The Association of Volga region cities prepares a motion to the Duma for law of non-stationary trade

(KZN.RU, March 28, Ksenia Shvetsova). Developed by the Trade and Industry Ministry of the Russian Federation the new draft law of modifying in the Rederal Law about the organisation of non-stationary shopping facilities which is today on consideration of the State Duma, contains new norms which will return uncontrollable trade to the city streets. The grave concern was expressed by the participants of the Association of Volga region cities. The day before the meeting via videoconference was conducted by Ilsur Metshin, the Mayor of Kazan, the chairman of the Association of Volga region cities. The heads of cities decided to prepare a motion to the State Duma about some provisions of the new draft law on behalf of the Association of Volga region cities taking into account the opinions of regions and municipalities.

Ildar Shakirov: «The new draft law  in offered edition can take us back to the past»

The new draft law of modifying in the Rederal Law «About basic principles of State regulation of trade in the Russian Federation», and the Law about the Сommon principles of the organisation of local self-management in non-stationary and illegal trade is developed by the Ministry of Trade and Industry of the Russian Federation. Now it is being prepared for discussion in the first reading in the State Duma of the Russian Federation and, in spite of its importance, in today's edition the draft law has given rise to serious concerns to the heads of municipalities.

Ildar Shakirov, the deputy head of the Executive Committee, told about the possible consequences of the new draft law acceptance and proposals for its improvement.

As the first problem question he named the organisation of mobile trade. According to the draft law the members of the Russian Federation are called upon to implement the process of issuing certificates for mobile trade. However the requirements to safety, city appearance and serviceability of such objects in offered edition of the draft law are rather common, at the same time they are identical both for settlements, and for megapolis. Because of insufficient control such approach will increase the number of mobile trade objects which will not correspond neither safety requirements, nor  the city appearance. «The process of issuing certificates for mobile trade should be solved on the level of municipalities», - noted I.Shakirov.

One more problem question is the dismantling of illegal trade objects at the territory of  apartment houses and private territories. The acceptance of the draft law in offered edition will increase the number of illegal shops. It was necessary to obtaine from the residents of multi-room houses their consent to the deployment of such objects, he reminded. However many unfair businessmen  ignore it, and only the court can solve this problem, but this process takes several months. «Our proposal is to amend the law and to settle the question of to eliminate illegal shops», - added I.Shakirov.

Also there will be a place which is remained unimplemented twice in bidding processes. It gives rise to serious concerns to us. According to Shakirov, such places will become the places for illegal trade.

According to the opinion of drafters, the popular places of trade will improve the financial position of farms and smallholders, however dealers manage marketing of their production, added the deputy head of the Executive Committee. Moreover in Kazan the special sites are organised for realisation of farmer production - there are 9 tent fairs in the city which meet the requirements.

As Ildar Shakirov told: «Because of small business support programmes the new draft law  in offered edition can take us back to the past when the trade was conducted without supplying of elementary safety norms».

I.Shakirov emphasised the important functions of non-stationary trade objects (NTO) which  offered products to consumers and saled seasonal goods. But there are the largest number of violations in non-stationary trade. The most common one is the sale of poor-quality products, infringing goods, illegal connection to power resources of multi-room houses, violation of the rules of places improvement.

Due to hard work and local rules in recent years in Kazan we managed to  clean up the business environment of non-stationary trade, speaker emphasised. So, today the plans for the placement of NTO approved in Kazan  previously discussed by business-community, a system of property rights provides for secure, transparent and accessible to all market participants on a competitive basis. Besides requirements to the city's appearance and  NTO project for the adjustment have been elaborated and approved. The contracts on placement of 250 places have been made, to the end of the spring it is planned to realise all requirements of NTO placement of 740 places.

Helena Lapushkina, the head of Samara: «Municipalities should maintain a register of mobile NTO»

Helena Lapushkina, the head of Samara, offered to create and maintain a register of mobile NTO which the municipality will grant the certificate about the trade implementation of trade. «It will allow to organise effective control and regulation of mobile trade on the territory of particular city territory», - said H.Lapushkina. She entirely supported the proposal of exclusion of «popular place» from the draft law, and noted that such approach would bring about problems on sanitary content of  grounds maintenance.

Ilgiz Nasyrtdinov, the deputy head of Ufa, noted it was necessary to provide norms for the issue of dismantling the illegal located objects and  simplifying the procedure. «We believe that there is no necessary detailed consideration of the procedure in this project», - said I.Nasyrtdinov.

The issue of NTO placement on private territories and on territories beside multi-room houses gave rise to serious concerns, added Alexey Maklygin, the deputy head of Cheboksary. «It is necessary to work more extended description of criteria for NTO objects. Today city infrastructure changes, new decisions are required», - considers the deputy head of Cheboksary.

As a result it was offered to convey a motion to the State Duma of the Russian Federation on behalf of the Association of Volga region cities. The draft law should take into account the opinion of local authorities who regulate these questions in their regions and cities. «Some provisions of the new draft law will be beneficial for unscrupulous businessmen, - said the Mayor of Kazan. - It is that case, when the voice of cities and municipalities should be heard».

Oleg Bekmemetev, the head of  Izhevsk, Victor Kuvajtsev, the head of Penza, Michael Isaev, the head of Saratov, Lyudmila Andreeva, the deputy head of the Kazan Municipality, Iskander Giniyatullin, the deputy chairman of the Executive Committee, Elvira Dolotkazina, the deputy head of Nizhnekamsk, Ekzam Gubaidullin, the chairman of the Council of Municipalities of the RT, and others also attended the meeting.