EU welcomes passage of law designed to boost inland water transport

Ukraine’s parliament, the Verkhovna Rada, has passed a bill on inland water transport in the second reading during its session on Dec. 3. The document defines the legal, economic and organizational basis for regulation of inland water transport and brings Ukrainian legislation in this field up to European Union requirements.

The bill received 276 votes from lawmakers and needed 226 to pass. Now it must be signed by the president in order to become law.