Article 40. Peculiarities of accounting for thermal energy by sub-consumers of the Law on Thermal Energy
1. Sub-consumers, by mutual agreement with the consumer, conclude a contract for the purchase of thermal energy and (or) a heat carrier. The contract may contain conditions for reimbursement of reasonable consumer costs for compensation of heat energy losses in heating networks, ensuring joint operation of equipment and heating networks of the consumer, providing technical accounting and compensation of consumer costs for connection and construction of its heating networks.
2. Sub-consumers in a heat supply system in which standard contracts for the provision of services for the sale of thermal energy are concluded may conclude a standard heat supply contract with a heat-transporting entity to whose heating networks the consumer is connected, or a standard contract for the provision of services for the production of thermal energy with a heat-producing entity to whose collectors of heat sources the direct consumer is connected.
3. A standard contract for the provision of services for the sale of thermal energy with a heat-transporting entity to whose heating networks the consumer is connected, and a standard contract for the provision of services for the production of thermal energy with a heat-producing entity are concluded subject to reimbursement of the consumer's reasonable costs for compensation of losses of thermal energy in heating networks, calculated in accordance with the procedure determined by the authorized body, conclusion of a contract with the consumer for the joint operation of equipment and heating networks and compensation of the consumer's costs for connection and construction of its heating networks.
4. When concluding a standard contract for the provision of services for the sale of thermal energy with a heat-transporting entity or a standard contract for the provision of services for the production of thermal energy with a heat-producing entity, the sub-consumer is obliged to ensure the installation of commercial metering devices.
This Law regulates public relations arising in the process of production, transportation, sale and consumption of thermal energy for municipal and industrial needs, as well as the high-quality functioning and development of heat supply systems and state regulation in the field of thermal energy.
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