Ministry of Environment has reported on the updating of licenses for subsoil – Russian newspaper

From the more than 7,600 licenses for subsoil use for one reason or another need to be clarified over 5500. The work should be completed before the end of 2016.

The Cabinet of Ministers at its next meeting heard the Ministry of Natural Resources on progress in mainstreaming a single license for subsoil use.

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Much of the mineral license was issued in the first half of the 90s, he recalled the Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev. This was done in large quantities, and not always adequately monitored. “There have been numerous cases of illegal amendments to the license,” – he stressed. This is including the illegal change of the border area. “It was revealed that more than half of the licenses are unavoidable violation or license obligations, or errors, or does not contain any specific conditions of use” – said the head of the Ministry of Natural Resources Sergey Donskoy.

– The audit of more than 7,600 licenses to be reissued over 5500. The work should be completed before the end of 2016 – said the prime minister. – As a result, the state should get a clear, transparent picture of the subsoil use.

From the beginning of the year received orders from the Ministry of Environment to date actualized 324 license. Until the end, you need to carry out this work for almost one thousand. “During 2016, we plan to update the 1690 licenses for hydrocarbon raw materials and 3315 – for solid minerals” – told Don about the plans.

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There was a question about how best to secure the regulatory criteria for verifying the licenses for subsoil use. Until now, the Ministry of Environment focused on those conditions which are set out in the relevant orders of the president. “I consider it possible to consider the feasibility of fixing the criteria and rules for updating the law, and not at the level of laws and regulations of the relevant executive authorities”, – expressed his opinion of Deputy Prime Minister Arkady Dvorkovich. This, he believes, will help to avoid later claims to the process by a third party.

Minister Don did not object, but try to understand whether it is necessary for all this to stop the current process. Dmitry Medvedev said that work should continue, but clear criteria are needed too.

In addition, he advised the Ministry of Natural Resources does not take the time to conduct an active campaign among subsoil users to engage in a process of actualization. “Especially where polka butterfly dance around them do not need to – he said. – It is necessary to inform them about what is happening in the prescribed manner actualization who do not take until the end of the year, it means goodbye. That this would request come “.

Opening the Cabinet meeting, Prime Minister also said that he had signed a decree increasing twice regulations limits revenues for legal entities and individual entrepreneurs, according to which they can be attributed to the small and medium businesses. Because of this, he said, more and more companies will be able to use the preferences granted to support small business. “First of all, access to the state order, the financial support of various programs and a number of other instruments,” – Medvedev recalled. In particular, almost 17 billion the government will send to members of the Federation for co-financing of regional and municipal programs to support small and medium-sized businesses.

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