CABINET MEETING IN BRIEF

Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia /MONTSAME/ The cabinet meeting on Wednesday did not back in principle a draft amendment to the law on excise tax, initiated by D.Batbayar MP.

He wanted to free from the excise tax all nationally-produced vodka with volume less than 250 ml and alcohol less than 20 per cent. The cabinet considered that this might increase a consumption of such drinks.

- The cabinet considered as necessity to discuss a draft amendment to the law on police organization, drawn up by N.Batbayar MP, together with a draft new wording on the same matter, initiated by the government. The cabinet also backed in principle a draft parliamentary resolution on putting some areas in special protection.

- In accordance with the cabinet decision, shares of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) owned by Mongolia will be added with 89 shares. Each share cost EUR 10 thousand at the nominal value.

- The cabinet decided to introduce to parliament an implementation course of the “New Great Construction” middle-term targeted program.

- The cabinet discussed a draft intergovernmental protocol on the contract effect regulating the Mongolia-Romania relations, and considered as necessity to sign it. A related order of the PM will be released soon.
- The cabinet considered a realization of the Mongolia-DPRK intergovernmental agreement on exchanging labor force, and then decided to submit it to the National Security Council (NSC). In addition, the cabinet discussed an issue of establishing a joint marine transportation company between the State Property 
Committee and S.Korean Sammok Shipping company. A related resolution of government will be released.

- In the first quarter of this year, state administrative organization received 7,237 requests and complaints, 87 per cent of these have been tackled.

B.Khuder

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