Rights and Obligations of Interested Parties and Third Parties

LAW OF THE REPUBLIC OF BELARUS
October 28, 2008 No. 433-Z

On the Fundamentals of Administrative Procedures

Adopted by the House of Representatives on October 2, 2008
Approved by the Council of the Republic on October 9, 2008

EXTRACT

Article 10. Rights of Interested Parties

Interested parties have the right:

to submit applications to authorized bodies;

to receive free of charge from authorized bodies the forms (templates) of documents provided by the legislation on administrative procedures, necessary for applying for the implementation of administrative procedures;

to receive explanations of their rights and obligations from authorized bodies;

to participate in the implementation of administrative procedures personally and/or through their representatives, unless otherwise provided by legislative acts;

to familiarize themselves with materials related to the consideration of their applications, including documents and/or information received by authorized bodies from other state bodies and organizations necessary for the implementation of administrative procedures, and to make extracts from them, unless otherwise provided by legislation on state secrets, commercial or other legally protected secrets;

to receive administrative decisions (copies of them, extracts from them);

to withdraw their application at any time before the completion of the administrative procedure;

to appeal against adopted administrative decisions;

to withdraw their administrative complaint;

to exercise other rights provided by this Law and other acts of legislation on administrative procedures.

Article 11. Obligations of Interested Parties

Interested parties are obliged to:

treat employees of authorized bodies politely, and not to use obscene or offensive words or expressions towards such employees;

to provide authorized bodies with documents and/or information included in the lists of documents and/or information submitted by interested parties, as well as documents specified in paragraphs two to seven of part one of paragraph 2 of Article 15 of this Law, upon request for such documents;

to pay the fees charged for the implementation of administrative procedures;

to timely inform authorized bodies about changes in residence (place of stay), location during the implementation of the administrative procedure;

to fulfill other obligations provided by this Law and other legislative acts on administrative procedures.

Article 11¹. Rights and Obligations of Third Parties

1. Third parties have the right:

to receive explanations of their rights and obligations from authorized bodies;

to familiarize themselves with materials related to the administrative procedures in which they participate (have participated), including documents and/or information received by authorized bodies from other state bodies and organizations necessary for the implementation of administrative procedures, and to make extracts from them, unless otherwise provided by legislation on state secrets, commercial or other legally protected secrets;

to withdraw their consent (including expressed by signing the application of the interested party) to the implementation of the administrative procedure at any time before the completion of the administrative procedure;

to appeal against adopted administrative decisions;

to withdraw their administrative complaint;

to exercise other rights provided by this Law and other acts of legislation on administrative procedures.

2. Third parties are obliged to:

treat employees of authorized bodies politely, and not to use obscene or offensive words or expressions towards such employees;

to fulfill other obligations provided by this Law and other legislative acts on administrative procedures.