Secret materials

Amendments to the bill on purchases that are prepared for the second reading in the State Duma will allow state -owned companies to hide information about most of the procurement, as well as make any requirements for suppliers. The newspaper " Vedomosti " wrote about this on June 27.

“It can be assumed that these amendments are related to the lobby of state -owned companies. But in general, if we talk about this law, then it is very ambiguous, ”said the head of the projects Opengovdata.ru , Rosgosatata , Gosludi and Gosseet Ivan Beastin, in an interview with Polit.ru.

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“This law introduces the requirements for the transparency of public structures, however, the latest amendments speak of commercial secrets.”

“The following question arises here-if state-owned companies have any questions regarding commercial secrets, and these companies are not publicly published, then why do they remain state?” - the expert is surprised.

In his opinion, "such a large number of state -owned companies is a fundamental problem." “Let's privatize them, and then let the shareholders decide how transparent the company should be. Otherwise, they should be public, as they receive money from the budget, ”said Belyan.

According to the expert,

The register of open contracts of these companies is simply necessary, as it allows citizens, including journalists, to request additional information from regulatory authorities.

According to Beasting, if state -owned companies are insisted on a commercial secret, then there are also several solutions here. “For example, you can publish information not immediately, but with some delay. This is what the US Ministry of Defense acts - the military department publishes all the information about public procurement with a delay of 6 months so that it is not available to potential opponents. There is a European approach that implies that the restriction on the disclosure of information does not apply to the entire contract, but to its individual parts, which are a commercial secret, however, information about the amount, payment deadlines and the date of execution of the contract are disclosed, ”the expert explained.

According to him, Europeans, within the framework of their information system disclosure system), publish data about all transactions without exception, however, in some cases only the amount, the basic description of the contract and the budget line, according to which this amount passed, and the address of receipt of funds are not disclosed. However, with this approach, citizens have the opportunity to find out which amount of funds is not public and for what specific articles, Belying said.

Recall that the new version of the law on public procurement allows state -owned companies not to report tenders for less than 500 thousand rubles, as well as related not only to state, but also to commercial secrets. At the same time, companies will be able to decide for themselves what a commercial secret is. Also, the obligation to publish long -term procurement plans is removed from state -owned companies - only annuals.

The second reading of the document is scheduled for June 29. Now the government, which believes that the assignment of procurement to commercial secrets should be regulated, is preparing an opinion on the bill. In addition, it is possible that the Federal Antimonopoly Service will propose not to accept the document at all.