Law No. 2806-IV “On licensing and authorization system in the sphere of economic activities”.

This Law establishes legal and organizational principles of the functioning of regulatory framework, licensing and authorization system in the sphere of economic activities and establishes the rules of functioning of state bodies authorized to issue licenses and permits for performance of economic activities. Natural resources management, land tenure and land management, soil management and exploration and mining activities shall be regulated by licensing and issuance of permits.Authorization shall be considered permit, conclusion, decision, approval, certificate, other document in electronic form (record of the permit, conclusion, decision, approval, certificate, other document in the Unified State Register of Legal Entities, Individuals - Entrepreneurs and Public Associations) , which authorization body is obliged to issue to a business entity in case of granting it the right to carry out certain economic activities and/or without which the business entity cannot carry out certain economic activities. Object (site) for which the permit is issued shall be natural resources, land, soil, structure, building, premises, equipment, machinery and mechanisms that are put into operation or designed, separate operation, economic activity of a certain type, work and service, as well as documents used by a business entity in the process of passing the approval (permit) procedure (project documentation for construction of facilities, land management documentation, urban planning documentation, mining allotment). Business entity shall be intended a legal entity of Ukraine or another state registered in the manner prescribed by law, regardless of its organizational and legal form and form of property engaged in economic activities, except for public authorities and local government, as well as a natural person - entrepreneur, including an investor who is a party to production sharing agreement. The main principles of state policy related to authorization system in the field of economic activities shall be: (a) protection of rights, legitimate interests of society, territorial communities and citizens, protection of natural environment and ensuring the security of the state; (b) development of competition; (c) transparency of the procedure for issuing permits; (d) observance of equality of rights of business entities in the process of issuance of permits; (e) liability of officials of authorization bodies, administrators and business entities for violation of the requirements of the legislation on the issuance of permits; (f) reducing the level of state regulation of economic activity; and (g) establishing uniform requirements for the procedure for issuing permits. A business entity has the right to obtain (reissue, termination of validity) documents of a permitting nature at its location or, in cases provided for by law, at the place of activity or location of the facility. The basic requirements for the procedure for issuing, reissuing, termination of validity of documents of a permitting nature apply to all documents of a permitting nature, including permitting (approval) procedures, unless otherwise established by law. The business entity is responsible for the reliability of the information specified in the declaration, in accordance with the law. Control over the availability of documents of a permitting nature at business entities, the need to obtain which is established by law, is carried out by executive authorities and/or local self-government bodies (their executive bodies) within the limits of their powers and in the manner provided for by law.