Normative base
WATER CODE OF UKRAINE
(Information of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine (VVR), 1995, No. 24, Art.189)
{Enacted by Resolution of the Verkhovna Rada
No. 214/95-VR of 06.06.95, VVR, 1995, No. 24, Art.190}
{With amendments introduced by the following Laws:
No. 1990-III of 21.09.2000, VVR, 2000, No. 45, Art.390
No. 2120-III of 07.12.2000, VVR, 2001, No. 2-3, Art.10
No. 2905-III of 20.12.2001, VVR, 2002, No. 12-13, Art.92
No. 380-IV of 26.12.2002, VVR, 2003, No. 10-11, Art.86
No. 762-IV of 15.05.2003, VVR, 2003, No. 30, Art.247
No. 1344-IV of 27.11.2003, VVR, 2004, No. 17-18, Art.250
No. 2285-IV of 23.12.2004, VVR, 2005, No. 7-8, Art.162
No. 2288-IV of 23.12.2004, VVR, 2005, No. 6, Art.138
No. 2505-IV of 25.03.2005, VVR, 2005, No. 17, No. 18-19, Art.267
No. 3370-IV of 19.01.2006, VVR, 2006, No. 22, Art.184
No. 3421-IV of 09.02.2006, VVR, 2006, No. 22, Art.199
No. 398-V of 30.11.2006, VVR, 2007, No. 3, Art.31
No. 997-V of 27.04.2007, VVR, 2007, No. 33, Art.440
No. 107-VI of 28.12.2007, VVR, 2008, No. 5-6, No. 7-8, Art.78}
{See also Decision of the Constitutional Court
No. 10-rp/2008 of 22.05.2008}
{With amendments introduced by the following Laws:
No. 309-VI of 03.06.2008, VVR, 2008, No. 27-28, Art.253
No. 2457-VI of 08.07.2010, VVR, 2010, No. 48, Art.564
No. 2740-VI of 02.12.2010, VVR, 2011, No. 18, Art.122
No. 2756-VI of 02.12.2010, VVR, 2011, No. 23, Art.160
No. 3530-VI of 16.06.2011, VVR, 2012, No. 2-3, Art.3
No. 4220-VI of 22.12.2011, VVR, 2012, No. 29, Art.345
No. 4709-VI of 17.05.2012, VVR, 2013, No. 7, Art.65
No. 5293-VI of 18.09.2012, VVR, 2013, No. 43, Art.616
No. 5456-VI of 16.10.2012, VVR, 2013, No. 46, Art.640 –
amendments effective from 18.11.2012, except provisions concerning transfer of powers from territorial bodies of the central executive authority responsible for environmental policy to regional, Kyiv, Sevastopol city state administrations, and executive bodies of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, which take effect from 18.05.2013 – see Section II, Clause 1 of Law No. 5456-VI of 16.10.2012
No. 5502-VI of 20.11.2012, VVR, 2014, No. 8, Art.88
No. 365-VII of 02.07.2013, VVR, 2014, No. 14, Art.248
No. 1193-VII of 09.04.2014, VVR, 2014, No. 23, Art.873
No. 71-VIII of 28.12.2014, VVR, 2015, No. 7-8, No. 9, Art.55
No. 1472-VIII of 14.07.2016, VVR, 2016, No. 34, Art.592
No. 1641-VIII of 04.10.2016, VVR, 2016, No. 46, Art.780
No. 1830-VIII of 07.02.2017, VVR, 2017, No. 11, Art.100
No. 2059-VIII of 23.05.2017, VVR, 2017, No. 29, Art.315
No. 124-IX of 20.09.2019, VVR, 2019, No. 46, Art.295
No. 232-IX of 29.10.2019, VVR, 2019, No. 51, Art.379
No. 233-IX of 29.10.2019, VVR, 2019, No. 51, Art.380
No. 554-IX of 13.04.2020, VVR, 2020, No. 37, Art.277 – effective from 1 January 2021
No. 711-IX of 17.06.2020, VVR, 2020, No. 46, Art.394
No. 963-IX of 04.11.2020
No. 1054-IX of 03.12.2020
No. 1259-IX of 19.02.2021, VVR, 2021, No. 21, Art.190 – effective from 17.06.2021
No. 1423-IX of 28.04.2021, VVR, 2023, No. 9-10, Art.25
No. 1726-IX of 08.09.2021, VVR, 2021, No. 50, Art.397 – effective from 02.01.2022
No. 2079-IX of 17.02.2022, VVR, 2023, No. 16, Art.55
No. 2468-IX of 28.07.2022
No. 2573-IX of 06.09.2022, VVR, 2023, No. 26, Art.93
No. 3272-IX of 27.07.2023
No. 3441-IX of 08.11.2023
No. 4017-IX of 10.10.2023
All waters (water bodies) within the territory of Ukraine are the national heritage of the Ukrainian people, one of the natural foundations of its economic development and social well-being.
Water resources ensure the existence of humans, animals, and plant life, and are limited and vulnerable natural objects.
Under conditions of increasing anthropogenic pressure on the environment, the development of social production, and the growth of material needs, there arises the necessity to develop and adhere to special rules for the use of water resources, their rational utilization, and ecologically oriented protection.
The Water Code, in combination with organizational, legal, economic, and educational measures, will contribute to the formation of water-ecological legal order and to ensuring the ecological safety of the population of Ukraine, as well as to the more effective, scientifically grounded use of waters and their protection from pollution, littering, and depletion.
