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On July 17, 2019, several Ukrainian stakeholders announced that the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine adopted new Regulation of the interaction between the Ukrainian Sea Ports Authority (‘USPA’) and the State Environmental Inspectorate of Ukraine (‘SEIU’) in case of polluting Ukrainian sea waters from ships within the territory of the seaports. The announcements were followed by words of a reasonable expectation that the Regulation is one more step in the suppression of bribery and corruption flourishing under the auspices of environmental control...

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Every year, tens of ships and vessels entering Ukrainian seaports get detained and stuck there. It happens for various reasons, including alleged pollution of Ukrainian seawaters..

On 27 March 2019, the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine issued a complex regulation, amending several other governmental acts, with the aim to soften the regulatory burden and to improve the business climate in Ukraine overall. Among other things, the Ukrainian government substantially changed the rules governing the environmental control of ships in Ukrainian seaports, including the control of ship ballast waters...

In August 2014, nearly six months after the beginning of Russian military aggression in Crimea and Donbass, Ukrainian Parliament passed a Law “On Sanctions”. There was a set of rules creating a completely new legal mechanism under this short title...

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