A trading business could be started during a day after submitting a notification to the local public authority. This is provided in a bill to amend and supplement the Law on Internal Trade and other legal acts that was approved by the Cabinet, IPN reports.
Currently, a trading authorization can be obtained during over two months and the file submitted to the mayor’s office includes seven authorizing documents such as certificates and permits issued by different authorities. When using the notification system, the business entities will interact only with the mayor’s offices, which will transmit information about the new traders to all the institutions through the one-stop shop.
Under the bill, the number of documents needed for obtaining an authorization will be reduced from seven to one. All the procedures will be performed through specialized software called “Internal e-Trade”. This will essentially optimize the process of starting a trading business.
If the trading activity implies risks to the health and life of consumers, the start-up period will last for 15 days. In the period, the National Food Safety Agency or the National Public Health Center will carry out the required examinations.
The bill was drafted with the assistance of the USAID BRITE Program.
