(Information of the Verkhovna Rada (VVR), 1996, N 52, Art. 304 )

Article 1. In connection with the state's failure to fulfill obligations regarding the payment of wages, pensions, scholarships, and other monetary payments to the population, it is temporarily prohibited to accrue penalties on settlements starting from October 1, 1996, and to collect from citizens of Ukraine penalties for late payment of apartment rent and for housing and communal services (water supply, gas, electric energy, thermal energy, wastewater disposal, maintenance and operation of housing and adjacent territories, garbage collection, elevator services).

Funds collected from citizens of Ukraine in the form of penalties on settlements for housing and communal services for the period from October 1, 1995, shall be credited toward future payments for housing and communal services.

Article 2. This Law shall apply until the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine eliminates the causes specified in Article 1 and the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine adopts a corresponding decision.

Article 3. This Law shall enter into force on the day of publication.

President of Ukraine L. KUCHMA Kyiv, November 13, 1996 N 486/96-VR