RF Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev has approved the plan of activities aimed at the development of competition in the sphere of port services. The Decree No 381-r dated March 17, 2014 is available at the website of RF Government.
The activity plan is focused on improvement of Russian legislation regulating stevedoring activities.
The document developed by RF Transport Ministry provides for analyses and monitoring of port activities by the federal executive authorities in conjunction with the industry organizations in order to prepare proposals on improvement of those activities.
In line with the Federal Law on Natural Monopolies the plan is also intended to prevent restraint of economically viable transfer of natural monopolies to the competitive market.
The decisions are targeted at making the ports more attractive for investors and further development of competition as well as lifting of restrictions in the sphere of infrastructure to facilitate the economic development.