The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine decrees:

To approve the attached Procedure for establishing temporary consumption norms, quality standards and modes of provision of housing and communal services.

Prime Minister of Ukraine Yu.TYMOSHENKO

APPROVED by Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine of 16 June 2005 No. 481

PROCEDURE for establishing temporary consumption norms, quality standards and modes of provision of housing and communal services

1. This Procedure defines the mechanism for establishing by local executive authorities or local self-government bodies of temporary consumption norms for housing and communal services of Group II (cold and hot water, centralized heating, removal of household waste), quality standards for services and modes of their provision, taking into account the technical capabilities of housing and communal enterprises, climatic and other local conditions.

2. Temporary consumption norms for cold and hot water, removal of household waste, as well as temporary quality standards for centralized supply of cold and hot water, centralized heating, removal of household waste and modes of their provision (hereinafter - temporary norms) shall be established by local executive authorities or local self-government bodies in accordance with their powers in the event of a threat or occurrence of emergency situations that lead to disruption of the technological cycle at housing and communal facilities in the region or settlement, which prevent normal functioning of centralized cold and hot water supply, wastewater disposal, centralized heating and removal of household waste.

3. Temporary norms and periods of their validity shall be established on the basis of the relevant justification and calculations submitted by the providers/producers of housing and communal services and shall be agreed with the territorial bodies of the Ministry of Health, Derzhspozhyvstandart, and the Ministry of Environmental Protection. The norms shall be established for a period of not more than one year.

4. The local executive authority or local self-government body shall be obliged to inform consumers and the providers/producers of housing and communal services about the reasons for establishing temporary norms and the periods of their validity.

5. On the basis of the adopted decision on the establishment of temporary norms, the providers/producers of housing and communal services shall recalculate the amount of payment for services provided to consumers.

Due to the introduction of temporary consumption norms for housing and communal services, recalculation of subsidies assigned to the population shall not be carried out.

In the event of an increase in temporary consumption norms for housing and communal services, the additional costs of the provider/producer associated with the establishment of temporary norms shall be compensated by the body that adopted the decision on their establishment.