KYIV. March 13 (Interfax-Ukraine) – Ukraine’s Cabinet of Ministers has removed requirements regulating the expiration terms of construction licenses from bylaws.
The decision was made at a government meeting on Friday, March 10.
First Deputy Economic Development and Trade Minister Maskym Nefyodov said that current legislation envisages the perpetual term for construction licenses.
“However, we know that in some regions there were shameful cases when a person comes to re-register the license and hears that there are additional resolutions and bylaws mentioning that the license has a term. Unfortunately, this is sometimes linked to corruption… We asses that the effect from removing this corruption element could exceed $30 million in coming three years,” he said.
According to the website of the Regional Development, Construction, Housing and Utilities Economy Ministry, as of February 13, 2017 the State Architectural and Construction Inspectorate used the rules for licensing economic activities linked to creation of architectural facilities approved by government resolution No. 1396 issued on December 5, 2007.
The rules say that the term of the construction license is five years, and three years for companies that receive this license for the first time.
The law on licensing of types of economic activities says that the construction license has the perpetual term.
