LEGAL NATURE OF GAS SUPPLY CONTRACT FOR HOUSEHOLD CONSUMER

Abstract

The article deals with the peculiarities of the contract for the supply of natural gas by household consumers, its comparison with other types of contracts, as well as arguments on the need to allocate such contracts to an independent category, clarifies the concept, signs of the contract for the supply of natural gas to household consumer-citizen. The concept of the contract for the supply of natural gas to household consumer-citizen is substantiated through the analysis of relations that arise in the supply of natural gas. Unlike the contract of sale, the contract of supply natural gas to household consumer-citizen does not separate acts of transfer goods: consumed gas as a product is selected on the basis of the indications of gas consumption accounting devices, and in the absence of accounting devices – based on the approved consumption norms for each family member.On the basis of the current legislation analysis regulating gas supply relations, it is noted in the article that the supply contract to the natural gas consumer is characterized by inappropriate purchase and sale contracts, delivery of duties of the gas supplying organization for the implementation of a number of additional actions aimed at monitoring the technical condition internal gas supply systems, as well as consumer gas equipment. In turn, the consumer, in accordance with the current legislation, is obliged to maintain the gas supply system in the proper technical condition and carry out its repair. The article notes that the gas supply contract has the features that are not specific to the sales contract, deliveries in the traditional sense of the institution, and some are missing it altogether. Although it is noted that, in accordance with the norms of the Civil Code, the terms of the contract may include additional conditions inherent in the contract of sale or other types of contracts. In connection with this, it is impossible to fully use the norms of the contract of sale to the relationship with the supply of natural gas to the population.

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М. М. Топоркова

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М. М. Топоркова (2018). LEGAL NATURE OF GAS SUPPLY CONTRACT FOR HOUSEHOLD CONSUMER. Юридичний науковий електронний журнал, 2(), 77-80. https://europub.co.uk./articles/-A-641187