Directive No. 1817-r of October 8, 2013
The draft law On Introducing Amendments to the Federal Law On Protecting Competition and Certain Legislative Acts of the Russian Federation has been developed according to the Clause 10 of the roadmap Improving Legal Development Regulations and the Business Climate in the Construction Industry, approved by Government Directive No. 1336-r of July 29, 2013.
The draft federal law establishes an administrative procedure of processing complaints regarding procedural violations by federal executive bodies, regional executive bodies and local governments in the sphere of construction and land relations.
The draft law introduces amendments to Article 181 of the federal law On Protecting Competition, which establish the Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) procedure for processing complaints on actions (inaction) of authorised bodies that handle violations committed by authorities in the sphere of construction and land relations.
To prevent overlap of FAS functions and the functions of the authorised bodies related to pre-trial appeals against the rulings of authorised bodies in the sphere of construction and land relations in urban development and improving the business climate, the draft law introduces amendments in the federal law On Provision of of State and Municipal Services.
The amendments to the Russian Federation Code of Administrative Offences institute administrative liability for officials of authorised bodies for violating the procedure of exercising powers in the sphere of construction and land relations.
The introduction of a special procedure for submitting and processing complaints will make it possible to quickly implement administrative appeal mechanisms and to create systematic and long-term conditions for detecting and removing administrative barriers, which will help make Russian economy’s more attractive to investors.
The draft law was debated and approved at the Government meeting on October 3, 2013.
