The SME Corporation has put forward an initiative to draw up a list of violations for which, for the first time, a business will be issued a warning instead of a fine.

This proposal is mentioned in a letter to the Minister of Economic Development Maxim Reshetnikov and in the amendments to the Code of Administrative Offences developed by the state corporation, writes RBC. The agency's press service has confirmed that such a letter is under consideration.

Now the Code provides the possibility to replace the fine with a warning for nonprofit organizations and small and medium-sized businesses for the first offense, if they do not cause harm to life or health of people and property damage. However, this norm is not regulated and can be applied at the discretion of the control and oversight body.

In this regard, the corporation proposed to change the wording "may be replaced" (a penalty in the form of a fine - a warning) to "shall be applied" (a warning instead of a fine) and apply to all individual entrepreneurs and legal entities, the media reported.

This would provide the right to error to all businesses who commit an administrative offense for the first time, if it is not accompanied by "aggravating circumstances". An exception would be made for several articles, such as unlawful lending, disobedience to law enforcement, and public display of Nazi symbols, which make it impossible to issue a warning.

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Author: Ksenia Gustova