Questions and Answers

Questions of Investment and Innovation Activities

• PDFWhat preferential terms and benefits are provided to an investor when concluding an investment agreement?
• PDFWho can receive funds from the innovation fund and for what purposes?
• PDFIs it difficult to obtain financing from the innovation fund?

Questions of Entrepreneurship

• DOCXIn which organizations should the book of remarks and suggestions be kept? Are there situations where a citizen can be refused the issuance of the book of remarks and suggestions? Is there liability for refusing to provide the book of remarks and suggestions?
• DOCWhat is entrepreneurial activity?
• DOCWhat activities are not considered entrepreneurial?
• DOCWhat is the state registration procedure?
• DOCWhich bodies carry out state registration?
• PDFHow has the Vitebsk Regional Council of Deputies resolved the issue of reducing the rates of the single tax for individual entrepreneurs and other individuals applied in the II and III quarters of 2020, in accordance with paragraph 3 of Decree of the President of the Republic of Belarus of April 24, 2020 No. 143 "On supporting the economy"?
• PDFWhere to apply for changes to the established deadlines for payment of taxes, fees (duties), land lease payments, reduction of property tax and/or land tax amounts, land lease payment amounts payable in the II and III quarters of 2020, in accordance with subparagraphs 2.1, 2.2 and 2.3 of paragraph 2 of Decree of the President of the Republic of Belarus of April 24, 2020 No. 143 "On supporting the economy"?

• PDFWhat is the procedure for referral for medical-social expertise to establish one of the disability groups and the procedure for appealing the conclusion of medical-social expertise?
• PDFWhat is the procedure for issuing a certificate of incapacity for work?
• PDFWhat is the procedure for providing medical care to foreign citizens and stateless persons?

• PDFIs a graduate obliged to reimburse the funds spent on their education to the budget in case of admission for further education of a higher level on a full-time paid basis in the year of obtaining secondary vocational education?
• PDFDuring the period of mandatory work assignment, a young specialist got married (divorced), does he have the right to get a job at the place of work of his spouse?
• PDFIn which cases is a young specialist subject to redistribution?
• PDFFrom what age can a child be enrolled in the first grade?
• PDFHow is the acceptance of documents for enrolling a child in the first grade carried out?
• PDFTo get into kindergarten, you need to be put on a waiting list. How to do this?
• PDFMany parents are convinced that if they are put on the waiting list on time, they are guaranteed a place in the kindergarten they planned for. Is this true?
• PDFCan large families, single mothers, parents of children with disabilities count on priority enrollment in kindergarten?

• WEBEmployment Issues
• WEBLabor and Salary Issues
• WEBOccupational Safety and Health Issues
• WEBSocial Protection Issues
• WEBPension Provision Issues

Questions on the valuation and appraisal of state property

• PDFWho can conduct property valuation?
• PDFIn which cases is valuation mandatory?
• PDFWho conducts the appraisal review?
• PDFIn which cases is a mandatory appraisal review required?
• PDFIn which cases is a market valuation required?
• PDFAt what value is unused state property put up for auction?
• PDFWhat to do if there are no documents confirming the value of property in accounting records?
• PDFWhere can I find information on all revaluation coefficients for fixed assets starting from 1992, revaluation coefficients for unfinished construction objects, sample internal valuation reports, classifiers of fixed assets, and contact details of appraisal organizations in the Vitebsk region?
• PDFWhere can I get training to become an appraiser and an expert in conducting expertise on the reliability of internal valuations?

Questions about "Imushchestvo" vouchers

• PDFHow can "Imushchestvo" vouchers be used?
• PDFWhich "Imushchestvo" vouchers can be exchanged for shares at branches of OJSC ASB "Belarusbank", and can they be sold?
• PDFHow can "Imushchestvo" vouchers be exchanged for shares at OJSC ASB "Belarusbank"?
• PDFHow can "Imushchestvo" vouchers exchanged for shares be returned?
• PDFIs it possible to receive "Zhilie" vouchers or exchange "Imushchestvo" vouchers for "Zhilie" vouchers?
• PDFCan shares be gifted, sold, bought, exchanged, or bequeathed?
• PDFIs a joint-stock company obliged to pay dividends annually? What is the procedure for paying dividends?
• PDFHow can a shareholder access information about the company's activities?
• PDFWhat are the rights of shareholders in the event of liquidation of a joint-stock company, what happens to the shares?

Questions on State Property Transformation and Privatization

• PDFHow is state property reformed?
• PDFWho is included in the commission for the transformation of state unitary enterprises into open joint-stock companies?
• PDFWho is the privatization body?
• PDFWho selects founders of open joint-stock companies, other than the state, created in the process of transforming state unitary enterprises?
• PDFWho makes decisions on the transformation of state unitary enterprises into open joint-stock companies?
• PDFOn what date is the charter capital formed when an enterprise or several enterprises are transformed into a OJSC?
• PDFWhat assets are not included in the charter capital of an OJSC during the transformation of a state unitary enterprise?
• PDFWho issues the conclusion confirming the correctness of the property valuation of the merged enterprise?
• PDFWho makes the decisions to approve the merger of a state unitary enterprise or several state unitary enterprises with an OJSC?
• PDFIn which cases are enterprises as property complexes of state unitary enterprises sold through a tender?
• PDFIs it possible to acquire privatization objects for the IPCh "Property"?
• PDFWho can acquire enterprises as property complexes of state unitary enterprises?
• PDFWhat conditions can be set for a buyer when selling state unitary enterprises as property complexes through a tender?
• PDFWhere is information about the sale of state unitary enterprises as property complexes published?
• PDFHow is the starting price determined for privatization objects offered for sale through a tender or auction?

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Questions regarding the lease of state property

• PDFWhat legislation governs the lease of state property?
• PDFFor what period can property be leased?
• PDFWhat is the rental rate established for the city of Vitebsk?
• PDFWho sets the demand coefficient?
• PDFFrom what moment does the tenant start paying rent?
• PDFCan state property be granted for gratuitous use and to whom?
• PDFWhat is the rental fee for trading spaces in shopping centers and markets?

• PDFWhat are the specifics of creating monumental art?
• PDFHow is the export of cultural property (works of art) abroad carried out?
• PDFHow to carry out facade repairs of a building with the status of historical and cultural value (window replacement)?
• PDFHow to obtain a certificate for the right to organize and hold a cultural and entertainment event in the Republic of Belarus?
• PDFHow to award a non-professional (amateur) artistic group the title of "People's" ("Exemplary")?

• PDFAre large families entitled to early use of family capital funds for renovation work in apartments built without finishing?
• PDFAre young families entitled to financial assistance in repaying non-preferential loans granted by banks for the construction (reconstruction) or acquisition of residential premises?
• PDFWhat is the legal procedure for reconstructing residential premises?
• DOCOn the development of the residential area "Bilevo-4" in the city of Vitebsk

• DOCXIn which cases can an unscheduled inspection be ordered by a controlling (supervisory) authority upon a citizen's request?
• DOCXWhich controlling (supervisory) authority can order an unscheduled inspection of compliance with labor payment legislation?

• PDFWhat rights does a consumer have when making a purchase online, including through social networks?
• PDFA conflict situation arose when making a purchase in a store, and the consumer believes their rights have been violated. How should they proceed to protect them?
• PDFA consumer has the right to exchange and return certain goods of proper quality. Within what period is the seller obliged to return the money when the goods are returned, and is the consumer obliged to present the claim to the seller in writing?
• PDFWhat is the procedure for a consumer to unilaterally terminate a concluded service agreement?

• DOCXIn which organizations should the book of remarks and proposals be kept?
• PDFHow to find out which body's competence a matter falls under and where to address it?
• PDFCan an appeal be withdrawn?
• DOCIf an appeal is sent to an organization whose competence does not include resolving the issue, what are the consequences for the applicant?
• DOCRegarding the continuation of Pobedy Avenue to Beshenkovichi Highway in Vitebsk
• DOCRegarding the implementation of the urban planning project "Detailed Development Project of a Residential Block on Sergey Gritsivets Street in Orsha"
• DOCXRegarding the construction of a temporary bridge structure for vehicle traffic and a temporary road during the reconstruction of the bridge over the Sokolyanka River in Kokhanovo urban settlement

• DOCOn the transformation of local natural monuments
• PDFOther issues
• DOCXRegarding the construction of a temporary bridge structure for vehicle traffic and a temporary road during the reconstruction of the bridge over the Sokolyanka River in the urban-type settlement of Kokhanovo
• DOCXOn the erection of a group of residential buildings near the residential building at Pobedy Avenue, 8a in Vitebsk