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

EXCERPT

Article 10. Rights of interested parties

Interested parties have the right to:
submit applications to authorized bodies;
free of charge receive from authorized bodies the forms (blanks) of documents provided for by the legislation on administrative procedures, necessary for applying for administrative procedures;
receive from authorized bodies explanations of their rights and obligations;
participate in administrative procedures personally and (or) through their representatives, unless otherwise provided by legislative acts;
familiarize themselves with materials related to the consideration of their applications, including documents and (or) information received by authorized bodies from other state bodies, other organizations, necessary for administrative procedures, make extracts from them, unless otherwise provided by legislation on state secrets, commercial or other legally protected secrets;
receive administrative decisions (their copies, extracts from them);
withdraw their application at any time before the completion of the administrative procedure;
appeal against adopted administrative decisions;
withdraw their administrative complaint;
exercise other rights provided for 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, not to use obscene or offensive words or expressions towards such employees;
submit to authorized bodies 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, in case such documents are requested;
pay the fee charged during administrative procedures;
timely inform authorized bodies about changes in their place of residence (place of stay), location during the administrative procedure;
perform other duties provided for 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 from authorized bodies explanations of their rights and obligations;
familiarize themselves with materials related to administrative procedures in which they participate (participated), including documents and (or) information received by authorized bodies from other state bodies, other organizations, necessary for administrative procedures, make extracts from them, unless otherwise provided by legislation on state secrets, commercial or other legally protected secrets;
withdraw their consent (including that expressed by signing the application of the interested person) to the administrative procedure at any time before the completion of the administrative procedure;
appeal against adopted administrative decisions;
withdraw their administrative complaint;
exercise other rights provided for by this Law and other acts of legislation on administrative procedures.
2. Third parties are obliged to:
treat employees of authorized bodies courteously, not to use obscene or offensive words or expressions towards such employees;
perform other duties provided for by this Law and other legislative acts on administrative procedures.