Decree No. 609 of the Council of Ministers “On some issues of heat supply.”

This Decree determines the procedure for: (a) relations between heat consumers and energy supplying organizations to conclude, execute, modify, extend and terminate heat supply contracts; (b) connection of heat consumption systems to heat networks; (c) scheduling restriction and emergency shutdown of consumers of thermal energy and power; (c) organization of metering of heat energy and heating agent, as well as payments for heat and heating agent. Fulfilment of technical requirements for connection to heating energy supply networks shall be mandatory for legal persons, individual entrepreneurs and natural persons. Consumption of heating energy shall be subject to registration and accounting.