According to Interfax-Ukraine, the transfer of warehouse facilities managed by ARMA to Ukrainian businesses affected by the war may take up to six months under current procedures, said Pavlo Velykorechanin, an expert with the Verkhovna Rada’s Anti-Corruption Committee and former deputy head of ARMA, in an exclusive interview with Interfax-Ukraine.
According to him, current legislation does not provide ARMA with a mechanism for directly transferring such facilities to enterprises on preferential terms.
For warehouse real estate, it is necessary to follow the standard procedure for selecting a manager on market terms through the “Prozorro” system.
The process includes the handover of the property, its appraisal, and the conduct of a tender or auction.
“I think six months is realistic,” said Velykorechanyn, noting that for many businesses, this timeframe is too long.
Earlier, the State Property Fund and ARMA began searching for warehouse facilities that could potentially be used by businesses that lost production or storage capacity as a result of Russian attacks.
The State Property Fund, in particular, is developing a mechanism to sublease state property to affected businesses for a nominal fee of 1 hryvnia.
However, no such procedure currently exists for ARMA assets. The law permits the direct transfer of certain categories of assets in the public interest, including water, electricity, oil, and gas, but warehouse real estate is not included among them.
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