Control over the security activities of organizations in protecting the assets (property) belonging to them

Control over security activities

In accordance with the functions assigned to the Department of Protection of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (hereinafter – the Department of Protection), it is a special protection body that carries out control over protection activities (Article 8 of the Law of the Republic of Belarus dated November 8, 2006 No. 175-3 “On Protection Activities” (hereinafter – the Law).

In each department of the Security Department, a strict accounting of legal entities, branches, and facilities carrying out security activities is developed and maintained – there are lists (in electronic and paper form), control‑accumulative files are kept (hereinafter – CND), and Registers are maintained (separately for licensees and separately for legal entities carrying out security activities not subject to licensing).

Regulatory basis:In order to adopt additional measures necessary for the implementation of the Concept of National Security of the Republic of Belarus, to improve control (supervisory) activities, to define a unified procedure for its conduct, to create additional conditions for the development of effective forms of management, and also to fulfill the requirements of the Law of the Republic of Belarus of January 4, 2014 No. 122-Z "On the Fundamentals of Activities for the Prevention of Offences", the Legislator has established that state control (supervision) is carried out by controlling (supervisory) bodies.

The forms of state control (supervision) are as follows:

  • sampling checks;
  • unscheduled inspections;
  • activities of a technical (technological, verification) nature.

Control over the security activities of organizations for the protection of the objects (property) belonging to them is carried out within the framework of technical (technological, verification) measures. Thus, in paragraph 2 of the List of technical (technological, verification) measures approved by the resolution of the Council of Ministers of the Republic of Belarus dated 30.11.2012 No. 1105, there is a measure «Evaluation of compliance by organizations, their separate subdivisions, with the conditions and rules for carrying out security activities, restrictions in the field of security activities (excluding those subject to licensing control)» with a frequency of implementation – once every three years.

Procedure:The measures are established by the decree of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Belarus dated 04.04.2019 No. 94 “On the procedure for carrying out technical (technological, verification) measures.”

Control (supervisory) activities are carried out using preventive and precautionary measures implemented by the controlling (supervisory) bodies in interaction with the entities subject to control (supervision).
Based on the results of technical (technological, calibration) activities, the controlling (supervisory) authorities within their competence, in case violations are identified on the territory and/or objects of the subject, issue a requirement (directive) for their elimination within the prescribed period.

Procedure for eliminating violations:

Regarding the elimination of violations that served as the basis for issuing a requirement (prescription), the subject, within the period established in the requirement (prescription), notifies in writing the controlling (supervisory) authority that issued this requirement (prescription), attaching supporting documents, and also provides this controlling (supervisory) authority with the opportunity to verify on site the elimination of the violations.

Responsibility:In case the inspected economic entity does not eliminate the identified violations within the deadline, the staff of the licensing control group of the headquarters of the Department of Protection division may decide to hold it administratively liable in accordance with the applicable legislation.
D.V. Kovalenko, head of the Orsha department
Security Department
Ministry of Internal Affairs
08.09.2025