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June 2014
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New Members – welcome aboard! · Big Brothers Big Sisters of Russia · Higher School of Economics · Hilton St. Petersburg Expoforum and Hampton by Hilton · MM Polygrafoformlenie Packaging · Regus · St Petersburg Club AmCham is always ready to support its members by addressing company- You can always reach us Our office hours are: |
AmCham – Government Dialog: Latest News In addition to the membership at a number of the regional governmental councils – such as the St Petersburg Investment Council, Investment Council of Leningrad Oblast, Economic Council under the Governor of St Petersburg and the Industrial Council of St Petersburg, AmCham St Petersburg has become a member of the:
High-level meetings and key events – January - May 2014:
Total list of events in January – May 2014 can be found here: AmCham Events. AmCham Advocacy Pipeline
AmCham Success Stories A number of suggestions from the AmCham’s Automotive industry development roadmap were included into the Strategy of Industrial development of St Petersburg: creation of a Cluster Development Center; expansion of the Special Economic Zones regime in St Petersburg. Wastewater treatment plants - the requirements of the law obliging to construct wastewater treatment facilities was postponed until January 1, 2015. Traffic limitation for trucks in St Petersburg – nearly all traffic sings, affecting member companies operations within the industrial zones, have been removed; only 2 left. Quotas for disabled – rules for employment of disabled were modified, and quotas will be calculated not from the total amount of employees but from the number of employees working in non-hazardous conditions. PeterburgGas issue - in response to AmCham’s letter on the issues of obtaining a conclusion on technical ability of connection to the gas distribution network we have been informed that PeterburgGas will renew issuing such conclusions from July 1. Please let us know if you get a refusal from PeterburgGas. Road infrastructure development: project in one of the industrial zones - Pulkovo area – has been included into the General plan of St Petersburg. Pulkovo Customs experiment – being a member of the Working group on administrative burdens reduction in St Petersburg, AmCham initiated an experiment at Pulkovo Customs on switching to a 7-day operation mode for the period from April 1 – May 1, 2014. We sincerely thank everyone for their valuable contribution to these advocacy successes! |