Cuba to issue new regulations for the private sector imminently

Cuba will promptly release the new, long-awaited regulations to develop its embryonic private sector and release the delivery of new licenses by the end of the year, the Granma daily reported on Monday. its edition on the Internet. Communist Party

In August of last year, the Cuban government had suspended the issuance of licenses for so-called "independents" for 27 of the 201 occupations that it could exercise, while reorganizing the way to improve what he prefers to call "freelance work". 19659003] The authorities arrested the self-employment boom nearly a year ago, alleging violations of the law and tax evasion.

Granma stated that the official Gazette would publish "today" 20 legal standards grouped into several decrees, as well as 14 complementary resolutions to regulate the private sector on the island.

The new measures had not yet appeared on the Gac website. eta (www.gacetaoficial.gob.cu)

"The content of the regulation responds, on the one hand, to certain demands of the self-employed and, on the other hand, incorporates regulations to improve the quality of life. exercise and control of activities, as well as functional control at all levels: from the municipality to the nation, "the newspaper said.

The new rules will come into effect "from the 150 days of publication in the Gazette", that is to say In December, he gave the authorities time to discuss how to apply them, he added.

He also reported that the government would reissue licenses for the 27 trades that it had frozen, including some of the most popular and lucrative ones. with breakfast and restaurants.

The number of Cubans working in self-employment has almost quadrupled, reaching 591,456 people – about 13 percent of the country's workforce – since Idente Raúl Castro launched a plan in 2010 in the aim to reduce the inflated state staff and expand the private initiative.