YEREVAN, MARCH 16, NOYAN TAPAN. At the March 12 sitting, the Armenian government approved the order of collection of the state duty for departure of natural persons from Armenia by air tranpsort. The decision envisages including the sums of the state duty levied for the departure of natural persons from the Republic of Armenia by air transport in ticket prices. It is stipulated that the RA State Revenue Committee implements calculation of the state duty and supervision of the observance of the order of duty collection. The Central Department of Civil Aviation was instructed to make changes proceeding from the decision in the procedure of passenger registration within 10 days, as well as to ensure that the organizations selling plane tickets spread information on the order of the state duty's collection at points of ticket sale and in public places. The RA minister of finance Tigran Davtian said at a briefing after the sitting that the new order will take effect on March 29, 2009. In his words, it will reduce corruption risks, red tape and complaints. "There will be technical difficulties in the initial period, but we are working with the airlines and the RA Central Department of Civil Aviation in order to make this shift as smooth as possible," he said.

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