Fire safety and sanitary-epidemiological requirements for businesses in Belarus are being simplified by 90%. This was announced on November 26 on the ONT television channel by the Head of the Office of the Council of Ministers, Chairman of the Council for Entrepreneurship Development, Alexander Turchin, commenting on Decree No. 7 of November 23, 2017 "On the Development of Entrepreneurship", as reported by BELTA.
Fire safety and sanitary-epidemiological requirements for businesses in Belarus are being simplified by 90%. This was announced on November 26 on the ONT television channel by the Head of the Office of the Council of Ministers, Chairman of the Council for Entrepreneurship Development, Alexander Turchin, commenting on Decree No. 7 of November 23, 2017 "On the Development of Entrepreneurship", as reported by BELTA.
The decree has maximally systematised and reduced a number of requirements for businesses. The number of those related to fire safety has decreased from over 500 to just over 50. Previously, there were about 1.1 thousand sanitary requirements, now approximately 100 remain. "Today, this area is being simplified by almost 90%," said Alexander Turchin.
The Chairman of the Council noted that the norms of the decree simplify the conditions for doing business, while simultaneously increasing the responsibility of its owners for the activities of the enterprise and organisation. "That is, the areas from which the state withdraws in regulation are already the zone of responsibility, primarily of the head," he added.
As reported, the decree, which is a key document from the package of regulatory legal acts aimed at improving the business climate in the country, was signed by the President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko on November 23. The document provides for a fundamental change in the mechanisms of interaction between state bodies and business, minimises the interference of officials in the work of economic entities, and strengthens the mechanisms of business self-regulation and its responsibility to society for its work. At the same time, the minimum necessary level of state control is maintained. To achieve these goals, a notification procedure for carrying out the most common types of economic activities is being introduced: household, tourism, social services, trade and public catering, passenger and baggage transportation, production of goods, construction materials, and others. Administrative barriers related to complex and lengthy procedures, obtaining a large number of certificates, approvals, and other permissive documentation are being maximally abolished.