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7. Work Permits
Work permits are regulated by separate laws in some specific areas of the economy.

Twenty eight point eight [28.8%] of respondents were attempting to obtain work permits.

Of these:
45.3% were attempting to obtain one [1] permit
18.2% attempted to obtain two [2] permits
8.8% attempted to obtain three [3] permits

Average direct costs associated with obtaining one permit:
  Avg * # of firms % common cost
registration cost 148 € 59 12.34 ** 50 € / 150 €
official fees 123 € 68 14.58 560 €
other service fees 160 € 34 7.14 75 €
lawyers fees 128 € 51 10.71 100 €
bribe 100 € 27 5.67 50 €
travelling costs 59 € 50 10.50 50 €
total cost, avg. 328 € 126 26.47 50 €
*Average after excluding max. and min. 10% values
** two most common modes of costs


Approximately one-half [50%] of the responding firms received an unlimited term of validity for the work permits they obtained and, the other half did not.

The average term of expiration for these work permits was 4.5 years.

The expiration period for the vast majority of firms was 5 years.

Seventy-five percent [75%] of the firms claim that the number of required work permits for the current year is the same as in previous year.

Eleven point eight percent of firms [11.8%] claim that increasing the number of work permits is necessary.

Thirteen point two percent [13.2%] of respondents believe that a fewer number of work permits are required.

Average time for obtaining the work permit:
  time/days worker days number of tries
maximum 365 1500 10
minimum 1 1 1
average * 22.4 13.8 n/a
*avg., minus max. and min. 10%


The shortest period of time for obtaining a work permit was 2.3 days – said permit being issued in the sector of advertising.

Work permits in the fields of transport and, small sales points required a wait of approximately ten [10] days.

The cost of obtaining all other types of work permits averages from 80 € to 150 €.

The price of the bribe is often more than the official fees associated with the permit sought.

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 Table of contents
1 Overview
 Part 1/4
2 Registering a business
3 Real estate building and reconstruction
4 Construction of new buildings
5 Reconstruction / adaptation of real estate
6 Utilization of buildings for business purposes
 Part 2/4
7 Work Permits
8 Purchase of equipment in the past 3 years
 Part 3/4
9 Attaining a JUS certificates
10 Costs of obtaining certificates
 Part 4/4
11 Import
12 Export
 
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