Under the Agreement, the parties agreed to cooperate in the following main areas:

• Assistance in promotion and implementation of business projects on the inside of the Russian and international sites;
• assistance to effective interaction of small and medium-sized business with the authorities and structures of state power in the region;
• assistance in modernization and innovative development of the Russian economy;
• exchange of information on potential projects of the Parties, including preliminary expert assessment of the conditions, structure and stages of project implementation;
• Harmonization of the procedure and mechanisms for reviewing projects for the Parties’ interest in their implementation;
• informing the Parties of their partners and / or potential partners about programs and projects implemented with the participation of the Parties;
• exchange of information and marketing materials of the Parties for use in work and informing the professional community about the products of each Party;
• organization and joint participation in scientific and practical conferences, forums, seminars, exhibitions on investment activities and the development of small and medium-sized businesses; – interaction with public organizations and the expert community.

“The agreement with the All-Russian Public Organization” Investment Russia “is an extension of the scale for business representatives of the Chukotka Autonomous Region, the opportunity to position regional investment projects on a wide inside Russian and international platform in order to search for investors, the opportunity to find expert support and independent evaluation of an investment idea or project, the possibility Implement a partner educational program in the sphere of a dynamically changing economy and a chance to find new niches for business. Undoubtedly, the partnership agreement is a new milestone in the work of the Foundation. Investment Russia is a reliable partner in the world of finance and a partner environment, and I think that all our potential investors and residents of special economic zones that will use the existing platform will be able to count on a long-term development perspective. We rely on the support of a new strategic partner. In the near future we will start implementing a joint information and educational project and will outline the vector of fruitful mutual development, “commented Olga Plotnikova, the Fund’s director.

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“During the meeting on the development of the PDA “Beringovsky” and the free port of Vladivostok in the part of the city district of Pevek, a report was made by Mr. Tikhonov Denis Vladimirovich, participant of the retreat of the head of the JSC “Corporation for the Development of the Far East “. The basis of the report was information on the results of the work of representatives of the JSC “Corporation of Development of the Far East” in the region and its plans for the near future. Within six months of the representatives of the corporation in the territory, 10 applications for activities in the PDA “Beringovsky” were officially accepted. 10 applications were brought to the status of approval and conclusion of residence agreements, which is certainly a positive factor in assessing the work of the mission in the territory. Particular attention was paid to the high quality and diversification of attracted investments in the territory.

The planned results at the beginning of the work of the Chukotka Development Fund for development of investment initiatives from representatives of regional business have been fully implemented. We loo at the prospects and rates of filling the PDA “Beringovsky” residents sensibly without detaching from the realities of the Arctic and the specifics of the Far North. We are trying to build a strategy for the development of the territory on a sound and long-term prospect, taking into account the obligations to the residents of the district to ensure not only an increase in budget revenues from tax revenues, but also taking into account social and environmental effects, ” Olga Plotnikova commented.

The second part of the meeting touched upon an equally important part of the development of the territory – the results and plans for the development of the free port of Vladivostok in the part of the Pevek city district under Federal Law No. 212-FZ of July 13, 2015 “On the Free Port of Vladivostok”. The report of the governor of the Chukotka Autonomous Region, Kopin Roman Valentinovich, outlined the main directions of the legislative regulation of the free port of Vladivostok, the list of planned benefits for residents, and clarifications on the permitted activities of residents. The expected social effects for the population and prospects for the development of the economy of the urban district of Pevek and the Chukotka Autonomous Region are multiplier effects in general.

In the final part of the meeting, special attention was paid to the issues of residents of the PDA and the free port of Vladivostok. Each resident had the opportunity to receive a response from the primary source in the person of representatives of the authorities and the apparatus of the plenipotentiary representative of the Far Eastern Federal District.

Summarizing the meeting, on the whole, a positive assessment of the work of regional authorities, representatives of JSC “Corporation for the Development of the Far East in the Territory, Mivostokrazvitiya. A vector of active development and comprehensive business support has been set for the most active involvement in the development of the territory by participating both in infrastructure projects in the region and in projects aimed at local economic impact that is tangible to society.

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“The expectations of the Chukotka Development Fund from the meeting of the Consultative Council are in the sphere of searching for solutions to the applicability of customs privileges for investors realizing their projects in the difficult conditions of the Arctic and the Far North. In preparation for the meeting, the Foundation carried out preliminary work individually with each investor in the territory of advanced development “Beringovsky” in order to identify the bottlenecks in the legislation formed during the implementation of the mechanisms of the free customs zone within the Chukotka Autonomous Region”, Olga Plotnikova commented.

The meeting of the Advisory Council held with the participation of management of the Far Eastern Customs Administration, including the first deputy and deputy head of Customs of economic activities, the largest participants of foreign trade in the Far East, residents of the territories of priority development and the territory of the free port of Vladivostok, with the participation of potential investors, as well as representatives of regional mass media (television, radio, news agencies, online publications and print publications).

On the first issue of the agenda on the implementation of federal laws of July 13, 2015 №212-ФЗ “On the free port of Vladivostok” of December 29, 2014 № 473-FZ “On the territories of advanced social and economic development in the Russian Federation”, incl. On the issues of application of the customs procedure of the free customs zone (STZ), the presenters heard a report by Svetlana Aleksandrovna Utyasheva, deputy director of the Department for Priority Development Area (PDA) and Infrastructure of the Ministry of the Russian Federation.

The second and most significant speaker for residents and potential investors of the Bering Sea and free port of Vladivostok in the part of the Pevek city district was Lyudmila Pulina, Deputy Director of the Development Department for Advanced Development Territories and the Free Port of Vladivostok, JSC Far East Development Corporation. The main theme of her report identified problem issues for investors implementing their projects in the Arctic and the Far North. Severe natural and climatic conditions, characterized by extremely low temperatures, unstable weather conditions, strong winds, geographically distant and local location of settlements or industrial facilities – all these factors do not allow to fulfill the necessary volume of requirements of the customs legislation on the arrangement of customs control zones. And non-compliance with the norms of the law, in turn, prevents residents from receiving customs preferences. A number of requirements within the Arctic and the Far North are not simply not technically feasible, but excessive and ineffective in territories located outside of civilization, for example, fencing customs control zones for coal-producing or gold companies. For such territories, it is necessary to work out individual requirements for the equipment and arrangement of free customs zones and customs control zones, adapted to the real operating conditions. A plan of work aimed at developing proposals for amendments to the legislation in the form of a separate item for foreign economic entities located in the Arctic and the Far North is outlined. Ms. Pulina emphasized the need for detailed study of the justification of the initiated changes with the aim of achieving success in the difficult task set. At the same time, simplification of the requirements for arrangement should not reduce the level of customs control in the FCZ. Residents of PDA Beringovsky supported a promising undertaking. In the course of the dialogue with the colleagues of the customs administration, Ms. Pulina also announced the need to remove the excessive regis- tration currently applied to traders in the form of compulsory application of the customs transit procedure for goods from the point of other storage in the territory, for example, the seaport to the place of operation by residents in the territory of the STZ. This mechanism is obligatory for today even if the participants of foreign trade activities send customs declarations to customs authorities.

Reports were also made by the staff of the Far Eastern Customs Administration. Including First Deputy Head of the Far Eastern Customs Administration Sergey Viktorovich Fedorov spoke about the positive experience in the territory of the Far East of implementing mechanisms of the free customs zone. So, one customs checkpoint, six customs and border control points of the sea type, fourteen checkpoints on the territory of the free port of Vladivostok for cars, trucks and individuals were organized. Gleb Aleksandrovich Kicha, Head of the Customs Control Service of the Far Eastern Customs Administration, informed the participants about the details of the requirements for the organization of customs control points and the need to equip them not only with checkpoints but also with equipment designed for weighing vehicles, as well as, among other things, car signs on vehicles in all weather conditions. Sergei Valerievich Pankratov in his report spoke about the planned changes in the customs legislation in the near future, incl. On the draft legislative acts, which are at the stage of discussion and consideration. For example, a change is planned regarding the application of the norms of customs legislation in the coastal waters. We also discussed some features of the withdrawal of the STZ status. For example, the withdrawal of the STZ status in respect of real estate can only be applied at the same time as the termination of the status of the PDA resident.

The second item on the agenda of the meeting of the Consultative Council on Work with Participants in Foreign Economic Affairs of the DVTU touched upon the implementation of new information customs technologies in the Far Eastern Federal District. The report of Oksana Nikolayevna Dolgikh, the head of the department for the introduction of advanced customs technologies for the customs control service of the Far Eastern Customs Administration, introduced the participants to the meeting with innovations. So, now there is an opportunity of remote examination of the imported goods with application of new software complexes. Electronic digital signature functions are available today to all participants of foreign trade activities and are low-cost both financially and in time. In the near future, automated accounting will be introduced for all participants in foreign economic activity of the territories of priority development and the free port of Vladivostok. In the long term, such accounting will replace existing requirements for the development of customs control zones and significantly minimize the costs of investors directed to meet the requirements of regulatory authorities. These changes are planned to apply to the territories of port and logistics sites. For today, they pass the coordination of the Ministry of Justice and the Ministry of Finance.

In the final part of the meeting, special attention was paid to the issues of the residents of the PDA and the free port of Vladivostok to the representatives of the customs regulatory bodies that monitor the implementation of legislation and the application of the benefits of customs legislation. Residents proposed to refine the mechanism of individual allowances for the arrangement of the STZ in terms of a one-time opportunity for its use. At the time of application of repeated imports for goods or equipment organized by the FCZ or vehicles, individual measures of preferential treatment for today are canceled, which is not relevant.

Summing up the results of the meeting, the colleagues of the customs administration discussed the possibility of navigation on regulatory documents of the Customs legislation, preferential procedures for the application of certain norms, the availability of visualized material in free Internet access, incl. On the website of the Far Eastern Customs Administration and the Federal Customs Service of the Russian Federation. In addition, there is an urgent need for additional training by customs officials for residents of the PDA and the free port of Vladivostok and the possibility of holding it for interested persons through VCS in the short term.

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This meeting was also attended by the federal inspector in the Chukotka Autonomous Region Alexander Sitnikov and the authorized representative for the protection of the rights of entrepreneurs in the Chukotka Autonomous Region Kulik Nikolai Ivanovich who said not a few good parting words to the future generation of entrepreneurs indicated the special importance of the vocational guidance of the younger generation and the development of entrepreneurial skills at the stage of vocational training.

Irina Aleksandrovna Leu, Head of the Department for Registration and Registration of Taxpayers of the Office of the Federal Tax Service of Russia for the Chukotka Autonomous Region, told about optimization of procedures for state registration of business entities. She illustrated the online services of the tax service site, available to any user on the Internet.

Deputy Director of noncommercial organization “Fund of development of economy and direct investment of Chukotka Autonomous Region” Gurina Maria spoke about the proposed JSC “Federal Corporation for the development of small and medium entrepreneurship” training programs “ABC of entrepreneur” (creating a business from scratch) and “School of entrepreneurship” (business development), the types of state support of small and medium business, implemented in the Chukotka Autonomous Region and investment attractiveness of the territory of advancing socio-economic development “Beringovskiy”.

The results of the meeting should be an increase in the number of small and medium-sized enterprises in the region and the quality of doing business by a new generation of entrepreneurs. In the long term, such meetings were made by the participants to implement on a regular basis, which will make a significant contribution to the economy of Chukotka in the near future.

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Olga Plotnikova, Director of the Fund for the Development of Economics and Direct Investments of the Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, and Sergey Kolyadko, Director of the Chukotka Regional Branch of JSC Rosselkhozbank, commented on the event.

“The agreement with the new partner is a serious step for the Foundation in the direction of preparing a reliable platform for implementing various measures to support investors in the region. Today in Chukotka, investment projects are being implemented on a long-term basis. Projects require detailed elaboration and weighted approaches to risk assessment. Rosselkhozbank is a very reliable partner, and I think that all our potential investors and residents who will use the services of this bank will be able to count on a long-term development perspective. We rely on the support of a new strategic partner. In the future, we will strengthen our relationship. In the coming year we will see what difficulties or roughnesses may arise in order to eliminate them and outline the vector of fruitful development”, commented Olga Plotnikova, Director of the Fund.

In turn, Sergey Kolyadko stressed that Rosselkhozbank has high reliability and is a bank with 100% state participation. One of the tasks of the Chukotka branch is quality customer service in various segments. “The Fund for the Development of the Economy and Direct Investments of the Chukotka Autonomous Region is a serious and important tool in achieving those ambitious goals set by the region’s leadership. Large investments are now being made to the region. The Head of the Fund participates in the implementation of projects that are very important for Chukotka. We can not be separate from this process. And they intend to help the development of the region in every way, improving the well-being and well-being of our fellow countrymen, “said the head of the Rosselkhozbank branch in Anadyr, Mr. Kolyadko. Now the bank is considering the possibility of implementing a project to develop the district’s infrastructure. Let us note that one joint project is already implemented by Rosselkhozbank jointly with the Fund. The bank cooperates with one of the residents of the PDA “Beringovsky”, which deals with gold mining. The preliminary results of the cooperation will be announced by the leaders in October, after which a separate development strategy for a specific project will be built.

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“The expectations of the Chukotka AO Development Fund from the Forum are in the sphere of dialogue with investors. Participation in a large number of sessions was held, meetings and business negotiations were held with companies that in the future could lead to new investment projects within the Chukotka Autonomous Region “, – commented Olga Plotnikova, Director of the Fund.

The Fund took an active part in the business program of the Forum. In particular, the Director of the Fund Olga Plotnikova took part in the events on the opening of the WEF-2016 within the framework of which the greeting of the Deputy Chairman of the Government – Plenipotentiary Representative of the President of the Russian Federation in the Far Eastern Federal District, the Chairman of the Organizing Committee of the Eastern Economic Forum Yuri Petrovich Trutnev, and the greeting of the Executive Secretary Economic and Social Commission of the United Nations for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) Shamshad Akhtar.

The Chukotka Development Fund signed an agreement on a long-term partnership with the Far East Development Corporation, which will create a platform for attracting investors to the PDA and Free Port of Vladivostok, and will bring investment cooperation within the region to a qualitatively new level.

Session “PDA for investors: minimum risks and maximum profitability. Success Stories “, held on September 02, 2016, allowed participants to share their experience and present best practices among investors, residents of the PDA, aspirants to residents and representatives of authorities in the Far East in general. The moderator of the session was Denis Alekseevich Gros the head of the “Industrial Park Avangard” (PDA Khabarovsk). The agenda of the session included questions of the feasibility of PDA mechanisms and their decisive role in making investment decisions. The positive effect and positive experience from the implementation of PDA was positioned by the Governor of the Khabarovsk Territory Mr. Shport Vyacheslav Ivanovich. The agenda of the session includes unique opportunities to increase the investment attractiveness of the region on the initiative of Olga Plotnikova, the director of the Development Fund of Chukotka AO. In addition, useful experience on the presence of bottlenecks in the implementation of customs benefits during the implementation of the investment project, on sectoral priorities and state support for infrastructure development, the successful innovation component and the economic feasibility of creating new PDAs, attractiveness of PDAs for foreign investors were shared by: Tomoyuki Igarasi – JG SE Evergreen “, Sarapkin Alexander Vladimirovich – General Director of” Amurragrocenter “, Sergey Anatolyevich Kolesnikov – President and Managing Partner of Technonikol, Isakov Nikolay Vasilievich – Deputy General Director for work with the authorities of OOO Gazprom Mezhregiongaz, Alexander Kozlov – Governor of the Amur Region and Denis Tikhonov – General Director of KRDV.

“03” September 2016 on the WEF site held one of the key sessions “New mechanisms to support investors in the Far East.” Within the framework of the organized session, issues of the action in the Far East of a broad range of measures to support investors, including Subsidies for the creation of infrastructure, tax incentives, preferential financing from the Development Fund of the Far East. Opportunities of any enterprise within the framework of the program of support of the regional significant projects, which invested more than 50 million rubles in new production in the Far East, are announced in the written order to receive benefits for income tax and for mining operations operating for 10 years. During the discussion, issues of step-by-step accessibility of opportunities for investors to take measures of state support in the Far East were discussed. A high degree of positive impact of measures on the economic efficiency of investments was noted. The bright concentration of successful projects that have received state support, not only provides a positive example to potential investors, but also an increase in the number of stakeholders, including, from foreign investors. The positive dynamics of the announced investment projects directly reflects the prospects for the dynamic development of the Far East and the Chukotka Autonomous Region, among other things. Based on the results of the discussion of the above topics, the Chukotka Development Fund, outlined the special need to support small and medium-sized businesses of the Chukotka Autonomous Region and develop an individual approach to support mechanisms for business entities, taking into account the Arctic region and transport specifics of the region. At the end of the session, a fruitful exchange of facts and ideas was made, a positive response was received from representatives of the authorities of the subjects of the Far East, business representatives and representatives of the Far Eastern Development Fund.

An additional stimulus to positive initiatives and actions towards steady growth was the speech of the President of the Russian Federation in the framework of the plenary meeting held on September 3, 2016, in which Olga Plotnikova, Director of the Development Fund of Chukotka AO, took part in the list of honorable guests.

“We see real changes here – the first, but still significant and encouraging results. So, now the growth of industrial production in the Far East is more than five percent. In general, we have a modest growth in the country – three tenths of a percent, but five in the Far East. Over the past year, more than one trillion rubles of investments have been attracted to the region, and over 300 investment projects have been launched. This means that the proposed mechanisms for supporting business are in demand, “the Russian president stressed.

The ambitious, enormous task of making the Far East one of the centers of social and economic development of our country is an achievable goal.

In general, the schedule of the sessions was rather tense. Nevertheless, those sessions that were held in parallel and the representatives of delegations did not manage to visit them at the same time were, if possible, successfully replaced by negotiations. Olga Plotnikova, the director of the Chukotka AO Development Fund, also took part in the business negotiations on the applicability of measures and mechanisms for attracting investments developed in the Far East, the forms of investment support for the projects being announced, and prospects for the development of the Chukotka AO economic sectors in the development of the Far East as a whole. The most practical discussion held in the course of the negotiations with the participation of a number of representatives of investment agencies allowed to expand the network of strategically important contacts of the Fund and to introduce a promising component in its own development plan for the investment environment of the region.

“The Eastern Economic Forum is a platform for growth of the subjects of the Far East economy, a platform for the growth of potential, investment, innovative ideas and an indicative panel for comparing points of growth in the region’s development vector. The regularity of such an event with the participation of the President of the Russian Federation, the distinguished guests of the near abroad, underscores the importance of developing both the Far East and cooperation with the APR countries. The forum is a point for launching new ideas aimed at increasing the investment attractiveness of the Far East and its subjects. The baggage received during the exchange of experience will certainly be absorbed through development plans and will be implemented by the best practices and mechanisms within the Chukotka Autonomous Region. Summarize the work of the Development Fund of the Chukotka Autonomous Region on the platform for increasing the comfort of the region’s investment climate. I propose jointly, exactly in a year “, – Olga Plotnikova noted.

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During the six months of the actual work of the Foundation, 14 sets of documents for the formation of applications for the implementation of activities in the advanced development area “Beringovsky” were accepted. The amount of planned investments by bids amounted to about 12 billion rubles. Applicants for PDA residents claim creation of 1,026 workplaces during the implementation of the projects. Projects are multidirectional in content and industry.

Already registered at the current date in the PDA “Beringovsky”, with the participation of the Chukotka Development Fund in the preparation of sets of applications, 7 residents for the amount of investments 611.5 million rubles. Within the framework of the projects phased creation of 95 workplaces was declared.

At the date of the II Eastern Economic Forum, with the support of the Chukotka Development Fund, 10 residents are expected to register. The amount of investments for projects planned for implementation will amount to 11.6 billion rubles. Investors will create 941 workstations within the framework of projects.

During the six months of the actual work of the Foundation, mechanisms for reducing the time frame for collecting information and searching for optimal solutions for potential investors have been worked out. Assistance is provided on a free basis for drafting business plans and consulting on the completion of applications to business representatives, investors and potential economic entities of the Chukotka Autonomous Region. An individual project implementation plan is built for each application, each project, each investor.

It is possible to recognize reduced administrative barriers. Each resident and applicant to the residents is accompanied individually.

Of course there is much more to strive for. There are questions that require a separate detailed study, incl. with customs authorities.

In general, the mechanism of TOP has shown its effectiveness in the Far East, as evidenced by the figures for the first half of 2016:

• Received 159 official applications from investors for the implementation of investment projects in the PDA for a total investment of 507.529 billion rubles.
• 28.5 thousand new jobs will be created.
• There are 4 enterprises, 23 enterprises – at the stage of construction and installation work.
• But the fact that the creation of the 13th PDA in the Far East – “Amuro-Khinganskaya” in the Jewish Autonomous Region was approved.

Among the residents of the PDA “Beringovsky” there is both a large and a small business. Therefore, the projects that will be implemented in Chukotka are different in scale and content. Among them: reconstruction of wind power stations, gold mining, construction of landfills, coal mining and export, modernization of water and power plants, fishing, warehousing and auxiliary transport, crop production, etc.

Within the framework of work with the residents of the PDA “Beringovsky” – full support is provided for the formation of applications by residents and maintenance of projects throughout their lives. All services are free of charge.

It is planned to sign an agreement with KRED on the interaction and cooperation in the field of attraction and support of residents of PDA and SPV. The signing of this agreement will provide a positive vector for the development of the region as a whole and will strengthen opportunities for potential investors through consolidated coordination on the path to the implementation of ambitious plans.

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The round table was attended by Alesya Andreevna Kalinova, Deputy Governor-Head of the Department of Finance, Economics and Property Relations of the Chukotka Autonomous Area, Elena Anatolyevna Kompaniets, First Deputy Head of the Department of Finance, Economics and Property Relations of the Chukotka Autonomous District, Andrei Shamilevich Mingazov, First Deputy Head of the Department of Industrial and agricultural policy of the Chukotka Autonomous Area, Olga Sergeevna Plotnikova, Director of the Fund for the Development of Economics and Direct Investments of Chukotka of the Autonomous Region, Andrei Valerievich Zinchenko, head of the Anadyr customs post of the Magadan Customs of the Far Eastern Customs Administration.

At the event dedicated to the implementation of the mechanisms for the application of special business regimes for residents of the territory of the advanced social and economic development of Beringovsky (PDA) and the free port of Vladivostok (SPV), issues were discussed about the problems and prospects of entrepreneurship development within these zones, the availability of existing mechanisms Customs privileges, as well as the work of public authorities to improve the investment climate in the Chukotka Autonomous Region.

Opening the Round Table, Deputy Governor Alesia Andreevna Kalinova noted that in the current situation, public authorities, within their authority, are called upon to help the business community in solving problems related to customs regulation, tax legislation, to help reduce administrative barriers, and to create Favorable conditions for expanding the circle of entrepreneurs of Chukotka.

– I would like to see that the main motive for carrying out control measures implemented by state bodies was not to “find and punish” but to “identify, help and prompt” – this is the mechanism that presupposes the very purpose of creating PDA or SST, and this is the help for Entrepreneurs from the state authorities, which they expect, – said Alesia Andreevna Kalinova.

Andrei Shamilevich Mingazov, First Deputy Head of the Department of Industrial and Agricultural Policy of the Chukotka Autonomous Region, commented on the work on improving the mechanisms for the application of special economic regimes within the zones formed in the territory of the Chukotka Autonomous Region.

– There are a number of large projects in the territory of the Chukotka Autonomous Region, large in scale and lengthy in the implementation stages, which do not require support from public authorities in the form of, for example, tax preferences. This should be taken into account when creating new territories for special economic zones, taking into account the needs of budgetary support for the development of the economy of the region as a whole. At the same time, it is necessary to understand the specifics of the region and feel the need to support the development of related industries around large investors. Here it is just necessary to “identify, help and prompt.” There is a field for joint work of representatives of the authorities and supervisory bodies over the mechanisms of applying preferences both within a single settlement, district, and for the economy of the district as a whole. Among the industries that require special attention are transportation services, including not only the transportation of oversized cargo, but also passenger, warehouse and so on, as well as the development of energy.

Elena Anatolyevna Kompanets raised the issue of the conditions for applying the free customs zone regime in respect of residents of the PDA and SPV and the obligation to pay customs and tax payments in the event of the sale of goods and services by a resident to a non-resident. In this case, the differences between the resident having certain preferences and the non-resident who do not have rights to any preferences are leveled.

– It is necessary to further work out the mechanism for using the customs regime of the free customs zone with reference to such unique territories as TOR “Beringovsky” and Free Port of Vladivostok, which included the city district of Pevek. We understand that, first of all, residents who carry out processing activities will benefit. It is necessary to work out more detailed conditions for the application of the free customs zone for other industries, including in the sphere of transport and other services. Only in this case it will be possible to achieve a tangible economic effect and development of our own production and services in the Arctic part of the Far East, “commented Elena Anatolyevna Kompaniets.

Andrei Valerievich Zinchenko, the head of the Anadyr customs post of the Magadan Customs of the Far Eastern Customs Department, shared experience of implementing preferential treatment mechanisms in the Special Economic Zone in the Magadan Region, listed the minimum of controlled parameters for the planned areas of customs control within the PDA Beringovsky and SPV in the city district Pevek. He drew attention to the permissible types of activity in relation to which it is possible to apply certain preferences within the framework of the customs legislation.

– The customs authorities are ready for cooperation and joint work on the implementation of the projects of the territory of the advanced social and economic development of Beringovsky and the free port of Vladivostok. I consider it necessary to determine the format for holding joint working meetings with residents of the PDA and free port Vladivostok in the city district of Pevek, planning to engage in foreign economic activities, in order to work out timely issues. Residents of the PDA and the Pevek city district as part of the SPV on all emerging issues may also apply directly to the Anadyr customs post of Magadan Customs or Magadan Customs.

In his report on the results of the work of the non-profit organization Fund for the Development of Economics and Direct Investments of the Chukotka Autonomous Region, the head of Plotnikova Olga Sergeyevna told about the results of work in attracting and accompanying the Bering residents to the PDA.

– Successful elaboration of specific appeals of potential residents of the PDA “Beringovsky”, consulting, support of preparation of applications and business plans for submission to the Corporation. To date, 5 residents have been registered, 8 more applications are pending, preliminary processing and official finalization. The total volume of investments in the implementation of the announced projects will be more than 9 billion rubles. The volume of jobs planned to create will be more than 580 people. However, for today it is revealed the need to pay special attention to special preferential treatment provided to residents of PDA and free port Vladivostok within the framework of the Customs Code of the Russian Federation. Some moments require further elaboration by the authorities and Customs of Chukotka AR. Among the questions and comments on the topic, the list of recommendations for the current and future residents was drawn up for the purposes of timely coordination of measures for the implementation of investment projects and a balanced assessment of the costs envisaged by the investment plan of each investor – Olga Plotnikova commented.

For reference:

PDA “Beringovsky” is located in the territories of municipal entities Anadyr Municipal District and Anadyr City District of the Chukotka Autonomous Region. The main task of the PDA is the integrated development of the Anadyr industrial zone, one of the advanced development zones defined by the Chukotka Autonomous Region Development Strategy, based on the development of the Bering coal deposit with more than 1 billion tons of coal resources.

At the same time, considering the scale of the created territory of the advanced development of almost 16 million hectares, its specialization is quite wide. This is not only the extraction of coal, but also oil, gas, metal ores and other minerals, processing of extracted resources, production, transport and other services.

Residents of the PDA “Beringovsky” can become a legal entity – a commercial organization (with the exception of state and municipal unitary enterprises) or an individual entrepreneur who have concluded an agreement with the Management Company and included in the register of residents of the PDA, in the course of performing activities for residents of the PDA, with the volume of capital investments Not less than 500 thousand rubles, and also under other conditions.

For residents of the PDA, tax and other benefits have been established, including a reduction in tax rates for taxes on profits, property, extraction of minerals, a reduction in the amount of compulsory insurance premiums, and a reduction in the land tax rate.

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The resident project assumes the modernization of the diesel power plant in the village of Beringovsky during 2017-2019. It is planned to dismantle obsolete equipment, repair the premises of the power plant as a whole and install a new diesel-generator equipment.

The amount of investments will be 27 170 thousand rubles. The term of the agreement on the implementation of activities in the territory of advanced development “Beringovsky will be ten years. The number of new jobs created will be no more than 19 pieces. Almost 99% of the investments announced by the resident will be returned to him within ten years of project implementation due to the application of preferential tax rates.

The implementation of this project will improve the reliability of uninterrupted power supply for the operation of life support and housing facilities in Beringovsky, reduce the harmful impact on the environment through the use of modern equipment, create new jobs.

The fact of registration of the residents of the TOP is confirmed by the data from the Register of Residents of the Priority Development Area (PDA) on the official website of the JSC “Corporation for the Development of the Far East” http://www.erdc.ru/.

“To date, the residents of the territory of the leading socio-economic development” Beringovsky “are five enterprises, two of which plan to operate in the city of Anadyr, two more – in the Anadyr district, and one in the village of Bering. The volume of planned investments will be about 135 million rubles. As projects are implemented, 35 jobs will be created, “commented Olga Plotnikova, director of the Chukotka Development Fund.

In addition, at the moment in the active stage of the preliminary training, with the use of consulting, expert and technical support staff of the Fund for Development of Economics and Direct Investments of the Chukotka Autonomous Region, there are eight more applications from potential residents of the PDA. The total amount of potential applications is about 9 billion rubles. The projects are aimed at coal mining, development of industry, hotel business, greenhouses, livestock and fish processing.

Fund87, 22.07.2016

The project “Attraction of private investors in public utility systems” was created within the framework of the Action Plan on attracting private investments into the housing and communal services of the Chukotka Autonomous Region, approved by the Governor of the Chukotka Autonomous Region from June 20, 2016 No. 161-rg “On measures to attract Housing and Communal Services of the Chukotka Autonomous Region of Private Investments”.

The meeting was headed by Governor Roman Valentinovich Kopin. The moderator of the meeting was Andrei Shamilevich Mingazov, Deputy Head of the Department of Industrial and Agricultural Policy. Representatives of the responsible activities of the Department of Industrial and Agricultural Policy of the Chukotka Autonomous Region, representatives of the Committee for Tariffs of the Chukotka Autonomous Region, representatives of the Anadyr GD, the administration of the Anadyr District, the administrations of the Bilibino District, the administration of the Chukotkommunkhoz State Enterprise, Commercial organizations of the district in the sphere of housing and communal services. By means of telephone communication channels, the heads of other settlements of the Chukotka Autonomous Region were connected to the meeting.

Within the framework of the meeting, the results of the conducted works were summed up, including:

• organization of the project office on the basis of the State Institution “Management of Capital Construction of the Chukotka Autonomous Region”;
• conducting a large-scale analysis of consumption standards in the context of populated areas and normative legal acts of the Chukotka Autonomous Region,
• analysis of resource consumption levels in countries with similar climatic and weather conditions,
• development and preparation of recommendations for making the necessary changes to the regional legislative base,
• summarizing the preliminary negotiations with potential and current investors in the housing and communal services sector,
• requesting and collecting information and materials on the existing schemes for heat, water and electricity in municipal administrations districts, city districts, organizations of housing and communal services, data on facilities and complexes of the infrastructure for generation and transportation of heat, electricity and the system of water supply of settlements of Chukotka,
• etc.

The Department of Industrial and Agricultural Policy of the Chukotka Autonomous Region, the results achieved within the framework of the project “Concessions – Challenges for Entrepreneurs of Chukotka” are assessed as acceptable.

The main theme of the speech of each of the parties involved is the stages and mechanisms for optimal phased interaction in the implementation of the large-scale Chukotka Autonomous Region Project “Attraction of private investors in communal infrastructure systems” and the construction of a plan for its further successful implementation.

The main message of the report for the Fund is the potential growth in investments in the housing and communal services sector and the need to search for new ways to optimize investor costs and apply existing support mechanisms to investors in the region. It is also proposed to apply the existing mechanisms of the Beringovsky PDA, regional programs for supporting investment projects and public-private partnership mechanisms with the support of the Government of the Chukotka Autonomous Region during the period of the phased implementation of the Project.

Fund87, 08.07.2016