1. DIALOGUE OF THE TWO CAPITALS: 100 STEPS TO REDUCE THE ADMINISTRATIVE BARRIERS

2. Doing Business in 2009 In 2009, Doing Business provided a quantitative measure of regulations for: starting a business dealing with construction permits registering property trading across borders.

3. Doing Business in 2009

4. Starting a business Notarize signatures on foundation documents Deposit capital Pay registration fee Notarize applicant’s signature Register with the State Tax Inspectorate Obtain Taxpayer’s Identification Number Register with the Social Security Fund Register with the Pension Fund Register with the Mandatory Medical Insurance Fund Order a company’s seal Register with the Federal State Statistics Service Notarize the statutory documents Open the company bank account Inform the State Tax Inspectorate of the bank account number

5. Dealing with construction permits  Submit application to obtain Act of Permission for Use/Consultation w/ local architect  Land Survey/Situation Plan conclusion  Conclusion of Territorial Union of Land Use Regulation  Decision by District Land Commission with Architecture  Planning Department/sketch  Request and obtain clearance of draft disposition of Prefect with the Architecture Planning Department (APD)  Clearance of draft Disposition of Prefect/city district head  Clearance of draft Disposition with Territory union of land use regulation  Location/Land Use Permit/  Ecological conclusion  Zoning Permit—Conclusion on compliance from the District/no arrears  Technical conditions for water and sewage connections *  Project approval for water and sewage *  Approval of distribution company for new object to access electricity service * for electricity connection *  Approved drawings from electricity supply company *  Supervision (Rostechnadzor) *  Technical conditions for telephone connection *  Geological engineering survey  Request and obtain Act of Permission for Use / GPZU/ APZ  Approval of requirement under consumer protection  Approval of conditions for designs by APU  Approval of conditions for designs by Prefecture

6. Registering property  Seller obtains the technical passport at the organizations of technical inventory  Seller obtains the cadastral plan of the land plot in the regional department of the Federal Cadastre Agency  Seller obtains the excerpts from the Unified State Register of Real Estate Property  Buyer/Seller obtains an excerpt from the Unified State Register of Legal Entities containing the information about Seller/Buyer  Notarization of corporate documents by Seller and Buyer  Registration of the transfer of the building and the land plot at the regional department of the Federal Registration Service

7. St. Petersburg 2009 - 2012

8. Russia – Japan – St. Petersburg