DECISION TAKEN BY THE 14TH SESSION OF THE SOUTH OSSETIAN OBLAST COUNCIL OF THE PEOPLE’S DEPUTIES OF THE 20TH CONVOCATION on Declaration the South Ossetian Autonomous Oblast as a Free Zone of Economy

The 14th Session of the South Ossetian oblast Council of the People’s Deputies of the 20th Convocation decrees:

1. To declare the South Ossetian Autonomous Oblast as a Free Zone of Economy.

2. To set up Commission for elaboration of the directions for introduction of free economic zone in the territory of the South Ossetia.

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The Commission in three-month term shall elaborate the proposals on the aforementioned issue to be discussed by the Ispolcom of the Council of people’s Deputies of the South Ossetian Autonomous Oblast.

3. The Ispolcoms of Java, Znauri, Leningori and Tskhinvali Districts of the Councils of people’s deputies within a month shall discuss and decide the issue on determination of specialization of the zones in the region and the materials shall be submitted to the Oblast Commission and the Oblispolcom of the South Ossetia.

Chairman of the Ispolcom of the Council

of People’s Deputies of the South Ossetian Autonomous Oblast F. Zaseev

Secretary of the Ispolcom of the Council

of People’s Deputies of the South Ossetian Autonomous Oblast I. Kokoev

20 September 1990

(Newspaper “Sovetskaia Ossetia”, # 187, 26 October 1990)