At the 20th meeting of the Moscow Regional Duma on Thursday, April 7th, the Commissioner for the Protection of the Rights of Entrepreneurs in the Moscow Region, Vladimir Golovnev, summed up the results of the work of the Institute for State Protection of Business for 2021 year.

He noted in his speech, that, despite the consequences of the coronavirus pandemic, in 2021 the number of business entities in the Moscow Region increased by 9.8% compared to 2020 year. This figure is higher than the average for Russia and Moscow, where the increase was 3% and 6.9%, respectively.

"At the same time, over the past year, business has faced various kinds of issues. As a result, in 2021, 2,462 applications from regional entrepreneurs were received  for consideration – directly and through public reception offices in city districts of the Moscow Region," Golovnev said.

The main topic of appeals at the end of 2021 in comparison with 2020 remained the same. Only the "leader" in the top five most common complaints has changed. The issues of land and property relations topped this rating (19.5%). Then there are the activities of law enforcement agencies (17.9%), administrative barriers (15.5%), violations in the field of execution of state and municipal contracts (11.3%) and issues in the tax sphere (8.2%).

"We managed to solve three quarters of the received appeals positively, protecting the rights and legitimate interests of entrepreneurs in whole or in part. Some of the issues are in the works, about 7% are recognized as unfounded, because they go beyond the scope of authority or the applicant's claims are unlawful," the Business Ombudsman noted in his speech. - As a result of the work, several hundred jobs were saved and created. The total contribution of the organizations, whose rights we defended, to the consolidated budget of the Moscow Region amounted to about 280 million rubles.

Separately, I will note the work on the issue of payment to entrepreneurs of the Moscow Region of arrears under executed state and municipal contracts. In 2021, the efficiency of activities in this direction was 93%. Thus, the total amount of debt paid is more than 15 million rubles. In 6 cases, officials were brought to administrative responsibility."

Vladimir Golovnev also spoke about the interaction of the government agency     with the Government of the Moscow Region, control and supervisory authorities and public associations, separately noting the close cooperation with the regional prosecutor's office:

"Last year, 67 joint receptions of entrepreneurs with the prosecutor's office were held: 4 – with the prosecutor of the Moscow Region Sergey Zabaturin and 63 – with city prosecutors in the municipalities of the Moscow Region. A total of 236 appeals were considered."

As part of the assessment of the regulatory and actual impact in 2021, with the assistance of the expert commission on rulemaking under the Commissioner, 22 normative legal acts were considered (66% less than in 2020). As a result, 6 were supported, 4 were considered without comments, comments were given on 10 projects, in 2 cases a negative conclusion was prepared.

"In addition to the ODS and OFV, in accordance with the Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 2220 dated by December 23d of 2020, I, as an Authorized Person, am entitled to coordinate draft regulatory legal acts of local self-government bodies determining the distance to the borders of territories, where the retail sale of alcoholic beverages is not allowed.

In 2021, 14 such projects were considered, received from 12 city districts, of which in 8 cases positive conclusions were given, in the rest – either it was proposed to finalize or a negative assessment was given," the Commissioner stressed.

Concluding his speech, Vladimir Golovnev noted that despite the current difficulties in the economy and the problems in business that have arisen under the sanctions, work on the key areas of the Institute of the Commissioner will continue this year.

"As our governor Andrey Vorobyov says, our task is to help, not to arrange a quest with papers for business. We will monitor the situation, help and explain to entrepreneurs the norms of the current legislation, protect them from excessive interest from the inspection bodies and administrative pressure. Only together we will be able to overcome difficult times," Golovnev summed up.

The full text of the report can be found by clicking  on the link https://uzpp.mosreg.ru/deyatelnost/ezhegodnye-doklady