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Government wants fewer licensable activities in Belarus
MINSK, 11 April (BelTA) – The number of licensable activities will be significantly reduced in Belarus. A corresponding draft decree will soon be prepared and submitted for scrutiny to the Belarusian head of state, First Deputy Prime Minister of Belarus Aleksandr Turchin told reporters following a session with the government’s economic bloc hosted by the head of state on 11 April, BelTA has learned.
According to Aleksandr Turchin, the business community has been waiting for amendments to the Law on Licensing for a long time. “Today the head of state has voiced support for the government’s suggestions and gave instructions to fine-tune a number of proposals and submit a draft legal act for scrutiny to the head of state. We need to get rid of the anachronisms. This will also pertain to the list of licensable activities and terms of issuing licenses,” the first deputy premier said.
According to him, Belarus has long been working to liberalize licensing laws. For example, Decree No.7 eliminated 15,000 licenses. The new decree is expected to scrap another 15,000 licenses. Thus the number of licenses will drop by 30%.
When asked what activities will no longer need licensing, Aleksandr Turchin noted that their number is very big and listed only the most anticipated amendments. These are changes to licensing requirements to healthcare employees.
The document will be drafted within a month. After that it will be forwarded for scrutiny to the president.
During the session, the head of state agreed with the government that individual provisions of licensing laws are out of touch with reality. The participants of the meeting discussed various mechanisms of introducing amendments – by drafting a new law or by issuing a decree. The latter option was chosen as the most rational one. The new decree will be able to rectify licensing rules within a short period of time. After that the legislative framework can be fine-tuned.
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