Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine on approval of the 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 June 16, 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 of services and modes of their provision, taking into account the technical capabilities of housing and communal enterprises, climatic and other local conditions.

2. Temporary norms for the consumption of cold and hot water, removal of household waste, as well as temporary quality standards for services of centralized supply of cold and hot water, centralized heating, removal of household waste and modes of their provision (hereinafter - temporary norms) are 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 the normal functioning of centralized cold and hot water supply, water disposal, centralized heating and removal of household waste.

3. Temporary norms and periods of their validity are established on the basis of the relevant justification and calculations submitted by the executors/producers of housing and communal services, and are agreed with the territorial bodies of the Ministry of Health, the State Consumer Standards, and the Ministry of Environment. The norms are established for a period of no more than one year.

4. The local executive authority or local self-government body is obliged to inform consumers and executors/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 establishing temporary norms, the executors/producers of housing and communal services recalculate the amount of payment for services provided to consumers.

In connection with the introduction of temporary consumption norms for housing and communal services, recalculation of subsidies assigned to the population is not carried out.

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