Court holds restrictions on transportation of goods and medicines in CADLO to be invalid

The court has declared restrictions on the transportation of goods and medicines to the temporarily occupied territory to be invalid. This is evidenced by the decision of the District Administrative Court of Kyiv, which cancels the previous restrictions, - Hlavnoye reports.

The court declared section 9 of the Procedure for the movement of goods to or from the area of the antiterrorist operation, approved by the Decree of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine No. 99 of March 1, 2017, to be unlawful and invalid: "Private individuals carry out the movement of goods in hand and/or accompanied baggage by road transport according to the list and volumes (cost, weight, quantity), which are being approved by the Ministry of Temporarily Occupied Territories and IDPs".

Also, the order of Minister for Temporary Occupied Territories and Internally Displaced Persons No. 39 dated March 24, 2017 "On Approving the List and Volumes of Goods Allowed for Movement to/from Humanitarian Logistics Centers and Through the Line of Contact" was also declared unlawful and invalid.

According to the plaintiff, migrant from Luhansk Vladislav Kuznetsov, the disputed documents establish discriminatory norms for internally displaced persons and restrict their rights to move movable property.

Representatives of the defendants argued their position with various powers, including those aimed at combating terrorism. But the court granted the claim.