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Vasyl Prodan must return to Dnipro 12 million hryvnias for the use of land without a contract
Land without a contract, multi-million debts, and finally — 12 million hryvnias that will have to be returned to the community. This is the result of the court materials about the use of communal lands by the Zorya publishing house in Dnipro. The Economic Court of Dnipropetrovsk region partially satisfied the City Council’s claim against the enterprise.
We are talking about land plots on Journalists Street, 7 in Dnipro, where the publishing house buildings are located. The main plot covers an area of more than 6 hectares. The city council demanded nearly 18 million hryvnias for the actual use of municipal land without proper legal grounds for the period from 1 January 2021 of year to 25 September 2025 of year.
The case materials state that the enterprise used plots with cadastral numbers 1210100000:04:018:0029, 0030 and 0031 without a valid lease agreement and without registered right of use.
The publishing house contested the city council’s claims. Representatives of the enterprise referred to the state act 2000 of year on the right of permanent land use and argued that they paid land tax and rent. They also insisted that calculations should be based on the rate 1,3%, not 3%, since the land is designated for industrial facilities.
However, the court established that the right of permanent use of these land plots was terminated in year 2002 by a decision of the City Council. The lease agreement concluded the same year terminated in 7 August 2017 year and was not extended thereafter.
Thus, for years the enterprise effectively used municipal land without a valid contract. The court also rejected arguments about funds already paid: the tax authorities credited them to 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 amount of the recovery was recalculated taking into account different rates: for 2021–2022 years they applied 3% of the normative monetary valuation, and for 2023–2025 years — 1,3%, in accordance with the city council’s decision for industrial land.
As a result, from JSC “Vydavnytstvo “Zorya” they recovered 12 million hryvnias of unjustified retained funds and another 182 thousand hryvnias of court costs.
Almost 6 million hryvnias of the city council’s claimed demands were not satisfied by the court. The decision may be appealed in cassation (appellate) procedure.
In the text of the claim and the court decision, JSC DAK “Ukrvydaivpolihrafiya” is involved, the corporate enterprise of which is “Zorya”. Claims about Vasyl Prodan’s personal responsibility for creating these losses require separate confirmation and do not automatically arise from the decision itself.
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Vasyl Prodan must return to Dnipro 12 million hryvnias for the use of land without a contract
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