Meeting of the Coordinating Council of the Ministry of Regional Development of the Russian Federation on Cooperation with National Associations of SRO in Construction

On March 2, 2011, a meeting of the Coordinating Council of the Ministry of Regional Development of the Russian Federation on cooperation with national associations of self-regulatory organizations (SROs) in the construction industry was held.

At this meeting of the Coordination Council under the Ministry of Regional Development of the Russian Federation approved the assignment of Federal State Institution "Federal Centre for Technical Evaluation of Construction Products" on the preparation of implementation schedule and funding for the actualization of SNIP and rulebooks to 2012 inclusive and presentation of the draft regulation harmonization actualized SNIP and codes of practice in the concerned line ministries (agencies) prior to their approval Ministry of Regional Development of Russia.

Also at the meeting national associations of the construction industry were requested to submit to the Ministry of Regional Development Russia agreed proposals to amend the list of types of work, approved by order of Ministry of Regional Development of the Russian Federation of December 30, 2009 N 624, in part, except as noted with asterisk ("*").

The Board adopted priority activities of working groups at Coordinating Council, among which are:

• Development of counter commercialization mechanisms of SRO;
• Development of the procedure for participation in the investigation of SRO harm to the life and health of individuals, property of individuals or legal entities as a result of violations of the law on urban planning;
• Development of amendments to the legislation in terms of improving the building control system, as well as non-state expertise of project documentation and engineering research;
• Development of amendments to the Federal Law of December 1, 2007 N 315-FZ "On self-regulatory organizations" and the Town Planning Code of the Russian Federation in terms of increasing the responsibility of SROs for non-compliance;
• Development of amendments to the Criminal Code regarding clarification of criminal liability for illegal business activities without a certificate of admission to the works, as well as the introduction of management responsibility for violating the law when issuing certificates of admission to a particular type or types of work that have an impact on the safety of capital construction, if the exercise of such work has involved the infliction of serious damage to human health or causing major property damage.