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LAW OF TURKMENISTAN

of October 1, 1993 No. 863-XII

About business activity

(as amended on 13-11-2018)

This Law determines the general beginnings of business activity (entrepreneurship) in Turkmenistan, regulates the rights and responsibility of subjects of business activity, provides its state protection and support, governs the relations of entrepreneurs with executive bodies.

The law is directed to creation of conditions for broad manifestation of initiative and enterprise of citizens on the basis of realization of the principle of equality of all patterns of ownership, freedoms of the order by property and the choice of fields of activity.

Section I. General provisions

Article 1. Entrepreneurship

The entrepreneurship is the initiative, independent activities of citizens directed to profit earning or the income, performed on its own behalf on the risk and under the property responsibility or from name and under property responsibility of the legal entity - the company.

The entrepreneur can perform the any kinds of activities which are not prohibited by legal acts of Turkmenistan.

Article 2. Legislation on business activity

The relations connected with entrepreneurship irrespective of patterns of ownership, type and field of activity, are regulated by this Law and other legal acts of Turkmenistan.

In the relations where one of the parties are foreign physical persons and legal entities, rules of the international treaty are applied if the current legislation of Turkmenistan does not establish other rules.

Article 3. Subjects of entrepreneurship

(Entrepreneurs) can be subjects of entrepreneurship:

- physical persons and legal entities of Turkmenistan and other states, and also stateless persons.

The status of the entrepreneur is acquired by state registration according to the procedure, established by the legislation of Turkmenistan. Implementation of business activity without registration is forbidden.

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