Bishkek
March 3, 1997, # 12
THE LAW OF THE KYRGYZ REPUBLIC
On Licensing
(As amended by the Laws of the Kyrgyz Republic of
February 14, 1998 #13, April 24, 1998 #53,
July 7, 1998 #87, September 12, 1998 #121,
November 27, 1999, #131, January 18, 2001 #13,
June 12, 2001 #48, February 17, 2003 #38,
February 18, 2003 #41, March 10, 2003 #59,
June 11, 2003 #95, August 1, 2003 #165,
December 24, 2003 #239, August 13, 2004 #129,
January 27, 2006 #21, April 28, 2007 #45,
April 19, 2008 #62, April 28, 2008 #73,
June 2, 2008 #105, June 12, 2008 #118,
June 23, 2008 #126, October 23, 2008 #232,
November 20, 2008 #241, July 31, 2009 #259,
October 13, 2009 #270, October 5, 2011 #161,
December 21, 2011 #242, October 6, 2012 #169,
October 10, 2012 #170, October 11, 2012 #171,
November 14, 2012 #182)
See:
The Regulations on licensing of different kinds of entrepreneurship (approved by the Decree of the Government KR of May 31, 2001 #260)
CHAPTER I. GENERAL PROVISIONS
CHAPTER II. LICENSING OF GOODS EXPORT AND IMPORT (WORKS, SERVICES)
CHAPTER III. CONDITIONS AND PROCEDURES FOR ISSUANCE OF LICENSES
CHAPTER IV. RESPONSIBILITY FOR VIOLATION OF THE LAW ON LICENSING
CHAPTER I
GENERAL PROVISIONS
Article 1. Relationships, Regulated by This Law
1. This Law shall regulate relationships, related to government licensing of activity or definite actions, subject to licensing.
2. Relationships, related to license issuance within the limits of licensed contract, entered into between individuals and (or) legal entities, shall not be regulated by this Law.
3. Licensing of the activity of banks, financial and credit as well as other institutions, regulated by the National Bank of the Kyrgyz Republic, shall be governed by the Laws of the Kyrgyz Republic "On the National Bank of the Kyrgyz Republic", "On banks and banking activity", regulatory acts of the National Bank of the Kyrgyz Republic and other regulatory legal acts of the Kyrgyz Republic to the extent not withstanding such acts.
(As amended by the Law of the Kyrgyz Republic of February 17, 2003 #38)
Article 2. Concept of License
License shall mean a permission to perform a certain type of activity or perform different actions, issued to an individual or a legal entity by a competent government agency.
Article 3. Basic Licensing Principles
1. Licenses shall be issued on equal grounds and on equal conditions to all persons, who meet the requirements, established for a license of a given type. It shall be prohibited to give state enterprises preferential right to issue licenses, except for those types of activity (production of products, works, services), which are referred to government monopoly by legislative acts.
2. It shall be prohibited to issue a license for purposes of restriction of competition or to provide advantages to certain groups of businessmen depending on the form of their ownership, on departmental interests or place of location.
Issuance of a license must not encourage strengthening of monopoly or restrict the freedom of business activity.
3. Licenses shall be alienable, i.e. transferable by a licensee to other individuals or legal entities, unless otherwise established by this Law and other normative legal acts, adopted in accordance therewith.
4. A license shall be required to perform only those types of activity and those actions which licensing is stipulated by this Law.
5. Introduction of a licensed procedure or its termination in respect to different types of activity shall be stipulated by this Law and may take place based on state security considerations, realization of the state monopoly, legal order enforcement, environment protection, protection of property, life and health of citizens.
(As amended by the Law of the Kyrgyz Republic of January 18, 2001 #13)
Article 4. Types of Licenses
Licenses shall be identified based on the following features:
1. Subjects:
1) issued to individuals and legal entities of the Kyrgyz Republic;
2) issued to foreign legal entities, foreign citizens, individuals without citizenship and international organizations.
2. Subject matters of the activity:
1) general - to perform certain type of activity;
2) once-only - to perform certain economic operation within the allowed amount, weight or number (in kind or in cash).
3. Time of action:
1) permanent - issued without time restrictions;
2) temporary - issued for a period of no less than two years unless otherwise provided by the legislation in effect.
4. Territory of activity:
1) actions which are limited to a certain territory of the Kyrgyz Republic;
2) actions which cover the whole territory of the Kyrgyz Republic;
3) actions which go beyond the borders of the Kyrgyz Republic.
5. Alienability:
1) alienable;
2) inalienable.
Alienable licenses shall constitute licenses issued in accordance with the list, approved by the Jogorku Kenesh of the Kyrgyz Republic.
See:
Letter of the Chief of the KR Jogorku Kenesh Staff of March 6, 2008 #394 (on the list of alienable licenses)
Licenses, not included in the list stated in part two of this Article, shall be inalienable.
The license, not subject to alienation in accordance with this Article, must have the mark thereon.
(As amended by the Law of the Kyrgyz Republic of January 18, 2001 #13)
Article 5. Agencies Performing Licensing
1. A license shall be issued to a receiver (licensee) by ministries, institutions and other management agencies (licensors), supervising this type of licensed activity, identified by legislative acts and by the Government of the Kyrgyz Republic.
2. A license to perform a certain type of business activity irrespective of subjects performing such activity shall be issued by a single management agency.
3. Licensing authorities are prohibited from engaging in the same type of activity for which they are issued a license.
(Interpretation of article, see the Law of the Kyrgyz Republic of December 3, 1998 #150)
(As amended by the Laws of the Kyrgyz Republic of January 18, 2001 #13, July 31, 2009 #258)
Article 6. Forms of Licenses
Forms of licenses shall be established by the Government of the Kyrgyz Republic and shall be documents of strict reporting.
Article 7. License and Other Title Acts
1. In the event besides the license another permission is required (allocation of a land plot, allocation of radio frequency, etc.) to perform a certain activity or perform certain actions. Such permission shall be given after the receipt of the license.
Permission without the license shall be invalid.
2. Performance of activity, requiring licensing, shall be allowed only with the license.
3. Transactions shall remain valid in the event the requirement to receive a license was established after their conclusion, unless otherwise established by the legislation.
Early termination of the license or imposition of embargo (prohibition) to export of any type of product to certain countries shall not cover already concluded transactions, unless otherwise provided by the legislation.
Article 8. Licenses, Issued to Foreign Legal Entities or Individuals
Foreign legal entities or individuals, as well as individuals without citizenship shall receive licenses on the same conditions and in the same procedure as legal entities and individuals of the Kyrgyz Republic, unless otherwise provided by legislative acts.
Licenses, received in other countries, shall be recognized on the territory of the Kyrgyz Republic provided that corresponding international agreements are entered into or in cases stipulated by the Law of the Kyrgyz Republic “On the National Bank of the Kyrgyz Republic”.
(As amended by the Law of the Kyrgyz Republic of October 23, 2008 #232)
Article 9. Types of Activity Subject to Mandatory Licensing
A license shall be required for the following types of business activity:
(null and void in accordance with the Law of the Kyrgyz Republic of July 31, 2009 #258);
(null and void in accordance with the Law of the Kyrgyz Republic of October 11, 2012 #171);
3) construction of dams on rivers and reservoirs;
4) hunting and fowling according to the list as defined by the Government of the Kyrgyz Republic;
5) production and sale of drugs, vaccines and serums, medicine and medical equipment, except as provided by the legislation;
6) production and sale of ethanol;
7) private medical and veterinary practice;
See:
The Regulations on licensing of private medical practice in the Kyrgyz Republic (approved by the Order of the Ministry of Health of the Kyrgyz Republic of January 15, 2003 #10);
The standards (requirements) for licensing of private medical practice for legal entities and individuals (approved by the order of Ministry of Health of the Kyrgyz Republic of January 12, 2004 #11)
8) activity of totalizators and bookmaker’s offices;
See:
The Law of the Kyrgyz Republic of July 26, 2004 #95 “On gambling activities in the Kyrgyz Republic”
9) admission and issue of civil aircrafts, transportation by air of passengers, baggage, cargo and mail, aircraft maintenance and equipment within the territory of the Kyrgyz Republic;
10) urban planning, and design and survey works of residential, public and industrial buildings and structures;
11) construction works, except for the construction of individual houses;
12) private detective and private security activity when the activity is related to the acquisition, holding, carrying and use of special means;
13) banking operations, except for operations on financial lease (leasing), exchange transactions with cash foreign currency, the activity of providing services related to electronic payments, the activities of credit unions to attract legal entities of funds from the public on the conditions of maturity, repayment and serviceability;
See: The Regulations on the procedure for issuing licenses to conduct exchange operations with foreign currency (approved by the Decree of the Board of the National Bank of the Kyrgyz Republic of July 27, 2011 #40/4;
The Regulations on licensing of credit unions (approved by the Decree of the Board of the National Bank of the Kyrgyz Republic of May 4, 2005 #14/3)
14) professional activity on securities;
15) insurance activity;
16) activity of non-state pension fund;
17) (null and void in accordance with the Law of the Kyrgyz Republic of July 31, 2009 #258)
18) activity in the field of postal, telecommunications, data communications, broadcasting, including design, manufacturing, construction, and installation of required networks, lines, structures, systems and devices (except the organization of communication use within a destination);
19) production and turnover (storage for production or sale, wholesale and retail) of alcoholic beverages;
20) generation, transmission, distribution, sale of electric and thermal power, oil and natural gas processing;
21) construction of electric stations, substations and electric transmission lines;
22) auditing activity;
23) educational activity irrespective of the level of education and ownership form (except for public institutions pursuing the pre-school and elementary education, basic and secondary education programs);
24) import, development, production and sale of explosive and pyrotechnic substances and products;
25) production, repair, trade in arms and ammunition;
26) development, manufacture and sale of production and services for military purposes;
27) null and void in accordance with the Law of the Kyrgyz Republic of July 31, 2009 #258);
28) null and void in accordance with the Law of the Kyrgyz Republic of July 31, 2009 #258);
29) utilization, placement, destruction and burial of wastes of toxic materials and substances, including radioactive ones;
30) transportation (including transboundary) of production wastes of toxic substances;
31) activity of administrators carrying out bankruptcy procedure;
32) legal practice (private notary and advocacy);
See:
The Resolution of the Provisional Government of the Kyrgyz Republic of July 13, 2010 VP #126 “On approval of the Regulations on the Qualification Commission under the Ministry of Justice of the Kyrgyz Republic to grade the qualifying examination for persons, applying for a license, to practice as a private notary activity, the Regulations on probation a person claiming for a license to practice as a private notary activity and the Order of suspension of the license to practice as a private notary activity”
33) passenger and cargo carriages by motor transport, international carriages of passengers and cargo by motor transport, air, water, railway transportation (except for special, official and technological carriages);
See:
The Order of the Ministry of Transport and Communications of the Kyrgyz Republic of March 2, 2004 #72 “On licensing of cargo and passengers transportation by railway”
34) null and void in accordance with the Law of the Kyrgyz Republic of July 31, 2009 #258)
35) null and void in accordance with the Law of the Kyrgyz Republic of December 21, 2011 #242)
36) null and void in accordance with the Law of the Kyrgyz Republic of October 10, 2012 #170)
The license, issued to a legal entity, is a single document, entitling it to carry out the activities, specified therein, and which does not require receiving a similar document with regard to each of its subdivisions.
Note: under military goods mean weapons, inventory, military equipment, documentation, results of intellectual activity, information in the military-technical field, attributable to the legislation of the Kyrgyz Republic to military products. Under the military services means work on the repair, upgrade, disposal of weapons, military equipment, as well as their transportation, delivery and storage.
(As amended by the Laws of the Kyrgyz Republic of February 14, 1998 #13, April 24, 1998 #53, July 7, 1998 #87, September 12, 1998 #121, November 27, 1999 #131, January 18, 2001 #13, June 12, 2001 #48, February 17, 2003 # 38, February 18, 2003 #41, March 10, 2003 #59, June 11, 2003 #95, August 1, 2003 #165, August 13, 2004 #129, April 28, 2007 #45, April 19, 2008 #62, June 2, 2008 #105, June 12, 2008 #118, June 23, 2008 # 126, November 20, 2008 #241, July 31, 2009 #258, October 13, 2009 #270, December 21, 2011 #242, October 6, 2012 #169, October 10, 2012 #170, October 11, 2012 #171).
CHAPTER II
LICENSING OF GOODS EXPORT AND IMPORT (WORKS, SERVICES)
Article 10. General Provisions
1. General and once-only licenses shall be issued for export and import of goods (works, services).
List of goods (works, services), subject to licensing, as well as the procedures for official registration and issuance of licenses, shall be established by the Jogorku Kenesh of the Kyrgyz Republic.
See:
The order of registration and licensing of any export-import transactions (approved by the Legislative Assembly of the Jogorku Kenesh of the Kyrgyz Republic of June 8, 1998 Z #1100-I);
The list of specific goods whose export is subject to licensing (approved by the Legislative Assembly of the Jogorku Kenesh of the Kyrgyz Republic of June 8, 1998 Z #1101-I);
The list of specific goods whose importation is subject to licensing (approved by the Legislative Assembly of the Jogorku Kenesh of the Kyrgyz Republic June 8, 1998 Z #1101-I)
Subject to licensing and transactions of import / export and re-export of production included in the National Control List of the Kyrgyz Republic, approved by the Government of the Kyrgyz Republic in consultation with the Profile Committee of the Jogorku Kenesh of the Kyrgyz Republic, which can be used to produce weapons of mass destruction, their means of delivery, and other types of weapons and military equipment.
2. The general licenses shall be issued for the term, required for fulfillment of export and import transactions, but not exceeding one calendar year.
The general license's transactions may be conducted by one or number of contracts with mandatory notification of the nature of the transactions.
3. A once-only license shall be issued to an applicant for the period of one calendar year for fulfillment of export or import transactions for each separate transaction. The owner of the license has the right to decline the transaction by notification of the body which has issued the license.
4. The term of both the general and once-only license may be prolonged by motivated request of an applicant.
5. The general and once-only licenses shall be considered as a permission for export and import of goods (works and services) and shall be used as a basis for customs official registration of the production.
6. The licenses shall be issued for one type of goods (works, services) irrespective of the number of their names, included into the contract.
The issuance of the general license for number of types of goods shall be allowed in case these goods form the single group of goods for construction (modernization) of a single object, as well as for works and services, if they form a single technological complex (set).
(As amended by the Laws of the Kyrgyz Republic of December 24, 2003 #239, April 28, 2008 # 73, October 5, 2011 #161)
See:
The list of organizations of licensers and experts on import licensing of specific goods (approved by the Decree of the Government of the Kyrgyz Republic of October 29, 1998 #709);
The list of organizations of licensers and experts on export licensing of specific goods (approved by the Decree of the Government of the Kyrgyz Republic of October 29, 1998 #709)
Article 11. Peculiarities of Goods (Works, Services) Export licensing
1. Licensing of export transactions may be used in case:
1) the subject of export are the goods (works, services), which sale (realization) at the inner market is conducted on the basis of license;
2) the production and realization of that kind of goods (works, services) is the monopoly of the State. Consideration of this or that activity as the monopoly of the State shall be established by the legislation of the Kyrgyz Republic.
2. Introduction of licensing for the export of goods (works, services) by other reasons, including the reasons of protection of the inner foods and goods market in the interests of consumers and the corresponding limitations for export of goods shall be made by the decision of the Jogorku Kenesh of the Kyrgyz Republic.
3. The licenses issued for the export of goods (works, services) to one country cannot be used for export of the goods (works, services) to another country.
4. The licenses for export of goods (works, services) shall be issued on the basis of open auction (tenders, competition) except for issuance of the licenses to the producers of goods (works, services).
The license, issued in violation of the established procedures shall be considered null and void.
Article 11-1. Goods (Works, Services) To Be Licensed for Export and Import Operations
The goods (works, services), which are subject to licensing for export operations are the following:
- debris and nonferrous metal waste.
(As amended by the Laws of the Kyrgyz Republic of February 14, 1998 #13, January 18, 2001 #13)
Article 12. Licensing of Goods (works, services)
Import Introduction of licensing for goods (works, services) import in order to protect the interests of the Kyrgyz producers at the inner market shall be made by legislative acts of the Kyrgyz Republic.
CHAPTER III
CONDITIONS AND PROCEDURES FOR ISSUANCE OF LICENSES
Article 13. Terms and Conditions for Issuance of a License
The license for the right to carry out the activity which is subject to licensing, shall be given to the subject, which meets existing normative legal requirements for this type of activity.
The conditions of production providing the security of the society, environment, life and health of the population as well as the guarantee of the quality of the goods (works, services), which are the products of such activity, shall be taken into account while issuing the licenses.
(Part three null and void in accordance with the Law of the Kyrgyz Republic of November 14, 2012 #182).
(As amended by the Laws of the Kyrgyz Republic of January 18, 2001 #13, November 14, 2012 #182).
Article 14. The Documentation Needed for Getting a License
The following documentation is needed to get a license:
1) the application of the standard form, which form is established by the Government of the Kyrgyz Republic;
2) the documentation, confirming the correspondence of the licensee to the requirements of the Article 13 of this Law;
3) the documentation, confirming the payment of fee for the application processing and license issuance;
4) the copy of the certificate for the State registration.
The legal acts on certain separate types of the activities subject to licensing may establish additional and special requirements for the List of documentation needed for getting a license.
The licensee shall be prohibited to demand from the applicant submission of documents not set forth in the regulations on licensing of the corresponding types of activity.
All documents, submitted for license, shall be registered by the agency authorized for the licensing activity.
(As amended by the Law of the Kyrgyz Republic of January 18, 2001 #13)
Article 15. The Terms for Consideration of a License Application
Licenses shall be issued within the monthly period from the date of the application with all the necessary documentation.
(As amended by the Laws of the Kyrgyz Republic of January 18, 2001 #13, November 14, 2012 #182).
Article 16. Fee for the Application Processing and License Issuance
The license shall be issued for fee. The fee for processing the application, necessary examination and paper work shall be defined only by respective expenses of the agency authorized for the licensing activity, but may not exceed three minimum monthly wages. In the event the license is re-registered in accordance with Article 17-2 of this Law, the fee shall be charged in the amount of one monthly wage. All funds, collected for processing the applications and issuance of licenses, shall be transferred to the Republican budget.
(As amended by the Laws of the Kyrgyz Republic of January 18, 2001 #13, January 27, 2006 #21)
Article 17. Refusal to Issue a License
1. A license shall not be issued if:
1) the conduct of certain type of activity is forbidden for this category of subjects by the existing legislation;
2) not all the documents, required in accordance with Article 14 hereof or other legal Acts, were submitted to the licensing organ. After removal of this obstacle by the applicant, his application will be considered in accordance with established procedure;
3) the fee for the application processing and issuance of license has not been paid;
4) the applicant does not meet the requirements established in accordance with Article 13 hereof;
5) there is the court's order in respect of the applicant, which forbids him conduct of this type of activity.
2. The refusal to issue a license by the reasons set forth below shall be forbidden:
1) non-expediency of providing to an applicant the right for conduct of the activity subject to licensing;
2) saturation of the market by the goods (works, services), which production or realization is subject to licensing;
3) providing monopoly on the market;
4) doubts as of personal characteristics and the reputation of an applicant, including the reasons of his previous convictions, previous injunctions for commercial activity, recalls of previous licenses, provided these injunctions and recalls are considered to be terminated in accordance with the existing legislation.
3. It shall be forbidden to condition the issuance of a license by the following requests:
1) on mandatory procurement of goods for governmental needs;
2) on realization of the goods (works, services), produced in accordance with the received license to certain customers or their delivery to certain regions of the Republic, including requests to refuse the delivery of these goods outside of the certain administrative region or for export;
3) on establishing certain fixed prices (tariffs, fees) for the produced goods (works, services), including their realization to certain customers by certain predetermined prices.
4. The non-compliance of the licensee with the legal requirements set forth by the agency responsible for licensing the banking activity shall serve a ground for taking a decision by such agency on rejecting to issue a license or withdrawal of a banking license in accordance with the provisions provided by the banking legislation.
In case of refusal to issue a license an applicant shall be given a motivated answer in written form within the period established for issuance of a license.
(As amended by the Laws of the Kyrgyz Republic of January 18, 2001 #13, February 17, 2003 #38, July 31, 2009 #258)
Article 17-1. Formation and Maintenance of License Registries
1. The licensing agencies shall form and maintain the license registries with respect to specific types of activities which are to be licensed by such agencies.
The license registries shall contain the following information:
- licensees;
- licensor;
- types of activities, which have been licensed;
- date of issuance and registration number of license;
- term of licenses;
- information on registration of licenses in the registries, grounds and dates of suspension and renewal of licenses;
- grounds and dates of cancellation of licenses;
- other information defined by the regulations on licensing of certain types of activities.
2. The Government of the Kyrgyz Republic shall define the procedure for formation and maintenance of the license registries.
(As amended by the Law of the Kyrgyz Republic of January 18, 2001 #13)
Article 17-2. Re-registration of Licenses
1. In the event of re-organization of legal entity, change in its name or address, the licensee-legal entity or its assignee shall immediately apply for re-registration of the license and shall file relevant documents confirming the above changes.
In the event of change in the name or place of residence by the individual entrepreneur, the licensee-individual entrepreneur shall immediately apply for re-registration of the license and shall file relevant documents, confirming the above changes.
2. The licensing agency shall enter the respective changes to the license registry for the purposes of re-registration of the license. The license shall be re-registered within five days after submission by the licensee of the application.
(As amended by the Law of the Kyrgyz Republic of January 18, 2001 #13)
Article 17-3. Procedure for registration of license in case the nonobservance of time of issuance or denial of a license by the licensing authority
1. The licensing authority must within the period established for the issuance of a license, notify the applicant of the decision to issue or refuse to issue a license.
Notice of issuance or denial of a license is sent (delivered) to the applicant in writing.
2. If the licensing authority has not issued a license to the applicant or not notified in writing of the reason for denial of a license, within thirty calendar days from the date of expiry of the deadline for issuance of the license, the applicant shall notify the appropriate licensing authority about the beginning of the kind of activity claimed by it.
The licensing authority no later than thirty calendar days from receipt of the written notification of the applicant is obliged to grant a license, the effect of which begins on the date specified by the applicant in the written notice.
3. Decisions of the authorized body in the sphere of subsoil are taken in accordance with the legislation of the Kyrgyz Republic on subsoil.
(As amended by the Law of the Kyrgyz Republic of November 14, 2012 #182)
Article 18. Appealing Against Refusal to Issue a License
Where a license has not been issued within the period, established hereof or by other Legal Acts or the refusal in issuance of the license, is considered as unjustified by the applicant the applicant has the right to appeal these actions judicially.
(As amended by the Law of the Kyrgyz Republic of November 14, 2012 #182)
Article 19. Suspension of a License and Its Revocation
1. The licensor shall be warned in writing for a single failure to comply with license requirements which did not inflict great damages.
2. A licensor has the right to suspend the effect of a license of the previously warned subject for the period up to three months for failure to comply with license requirements. The effect of the license shall be restored after removal of the reasons by which it was suspended.
3. A license may be revoked by the licensor in the following cases:
1) failure to remove the reasons for which the licensor suspended the effect of the license;
2) licensee's failure to comply with requirements of the license;
3) injunction for the licensee to conduct the type of activity for which he acquired the license;
4. Legislative Acts regulating certain types of activity may stipulate also other grounds and procedures for revoking and suspension of licenses.
5. A licensee has the right to appeal judicially the decision on suspension the effect of a license or in its revocation.
Article 20. Termination of a License
1. A license shall be terminated only in the following cases:
1) expiration of the term of the license;
2) full completeness of the actions for which the license was given;
3) revocation of the licenses;
4) termination of the activity of an individual or a legal entity, whom the license was issued.
2. The license shall be valid till the end of its term in case of re-registration of a legal entity.
3. Disputes related to termination of a license shall be resolved in the court.
CHAPTER IV
RESPONSIBILITY FOR VIOLATION OF THE LAW ON LICENSING
Article 21. Indemnification
Indemnification of losses, caused by unjustified refusal to issue a license or by violation of the rights of a licensee, shall be provided in accordance with the procedure established by Civil Code.
Article 22. Responsibility for Conduct of the Activity Subject to
Licensing with Violation of the Law on Licensing
1. Conduct of the activity without the corresponding license or with violation of the established norms and rules of licensing entails the administrative or criminal responsibility in accordance with the existing legislation.
2. The profit, received from the activity, which is subject to licensing without such license, shall be subject to confiscation to the corresponding budget on the basis of the action of the authorized governmental agency.
Article 22-1. Liability of Licensing Agencies
The licensing agencies shall be imposed a liability in accordance with the effective legislation.
(As amended by the Law of the Kyrgyz Republic of January 18, 2001 #13)
Article 23. Registration and Control
The registration of the licenses as well as the control over observance of the rules for licensing shall be provided by a licensor and the licensor shall be held liable in accordance with the legislation of the Kyrgyz Republic.
The government supervising and controlling agencies and other competent government agencies shall within its competence notify the licensing agency which has issued a license of any violations of the licensing requirements and terms and the measures taken.
As amended by the Law of the Kyrgyz Republic of January 18, 2001 #13)
Article 24. Procedure for Effectuation of This Law
Put this Law into effect at the expiration of 30 days after its publication.
It is published in the newspaper “Nasha Gazeta” of March 11, 1997 #20.
2. Deem point 2 of Article 21 of the Law of the Kyrgyz Republic “On General Fundamentals of Denationalization, Privatization and Entrepreneurship in the Kyrgyz Republic” of December 20, 1991 as repealed (Vedomosti of the Supreme Council of the Republic of Kyrgyzstan, 1991, # 22, page 694).
3. Suggest to the President of the Kyrgyz Republic, Government of the Kyrgyz Republic to make their normative acts consistent with this Law.
4. With effectuation of this Law and definition of the list of types of the licensed activity, the permission system for the types of activity not included into this Law shall be canceled on the whole territory of the Kyrgyz Republic.
President of the Kyrgyz Republic A.Akaev
Adopted by the Legislative Assembly of the
Jogorku Kenesh of the Kyrgyz Republic February 24, 1997
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