Arseniy Yatsenyuk: After licences for amber production are introduced, budget 2016 may receive additional 1 billion hryvnias
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Prime Minister of Ukraine Arseniy Yatsenyuk appealed to the Parliament
to adopt in September a law on licensing of amber production, the monopoly of state
and control over extraction of it, as well as on appropriate environmental
protection measures. The Prime Minister stated at the Ministry of Internal
Affairs of Ukraine on Tuesday, August 4.
The Head of Government stressed that 3 tonnes of illegally
mined amber seized by the Interior Ministry of Ukraine is merely the tip of an
iceberg: "It is the pinnacle of a corruption-based iceberg, which is situated
on the territories of several regions, where an illegal amber extraction is
carried out".
He reminded the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine had had three
bills to consider, aimed at legalization of amber production: "Unfortunately,
the Parliament has not supported any of these bills."
Arseniy Yatsenyuk addressed the Parliament with a request in
September to approve laws introducing the licensing of amber mining: "The
revenues of the state budget for 2016, planned by the Ministry of Finance at this
stage, envisage plus 1 billion hryvnias from the sale
of such licenses."
Apart from that, the Prime Minister accentuated it is
crucial to endorse laws pertaining to the state monopoly and control over amber
extraction, as well as planning environmental measures – “after all, what is
happening in these areas is just environmental destruction."
Arseniy Yatsenyuk informed that responsive activities to
combat illegal mining of amber will prolong: "What is happening there now
should rigidly be halted, on the one hand by the law enforcement activities,
that are now underway, and on the other hand using economic tools and methods by
adoption a law on the legalization of amber extraction and the protection of environment".