Property owners in Moscow face tighter control. Fines for breaches (unlawful use of land, and failure to comply with the rules on improvement, the environment and construction) will be able to be imposed on the basis of data recorded by technical means, cameras, drones and neural networks, without inspectors attending the site.
This will become possible under bills which the United Russia party introduced in the Moscow City Duma on 3 December. They align federal and Moscow legislation, which will allow the new rules of control to be applied and fines to be issued automatically.
For several years now the Moscow authorities have been using every technical means available to them in their work. The State Inspectorate for Real Estate, however, faces a heavy workload on its inspectors. That is because on-site measures have to be carried out in the presence of the offenders or their representatives. Such procedures take substantial time and staff, which makes it harder to respond promptly to every breach that is found.
The possibility of imposing liability on the basis of data obtained by technical means, without a mandatory visit by inspectors, may create problems for property owners, who risk erroneous fines, a larger number of sanctions for minor breaches, difficulties with being notified, and limited means of defending the rights that have been infringed, comments Sergei Pivovarchik, managing partner of Consul Group.
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