TOMSK, Apr 28 – RIA Tomsk. Powers on management of
the Tomsk special economic zone (SEZ) will pass to the management of the region
until June 15, the press service of the regional administration has reported on
Thursday.
Earlier it was reported that the Tomsk region itself has suggested to
transfer from federal on regional level part of functions on management of the
SEZ, in particular to function of the customer of construction. The initiative
of the region was approved at the federal level. Now the Tomsk SEZ is
considered one of the most successful in Russia.
"Till May 15 regions will present packages of specific conditions
of agreements to the Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian
Federation, till June 1 the ministry will generalize them and will prepare
drafts of individual agreements, till June 15 subjects will have to vise
documents", – is said in the message.
© РИА Томск. Павел Стефанский
It is specified that the relevant decision has been made in Moscow at
the meeting under the leadership of the Deputy Prime Minister of the Government
of the Russian Federation Dmitry Kozak where were discussed the conditions,
under which regions will accept from federation of power on management of
special economic zones.
It is noted that initially it was planned to resolve an issue till May
15: representatives of regions have refused the offered by Ministries of
Economic Development of standard projects and therefore terms have been changed.
According to the regional administration, individual agreements will
consider financing terms and organizational structures of the SEZ for each
region. At the same time responsibility of the region under the agreement on
delegation of power comes only when property, money and functions of the
customer is transferred.
The Tomsk SEZ, one of the five technology-innovative zones of the
Russian Federation, was officially open on April 26, 2006. Currently, SEZ
residents are 67 companies; the main directions of their activity are - IT and
electronics, medicine and biotechnology, nanotechnologies and new materials,
energy saving technologies. Since 2005, they made products on 8.3 billion
rubles, it is exported to 145 countries.