Member of the Board of the Solar Energy Association of Ukraine, Managing Partner of Sokolovsky & Partners Law Firm Vladislav Sokolovsky and ASEU Director Artem Semenyshyn met with Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on Finance, Tax and Customs Policy, Danylo Hetmantsev.
The meeting focused on the introduction of excise duty for producers of renewable energy sources. The relevant Bill 5600 was recently adopted by the Verkhovna Rada in the first reading and is currently being finalized by the Tax Committee for the second, final reading.
Representatives of the solar energy industry voiced the position of “green” electricity producers on the inadmissibility of the introduction of excise duty on clean electricity and called for removing the relevant provision from the bill to the second reading, as it violates a number of existing investment laws, international law and may lead to international arbitration.