RE: Cabinet Meetings Continue - LP About to be Deliver5 Jul 2023 08:10
Its all looking good, we just need the LP Asap.
The number of inspections to be carried out by the state in the activities of #investors shall be determined by law
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Today (2023.07.04) the draft of the revision of the Law on Investments, which will be discussed at the "Mongolian Economic Conference 2023", was discussed by the Standing Committee on Economy of the Parliament. The revised draft was presented by the Minister of Economic Development Ch. Khurelbaatar. Here are the highlights of his presentation.
📍 In the first quarter of 1990-2023, 41.1 billion US dollars of foreign investment came into Mongolia. Of this, 73 percent is mining, 11 percent trade and services, and 16 percent other sectors. In the last 10 years, on average, 42 percent of foreign direct investment is Oyutolgoi investment.
📍In Mongolia, as of the first quarter of 2023, 246.8 thousand enterprises were registered in the State Register of Legal Entities. Of these, 9,350 enterprises with foreign investment are operating. From 1990 to 2023, a total of 14,836 GHO enterprises were registered in the register of legal entities, and 5,486 enterprises were liquidated. 33 percent of these enterprises were liquidated in 2010-2022.
📍 The draft of the revision of the Law on Investment has been open for discussion to citizens, enterprises and investors for 65 days. The following changes have been made.
- The requirement of 100,000 US dollars required for foreign investment to become an enterprise has been abolished.
- To protect the rights and interests of investors, the Council for the Protection of Investors' Interests was established.
- Foreign investors have the right to access international arbitration in case of investment-related disputes.
- The number of inspections conducted by the government in the investor's activities shall be determined and limited by law in that year.
- Obligations of government institutions in the field of investment are clearly defined.
- In the event that the state decides to compensate the investors by the decision of the competent body, there is a regulation on holding the official who made the decision accountable.
- Government services for investors will be provided on a one-stop basis.
- Duplication of the law that created doubts for investors has been removed. For example, tax support is regulated only by the Law on Taxation.
- The draft law states that the issue of granting a stabilization contract is resolved electronically.