Monitoring of the Federal Legislation dated 28.06.2024

Order of the Federal Tax Service No. ED-7-8/137@ of February 16, 2024 on amending the appendix to Order of the Federal Tax Service No. ED-7-8/1134@ of November 30, 2022 - The Federal Tax Service has clarified the rules for obtaining tax deferments, installments, and loans

Information of the Federal Service for Control of Alcohol and Tobacco Markets dated May 30, 2024 - Participants in the alcohol market can use a paper bill of delivery until September 1, 2026

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 476 of June 1, 2024 - amendments to Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 2173 of November 30, 2022: Rules for labelling beer and low-alcohol drinks have been improved.

Order of the Ministry of Public Health of the Russian Federation No. 262n of May 24, 2024 - approval of the requirements for the first aid kit for providing first aid using medical devices

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 750 of June 1, 2024 - conducting an experiment in relation to certain groups of goods, including packaged goods: experiment is starting in Russia to ensure that importers dispose waste from the use of goods.

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 753 of June 1, 2024 - approval of the Rules for exchange of electronic contracts for the carriage of goods, electronic waybills, electronic road statements, electronic receipts for acceptance of cargo for transportation, information contained in them, between the carrier and the sender and directions such documents and the information contained therein into the state information system of electronic transportation documents

Order of the Ministry of Transport of the Russian Federation No. 118 of April 8, 2024 - approval of the Regulations on the certification of external crew members of autonomous inland water navigation vessels

Order of the Ministry of Transport of the Russian Federation No. 140 of April 22, 2024 - approval of the Rules for management of autonomous ships

Order of the Ministry of Transport of the Russian Federation No. 178 of May 22, 2024 - approval of the Federal Aviation Regulations 'Requirements for radio equipment and aviation telecommunications equipment used for air traffic services'

Information statement from the Federal Service for Control of Alcohol and Tobacco Markets, dated May 31, 2024: from March 1, 2024, the Unified State Automated Information System (EGAIS) will register grapes used for production of wine products. In this regard, acts of recording wine materials on the balance sheet (product type codes 321, 3211, 3212, 3231 and 3232), produced from grapes harvested in 2023 or earlier, removed from yeast and at the stage of work in progress, can be entered in the Unified State Automated Information System until August 1, 2024. Later, a ban will be inroduced on their recording in the Unified State Automated Information System.

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 694 of May 28, 2024 - approval of the Regulations on conducting state environmental assessment

Order of the Federal Tax Service No. ED-7-26/383@ of May 14, 2024 - approval of formats and forms of an electronic contract for the carriage of goods, an electronic waybill, an electronic road manifest and an electronic receipt for acceptance of cargo for transportation

Order of the Federal Tax Service No. ED-7-26/382@ of May 13, 2024 - approval of formats and forms of an electronic contract for the carriage of goods by sea and an electronic bill of lading

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 675 of May 27, 2024 - approval of the Rules for labelling medicinal products for veterinary use by means of identification and features of implementation of the state information system for monitoring the circulation of goods subject to mandatory labelling by means of identification in relation to medicinal products for veterinary use

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 676 of May 27, 2024 - approval of the Rules for labelling certain types of edible vegetable oils and fatty products with identification means and the specifics of the implementation of the state information system for monitoring the circulation of goods subject to mandatory labelling with identification means in relation to certain types of edible vegetable oils and oil and fat products

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 678 of May 27, 2024 - approval of the Rules for labelling non-alcoholic beer with identification means and features of implementation of the state information system for monitoring the circulation of goods subject to mandatory labelling with identification means in relation to non-alcoholic beer

Resolution of the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation No. 28-P of June 4, 2024 - in the case of verifying the constitutionality of the provisions of Article 446 of the Civil Procedure Code of the Russian Federation and Article 213.25 of the Federal Law on Insolvency (Bankruptcy), in connection with a complaint: the interrelated provisions of paragraph two of part one Article 446 of the Code of Civil Procedure of the Russian Federation and Items 2 and 3 of Article 213.25 of the Federal Law "On Insolvency (Bankruptcy)" are deemed not corresponding to the Constitution of the Russian Federation, its Articles 19 (part 1), 34 (part 1), 35 (parts 1 and 3) and 40 (parts 1 and 2), in as much as they do not provide for the certainty regarding the conditions for distribution of property (executive) immunity for proceeds of sale within the framework of the bankruptcy procedure owned by a debtor citizen for right of ownership and residential premises encumbered with a mortgage, which is for the citizen-debtor and his family members, jointly living in this residential premises, the only one suitable for permanent residence, and remaining after settlements with the collateral creditor.

Information statement of the Federal Service for Control of Alcohol and Tobacco Markets, dated June 4, 2024: for the attention of alcohol market participants producing beer and beer drinks - old recommendations, endorsed in 2013, with respect to keeping records of beer produced during periods of technical failures, are valid until September 1, 2024.

Resolution of the Plenum of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation No. 12 of June 4, 2024 - preparing a case for trial in an arbitration court: the Plenum of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation presented new clarifications on preparing cases for trial.

Order of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation No. 268 of May 20, 2024 - amendments to the Procedure for making a decision on extending or shortening the period of temporary stay of a foreign citizen or stateless person in the Russian Federation, approved by Order of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation No. 296 of November 22, 2021

Information letter of the Bank of Russia No. IN-03-59/34@ of June 3, 2024 - increasing the attention of credit institutions to various formats for providing financial services in rural areas and in remote, sparsely populated and hard-to-reach areas

Information statement of the Bank of Russia, dated June 7, 2024 - the Bank of Russia decided to maintain the key rate at 16.00% per annum: on June 7, 2024, the Bank of Russia decided to maintain the key rate at 16% per annum. However, the Bank of Russia allows for the possibility of raising the key rate at the next meeting.

Direction of the Bank of Russia No. 6676-U of February 1, 2024 - amendments to Regulations of the Bank of Russia No. 511-P of December 3, 2015 'On the procedure for calculating the market risk magnitude by credit institutions'

Order of the Federal Tax Service No. BS-7-26/447@ of June 5, 2024 on amending Order of the Federal Tax Service No. MMV-7-6/443@ of July 15, 2011 - Reports through the Federal Tax Service website in pilot mode may be submitted until mid-2025

Order of the Ministry for Digital Development, Communications and Mass Media of the Russian Federation No. 62 of January 31, 2024 on approval of the Regulations on the federal state information system "Registers of Programs for Electronic Computers and Databases"

Resolution of the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation No. 29-P of June 11, 2024 In the case of verifying the constitutionality of Item 3 of Article 6 and Item 1 of Article 39.20 of the Land Code of the Russian Federation - The Constitutional Court recognized the right of owners of subterranean garages to register land plots as ownership or lease

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 761 of June 1, 2024 on approval of the Rules for the provision of instructor-guide services

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 760 of June 1, 2024 on notifications about accompanying tourists (excursionists) on a tourist route requiring special escort

Federal Law No. 141-FZ of June 12, 2024 on amending Articles 4 and 18 of the Federal Law on Clearing, Clearing Activities and Central Counterparties - Amendments to legislation regarding bankruptcy of clearing participants were adopted

Federal Law No. 140-FZ of June 12, 2024 on amending the Federal Law on Mortgages (Pledge of Real Estate) - Citizens were allowed to independently sell mortgaged property

Federal Law No. 138-FZ of June 12, 2024 on amending Article 17 of the Federal Law on the Protection of Children from Information That May Be Harmful to Their Health and Development - Expert examination of information products for children: it was decided to make accreditation of experts electronic

Federal Law No. 136-FZ of June 12, 2024 on amending Article 71 of the Federal Law on Education in Russian Federation - The list of sporting events, the winners of which can enter universities without exams, has been added

Federal Law No. 133-FZ of June 12, 2024 on amending the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation - It was decided to decriminalize some crimes involving copyright infringement and causing property damage

Federal Law No. 131-FZ of June 12, 2024 on ratification of Free Trade Agreement between the Eurasian Economic Union and its member states, on the one hand, and the Islamic Republic of Iran, on the other hand

Federal Law No. 129-FZ of June 12, 2024 on ratification of protocols on amendments to Russian-Serbian intergovernmental agreements - Russia will restructure Serbia's debts on state loans

Federal Law No. 128-FZ of June 12, 2024 on ratification of the Agreement between the Government of the Russian Federation and the Government of the People's Republic of China on cooperation in the area of creating an International Scientific Lunar Station

Information of the Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation dated June 13, 2024 on the average price level for Urals oil for May 2024

Information of the Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation dated June 13, 2024 on the average prices for the past tax period for the corresponding types of hydrocarbon raw materials produced at a new offshore hydrocarbon raw material deposit, for the period from May 1 to May 31, 2024

Order of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation No. 260 of May 16, 2024 on amending Appendices No. 6 and No. 9 to Order of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation No. 536 of July 30, 2020 - The procedure for sending notifications about foreigners carrying out labour activities in Russia will change

Decree of the President of the Russian Federation No. 500 of June 13, 2024 on amending Decree of the President of the Russian Federation No. 250 of May 1, 2022 on Additional Measures to Ensure the Information Security of the Russian Federation - Government authorities and strategic companies will be prohibited from using cybersecurity services from unfriendly countries

Decree of the President of the Russian Federation No. 497 of June 13, 2024 on amending Decree of the President of the Russian Federation No. 961 of December 27, 2022 on Special Economic Measures in the Fuel and Energy Sector in Connection with the Establishment of the Maximum Price for Russian Oil and Oil Products by Some Foreign States - The ban on oil supplies under contracts with price ceilings has been extended

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 804 of June 15, 2024 - peculiarities of labelling tobacco products imported into the Russian Federation and monitoring the circulation of tobacco products: from July 1, 2024, foreign tobacco products imported into Russia for sale must have a label on the packaging and a tax stamp.

Decree of the President of the Russian Federation No. 522 of June 17, 2024 - on the Federal Medical and Biological Agency: the Agency is now operating under the Presidential jurisdiction.

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 789 of June 12, 2024 - establishing the cost of living per capita and for the main socio-demographic population groups as a whole in the Russian Federation for 2025

Decree of the President of Russia No. 529 of June 18, 2024 - approving the priority areas of scientific and technological development and the list of the most important science-intensive technologies

Order of the Ministry of Public Health of the Russian Federation No. 286n of June 4, 2024 - invalidating certain orders of the Ministry of Public Health relating to medicinal products for medical use: electronic registration of medicines is being introduced in Russia. In this regard, certain acts and provisions of the RF Ministry of Public Health to be deemed null and void

Information statement of the Bank of Russia, dated June 17, 2024: licence to carry out banking transactions has been revoked from Avtogradbank JSC

Resolution of the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation No. 31-P of June 20, 2024 - in the case of verifying the constitutionality of Article 183 of the Arbitration Procedural Code of the Russian Federation in connection with a request from the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation: the contested norm does not comply with the Constitution. Lack of deadlines leads to legal uncertainty, and the arbitrary definition threatens the interests of a creditor and a debtor, and also contradicts the constitutional principles of equality and justice, as well as to the guarantees of the right to judicial protection.

Order of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation No. 288 of May 24, 2024 - on approval of the Procedure for carrying out mandatory state fingerprint registration and photographing of foreign citizens and stateless persons that arrived in the Russian Federation for purposes not related to labour activities for a period exceeding ninety calendar days, or for the purpose of carrying out labour activities, as well as foreign citizens and stateless persons wishing to enter the Russian Federation for such purposes

Information of the Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation of June 21, 2024 on the export customs duties on crude oil and certain categories of goods manufactured from oil for the period from July 1 till July 31, 2024 - Export duty rates on oil and petroleum products will also remain zero in July.

Federal Law No. 160-FZ of June 22, 2024 on amending Article 19 of the Federal Law on Farm Households and the Federal Law on Agricultural Improvement - Agricultural producers and farmers are allowed to engage in rural tourism

Federal Law No. 158-FZ of June 22, 2024 on amending the Federal Law on Information, Information Technologies and the Protection of Information and Articles 11 and 15 of the Federal Law on the Activities of Foreign Persons on the Internet in the Russian Federation - The procedure for restricting access to copies of blocked sites has been simplified

Federal Law No. 151-FZ of June 22, 2024 on amending certain Legal acts of the Russian Federation - Restrictions have been introduced on loans with variable rates

Federal Law No. 148-FZ of June 22, 2024 on amending. Article 5 of Part One and Part Two of the Tax Code of the Russian Federation - Tax benefits are introduced for participants in the free economic zone in the adjacent territories of Ukraine and new regions

Federal Law No. 146-FZ of June 22, 2024 on amending.the Federal Law on Consular Regulations of the Russian Federation - Amendments have been made to the Consular Regulations regarding the legalization of foreign official documents

Federal Law No. 145-FZ of June 22, 2024 on the legalization of Russian and foreign official documents and on the requisition of personal documents

Resolution of the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation No. 33-P of June 25, 2024 In the case of verifying the constitutionality of Item 1 of Article 1276 of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation - The Constitutional Court allowed the free publication of images of publicly accessible monuments in guidebooks

Federal Law No. 147-FZ of June 22, 2024 on amending. the Federal Law on the free economic zone in the territories of the Donetsk People's Republic, Lugansk People's Republic, Zaporozhye region and Kherson region - From July 1, 2024, tax benefits will be provided to participants of the free economic zone in regions bordering Ukraine

Federal Law No. 144-FZ of June 22, 2024 on amending. certain legal acts of the Russian Federation - The development of engineering services and industrial design will be stimulated in Russia

Information of the Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation of June 25, 2024 on the rates of export customs duties on goods specified in Item 1 of Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 1538 of September 21, 2023, as well as certain types of mineral fertilizers - The export duty rate will be 4.5% of the customs value

Review of judicial practice on certain issues of application of Article 15.25 of the Code of the Russian Federation on Administrative Offences - The Supreme Court summarized the judicial practice of considering cases of violation of currency legislation

Direction of the Bank of Russia No. 6729-U of May 21, 2024 on amending Regulations of the Bank of Russia No. 803-P of August 1, 2022 - The Chart of Accounts for non-credit financial institutions, credit history bureaus, and credit rating agencies has been adjusted.

Regulations of the Bank of Russia No. 836-P of March 28, 2024 on establishing requirements for non-state pension funds for calculating the amount of obligations under compulsory pension insurance agreements, non-state pension agreements and long-term savings agreements on the basis of an internal document

Resolution of the Plenum of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation No. 21 of June 25, 2024 on amending certain resolutions of the Plenum of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation in criminal cases - The Plenum of the Supreme Court clarified when a driver can leave the scene of an accident

Resolution of the Plenum of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation No. 17 of June 25, 2024 on certain issues that arise for courts when considering cases of administrative offences that encroach on the established procedure for information support of elections and referendums - Plenum of the Supreme Court on electoral violations: foreign agents have no right to campaign but screenshots can be evidence