to put into operation;
the abolition of the mandatory expertise on strength, reliability and durability of construction objects with I and II categories of complexity, which are built in areas with difficult conditions;
defining the legal conditions to improve the collection of state statistical reporting data on putting finished construction objects into operation.
The draft law is one of 46 steps in the roadmap developed by BRDO experts – it is an Action Plan on implementation of implementing the best practices of quality and effective regulation approved by the Government (#1406-p, 16/12/15). The implementation of all steps provided for in the roadmap will allow Ukraine to enter the top 20 of countries in terms of ease of doing business in the ranking (link to the ranking) annually formed by the World Bank. Currently, Ukraine takes the 81st position among 190 countries.