HOW TO REGISTER A FOREIGN COMPANY IN THE IRKUTSK OBLAST

If a foreign company decides to establish a presence in the Irkutsk Oblast, then it must go through the routine of registration. If a foreign company is going to set up an affiliate/branch, a joint venture or a venture wholly owned by a foreign investor with charter capital under 100,000 rubles, it should apply for registration with the deputy governor of the Irkutsk Oblast, Mr. Alexei Sobol. If its charter funds exceed 100,000 rubles, the company should apply for registration with the Chamber of Trade Registration, the Russian Federal Economics Ministry in Moscow, Tel: (7-095)-245-2090.

The following documents are required for registration:

  1. For Joint Ventures:

  2. For Ventures Wholly Owned by a Foreign Investor:

  3. For Affiliates of Enterprises with Foreign Investment and Affiliates of Foreign Legal Entities:

  4. For an affiliate of an enterprise with foreign investment:

  5. For an affiliate of a foreign legal entity:

Notes:

  1. Written application with a request that a new legal entity be registered should be addressed to the chairman of the deputy governor of the Irkutsk Oblast, Mr. Alexei Sobol. The application should contain the principal areas of business of the enterprise being established.
  2. Excerpt from the trade register of the foreign partner should be notarized in the issuing country and legalized (in the Russian Consulate in the issuing country, in the Consulate of the issuing country in Russia, or by apostille). The translation should be approved in a Consulate or notary office in Russia.
  3. Master copy, or a notarized copy of the document regarding the solvency of the foreign partner (a recommendation letter of the company's bank) should be submitted. The translation should be approved in a Consulate or notary office in Russia.
  4. Foundation documents of the enterprise being established should be approved by all the founders' signatures on each page of the documents.
  5. Prior to registration, the founders must pay the registration fee.

For further details please contact:

Mr. Alexei Sobol, Deputy Governor of the Irkutsk Oblast
Tel: 7-3952-271371
Fax: 7-3952-276760


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This report is provided courtesy of the Business Information Service for the Newly Independent States (BISNIS)
Azim Mamanov, Russia, 1999

Design and contents organisation: Fedor Babanine, 2000
Updated: Fedor Babanine, 2000