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RESOLUTION OF THE CABINET OF MINISTERS OF UKRAINE

of July 8, 2026 No. 901

About introduction of amendments to Resolutions of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine of February 18, 1997 No. 176 and of December 3, 2008 No. 1081

The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine decides:

1. Bring in resolutions of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine of February 18, 1997 No. 176 "About approval of Rules of provision of services of passenger road transport" (The Official Bulletin of Ukraine, 1997, number 8, page 142; 2007, No. 75, Art. 2791; 2009, No. 72, Art. 2479; 2018, No. 25, Art. 883; 2024, No. 85, the Art. 5158) and of December 3, 2008 No. 1081 "About approval of the Procedure for carrying out tender on transportation of passengers on bus route public" (The Official Bulletin of Ukraine, 2008, No. 96, Art. 3173; 2022, No. 39, Art. 2095; 2023, No. 7, Art. 579; 2025, No. 26, the Art. 1728) changes which are applied.

2. Recommend to the executive bodies of village, settlement, city councils or military authorities of settlements (in case of their education) approving network and passports of city bus routes:

create and keep the register of the city, suburban and long-distance bus routes public which are not going beyond the territory of one territorial community according to Procedure for forming, approval and maintaining the register of the international and long-distance and suburban bus routes of the general use approved by the order of the Ministry of development of communities and the territories of November 28, 2025 No. 1650;

provide promulgation on the official website of information on opening, modification, closing of the city, suburban and long-distance bus routes public which are not going beyond the territory of one territorial community;

provide introduction of the relevant information by electronic interaction with the Unified electronic register of bus routes (if technically possible).

3. This resolution becomes effective since July 15, 2026, but not earlier than day of its official publication.

Approved by the Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine of July 8, 2026 No. 901

Changes which are made to Resolutions of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine of February 18, 1997 No. 176 and of December 3, 2008 No. 1081

1. In the Rules of provision of services of passenger road transport approved by the resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine of February 18, 1997 No. 176:

1) in Item 1:

add Item after paragraph two with new paragraphs of the following content:

"The relations concerning acceptance, entry into force, appeal administratively, the cancellation, accomplishment of administrative acts provided by these rules are regulated by the Law of Ukraine "About ministerial procedure" taking into account the features established by the Law of Ukraine "About road transport".";

2) in Item 2:

add Item with subitems 8-1 and 8-2 of the following content:

"8-1) permission to servicing of suburban and long-distance bus routes public which go beyond the area territory (interregional routes) (further - permission) - the electronic document which is created and issued by authorized body of the executive authority according to the legislation confirming the right of automobile carrier to implementation of transportations of passengers on bus route public;

8-2) The unified electronic register bus the route-integrated information and communication system providing collection, accumulating, protection, accounting, display, processing of register data and provision of register information about:

international bus routes public;

the suburban and long-distance bus routes public which are going beyond the area territory (further - interregional routes);

the suburban and long-distance bus routes public which are passing on the territory of two or more territorial communities and not going beyond the territory of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea or area (further - intraregional routes);";

add Item with subitem 14-2 of the following content:

"14-2) passport of route determined by the Law of Ukraine "About road transport" - the electronic document which contains information on the scheme of route, the schedule of movement, the table of fare, the schedule of work-rest schedule of drivers which are the components and obligatory elements of the passport containing the unique identifier in the form of QR code for verification. The paper copy of the passport of route or its components is visual representation of the electronic document with observance of requirements for preserving integrity of the data determined by the Law of Ukraine "About electronic documents and electronic document management";";

state subitem 18 in the following edition:

"18) the scheme of route - the electronic cartographic image of passing of traffic route applied to the electronic (interactive) highway map, streets and roads of settlements with indication of the corresponding objects provided by Procedure for the organization of transportations of passengers and baggage by the road transport approved by Minrazvitiya's order of October 9, 2025 No. 1473;";

Item 5 to state 3) in the following edition:

"5. Personnel of road transport and person which activities are connected with provision of services on transportation of passengers by road transport shall have the corresponding knowledge and qualification, stipulated by the legislation in the field of road transport.";

4) to add Rules with Items 7-1 and 7-2 of the following content:

"7-1. Provision of services on transportation of passengers is performed with use of vehicles which are made by the manufacturing company as passenger and were not re-equiped from cargo vehicles.

7-2. The automobile carrier shall ensure conditioning system operation (or ventilation) in inside of the bus in case of ambient temperature above + 24 °C. The automobile carrier shall ensure system operation of heating of inside of the bus in case of ambient temperature below + 8 °C.";

Item 17 to state 5) in the following edition:

"17. Opening, modification, closing of bus route is performed according to the decision of the organizer of regular transportations with modification of the Unified electronic register of bus routes according to requirements of the Procedure for forming, approval and maintaining the register of the international and long-distance and suburban bus routes of the general use approved by Minrazvitiya's order of November 28, 2025 No. 1650.";

6) to add Rules with Items 17-1 and 17-2 of the following content:

"17-1. In case when the bus route public is not serviced during the term exceeding two years from the date of the termination of effective period of permission or the service agreement of such route, the organizer of transportations makes the decision on its closing in the procedure established by the legislation in the field of road transport.

17-2. Opening, modification, closing of the city, suburban and long-distance bus routes public which are not going beyond the territory of one territorial community is performed according to the decision of the organizer of regular transportations.";

Item 18 to state 7) in the following edition:

"18. Opening of new intraregional bus route which lies through the territory of the regional centers and/or the cities is possible only in coordination with executive bodies of city councils of such cities.";

8) the paragraph one of Item 20 to state in the following edition:

"20. Modification of permanent nature of bus route of general use (prolongation, reducing, change of transit of the bus between stops), frequency of accomplishment of transportations (seasonality, days of the week, etc.), introduction or withdrawal of stops and/or change of the traffic schedule can be performed:";

The subitem 2 of Item 20 to state 9) in the following edition:

"2) on long-distance routes in case:

changes of departure time from starting or intermediate point (stop) which is displaced no more than on an hour and a half and arrival time to terminal point (on stop) changes respectively, but does not exceed one and a half hours;

prolongation or reducing route only between intermediate points (stops) on condition of obligatory preserving starting and terminal point (stop), determined in the schedule of movement, and on distance no more than 75 kilometers.";

Item 21 to state 10) in the following edition:

"21. Modification of route and/or the traffic schedule, stipulated in Item 20 these rules, is performed by introduction of amendments to the agreement on the organization of transportations as agreed by the parties.";

11) to add Rules with Item 21-1 of the following content:

"21-1. Modification of permanent nature of bus route, stipulated in Item 20 these rules, can be performed at the initiative of automobile carrier by modification of permission through the Single complex of information systems in the field of safety on the land transport (further - the Single complex) in coordination with the organizer of transportations.";

Item 22 to state 12) in the following edition:

"22. Modification of route and/or the traffic schedule, not stipulated in Item 20 these rules, are not allowed.";

Item 30 to state 13) in the following edition:

"30. Passengers on interregional routes are transported based on permission which is issued in the procedure established by the legislation. Endurance from permission and/or the permission containing the unique identifier in the form of QR code for verification appropriated to the corresponding permission shall be placed in the bus.";

14) in Item 31-1:

the paragraph one after the words "determines conditions" to add with the word of "organization";

Item 31-1 to add 15) with the subitem 6 of the following content:

"6) approval of additional terms of tender, namely availability at carrier of the GPS system installed by buses of interregional routes which provides data transmission in system of dispatching control.";

Item 32 to exclude 16);

Item 34 to state 17) in the following edition:

"34. The automobile carrier holds the driver's training before transfer it on new regular route or on excellent model of the bus, acquaints with the passport of route and issues to the driver permission to servicing of bus route and/or extraction from it.";

Item 47 to state 18) in the following edition:

"47. The automobile carrier holds the driver's training before transfer it on new route or on excellent model of the bus, issues the passport copy of route with the unique identifier in the form of QR code for verification, with indication of the scheme of route, the traffic schedule of the bus, the working schedule and rest of drivers.";

Item 50 to state 19) in the following edition:

"50. When implementing regular special transportation the driver shall have the copy of the contract with the customer of services and the passport copy of route with the unique identifier in the form of QR code for verification.";

20) in Item 112:

third to state the paragraph in the following edition:

"Functioning of bus station on bus routes is performed on condition of inclusion of information about her in the list.";

add Item after the paragraph of third with new paragraphs of the following content:

"In case of exception of bus station of the list the owner of bus station reports to automobile carriers about it no later than three calendar days from the date of exception. The automobile carrier addresses the organizer of transportations for the purpose of modification of schedules of movement no later than 30 calendar days from the date of exception of bus station of the list.

Failure to provide services by bus station within six months from the date of entering of the corresponding record into the list is the basis for exception of bus station of the list.".

With respect thereto the fourth to consider the paragraph the paragraph the sixth;

21) in Item 112-1:

the fourteenth to state the paragraph in the following edition:

"registration number of at least one real estate unit used for provision of services by bus station, the property right or other corporeal right to which is registered in the State register of the corporeal rights to real estate.";

the sixteenth to state the paragraph in the following edition:

"The Ukrtransbezopasnost within 10 working days from the date of receipt of data checks them concerning correctness and completeness of representation taking into account requirements of this Item, and also their reliability in limits in which it can be checked by comparison of the provided data and data containing in the Unified State Register of Legal Entities, physical persons - entrepreneurs and public forming, and checks at the owner of bus station availability of state registration of the appropriate right of property or other corporeal right to the real estate unit used for provision of services by bus station in the State register of the corporeal rights to real estate. The organizer of transportations based on appeals of physical persons and legal entities concerning failure to provide and/or low-quality provision of services by bus station addresses Ukrtransbezopasnosti for the purpose of conducting verification of the data specified in the list, according to the procedure, provided by this Item.";

add Item with paragraphs of the following content:

"In case of detection of false information in the list entered by the owner of bus station, Ukrtransbezopasnost notes in data on such bus station - "Does not provide service".

In case of specifying in the list in data on bus station - "The service is not provided" by entering of the specified bus station into schedules of movement when opening bus routes public or modification of them is not allowed.";

Item 115 to state 22) in the following edition:

"115. Sale of tickets is performed by the owner of bus station, automobile carrier, the driver or other subject of managing authorized on it by automobile carrier to places of stops of the buses determined by the paragraph the fourth Item 28 of these rules.".

2. According to the procedure of carrying out tender on transportation of passengers on the bus route public approved by the resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine of December 3, 2008 No. 1081:

1) in Item 1:

add Item after paragraph one with new paragraphs of the following content:

"The relations concerning acceptance, entry into force, appeal administratively, the cancellation, accomplishment of administrative acts provided by this Procedure are regulated by the Law of Ukraine "About ministerial procedure" taking into account the features established by the Law of Ukraine "About road transport".";

2) to add the Procedure with Item 4-2 of the following content:

"4-2. Permissions which according to the statement of carrier will be renewed through the Single complex of information systems in the field of safety on the land transport (further - the Single complex) will be created according to requirements of the order of Minrazvitiya of August 26, 2025 No. 1307 "About approval of form of permission to servicing of bus routes, procedure for its issue and cancellation".

Such permissions can be renewed according to the statement of automobile carrier through the Single complex without change of term of their action according to the procedure, determined by the legislation for issue of permissions.";

3) in Item 10:

to replace paragraphs of the first and second with paragraphs of the following content:

"10. The organizer of transportations approves tender conditions, in particular obligatory, according to article 44 of the Law of Ukraine "About road transport", the Law of Ukraine "About the status of veterans of war, guarantees of their social protection" and requirements for use of buses for types of messages, the modes of movement and extent of routes, parameters of passenger capacity, comfort, technical and ecological performances approved by the order of the Ministry of Infrastructure of July 24, 2024 No. 688 (except ecological indicators for the electrobuss and/or buses equipped with internal combustion engines with spark ignition, using only the compressed natural gas methane, liquefied natural gas methane or biogas and/or buses with hydrogen fuel element (cell). To compulsory provisions of tender the possibility of preferential journey, and in case of introduction of the automated system of accounting of payment of journey - possibility of implementation of payment of journey in non-cash form also treats with use of electronic means of payment in the form of plastic or other type of the card.

Except compulsory provisions of tender, the organizer of transportations can approve additional terms of tender, namely:

availability at carrier of the GPS system installed by buses which are offered for work on bus route public that allows to trace remotely the location and movement of buses by means of the GPS trackers which are adjusted for transfer of such information, ensuring smooth operation of GPS system with automobile carrier and information transfer about location and movement of buses to GPS system which procedure for functioning is determined by the organizer of transportations and which provides data transmission in system of dispatching control of Ukrtransbezopasnosti (if technically possible);

the reference to the website on which the passenger will be able to acquire the ticket electronically, is noted in data on additional terms of servicing of route;

possibility of implementation of payment of journey in non-cash form with use of electronic means of payment.".

With respect thereto the third and fourth to consider paragraphs respectively paragraphs the sixth and seventh;

add Item with the paragraph of the following content:

"In case of establishment by the organizer of transportations of additional terms of tender such conditions are mandatory automobile carrier who is recognized as the winner of tender.";

Paragraph one of Item 14 to state 4) in the following edition:

"14. According to part fourteen of article 44 of the Law of Ukraine "About road transport" in case the organizer of transportations makes the decision on attraction to the organization of carrying out tenders the legal entity irrespective of form of business, functions on preparation of materials concerning conditions of tender, passports of bus routes of general use, carrying out the analysis of the received offers and their assessment, the analysis of accomplishment by carriers which became winners previous (previous) tenders (tender) on transportation of passengers, conditions of the signed (issued) agreements or permissions and other materials are assigned to such legal entity irrespective of form of business.";

Paragraph one of Item 29 to state 5) in the following edition:

"29. For participation in tender on intraregional route or route within the territory of one territorial community the applicant carrier files separately concerning each object of tender the documents determined by article 46 of the Law of Ukraine "About road transport" in paper form according to appendices 1-4 (reserve vehicles are specified in appendix 2 at the end of the list) or electronic form through the Single complex (if technically possible).";

Paragraphs the fourth and fifth Item 37 to state 6) in the following edition:

"Compliance of buses of applicant carrier to requirements for use of buses by types of messages, the modes of movement and extent of routes, parameters of passenger capacity, comfort, the technical and ecological performances approved by the order of the Ministry of Infrastructure of July 24, 2024 No. 688 (except ecological indicators for the electrobuss and/or buses equipped with internal combustion engines with spark ignition, using only the compressed natural gas methane, liquefied natural gas methane or biogas and/or buses with hydrogen fuel element (cell), it is established by the organizer of transportations based on information entered in minutes of check of technical condition of the vehicle approved by the resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine of January 30, 2012 No. 137 "About approval of the Procedure for carrying out mandatory engineering supervision and amounts of check of technical condition of vehicles technical description and sample of the protocol of check of technical condition of the vehicle" (Official Bulletin of Ukraine, 2012, No. 16, Art. 581).

The organizer of transportations checks availability at applicant carrier of enough the certified buses of the corresponding class, category necessary for implementation of transportations under agreements and/or permissions, through the Single complex or by the appeal to Ukrtransbezopasnosti.";

Paragraph two of Item 47 to state 7) in the following edition:

"The decision on results of tender on interregional route is made by competitive committee at meeting which is held, in particular, remotely in the mode of video conference and/or the mixed format. The organizer of transportations makes the decision on the mode of holding meeting of competitive committee. The video of meeting of competitive committee is published on the official website of the organizer of transportations no later than 10 working days from the date of following behind day of holding meeting.";

8) Item 53 in paragraph nine the word "(is cancelled)" shall be replaced with words terminated)";

9) in the subitem 2 of Item 55 the word "cancellation" shall be replaced with words "cancellation";

Appendix 5 to the Procedure to state 10) in the following edition:

"Appendix 5

to the Procedure
(in edition of the Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine of July 8, 2026 No. 901)

The list of indicators of charge of points on system of assessment of proposals of automobile applicant carriers (on participation in tender on transportation of passengers on intraregional routes and routes within the territory of one territorial community)

See the List of indicators of charge of points on system of assessment of proposals of automobile applicant carriers (on participation in tender on transportation of passengers on intraregional routes and routes within the territory of one territorial community)". (27Kb In original language)

 

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