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On June 10, the RA NA Standing Committee on Economic Affairs moderated by Babken Tunyan debated in the first reading the bill on Making Addenda to the RA Tax Code authored by the RA NA Prosperous Armenia faction. According to Mikayel Melkumyan, the priveleges will be provided in the profit tax and royalty pre-advance payments.

The RA Deputy Minister of Finance Arman Poghosyan presented the position of the Government. It has been noted that the Government is against the adoption of the initiative in this shape.

The Committee did not approve the bill.

The bill on Making Amendments and Addenda to the RA Tax Code authored by the deputy of the RA NA Prosperous Armenia Faction Mikayel Melkumyan was debated in the first reading.

The Government considered the adoption of the bill not expedient. The initiative was not endorsed.

As the Chairman of the RA State Property Management Committee Narek Babayan presented, the MPs debated and approved the annual report for 2019 on Implementation of the State Property Privatization of 2017-2020.

The package of the bills on Making Amendment and Addenda to the RA Law on Notice of the Activity Implementation and on Making Amendments and Addenda to the RA Law on State Duty authored by the RA Government was debated in the first reading and endorsed, which presented the RA Deputy Minister of Economy Arman Khojoyan.

The bill on Amending the RA Tax Code authored by the RA NA My Step Faction deputies Artur Davtyan, Koryun Mkrtchyan was postponed for two months for review.

The bill on Amending the Law on State Duty authored by the deputies of the RA NA My Step Faction Artak Manukyan, the NA Deputy Speaker Alen Simonyan and the item on Recognizing Invalid the RA Law on Investment Programme authored by the deputy of the RA NA My Step Faction Meri Galstyan were removed from circulation.

As the RA Deputy Minister of Territorial Administration and Infrastructure Armen Simonyan presented, the Committee debated and endorsed the draft law on Amending the RA Law on Aviation authored by the Government.

The bill on Making Amendments and Addenda to the RA Tax Code authored by the RA NA deputy Mikayel Melkumyan was debated.

According to the key speaker the RA Deputy Minister of Finance Arman Poghosyan, the kinds of the activity being proposed by the draft law are mainly of entrepreneurship character.

In their speeches the MPs have noted that the idea of the presented bill is acceptable, but the list needs editing.

The Committee endorsed the bill in case that it would be jointly revised with the Government during the period from the first to the second reading.

The draft law on Amending the RA Tax Code authored by the RA NA deputy Mikayel Melkumyan was postponed for two months.

The Committee debated and endorsed the legislative package on Making Addendum to the Law on Licensing authored by the RA NA deputies Mkhitar Hayrapetyan, Nikolay Baghdasaryan, Narek Zeynalyan.

The RA First Deputy Minister of Health Anahit Avanesyan noted that the authors accepted the recommendations presented by the Government.

The legislative package on the Realization, Consuming, Use, Advertisement of the Alcoholic Drinks and the Harmfulness of Health authored by the RA NA deputies Artur Hovhannisyan, Hrachya Hakobyan, Hamazasp Danielyan.

The RA Deputy Minister of Economy Avag Avanesyan has noted that it is necessary to organize public debates on the draft law with the participation of the stakeholders.

The voting of the legislative package was postponed.