d) the organization of public discussion of the draft general plans of settlements is entrusted to the local public authorities.

5. Establish that from March 1, 2021:

a) the construction and reconstruction of buildings and structures, including individual residential buildings, with a number of floors of more than two floors (excluding the ground floor), a height of more than 12 meters from the ground surface and (or) a total area of more than 500 square meters are carried out with the mandatory examination of the project documentation of the object and the establishment of state construction control of the object by territorial inspections on control in the field of construction under the Ministry of Construction;

b) it is prohibited:

developers – individuals and legal entities, with the exception of organizations engaged in construction and installation work as the main activity, independently (by economic means), without concluding a construction contract with a construction organization, to carry out the construction and reconstruction of buildings and structures with more than two floors (excluding the ground floor), a height of more than 12 meters from the surface of the earth and (or) a total area of more than 500 square meters;

implementation of the construction of multi-storey apartment buildings on land plots located in the functional zones of the territories of settlements not intended for this type of construction;

increase in the number of storeys (superstructure) of existing buildings and structures, including individual housing, without examination of project documentation;

increase in the number of storeys of buildings and structures under construction (by changing the project documentation) without carrying out an examination of the modified project documentation;

c) a positive expert opinion on project documentation is recognized as valid if it is entered by an expert organization in the "Unified Register of Expert Opinions" of the National Information System "Transparent Construction", with the exception of expert opinions on project documentation containing information constituting a state secret.

6. To allow the Ministry of Construction to carry out public procurement of works (goods, services) for the development and processing of national regulatory documents in the field of technical regulation, state standards, as well as the adaptation of foreign regulatory documents in the field of urban development under direct contracts, followed by posting information about them on a special information portal of public procurement no later than three days from the date conclusions.

7. The Ministry of Construction (B. I. Zakirov), together with interested ministries and departments, should ensure:

within two months, the submission to the Cabinet of Ministers of a draft regulatory act providing for the improvement of the mechanism of legal regulation in the field of individual housing construction, paying special attention to ensuring seismic and fire safety in this area;

by December 1, 2020, submitting for approval to the Cabinet of Ministers a draft Temporary Regulation on the procedure for conducting electronic public procurement in the field of construction;

until June 1, 2021, the development of a Unified administrative building regulations providing for the regulation of all construction processes, from primary permits, the development of design estimates, its expertise to the commissioning of facilities;

By June 1, 2021, proposals will be submitted to the Cabinet of Ministers on the phased implementation of insurance principles in design, survey and construction activities based on the study of international best practices;