OREANDA-NEWS. On 15 May 2008 was announced, that in the board hall Ministry of Economic Development and Trade of the Russian Federation a session was held of the competitive commissions for conduction open competition for selection of applications for creation special economic zones port type.

Session competitive commissions was held under the chairmanship of Minister of Trade and Economic Development of the Russian FederationE. S. Nabiullina with the assistance of minister of transport of the Russian Federation I. E. Levitin And head of Federal Agency for Management of Special Economic Zones A. A. Alpatov .

Ministry of Economic Development and Trade of the Russian Federation made announcements the competition for creation PSEZ With February 1 2008 orders № 462From December 29 2007 . For competition was is submitted 20 applications Of 16 regions, among them 17 applications was admitted to competition, 3 - are deflected because of requirements failure to comply with competition document.

On commission's decision to participation in the competition were admitted following application:  

№ item Name of the subject of the Russian Federation,
municipal entity of Russian Federation
Type of port SEZ

1. Government of Murmansk Region,

Administration of municipal entity,. Murmansk  

Sea port

2. Government of Murmansk Region,

Administration of municipal entity Kolsk district  

Sea port

3. Administration of Primorie Territory,

Administration of Nakhodkinskogo municipal district, administration of partisan municipal district  

Sea port

4. 

Republic of Bashkortostan, administration of municipal district city of Agidelj  

River port

5. 

Republic of Buryatia,

Administration of municipal district "city Ulan-Ude"  

Airport

6. Government of Sverdlovskaya Region,

Municipal entity "Yekaterinburg city"  

Airport

7. Government of Khabarovsk Territory,

Administration of Sovetsko-Gavanskogo municipal district  

Sea port

8. Government of Ivanovo Region,

Administration of Ivanovskaya municipal district  

Airport

9. Administration council of Krasnoyarsk Territory,

Administration of Emeljyanovskogo district  

Airport

10. Administration of the Krasnodar Territory,

Administration of municipal entity Primorsko-Akhtarskij district  

Sea port

11. Administration of the Krasnodar Territory,

Administration of municipal entity Ejskij district  

Sea port

12. Government of Astrakhan Region,

Municipal entity "Limanskij district"  

Sea port

13. Government of Ulyanovsk Region,

Administration of municipal entity "Cherdaklinskij district"  

Airport

14. Government of Republic of Bashkortostan,

Administration of municipal district city Ufa  

Airport

15. Government of Kamchatka territory,

Administration Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky municipal district  

Sea port

16. Republic of Tatarstan,

Municipal entity "Tukaevskij municipal district"  

River port

17. Republic of Tatarstan,

Municipal entity "Zeleny Dol municipal district"  

River port

Is deflected:  

№ item  

Name of the subject of the Russian Federation,
municipal entity of Russian Federation  
Type of port SEZ

1. Government of Moscow Region,

Administration of municipal district of Khimki  

Airport

2. Government of Amur Region,

Administration of the city Blagoveshchensk  

Airport

3. Government of Republic of Chechnia,

Administration of Grozny  

Airport

After opening of the envelope the competitive documents of applicants will be in detail has been considered within one month and in the first days of June 2008 Will be called winners of the competition (winning application ). The competition results will be podvoditjsya on each sea basin, river ports and airports, but this does not mean that in each category will be defined the winner, because the competitive commission have the right to reject all applications, if will find their improper competition criteria.

Competitive commissions will determine winner on the basis total windowed estimate, assignable each application for creation port special economic zones, taking into account criteria, stipulated Regulations of holding competition for selection of applications for creation special economic zones, approved by Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation of September 132005 . № 563.

Determination regulation of total measured evaluation of an application are available in the competition documentation.

The Russia possesses by the profitable geographic advantage, significant transport potential, which it's necessary to use for development of economic and trade relations with Japan, South Korea, China and South-East Asia, as well as E. U..

Special economic zone of port type will assist in complex regional economic development, creation of new jobs, improvement of social infrastructure. In them will be founded condition attract national and foreign investments under construction and reconstruction of port infrastructure, development stimulation of harbour equipment, development of harbour services, competitive with foreign analogues.

The participation in the action traditionally adopted the applicants representatives of - subjects of the Russian Federation of contenders and mass media.