{"id":45507,"date":"2023-01-27T12:10:38","date_gmt":"2023-01-27T09:10:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/api.pozirk.online\/articles\/government-approves-directive-on-administration-for-foreign-owned-businesses\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:29:13","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:29:13","slug":"government-approves-directive-on-administration-for-foreign-owned-businesses","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/45507\/","title":{"rendered":"Government approves directive on administration for foreign-owned businesses"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n <b>January 27, <span>BPN<\/span>.<\/b> The Council of Ministers has approved a directive on temporary external administration for foreign-owned companies.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t Regional as well as Minsk city authorities will compile lists of such companies and analyze their activities, says the directive published on the National Legal Internet Portal.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t The directive comes as an attempt to slow the withdrawal of foreign businesses from Belarus over the country\u2019s role in Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t A company may be placed under temporary external administration if its owner terminates &#8220;participation in the management&#8221; or if he or she &#8220;performs economically unjustified actions&#8221; causing damage or leading to termination of activities, liquidation or bankruptcy.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t The government adopted the directive in line with the law on foreign-owned companies\u2019 temporary administration adopted by the National Assembly without much publicity in late December 2022.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t The other two laws adopted in the same manner targeted the so-called &#8220;unfriendly&#8221; countries, legalizing piracy and &#8220;gray&#8221; imports and allowing for the seizure of property of companies and individuals who allegedly intend &#8220;to commit unfriendly acts&#8221; against Belarus, or have encouraged foreign states to take &#8220;unfriendly&#8221; actions.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t All three laws took effect on January 6 after Alaksandr \u0141uka\u0161enka&#8217;s approval.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>January 27, BPN. 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