The MAYOR of the RUSSIAN FEDERATION in 2011, by terminating the agreements with 20 investors SEZ

RF had agreements with 20 investors in special economic zones (SEZ) in 2011, due to failure to comply with their obligations, told reporters the Director of the Department of special economic zones and project finance MAYOR Dmitry Levchenkov.

"With nearly 20 companies terminated the agreement, mostly resident in techno-scientific areas", he said.

Levchenkov added that the company began work in EPZs, even before the crisis, and on various objective reasons their projects did not go.

In addition, according to him, in the past year, the MAYOR of the RUSSIAN FEDERATION has submitted to the Government of the two draft regulations on the Elimination of EPZS in Stavropol Krai, and the Kaliningrad region.

Order has not yet been adopted.

According to the law on SEZ that if within three years in the zones do not appear investors, they can be eliminated.

According to Levchenkova, investors in Stavropole and Kaliningrad have not appeared.

Thus, as soon as may be decided on the Elimination of these EPZs.

In the Irkutsk region, noted Levchenkov, SEZ also was on the verge of elimination, but last year there were two investors who plan to invest approximately 600 million roubles in the development of tourism.

The representative also reported that the MAYOR is currently developing concepts and spatial planning of the SEZ in the Pskov region involving Singapore companies, as well as in Ryazan oblast, with the participation of companies from China.

The Ministry expects that these companies soon will present projects on the management of these areas.

Earlier Monday, Levchenkov reported that residents of Russian SEZ in 2011, the investor willing to invest 74 in their development more than 91 billion rubles.

Thus, to date, 25 special economic zones the four types (techno-vnedrencheskie, industrial manufacturing, tourism and port) is 307 projects with the total amount of private investment 360 billion rubles.

Topic: MAYOR, RUSSIAN, FEDERATION, SEZ, EPZS