Today the President of Kazakhstan unveiled the signing of a Decree on drastic measures to improve the conditions for development of entrepreneurial activity.
“According to the Decree, starting from April 2 and until January 1, 2015, I declare a moratorium on inspections of small and medium-sized businesses. I charged the Government to take a number of concrete measures aimed at further improvement of the conditions for doing business by entrepreneurs of Kazakhstan,” the head of state stated.
Nursultan Nazarbayev informed on the measures which would be taken in order to improve the state control.
“The practice of scheduled inspections will be cancelled. The state bodies should elaborate unbiased system of inspections determination that meets international standards and is subject to agreement with the Administration of the President. According to this system, since January 1, 2015, those entrepreneurs who have a high probability of violations will be subject to inspection. If an entrepreneur fulfils all legal requirements, inspection authorities should not come to them at all,” the President of Kazakhstan said.
The head of state emphasised that the format of inspections will be radically revised in the near future. As a result, the total number of requirements will be reduced by more than 30 percent. The Government should revise all inspection regulations for that.
The President informed that one third of all inspections in the country are related to liquidation procedure for entities of small and medium-sized businesses that would be simplified starting January 1, 2015.
The President also pointed out that the General Prosecutor’s Office would provide the National Chamber of Entrepreneurs with access to audit information in relation to business.
Computerization of permit issuance will be completed and at least 140 kinds of permits will be switched to an electronic format. Besides, regulation procedure in the construction industry will be simplified.
“Ineffective, not relevant acts of state bodies will be cancelled. Procedures on rendering services to population in the central and local executive authorities will be revised as well.
The President also stressed that these measures require changes in legislation.
“The Government should submit the draft law on the issues of permits and notifications to the Parliament until April 1, 2014; the draft law on drastic improvement of conditions for entrepreneurial activity until September 1, 2014; and the draft law on the issues of the activity of self-regulated organisations until January 1, 2015,” Nursultan Nazarbayev said.
At the end, the President of Kazakhstan stressed that the development of entrepreneurship has been one of the key tasks of the Strategy-2050.
