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The resolution was drafted by the Ministry of Economic Development in accordance with Article 8 section 1 paragraph 4 of Federal Law No. 116-FZ On Special Economic Zones in the Russian Federation dated July 22, 2005, and under the Government instruction of January 18, 2013.
The regulations include guidelines for forming evaluation criteria to assess special economic zones, taking into account their objectives, types and stages of development.
The Ministry of Economic Development is basing the performance evaluation of special economic zones on indicators which include the amount of budget and non-budgetary funds spent on infrastructure, the number of residents and the number of jobs created by them; the amount of investment made by residents, the volume of production, tax payments and customs levies.
Following the evaluation of the special economic zones, the Ministry will present a report on their economic activity to the Government.
The Government resolutions will not incur any additional expenditures for the federal budget and will help improve the efficiency of special economic zones.