Responsibilities for gas maintenance will be transferred to gas distribution organizations from September 1

Since September 1, only gas distribution organizations will be engaged in intra-apartment and intra-house maintenance of gas equipment, it follows from decrees government of Russia.

“The solution will improve the safety of using gas networks both in apartment buildings and in individual buildings. New standard forms of contracts for the maintenance and repair of in-house and in-house gas equipment will be approved by the Ministry of Construction of Russia, ”said press office Ministry of Construction. The Ministry will also develop guidelines for calculating maintenance fees

The ministry clarified that existing contracts for the maintenance of individual residential buildings will be valid until they are terminated or terminated. At the same time, contracts for in-house maintenance will be valid until January 1, 2024. Until the same date, contracts for servicing intra-house gas systems should be brought in accordance with the new procedure, the press service said.

Now in the Russian Federation it is allowed to involve various companies in gas maintenance. Often such companies do not have their own emergency services, the Ministry of Construction noted.

The government has signed a resolution on the transfer of maintenance duties to gas distribution organizations as part of the implementation of the new norms of the Housing Code and the federal law “On Gas Supply”, the press service said.

Erdni Kagaltynov