Ukrainian Hydrometeorological Center
APPROVED
Order of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine No. 336 of 05/28/2013
(as amended by the order of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine No. 373 dated April 2, 2024)
REGULATIONS
ABOUT THE UKRAINIAN HYDROMETEROLOGICAL CENTER OF THE STATE EMERGENCY SERVICE OF UKRAINE
(new edition)
(identification code 25836018)
Kyiv
2024
1. General provisions
1.1. THE UKRAINIAN HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL CENTER OF THE STATE EMERGENCY SERVICE OF UKRAINE (hereinafter - UHMC) is a non-profit organization, subordinate to and belonging to the sphere of management of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine.
1.2. In its activities UHMC is guided by the Constitution of Ukraine, the Law of Ukraine "On Hydrometeorological Activity", other laws of Ukraine, acts of the President of Ukraine, the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine, the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine, State Emergency Service of Ukraine, the Regulations on the State Emergency Service of Ukraine, these Regulations, instructions, technical regulations and standards of the World Meteorological Organization (hereinafter - WMO).
1.3. Under the subordination of UHMC are: Central Geophysical Observatory named after Boris Sreznevsky, Regional Center for Hydrometeorology in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, Hydrometeorological Center of the Black and Azov Seas, Dnipropetrovsk, Donetsk, Lviv, Kharkiv Regional Centers for Hydrometeorology, Vinnytsia, Volyn, Zhytomyr, Zakarpattia, Zaporizhzhia, Ivano-Frankivsk, Kirovohrad, Luhansk, Mykolaiv, Poltava, Rivne, Sumy, Ternopil, Khmelnytsky, Kherson, Cherkasy, Chernihiv, Chernivtsi regional centers for hydrometeorology, Danube Hydrometeorological Observatory (subordinate organizations).
1.4. UHMC performs tasks and functions directly and through subordinate organizations.
1.5. UHMC is a legal entity, has an independent balance sheet, accounts in the bodies of the State Treasury Service of Ukraine and banks of Ukraine in national and foreign currencies, a seal with the image of the State Coat of Arms of Ukraine and its name.
1.6. Name and location of UHMC:
- Full name in Ukrainian – УКРАЇНСЬКИЙ ГІДРОМЕТЕОРОЛОГІЧНИЙ ЦЕНТР ДЕРЖАВНОЇ СЛУЖБИ УКРАЇНИ З НАДЗВИЧАЙНИХ СИТУАЦІЙ;
- abbreviated name in Ukrainian: УкрГМЦ.
- Full name in English – UKRAINIAN HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL CENTER OF THE STATE EMERGENCY SERVICE OF UKRAINE;
- abbreviated name in English: UHMC.
- Location: 6-V Zolotovoritska str., 01601 Kyiv UKRAINE
1.7. UHMC is a budgetary institution and is maintained at the expense of the state budget.
1.8. UHMC is responsible for its obligations in accordance with current legislation. UHMC is not responsible for the obligations of the State Emergency Service, accordingly, the State Emergency Service is not responsible for the obligations of the UHMC.
1.9. Regulations, staff list, number of employees, structure, estimate, annual plan of hydrometeorological activity of UHMC are approved by the State Emergency Service.
1.10. UHMC may form a Technical Council, methodical commission, other advisory bodies, the composition and regulations of which are approved by the director of UHMC, their decisions are put into effect by orders of UHMC.
1.11. UHMC provides legal and social guarantees for employees in accordance with current legislation.
2. The main tasks of UHMC
2.1. Participation in the implementation of state policy, fulfillment of Ukraine's international obligations within the scope of competence in the field of hydrometeorological activity.
2.2. Analysis and forecasting of weather conditions, hydrological regime of rivers and reservoirs, agrometeorological conditions of vegetation of agricultural crops and their yield, meteorological conditions of formation of air pollution levels in cities of Ukraine, forecasting of the consequences of radiation accidents.
2.3. Implementation of hydrometeorological support of the Office of the President of Ukraine, the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine, the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine, other central executive bodies, local self-government bodies, the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the population (through the mass media) with free public information about actual and expected changes in hydrometeorological conditions and the state of the natural environment, warnings about the threat of dangerous and spontaneous hydrometeorological phenomena, information about the predicted consequences of radiation accidents.
2.4. Implementation of hydrometeorological service and provision of hydrometeorological services in the prescribed manner (on a paid basis) to interested legal entities and individuals.
2.5. Implementation of collecting, processing, transmitting of hydrometeorological information and information about the level of pollution of the natural environment, formation of databases and banks of hydrometeorological data.
2.6. Organizational and methodical guidance of the hydrometeorological organizations on the following issues:
- forecasting of meteorological, hydrological, agrometeorological conditions, meteorological conditions of atmospheric air pollution, consequences of radiation accidents, background radiation and basic observations of environmental pollution, hydromorphological monitoring;
- hydrometeorological support and customer service; collection, processing and transmission of data;
- labor protection;
- material and technical support;
- development, optimization of the state system of hydrometeorological observations
- and observations of environmental pollution;
- preparation of regulatory documents, standards, codes of established practice, technical conditions in the field of hydrometeorology;
- meteorological service of civil aviation;
- purchase and commissioning of measuring equipment (hereinafter referred to as ME), repair of premises and buildings, use of motor vehicles in accordance with the established procedure;
- metrological support of hydrometeorological observations and environmental pollution observations.
2.7. Compliance with the requirements and implementation of international organizations recommendations including WMO, International Civil Aviation Organization (hereinafter - ICAO), International Atomic Energy Agency (hereinafter - IAEA) regarding hydrometeorological observations, forecasting of hydrometeorological conditions and of radiation accidents consequences.
2.8. Ensuring the performance of the national center functions regarding the exchange of ORMET data.
2.9. Ensuring compliance with the standards, norms and rules of metrology, requirements for the application of ME and equipment during hydrometeorological observations and environmental pollution observations.
2.10. Organization and coordination of financial and economic activities of subordinate organizations, direction and control of their hydrometeorological activities.
2.11. Organization of planning and financial activity of UHMC and subordinate organizations, implementation of control over the use of financial and material resources, summarization of planning and financial information (indicators).
2.12. Implementation of centralized supply of tangible assets to subordinate organizations, production and delivery of fixed assets, equipment, consumables for conducting hydrometeorological observations and works and observations of environmental pollution, organization and coordination of activities for material and technical support of subordinate organizations.
3. Functions of UHMC
3.1. Conducts a continuous-flow analysis and forecasting of weather conditions, hydrological regime of rivers and reservoirs, agrometeorological conditions of cultivation and productivity of main agricultural crops on the territory of Ukraine, influence of meteorological conditions on atmospheric air pollution, consequences of radiation accidents.
3.2. Provides bodies of state power, local self-government, the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the population (through the mass media) with general information about actual and expected changes in hydrometeorological conditions and the state of the natural environment, warnings about dangerous and spontaneous hydrometeorological phenomena, information about the predicted consequences of radiation accidents, carries out in the established order (on a paid basis) hydrometeorological service and provides hydrometeorological services to interested legal entities and individuals, provides other paid services.
3.3. Develops and approves plans for transmission of operational hydrometeorological information, conducting agrometeorological observations and works, preparation and transmission of prognostic hydrometeorological information, hydrometeorological support and hydrometeorological service.
3.4. Performs, in accordance with the approved plans, the collection, processing and delivery to subordinate organizations, other interested enterprises and departments of hydrometeorological observations data, information necessary for the analysis and forecast of hydrometeorological conditions, hydrometeorological support and maintenance, ensures a real-time transmitting of specified volumes of hydrometeorological information to the global WMO telecommunication system.
3.5. Performs organizational and methodical management of subordinate organizations in matters of forecasting, hydrometeorological support and maintenance, agrometeorological observations and works, collection and processing of hydrometeorological information and information on environmental pollution, use of electronic computing equipment, software, financial and economic activities, labor protection, compliance with standards, norms and rules of metrology, requirements for the application of ME and equipment during hydrometeorological observations, observations of environmental pollution, development, adoption, revision and cancellation of regulatory documents in the field of hydrometeorology.
3.6. Performs constant analysis and provides proposals for improving the effectiveness of the system of hydrometeorological observations and environmental pollution observations, hydrometeorological forecasting, provision and maintenance, forecasting the consequences of radiation accidents.
3.7. Controls the hydrometeorological activities of subordinate organizations by conducting methodical and participating in comprehensive inspections of hydrometeorological activity, analyzes the work of subordinate organizations, summarizes the materials of monthly, quarterly and annual reports, prepares relevant reviews, methodological recommendations on hydrometeorological forecasting, provision and maintenance, performing agrometeorological observations and works, functioning of the system for collecting, processing and transmitting hydrometeorological information and information about the level of pollution of the natural environment, economic and financial activities of subordinate organizations.
3.8. Provides, within the scope of competence, control and methodical support of works carried out by other subjects of hydrometeorological activity.
3.9. Develops and implements measures to improve the activities of subordinate organizations within the scope of competence.
3.10. Approves Plans of hydrometeorological activities of subordinate organizations and, if necessary, makes changes to them.
3.11. Together with the State Enterprise "Ukrainian Aviation Meteorological Center" (hereinafter - SE "UAMC") carries out information and organizational and methodological support for the activities of civil aviation meteorological stations, the development of new projects and proposals for amendments to the current regulatory documents regulating the meteorological service of civil aviation.
3.12. Develops, tests, implements, operates and supports the work of software and technical complexes for collecting, assembling, controlling the completeness and quality of processing and transmission of operational hydrometeorological information and information about environmental pollution, develops, tests, implements, operates and supports the software of automated workplaces for specialists (Automated workplace for forecaster, Automated workplace for hydrologist, Automated workplace for agrometeorologist and others).
3.13. Participates in the implementation of research and development works (hereinafter - R&D), the preparation of scientific and applied and scientific-methodical materials, as well as scientific and organizational activities in terms of the formation and implementation of R&D plans of the Ukrainian Hydrometeorological Institute (hereinafter - UHMI); carries out testing, implementation and use of R&D results, preliminary tests and experimental operation of new technologies for collecting, processing and transmitting information; conducts testing and implementation of new measuring instruments, methods of hydrometeorological observations and forecasts developed in Ukraine and abroad.
3.14. Organizes and carries out round-the-clock operational duty in order to provide the relevant authorities and the population with the information about the threat of dangerous and spontaneous hydrometeorological phenomena and the detection of cases of emergency emissions (discharges) of pollutants that led to pollution of the natural environment, recorded on the network of hydrometeorological observations, in order to take the necessary measures to prevent or eliminate negative consequences.
3.15. Performs the duties of the operational division of the national hydrometeorological service within the framework of the agreements between the WMO and the IAEA on the modeling of pollutant transfer processes in the event of nuclear and other environmental accidents, participates in training, ensures the necessary operational interaction with competent institutions in Ukraine and specialized regional WMO centers.
3.16. Provides information to state authorities in cases of radiation accidents by forecasting the spread of radioactive contamination due to the transfer of atmospheric air or surface water.
3.17. Ensures, within the scope of competence, the preparation of climatological information, information on pollution of the surrounding natural environment (including atmospheric air, soils, surface water of land) and background concentrations of pollutants, preparation and publication of scientific and applied monthly and year books (climatological, meteorological, agrometeorological, about the state of environmental pollution, etc.).
3.18. Conducts educational and methodological activities for employees of subordinate organizations on hydrometeorological forecasting, provision and maintenance, agrometeorological observations and works, collection, processing and transmission of information, automated data processing, ensures the passing of practical training for students of higher education institutions.
3.19. Performs, within the authority, the functions of operational management of the property on its balance sheet, ensures its proper use and preservation.
3.20. Organizes and coordinates the financial activities of subordinate organizations for planning and implementation of the budget program "Hydrometeorological activity".
3.21. It carries out financial and economic activities within the limits of the estimate and allocation plan of UHMC for the relevant year, approved by the State Emergency Service.
3.22. Elaborates a draft passport of budget program for implementation of which it is responsible, provides information about its implementation, analyzes indicators of the budget program implementation.
3.23. Distributes the volume of proven budget allocations between subordinate organizations.
3.24. Ensures the preparation, consideration and approval of draft estimates of subordinate organizations, appropriation plans, certificates of changes to them, staffing lists of subordinate organizations, making changes to them, and their subsequent submission to the State Emergency Service.
3.25. Ensures compliance with financial and budgetary discipline, timely payment of taxes and fees (mandatory payments) in accordance with the legislation of Ukraine.
3.26. Performs accounting, preparation of financial, budget, tax and statistical reports, ensures compliance with budget legislation.
3.27. Ensures summarization of indicators of financial, budget reporting and other financial information (indicators) for hydrometeorological organizations and its submission to the State Emergency Service.
3.28. Compiles and submits financial, budget and other reports on activities to the State Emergency Service in due course.
3.29. Regulates, in accordance with the Law of Ukraine "On Collective Contracts and Agreements", institutional, labor and social relations of the work collective with UHMC by concluding a collective agreement between the director of UHMC and the trade union organization.
3.30. Ensures preservation, economy and rational use of material, energy and financial resources.
3.31. Provides сartages of devices, cargo, maintenance of vehicles and buildings as well as, within the scope of competence, implementation of measures to ensure road traffic safety.
3.32. Replicates hydrometeorological information.
3.33. Ensures, within the scope of its authority, the implementation of tasks related to mobilization preparation and mobilization readiness of the state.
3.34. Makes provision for purchase of fixed assets, telecommunications equipment, processing equipment, visualization of hydrometeorological information, database management systems, measuring instruments, equipment, consumables, etc. and transfers them to subordinate organizations in duly way.
3.35. Participates in the proposals development for agreements with national hydrometeorological services of other countries, interstate agreements on cooperation on border waters, ensures the implementation of the provisions of concluded agreements, operational interaction with national hydrometeorological services of other countries within the competence of the UHMC.
3.36. Ensures, within the scope of its authority, the implementation of the state policy regarding state secrets, control over its preservation in UHMC.
3.37. It organizes and conducts course events, including educational and methodological ones, meetings and seminars of specialists of subordinate organizations and enterprises in the areas of its activity, on meteorological service of civil aviation - together with SE "UAMC".
3.38. Prepares materials for their storage and use in the sectoral state archive of materials of hydrometeorological observations of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine and in the UHMC.
3.39. Prepares and approves consolidated annual planned calculations of needs for hydrometeorological equipment, weather equipment, spare parts and materials.
3.40. Ensures, within the scope of competence, the performance of repair, regulatory and routine maintenance work on measuring instruments and equipment, their verification and calibration, development and modernization.
3.41. Performs accounting of measuring instruments, control over their technical condition and timely verification and calibration in subordinate organizations.
3.42. Organizes the implementation of guidelines, standards, instructions and guidelines on matters within the competence of the UHMC in the established order.
3.43. Organizes the production of official copies and distribution of accepted standards, codes of established practice and technical conditions, documents of relevant specialized international standardization organizations related to hydrometeorological activities.
3.44. Participates in the work of specialized international and regional standardization organizations in accordance with the provisions of such organizations.
3.45. Ensures the creation and maintenance of regulatory documents funds, publication of catalogs of regulatory documents to ensure the activities of subordinate organizations and information exchange.
3.46. Interacts, within the scope of competence, with bodies and divisions of the State Emergency Service, other central and local bodies of executive power, local self-government, associations of citizens, national hydrometeorological services of other countries, enterprises, institutions, organizations.
3.47. Approves the scope of repair and construction works of subordinate organizations premises and structures.
3.48. Monitors the condition and use of motor vehicles and watercraft in subordinate organizations, agrees the needs for their repairing, fuel and lubricants.
3.49. Within the scope of competence, organizes and coordinates the work of subordinate organizations in the field of prevention and counteraction of corruption.
3.50. Organizes record keeping and archival storage of documents in accordance with the approved rules and instructions for record keeping of UHMC.
3.51. Performs other functions in accordance with the assigned tasks.
4. UHMC has the right to
4.1. receive free of charge, in accordance with the established procedure, information, documents and other materials necessary for the performance of the tasks assigned to it from the bodies of the central executive power, local self-government, enterprises, institutions and organizations, statistical bodies.
4.2. receive funds, gifts, donations, charitable contributions, material assets (houses, buildings, equipment, vehicles, etc.) from executive authorities, local self-government bodies, enterprises, institutions, organizations, citizens and charitable foundations and use them in accordance with the procedure established by law.
4.3. conclude contracts and agreements, to acquire property and personal non-property rights and obligations, to be a plaintiff and a defendant in court in accordance with the requirements of the current legislation of Ukraine.
4.4. check, within the scope of competence, the financial, economic and operating activities of subordinate organizations, to take appropriate measures regarding the proper implementation of hydrometeorological activities by them in terms of the functioning of the state system of hydrometeorological observations, hydrometeorological forecasting, provision and maintenance, compliance with the financial and economic discipline, effective use and preservation of property.
4.5. Interact, within the scope of competencе, in the process of performing the tasks assigned to it with the bodies of the central executive power, local self-government, enterprises, institutions, organizations, as well as national hydrometeorological services of other states, international organizations and institutions for hydrometeorology and environmental pollution monitoring.
4.6. carry out measures regarding centralized procurement and transfer to subordinate organizations of fixed assets, measuring instruments, equipment, consumables in accordance with the established procedure.
4.7. provide, in accordance with the established procedure, on a paid basis, the services specified by the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine, which do not contradict or interfere with the main activities of the UHMC.
4.8. check, within the scope of competence, and take appropriate measures to subjects of hydrometeorological activities regarding a due application of measuring instruments and measurement methods during hydrometeorological observations.
4.9. carry out research, scientific and technical, scientific and methodological, research and design works.
4.10. hold conferences, meetings, symposia, exhibitions, other events, including international ones.
4.11. represent the State Emergency Service (at the request of), within the scope of competence, in international organizations, in international negotiations, conclusion of contracts, etc.
5. Property and financing of UHMC
5.1. The property of UHMC consists of fixed assets, as well as valuables, the values of which are reflected in the independent balance sheet of UHMC.
5.2. The property of UHMC is a state property, assigned to it with the right of operational management. UHMC uses the property assigned to it only for its intended and functional purpose. The disposal of property and its alienation are carried out in accordance with the current legislation.
5.3. The sources of UHMC property formation are:
- property received from the State Emergency Service;
- purchased at the expense of the state budget;
- purchased at the expense of the funds received for the provision of hydrometeorological and other services in accordance with the procedure established by current legislation;
- obtained from other sources which are not prohibited by current law.
5.4. The sources of UHMC financing are:
- allocation of the state budget;
- funds received for provision of hydrometeorological and other services in accordance with the procedure established by current legislation;
- funds received at the expense of voluntary donations of legal entities and individuals;
- other receipts not prohibited by current legislation.
5.5. Budgetary funds are used in the order defined by budget legislation.
5.6. The revenues of UHMC are used exclusively for financing expenses for the maintenance of UHMC, the implementation of its tasks and functions, defined by the legislation and these Regulations.
5.7. The employees remuneration of UHMC is carried out in accordance with the current legislation.
5.8. UHMC uses land in accordance with the current legislation.
5.9. Damages caused to UHMC as a result of violation of its property rights by citizens, legal entities and state bodies will be compensated in accordance with the procedure determined by the current legislation.
6. Management of UHMC
6.1. The UHMC is headed by the director who is appointed and dismissed by the head of Hydrometeorology Division of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine and in agreement with the Kyiv City State Administration.
The director of UHMC has three deputies, including the first deputy, whom he appoints to positions in agreement with the State Emergency Service.
6.2. The director of UHMC and deputies must know the requirements of current legislation and regulatory acts in the field of hydrometeorological activities, labor relations, financial and executive discipline, labor protection and fire safety and meet the following qualification requirements: complete higher education, experience of working in the system of the national hydrometeorological service in managerial positions - not less than five years.
6.3. Director of UHMC:
- manages the activities of the UHMC, bears personal responsibility for the performance of the tasks and functions assigned to the UHMC and the results of its activities;
- submits proposals to the Head of the State Emergency Service regarding the appointment and dismissal of heads of subordinate organizations;
- approves the appointment of deputy directors of the Borys Sreznevsky Central Geophysical Observatory, the Danube Hydrometeorological Observatory, heads of the Regional Center for Hydrometeorology in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, the Hydrometeorological Center of the Black and Azov Seas, regional and regional hydrometeorological centers;
- appoints and dismisses employees of UHMC;
- determines the powers and responsibilities of his (her) deputies, heads of structural subdivisions of UHMC;
- within the limits of authority, issues orders of an organizational and administrative nature on the placement of hydrometeorological observation points, adoption of normative documents, standards, codes of the established practice, technical conditions in the field of hydrometeorology, organizes control over their implementation;
- approves regulations on independent structural subdivisions of UHMC, hydrometeorological activity plans of subordinate organizations;
- approves regulations on specialized structural subdivisions of subordinate organizations;
- ensures the development of the draft passport of the budget program, for implementation of which he is responsible, the preparation of reports on its implementation, performs the analysis of indicators of the implementation of the budget program;
- ensures the submission to the State Emergency Service of draft regulations and structures of UHMC and subordinate organizations for approval;
- provides for submission to the State Emergency Service for approval the staff list projects, estimates of UHMC and subordinate organizations within the limits of the number of employees and salary fund approved by the State Emergency Service;
- disposes of the funds within the limits of the approved estimate, the state budget allocation plan for the relevant year and property in accordance with current legislation;
- organizes the implementation of preliminary and current internal financial control, review of materials of control measures and, in accordance with the current legislation, and taking measures to eliminate identified deficiencies;
- is responsible for reviewing the materials of control measures and, in accordance with current legislation, taking measures to eliminate identified deficiencies;
- ensures, within the limits of authority, the implementation of measures to prevent and counter corruption;
- ensures the drawing up of the draft estimate of UHMC and subordinate organizations for the planned and two following budget periods and submits them to the State Emergency Service;
- creates the necessary conditions for proper accounting, ensures that all departments and employees, whose competence includes accounting functions, comply with the legitimate requirements of the head of the accounting department regarding conformity to the procedure for issuing and submitting primary documents for accounting;
- organizes accounting in UHMC, preparation and submission of financial and budget statements in accordance with legislation, ensures preservation and processing of primary documents;
- organizes the summarization of financial, budget reporting, and other financial information indicators for hydrometeorological organizations and its submission to the State Emergency Service;
- uses information in the course of work based on individual indicators as a whole regarding the territorial management body of the State Emergency Service, involved in the implementation of civil protection measures in the special period, regarding standards, measures, tasks and planning of civil protection measures of subjects of civil protection provision from bringing them into readiness for performance of tasks and functioning of the unified state system of civil protection, its components in a special period, in accordance with articles 1.12.2, 1.12.3 of the set of information constituting a state secret, with the degree of secrecy - "Secret";
- represents UHMC and SES (on assignment) in bodies of executive power, local self-government, judicial bodies, in other organizations, enterprises and institutions, international organizations;
- conducts correspondence with the bodies of the central executive power, local self-government, institutions, enterprises and organizations, international organizations on issues that belong to the competence of the UHMC;
- takes, within the limits of authority, measures for encouragement, including the granting of awards and diplomas in accordance with the collective agreement, and the imposition of disciplinary sanctions on employees of UHMC, heads of subordinate organizations in accordance with the current legislation;
- ensures the implementation of the state policy regarding state secrets;
- ensures compliance with the requirements of the legislative and regulatory acts on issues implementation of security measures during the performance of official duties by employees;
- signs a collective agreement between the administration and the labor team of the UHMC.
7. Liquidation and reorganization of UHMC
7.1. Liquidation and reorganization (merger, joining, division, split-off, transformation) of UHMC is carried out by decision of the State Emergency Service in accordance with the current legislation.
7.2. The liquidation of UHMC is performed by the liquidation commission in accordance with the procedure established by the
7.3. From the moment of the appointment of the liquidation commission, all powers to manage the affairs of UHMC are transferred to it.
8. The procedure for making changes to the Regulations on UHMC
Amendments and additions to the Regulations on UHMC are carried out by the State Emergency Service of Ukraine.
Acting Head of the
State Emergency Service of Ukraine
Andriy DANYK