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RULG   Adoption of the National Program for the Development of Minerals - Raw Materials Base in Ukraine for the Period until 2030.

On 20 May 2011 the President of Ukraine signed the Law "On Amending the Law of Ukraine "On Approving a National Program for the Development of Minerals - Raw Materials Base in Ukraine for the Period until 2010", which restates the old law in a new version and contains the National Program for Development of the Minerals - Raw Materials Base in Ukraine until 2030. The Program took effect on 25 May 2011.

  You may read a full Summary on the Program in PDF format

RULG   Report on American Chamber of Commerce in Ukraine's Knowledge Seminar "Prospects for Unconventional Gas Extraction in Ukraine: Environmental and Technological Aspects"

On 20 May 2011, RULG attorneys attended the Seminar organized by American Chamber of Commerce in Ukraine, which was dedicated to the prospects for unconventional gas extraction in Ukraine. The seminar was organized with support from Mr. V.Tikhonov, Vice Prime Minister of Ukraine, the Ministry of Regional Development, Construction and Municipal Economy of Ukraine and the Ministry of Fuel and Coal Industry of Ukraine.

  You may read a full Report in PDF format

Irina Paliashvili,  
Tamara Lukanina
  Overview of Ukraine’s Subsoil Licensing Regime in 2010 and Trends for 2011

Published in the Ukrainian Law Firms 2011. A Handbook for Foreign Clients by Yuridicheskaya Practika Publishing.

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Irina Paliashvili,  
Tamara Lukanina
  Update on Ukraine's Legal Regime for Upstream Oil and Gas at the Beginning of 2011

Published in the February 2011 issue of Russian Petroleum Investor (Volume XX, Issue 2) by WorldTrade Executive, Inc.

  Download update on the article published in Russian Petroleum Investor in PDF

Irina Paliashvili,  
Tamara Lukanina
  Overview of Ukraine's Legal Regime for Upstream Oil & Gas Sector in 2010 and the Beginning of 2011

Published in the February 2011 issue of Oil, Gas & Energy Law Intelligence (OGEL)

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For authors' profiles please visit OGEL's Web site: Dr. Irina Paliashvili and Ms. Tamara Lukanina

Irina Paliashvili,  
Tamara Lukanina
  Developments in the Ukrainian Oil and Gas Sector

Published in the January 2011 issue of Russian Petroleum Investor (Volume XX, Issue 1) by WorldTrade Executive, Inc.

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Irina Paliashvili,  
Tamara Lukanina
  Update on Licensing for Ukrainian Subsoil Use and Trends for 2010

Published in the January 2010 issue of Russian Petroleum Investor (Volume XIX, Issue 1) by WorldTrade Executive, Inc.

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Irina Paliashvili,  
Tamara Lukanina
  Update on the Licensing Regime for Subsoil Use in Ukraine

Published in the March 2009 issue of Russian Petroleum Investor (Volume XVIII, Issue 3) by WorldTrade Executive, Inc.

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Irina Paliashvili,  
Tamara Lukanina
  Overview of the Subsoil Licensing Regime in 2008 and the Tendencies for 2009

Published in the Ukrainian Law Firms 2009. A Handbook for Foreign Clients by Yuridicheskaya Practika Publishing.

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Irina Paliashvili,  
Tamara Lukanina
  Overview of the Ukrainian Licensing Regime for Subsoil Use in 2007

Published in the February 2008 issue of Russian Petroleum Investor (Volume XVII, Issue 2) and the January 2008 issue of Russia/Eurasia Executive Guide (Volume 18, No.1) by WorldTrade Executive, Inc.

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Irina Paliashvili   Overview of Licensing Regime for the Use of Subsoil in Ukraine in 2007

Published in the Ukrainian Law Firms 2008. A Handbook for Foreign Clients by Yuridicheskaya Practika Publishing.

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Irina Paliashvili   Two Alternative Regimes for the Use of Subsoil in Ukraine

Published in 2006, #3 issue of Russian/CIS Energy & Mining Law Journal (an expanded version of the article previously published in the Ukrainian Law Firms 2006).

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Irina Paliashvili,  
Victor Kovalenko
  Two Alternative Regimes for the Use of Subsoil in Ukraine

Published in the Ukrainian Law Firms 2006. A Handbook for Foreign Clients by Yuridicheskaya Practika Publishing.

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Irina Paliashvili,  
Dmytro Syrota
  Elections First
The article provides an overview of recent and expected legislative developments in Ukraine's Oil & Gas sector and describes the current state of affairs, including by analyzing how the licensing and PSA regimes are implemented in practice. It also covers certain issues related to taxation in this sphere.

Published in issue #15 (October 2005) of Oil & Gas Vertical Analytical Journal.

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Irina Paliashvili,  
Dmytro Syrota
  New Government Initiatives for the Attraction of Investments in the Oil-and-Gas Sector in Ukraine
(Outline of the presentation at the Conference entitled "Tax Solutions for the Oil and Gas Industry in Russia & CIS" held in Moscow on 27-28th of June 2005)

Published in 4'2005 (Volume III) edition of Russian/CIS Energy & Mining Law Journal.

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Irina Paliashvili, Dmytro Syrota   During 2003-2004, we contributed materials and comments to the draft Report of the Energy Charter Secretariat on Regulation of International Natural Gas Transportation (Country Report Ukraine), which is an integral part of the "Regulation of International Natural Gas Transportation" project of the Energy Charter Secretariat. The draft Report presented an analysis of the legal regime for natural gas transportation in Ukraine and identified legal barriers to natural gas transit across Ukrainian territory. The analysis of the legal regime was based on a comparative study, in which relevant domestic law was compared to international rights and obligations in the field of natural gas transportation.   The Report was published on the Energy Charter Secretariat's Web site in 2004 at: http://www.encharter.org

Irina Paliashvili   Ukraine Enacts Production-Sharing Legislation for Natural Resources - PSA Proliferation
Published in Russian Petroleum Investor, January 2000, Vol. IX, Issue 1
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Irina Paliashvili, Vadim Dmitriev, and Ethan Burger   The Need for and Future of Production Sharing Legislation in Ukraine
A version of this article was published in BNA's Eastern European Reporter, Vol. 8, No. 19 November 1998.
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