OREANDA-NEWS. April 04, 2011. The Government approved the draft Law of Ukraine "On licensing in the sphere of economic activity" on the expansion of permit centres, developed by the State Committee on Entrepreneurship. The decision was taken at the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine session on 30 March.

The Bill is designed to introduce issuing permits for the principle of organizational unity at the regional level through the creation of permit centres of the regional level.

The Draft is amended to the Law of Ukraine "On licensing in the sphere of economic activity" regarding the introduction of issuance of documents permissive nature in permit centres formed in authorized the Council of Ministers the ARC ministry or the Republican committee, regional, Kyiv and Sevastopol city state administrations in which representatives of regional permits authorities and the state administrator provide issuing permits by the principle of organizational unity.

In this regard, amended to the definition of "authorization centre” and introduced a position of state administrator in the regions and defines its tasks and rights at the regional level.

In addition, the Bill is defined the concept of "regional permitting authorities” and eliminated permitting centres in areas of the city of Sevastopol acquiring issue of the small number of "regional" permits (about 10% of the total permits issued in the city) in city administration.

Implementation of the law will expand the chain of permit centres and implement in them positions of state administrator, which will significantly streamline and simplify obtaining permits issued in the regions. Thanks to these permit centres economic entities save time and money by passing the appropriate licensing procedures.