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53% of the total volume of injected natural gas in Q1 2020 was pumped into the customs warehouse of gas storage facilities.
Pursuant to Ukrtransgaz information, at the end of June 2020, more than 19,8 bcm of gas have been filled in the underground storage facilities, which is 47% more than in 2019.
The average level of the underground storage facilities filling at the end of Q2 in Ukraine was 12,4 bcm. However, this year the gas volume at the end of Q2 was almost 60% above average of the last ten years .
From 21 May 2020, Ukraine has introduced the tools to use storage of natural gas in the “Customs Warehouse” mode*, which is transported under the short haul mode**.
* The “Customs Warehouse” mode enables customers to store gas in the underground storage facilities in Ukraine for 1,095 days free from tax and customs duties.
** Short-haul mode from 1 January 2020 allows transportation of gas at the reduced rates as follows:
2.5 ​ ​Ukraine is successfully implementing the Association Agreement with the EU
According to a monitoring report from the Ukrainian Center for European Policy, Ukraine has fulfilled 41.6% of the requirements outlined in its Association Agreement with the EU.
“The process of European integration is taking place in all areas covered by
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