On 17th of August 2010, the new Law of Ukraine "On Lands
for Energy Facilities and the Legal Regime of Special Areas for
Energy Facilities" came into force.
The main purpose of this law is to define the main legal and
organizational basis of the procedure of land allocation and the
use of lands for energy facilities, including setting and observing
the legal regime of lands for energy facilities provided for the
continuous operation of such objects.
The law permits obtaining of leasehold and freehold rights to
state or communal lands for development of energy facilities not
just from the lands designated for energy purposes, but also from
lands of other designations without the need to change of land
zoning. At the first glance, the land allocation procedure is
considerably simplified; however, Ukrainian law does not regulates
the procedure of registration of servitudes that makes the
establishment of rights to use such lands almost impossible.
