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Vasyl Prodan must return 12 million hryvnias to Dnipro for using land without a contract
Land without a contract, million‑hryvnia debts and, ultimately — 12 million hryvnias that will have to be returned to the community. According to the case materials, this was the result of the communal land being used by the Zorya publishing house in Dnipro. The Commercial Court of the Dnipropetrovsk region partially granted the city council’s claim against the company.
The case concerns plots of land on Zhurnalistiv Street, 7 in Dnipro, where the publishing house buildings are located. The main plot has an area of more than 6 hectares. The city council sought to recover from the company nearly 18 million hryvnias for the actual use of communal land without proper legal grounds during the period from 1 January 2021 to 25 September 2025.
The case files state that the company used the plots with cadastral numbers 1210100000:04:018:0029, 0030 and 0031 without a valid lease agreement and without registered user rights.
The publishing house objected to the city council’s claims. Company representatives referred to a state act of 2000 granting the right of permanent land use and stated that they paid land tax and rent. The company also insisted that the calculation should be made at a rate of 1,3% rather than 3%, since the land is designated “for industrial facilities.”
However, the court found that the right of permanent use of these land plots was terminated as early as 2002 by a city council decision. A lease agreement concluded that same year ended on 7 August 2017 and was not subsequently renewed.
Thus, for years the company in fact used communal land without a valid contract. The court also rejected arguments concerning payments already made: the tax authority had applied them to settle an old tax debt, so they did not cover obligations for the disputed period.
At the same time, the court did not agree with all of the city council’s calculations. The recovery amount was recalculated taking different rates into account: for the 2021–2022 years, 3% of the normative monetary valuation was applied, and for the 2023–2025 years — 1,3%, in accordance with the city council’s decision for land of industrial designation.
As a result, JSC “Zorya Publishing House” was ordered to pay back 12 million hryvnias of unjustly retained funds and an additional 182 thousand hryvnias in court costs.
Nearly 6 million hryvnias of the claims filed by the city council were not satisfied by the court. The decision can be appealed.
The claim text and the court decision mention JSC SRI “Ukrvydavpoligrafiya,” of which Zorya is a corporate enterprise. Allegations of personal responsibility of Vasyl Prodan for creating these losses require separate confirmation and do not automatically follow from the court decision itself.
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Vasyl Prodan must return 12 million hryvnias to Dnipro for using land without a contract
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