18:10 30.05.2016

State fund aviation activity fee remains unregulated – UIA president

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KYIV. May 30 (Interfax-Ukraine) – The issue of levy to the state fund for financing national expenditures on aviation activity is not regulated by law, President of Ukraine International Airlines (UIA, Kyiv) Yuriy Miroshnikov has said.

"The fee we are arguing about was introduced in 1993, but the legal situation during that time has changed. New Air and Tax Codes have been introduced. Next came the dispute with the State Aviation Service, which has not been resolved. A legal analysis showed the fee ceased to correspond to the norms of Ukrainian legislation," he said at a press conference at Interfax-Ukraine.

According to Miroshnikov, UIA has repeatedly urged the State Aviation Service to bring regulations into line with legislation, so that airlines could legally pay the fee from revenues for each transported passenger.

"The law requires that such payments should be regulated at the level of law. It is necessary to define the payer, the terms and the procedure. But even if we assume that it [the current norm] can be applied, the procedure remains unregulated. So, we do not know how much to pay. For example, if the charge is set in U.S. dollars, then what exchange rate should we use to calculate it?" Partner of ECOVIS Bondar and Bondar law firm Oleh Bondar stated.

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