In the sphere of energy efficiency and renewable energy act more than 200 documents, among them more than 10 laws of Ukraine, about 15 decrees of the President of Ukraine, more than 120 decrees of the Government of Ukraine and other by-laws.

Current legislation provides next mechanisms of energy efficiency stimulation and alternative energy development:

• Immunity from import custom duties and VAT *:

equipment, fed by alternative and renewable sources of energy, materials, equipment, components and parts used for production of equipment, fed by alternative and renewable sources of energy, energy conservation equipment and materials, measuring and control equipment, equipment and materials for alternative types of fuel production;

materials, equipment and constituent parts which are used for production of equipment, which works on renewable energy sources, which produce alternative type of fuels, energy saving equipment and materials, machinery, exploitation of which ensures the saving and rational usage of fuel energy resources, measuring systems, control and coast management of fuel energy resources.

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* art. 19 Law of Ukraine «On unified customs tariff» and art. 5.18 Law of Ukraine «On value added tax»

• Immunity from profit tax *:

Obtained from sell on the customs territory of Ukraine of such self-produced goods, as equipment, fed by renewable types of fuel, energy conservation equipment and materials, machinery, which operation provides economy and rational use of fuel and energy resources, measuring and control and coast management of fuel energy resources , equipment for alternative types of fuel production;

Obtained from economic operations on extraction and use of gas (methane) from coal mines till the 1^st of January, 2020;

Obtained from simultaneous generation of heat and electric power and/or generation of heat power with use of biological types of fuel for 10 years;

Producers of machinery, equipment, hardware for production and reconstruction of technical and transport facilities, including agricultural machinery, and energy installations, which consume biological types of fuel, obtained from sell of mentioned machinery, equipment and hardware, which were produced on the territory of Ukraine for 10 years;

Producers of biofuels, obtained from sell of biofuels for 10 years;

Included in State register of enterprises, institutions and organizations, which concerned in design, implementation and use of energy saving measures and energy efficient projects, but not more than 50% of total taxable profit.

* art. 7.13 and 7.20 Law of Ukraine «On enterprise profit taxation».

• Immunity from import custom duties *:

In the period from the 1^st of January, 2010, till the 1^st of January, 2019, mechanisms, equipment and hardware, which is used for reconstruction of existing and building of new enterprises, concerned in biofuels production, and for production and reconstruction of technical and transport facilities with the aim of use of biofuels;

Technical and transport facilities, including agricultural machinery, fed by biofuels.

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* art. 19  Law of Ukraine «On unified customs tariff»

• Establishment of «Green» tariff *:

“Green” tariff is installed on the level of retail tariff on the January, 2009, multiplied by the “green” tariff coefficient, in the USD equivalent:

1,2 – for electric power, produced from wind power by objects of electric power, under 600kWt of total installed power;

1,4 – for electric power, produced from wind power stations, 600-2000kWt of total installed power;

2,1 – for electric power, produced from wind power stations, more than 2 000kWt of total installed power;

2,3 – for electric power, produced from biomass;

4,8 – for electric power, produced from solar radiation energy by the ground electric objects;

4,6 – for electric power, produced from solar radiation energy by the ground electric objects, which are mounted on the roofs of buildings, structures and facilities, more than 100kWt of installed power;

4,4 – for electric power, produced from solar radiation energy by the ground electric objects, which are mounted on the roofs of buildings, structures and facilities, under 100kWt of installed power, and also for objects, installed on elevations of buildings, structures and facilities, in spite of installed power;

0,8 – for electric power, produced by small hydropower stations.

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*art. 17 Law of Ukraine «On electricity»