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Documents needed for the state registration of newly created legal entities
including commercial organizations with foreign investments:
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Application form for the state registration (application form). |
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The charter (or the foundation agreement - for commercial organizations, acting on the basis of the foundation agreement) - 2 copies not notarized, one soft copy (.doc or .rtf). |
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Founders - foreign legal entities (organizations) - provide a legalized abstract from the trade register of the country of origin or any other equivalent proof of a legal status of a foreign investor in accordance with the legislation of the country of his location or permanent residence at the creation of a commercial organization with foreign investments (legalization is to be conducted within a year after handing in an application on registration) with a Belarusian (Russian) translation (a translator's signature is to be notarized). |
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Founders - foreign physical persons - provide a copy of an identity paper with a Belarusian (Russian) translation (a translator's signature is to be notarized). |
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A document verifying payment of state duty (original or a copy). (Payment details). (Payment details). |
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Before submission of the above-mentioned documents to the administration of FEZ Grodnoinvest the property owner, the founders of the created commercial or non-commercial organizations have to:
- Coordinate with the registering body the name of the commercial, non-commercial organization;
- Specify the location area of the commercial, non-commercial organization;
- Make a decision about the creation of the commercial, non-commercial organization, prepare the charter of the organization (or the foundation agreement - for commercial organizations, acting on the basis of the foundation agreement);
- Form a statutory fund (for commercial organizations); open a temporary account in a bank (non-bank financial institution) in case of monetary contribution to the statutory fund; pursue the valuation of in-kind contributions in case of in-kind contribution to the statutory fund.
The requirements for the volume and the creation time of the statutory fund are established by the Investment code of the Republic of Belarus (for commercial organizations with foreign investments).
For reference: The amount of foreign investments in the statutory fund of a commercial organization with foreign investments must be not less than 20 000 USD in equivalent. The declared statutory fund has to be formed by 50 % or more within a year after the state registration of the company by means of the contribution of every founder not less than 50 % of their participatory share. The full statutory fund must be formed within 2 years after the day of the state registration. |
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Documents needed for the state registration of amendments introduced into the charter of commercial and non-commercial organizations
(or the foundation agreement - for commercial organizations, acting on the basis of the foundation agreement):
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Application form for the state registration (application form). |
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Amendments (2 copies) that are processed as attachments to the charter (or the foundation agreement - for commercial organizations, acting on the basis of the foundation agreement), not notarized, and their soft copy (.doc or .rtf). Optionally, the charter (or the foundation agreement) can be submitted amended and restated. |
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Original of a state registration certificate in case of a company's name change or its reorganization. |
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A document verifying payment of the state duty (original or a copy). (Payment details). |
Any legal body or individual entrepreneur of the Republic of Belarus may be registered
as a resident of the special tourism & recreation park Avgustov Canal |
Documents for the registration as a resident:
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Application form approved by the administration of FEZ Grodnoinvest; |
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Copies of the foundation documents (organization charter, founders agreement); |
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Copy of the State Registration Certificate; |
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Business-plan of the investment project according to the form approved by the FEZ Grodnoinvest administration.
Business-plan of a legal body, whose shares are transferred in trust to public authorities or any other state organization under the Government of the Republic of Belarus, must be approved by these authorities or organizations; |
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Receipt confirming the payment of the State duty for the registration at the rate stipulated by the legislation. (payment details) |
The administration of FEZ Grodnoinvest considers the presented documents for compliance with the law. |
The documents should stipulate:
- investments volume more than 200 000 Euro;
- development of tourism industry and infrastructure in the Park territory.
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Order of consideration of the documents presented and of signing an agreement on
business conditions
in the Special Tourism & Recreation Park Avgustov Canal |
The administration of FEZ Grodnoinvest considers the applicant's documents in the course of 14 working days after the date of the documents presentation and takes a decision to sign/not sign the agreement on business conditions in the Special Tourism & Recreation Park Avgustov Canal with the applicant and to register/not register the applicant as a Park resident.
The form of the agreement is approved by the administration of FEZ Grodnoinvest.
The given agreement shall last for a project implementation period.
The agreement must be stipulated in the course of 5 days after the moment of receipt of its project by the applicant and not later than 10 working days since the date the agreement project was sent to the applicant.
The agreement can be prolonged upon mutual agreement of the parties on the ground of the application of the Park resident which is to be presented to the FEZ administration not later than 1 month before the expiration of the agreement. The application should be presented together with the business plan of the investment project specifying the need for the prolongation of the project implementation period.
The Resident Registration Certificate is given to the resident within 3 days after the date of the registration as a Park resident.
In case the Resident Registration Certificate is lost or damaged, the copy of the Certificate is issued by the administration upon the resident’s application within 5 working days. |
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The grounds for decision to refuse a registration as a resident
of the Special Tourism & Recreation Park Avgustov Canal |
The grounds for decision to refuse a registration as a Park resident are:
- failure to present all the documents necessary for the registration as a Park resident;
- inconsistency of the investment project to the requirements of the legislative acts;
- absence of the concluded agreement within the legal period;
- shortage of spaces and (or) land plots of the necessary size within the Park territory meeting the requirements of the investment project.
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In case of taking the decision to refuse a registration as a Park resident the administration is to give written notice to the applicant within 3 working days indicating the reasons for the refusal. If this occurs, the agreement is not concluded & the state duty paid for the registration is returned to the applicant in accordance with the procedures established by the law.
The copy of the decision including the reasons for the refusal is to be sent to the applicant not later than the next day after the day of the decision making.
The decision to refuse a registration as a Park resident may be challenged in court in accordance with the established procedure. |
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Conditions and order of holding of competitions |
In case of another applicant's appeal to the administration of FEZ Grodnoinvest with a similar investment project or an investment project planned for implementation in the same land plot (not yet occupied), there is to be taken a decision on holding of a competition which is to be announced in mass media in the course of 14 days after the date of this applicant's appeal.
The competition's subject, conditions and order of holding is determined by the administration of FEZ Grodnoinvest in coordination with Grodno Executive Committee.
A FEZ Grodnoinvest agreement is signed with the applicant who won the competition. The applicant is registered as a Park resident within 5 working days. |
