The Tajik authorities have reportedly extended the list of industrial production facilities exempted from inspection for two years.
The State Committee on Investments and State-owned Property Management (GosKomInvest) has extended the list industrial production facilities that were exempted from inspection for two years.
43 more enterprises have reportedly been put on the list bringing a total number of enterprises exempted from inspection to 1,973.
This list was prepared in early 2018 when President Rahmon signed a decree aimed at creating a favorable climate for the development of productive entrepreneurship.
The document was signed on January 16, 2018, and under the moratorium decree proposed by the president to the parliament, tax officials, prosecutors, the auditing chamber and anticorruption officials and the National Bank are still allowed to run checks. Checks could only go ahead when there was a suspicion that consumer rights were somehow being violated. The moratorium extends only to production facilities, not other types of enterprises.
The decree is reportedly aimed at supporting industrial production facilities as well as promoting creation of new jobs and strengthening of industrial and export capacities of the country. The moratorium on inspection of industrial production facilities will be in effect until January 1, 2021.
The majority of enterprises put on the list are engaged in production of food products and drinks. In all, 500 such enterprises were put on the list.
Besides, the list includes quite a large number of enterprises manufacturing non-metal mineral products, mining enterprises, textile factories and printing houses.
The list also includes oil refineries, metal-processing enterprises, coke-producing facilities, electricity and gas production plants, water supply facilities, furniture production enterprises, agricultural enterprises (cattle breeding, seed growing, tree planting, cocoon breeding), transformer and generator manufacturing plants, metallurgical enterprises, medical equipment producing enterprises, etc.
Meanwhile, many facilities engaged in repairing furniture and home appliances were also put on the list.
Recall, the president proposed to launch a two-year-moratorium on inspection of industrial production facilities on December 6, 2018 while addressing a joint session of both chambers of parliament.
During the address, the head of state spoke about his professed concern for the frequency of raids on private enterprises, saying it was cramping the development of the business community.
He proposed to launch a two-year-moratorium on inspection of industrial production facilities for the period of 2019-2020.
