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16.10.2017

Entrepreneurs of NKR are outraged by the cancellation of the tariff for electricity by the zones of the day

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North-Kazakhstan region

Individual entrepreneurs were equalled to individuals, for whom tariffs for consumption volumes were introduced

This was said at a meeting of the Regional Council of the Chamber of Entrepreneurs of North-Kazakhstan region, where the Commissioner for the Protection of the Rights of Entrepreneurs of Kazakhstan, Bolat Palymbetov, took part.

Speaking about the main problems raised by North Kazakhstan entrepreneurs last year, the Business Ombudsman singled out the problem of land relations. Namely, the complexity of their receipt, non-transparency of the procedure.

"Analysis of statistical data has shown that not a single tender for the provision of land was held in Petropavlovsk during the period 2013-2016. And only 2 auctions were held in North-Kazakhstan region, at which 9 land plots were sold. I will say that such a problem exists not only in your region, but also in the whole of the republic. I want to reiterate that many systemic problems in your region require a decision at the republican level, work is already under way", - Bolat Palimbetov said.

After that, the Business Ombudsman urged the participants of the meeting to an open dialogue. By the number of speakers, it became clear that in the past year, the problems of entrepreneurs didn’t decrease.

Among these - the abolition of differentiated tariffs for electricity by the zones of the day, as well as the regulations of power companies, which stipulate that a sole proprietor is an individual.

"The fact is that sole proprietors today are equated to individuals by power companies, for whom tariffs on volumes of consumption are applied. Although the entrepreneur has his own production, a bunch of workers, fixed assets and equipment, but for some reason this is not taken into account. The calculation is for one person who consumes the maximum volume. Because of the maximum volume, the maximum tariff is set for them. And this problem has affected all individual entrepreneurs. I believe that this is completely unreasonable. It is necessary that all SP, being producers, be equated to legal entities", - said Alexander Kazantsev, director of SP "Kazantsev A.V.".

Chairman of the Council for the Protection of the Rights of Entrepreneurs of RCE of NKR, a judge in the honorary retirement Inessa Kuanova even quoted an excerpt from the Civil Code, according to which the actions of power companies are illegal to put it mildly.

"There is article 19 of the Civil Code of the Republic of Kazakhstan, which provides that an individual entrepreneur in the entrepreneurial sphere is equal to a legal entity. Therefore, the question arises here that it is necessary to challenge the actions of the monopolist and raise the question of interpreting the law. That is, if there is already a Civil Code, what decisions can you make about equating and so on? Probably, it is necessary to fulfill the current legislation to the monopolist", - Inessa Kuvanova commented.

Also, entrepreneurs raised issues related to the long terms of issuance of the veterinary certificate, subsidies, unfair competition in the production of confectionery products due to the increase in the number of illegal producers. Till now problems arise on questions of extra charge of taxes on transactions with pseudo-enterprises and legal entities whose registration was declared invalid. The businessmen also talked about unequal competitive opportunities in the fuel market.

Within the framework of the meeting, reports were also presented by the deputy director of the chamber, Zhenis Kaziev and the member of the regional council for the protection of entrepreneurs' rights Zhanat Zhumabayev, on the work carried out in the region to protect the rights and legitimate interests of entrepreneurs.

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