The United Nations Development Program (UNDP) has provided Ukraine's State Fiscal Service with equipment to monitor imports of ozone-depleting substances (ODS) to Ukraine, State Fiscal Service Head Roman Nasirov told reporters last week.

Nasirov and UNDP Country Director for Ukraine Janthomas Hiemstra signed a memorandum of understanding in Kyiv on March 25 as part of the Initial Implementation of Accelerated Hydrochlorofluorocarbon (HCFC) Phase-Out in the Countries with Economy in Transition (CEIT) Region.

The customs offices will obtain specialized equipment to determine contents and structure of substances imported to Ukraine. This would help monitoring the restrictions on imports of ODS to Ukraine. Now it is permitted to import no more than 270 tonnes of ODS to the country.

The State Fiscal Service has received 25 gas analyzers worth $207,500. The equipment will be sent to all customs divisions and customs checkpoints at ports. Laboratories of the State Fiscal Service in Kyiv and Odesa soon will be equipped to determine chemical structure of gases. The cost of the equipment is $223,800.

The Cabinet of Ministers in resolution No. 1176 dated December 30, 2015 approved a list of ODS and goods exports and imports of which is subject to licensi