Companies@UA: База компаний Украины

Kyiv, July 24 (Interfax-Ukraine) – The Ukrainian parliament has postponed discussion of a bill on minimizing the effects of the economic crisis on the development of Ukrainian industry.

The decision was backed by 255 out of 427 MPs registered in parliament on Friday.

Head of the Parliamentary Committee on Regulatory Policy and Entrepreneurship Natalia Korolevska (Bloc of Yulia Tymoshenko) called on the parliament to postpone discussion of this issue, and parliament supported the decision.

The bill was submitted by MPs Korolevska, Valeriy Krayniy (BYT) and Serhiy Kliuyev (Regions Party) on June 23.

The bill sets the terms for the introduction of environmental standards at the state border of Ukraine.

The norm, which was ruled unconstitutional by the Constitutional Court, was preserved in the new version of a bill. According to this norm, until January 1, 2011, the law foresees that goods, labor and services using state funds are bought from domestic producers of these goods, labor and services, apart from goods that are not produced in Ukraine. The president said that this violates the constitution.

The law comes into force from the moment of its original publication.