President Viktor Yushchenko has signed a law providing national publishers of Ukrainian language literature with the right to rent the facilities under state and municipal ownership without having to participate in a competition for the right to rent the venue.

The law was published on the official site of the president on Thursday and comes into effect from the moment of publication.

The law aims to support the national publishing industry. The law provides that national publishers that produce over 50 percentof their publications in Ukrainian will not be required to participate in rental tenders of state or municipally owned facilities.