Law No. 192/96-BP on pipeline transportation.

The purpose of the legislation on pipeline transportation is to regulate the relations at all stages of the functioning (projecting, construction, exploitation, maintenance, reconstruction, etc.,) of pipeline transportation, establishment of safety guarantees for life and health of the population, ensuring environmental protection against possible negative impact in the process of exploitation of the objects of pipeline transportation (art. 3). The present Law shall be applicable to the relations in the sphere of pipeline transportation of hydrocarbons, chemicals, water and other products and substances from the place of extraction, production or storage thereof to the place of processing, consumption, reloading and further transportation (art. 4). The basic principles of the state policy in the sphere of pipeline transportation shall be the reduction of the dependence of Ukraine on the exporters of the traditional hydrocarbons (oil, natural gas and the derivates thereof) and ensuring ecological safety of pipeline transportation (art. 6). Compulsory environmental audit shall be applicable to the distribution, construction and reconstruction of the objects of pipeline transportation for the purpose of ensuring ecological safety thereof (art. 15). Persons guilty of causing environmental damage in the process of exploitation of pipeline transportation objects shall be liable to prosecution (art. 20).