Monitoring of the Federal Legislation dated 31.07.2024

Order of the Pension and Social Insurance Fund of the Russian Federation No. 848 of May 27, 2024 on approval of the format of the power of attorney in the form of an electronic document signed with an encrypted and certified digital signature of the principal

Resolution of the Board of the Eurasian Economic Commission No. 76 of June 25, 2024 - establishing the rate of import customs duty of the Unified Customs Tariff of the Eurasian Economic Union with respect to dried coconuts

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 857 of June 26, 2024 - conducting an experiment on labelling by means of identification of certain types of grocery and other foods on the territory of the Russian Federation

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 861 of June 26, 2024 - conducting an experiment on marking by means of identification of certain types of lubricants and special automotive fluids on the territory of the Russian Federation

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 867 of June 27, 2024 - conducting an experiment on the territory of the Russian Federation on marking by means of identification of certain types of pyrotechnic products, certain types of fire extinguishing agents, certain types of fire safety equipment, certain types of products for civil defence and protection from emergency situations of natural and man-made character

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 877 of June 28, 2024 - approval of the Rules for organising the activities of public environmental inspectors

Information letter of the Bank of Russia No. IN-03-23/37 of June 28, 2024 - application of the PCC limitation in the third quarter of 2024: the Bank of Russia informed about approaches to the application of a restriction on the full cost of a consumer credit (loan) (PCC) when concluding (adjusting) by credit institutions in the third quarter of 2024 consumer credit (loan) agreements. It is decided not to extend the moratorium on application of the PCC limit on consumer loans and certain types of loans.

Decision of the Board of Directors of the Bank of Russia, dated June 28, 2024 - establishing premiums for risk coefficients

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 882 of June 28, 2024 - amendments to Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 243 of February 29, 2024: the temporary ban on the export of commercial gasoline shall be deemed suspended for another month, until July 31, 2024.

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 893 of June 29, 2024 - introduction of a tariff quota for the export of waste and scrap ferrous metals outside the territory of the Russian Federation to states that are not members of the Eurasian Economic Union, and on amendments to the rates of export customs duties on goods, exported from the Russian Federation outside the customs territory of the Eurasian Economic Union

Review of judicial practice in cases of crimes related to the illicit trafficking of narcotic drugs, psychotropic substances and their analogues (approved by the Presidium of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation on June 26, 2024)

List of instructions on healthcare development issues (approved by the President of the Russian Federation on June 29, 2024): the National Medical Chamber will be given additional powers. The President gave a number of instructions on the development of healthcare. They relate in particular to the following:<br> - vesting the National Medical Chamber with additional powers in healthcare;<br> - further development of self-regulation in the field of medical and pharmaceutical activities;<br> - improving the system of continuous education of medical and pharmaceutical workers;<br> - strengthening the responsibility of heads of federal departments and heads of regions for implementation of the President’s decisions in the field of providing medical care.

Decree of the President of the Russian Federation No. 569 of July 2, 2024 - amendments to Decree of the President of the Russian Federation No. 73 of January 27, 2024 on the temporary procedure for the disclosure and provision of information by business entities that are economically significant organisations and certain other entities: Ministry of Economic Development should be provided with information on core organisations that are directly or indirectly owned by foreign persons or entities. If such organisations or their subsidiaries are credit or non-credit financial institutions, information must be sent to the Bank of Russia.

Information from the RF Ministry of Finance, dated July 3, 2024: the Government has submitted to the State Duma draft amendments to the bill on improving the tax system.

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 908 of July 3, 2024 - conducting an experiment on the territory of the Russian Federation to create, test and implement the information system “National Digital Transport and Logistics Platform” for processing cargo transportation

Order of the Federal Tax Service No. ED-7-17/423@ of May 27, 2024 - approval of the form, the procedure for filling it in and the format for submitting information provided for in Item 8.1 of Article 85 of the Tax Code of the Russian Federation, in electronic form: a form has been established for sending information on the issuance of an overseas passport to the tax office.

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 913 of July 4, 2024 - amendments to Deision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 564 of May 10, 2018: fees for operators of electronic platforms have been differentiated when concluding contracts under 44-FZ.

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 920 of July 6, 2024 - introduction of a temporary ban on the export of rice and rice cereals from the Russian Federation

Federal Law No. 169-FZ of July 8, 2024 - amendments to the Federal Law "On Experimental Legal Regimes in the Sphere of Digital Innovation in the Russian Federation": insurance will be required to operate in experimental legal regimes.

Federal Law No. 167-FZ of July 8, 2024 - amendments to certain legal acts of the Russian Federation: customs authorities are given powers to exercise certain types of state control at border checkpoints.

Federal Law No. 170-FZ of July 8, 2024 - amendments to the Federal Law "On the State Atomic Energy Corporation Rosatom": the Rosatom State Corporation can issue bonds. The powers and functions of the state corporation in the field of ensuring the technological independence of critical information infrastructure facilities of the Russian Federation have been determined.

Federal Law No. 173-FZ of July 8, 2024 - amendments to Article 17 of the Federal Law "On Compulsory Pension Insurance in the Russian Federation" and Article 26.1 of the Federal Law "On Insurance Pensions": pensions of working pensioners will increase.

Federal Law No. 165-FZ of July 8, 2024 - amendments to the Code of the Russian Federation on Administrative Offenses: fines for violations in the field of timber turnover to be included into the KoAP.

Federal Law No. 166-FZ of July 8, 2024 - amendments to the Water Code of the Russian Federation: issues of using water bodies for the operation of floating craft have been settled.

Information from the Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation, dated July 8, 2024 - the average level of prices for Urals oil for June 2024

Order of the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation No. 39n of April 4, 2024 - approval of the Procedure for drawing up and maintaining a consolidated budget list of the federal budget and budget lists of the main managers of federal budget funds, as well as approval (amendment) and bringing (revocation) of limits on budget obligations in the course of implementation of the federal budget

Federal Law No. 174-FZ of July 8, 2024 - amendments to the Federal Law on state registration of vehicles in the Russian Federation and on amendments to certain legislative acts of the Russian Federation

Federal Law No. 163-FZ of July 8, 2024 - on the execution of the budget of the Federal Compulsory Medical Insurance Fund for 2023

Federal Law No. 172-FZ of July 8, 2024 - amendments to Articles 2 and 5 of the Federal Law on the Provision of State and Municipal Services: obtaining documents for children becomes easier in terms of issuing certificates, extracts and other information on paper within the framework of provision of state or municipal services.

Information from the Federal Service for Control of Alcohol and Tobacco Markets, dated July 9, 2024 - on the retail sales of alcoholic products marked with federal special brands, in providing public catering services

Order of the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation No. 87n of June 11, 2024 - approval of the list of risk indices of violation of mandatory requirements in implementation of federal state control (supervision) in the field of production and circulation of tobacco products, nicotine-containing products and raw materials for their production

Information statement of the Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation, dated July 11, 2024 - average prices for the previous tax period for the corresponding types of hydrocarbon raw materials produced at a new offshore hydrocarbon field for the period from June 1 to June 30, 2024

Order of the Federal Treasury No. 2n of May 7, 2024 - approval of the Working Chart of Accounts for centralised accounting and the Rules for formation of the accounting code, as well as the procedure for making changes to the Working Chart of Accounts for centralised accounting within the framework of a unified accounting policy

Direction of the Bank of Russia No. 6681-U of February 12, 2024 - requirements for brokerage activities when a broker performs individual transactions at the expense of the client

Order of the Bank of Russia No. OD-1027 of June 27, 2024 - establishing signs of transferring funds without the voluntary consent of the client and cancelling the Bank of Russia Order No. OD-2525 of September 27, 2018

Federal Law No. 176-FZ of July 12, 2024 - amendments to Parts One and Two of the Tax Code of the Russian Federation, certain legal acts of the Russian Federation and recognition as invalid of certain provisions of legal acts of the Russian Federation

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 929 of July 10, 2024 - approval of the Regulations on the State Unified Cloud Platform

Federal Law No. 185-FZ of July 13, 2024 on amending the Federal Law on the Electric Power Industry and certain legal acts of the Russian Federation - A backbone local grid company will appear in each region

Federal Law No. 181-FZ of July 13, 2024 on amending certain legal acts of the Russian Federation - The procedure for intermunicipal cooperation has been revised, and the residency requirement has been temporarily lifted from candidates for senators from new regions

Federal Law No. 177-FZ of July 13, 2024 on amending the Budgetary Code of the Russian Federation and certain legal acts of the Russian Federation - The Budgetary Code has been clarified in connection with the introduction of a progressive personal income tax scale, the mechanism for writing off regional debts on budget loans has been changed

Decision of the Board of Directors of the Bank of Russia of July 11, 2024 on interest rates on exchange swaps - Currency swap rates have changed

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 953 of July 12, 2024 on amending Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 1681 of October 12, 2023 - The ceiling for the mandatory sale of foreign currency earnings by large exporters has been lowered again

Federal Law No. 176-FZ of July 12, 2024 on amending Parts One and Two of the Tax Code of the Russian Federation - A multi-stage progressive personal income tax scale has been established

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 950 of July 12, 2024 on amending Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 575 of April 2, 2022 - The Council of Ministers has simplified the procedure for preparing documentation for the placement of linear objects

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 958 of July 13, 2024 on approval of the Rules for payment of the redemption amount in the event of special life situations - A procedure has been established for obtaining long-term savings when paying for expensive treatment or losing a breadwinner

Direction of the Bank of Russia No. 6748-U of June 13, 2024 on the procedure for filing an application to remove information from the suspicious transactions database - The Bank of Russia maintains a database of suspicious transactions, to which all banks are required to transmit identifiers of fraudulent transactions, including information about the recipient of the money. Credit institutions need this information to prevent new deposits of funds into criminal accounts. Individuals and companies can appeal the inclusion of their details in the database of fraudulent transactions

Resolution of the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation No. 39-P of July 18, 2024 In the case of verifying the constitutionality of the provisions of Part 1.3-3 of Article 32.2 of the Code of the Russian Federation on Administrative Offences - The Constitutional Court authorised a fine of half the amount for an offence identified by the prosecutor's office

Resolution of the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation No. 38-P of July 18, 2024 In the case of verifying the constitutionality of Part 4 of Article 7, paragraph one of part 1 and part 7 of Article 18 of the Federal Law on the Responsible Treatment of Animals and on Amendments to Certain Legislative Acts of the Russian Federation - The Constitutional Court explained to the constituent entities of the Russian Federation the rules for determining the grounds for killing captured ownerless animals

Resolution of the Collegium of the Eurasian Economic Commission No. 82 of July 16, 2024 on amending the Combined Commodity Nomenclature of Foreign Economic Activity of the Eurasian Economic Union and the Common Customs Tariff of the Eurasian Economic Union in relation to certain types of lids - Canning lids have a separate code of the EAEU CN FEA

Direction of the Bank of Russia No. 6711-U of April 1, 2024 on insurance rates for compulsory insurance of civil liability of the owner of a hazardous facility for damage caused by an accident at a hazardous facility

Federal Law No. 190-FZ of July 22, 2024 on amending Part Four of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation - It was decided to maintain a unified register of orphan works, that is, those whose protection period supposedly has not yet expired, but permission to use them is impossible to obtain because their author or other copyright holder is unknown

Federal Law No. 188-FZ of July 22, 2024 on ratification of the Agreement between the Russian Federation and the Republic of Belarus on securities prospectuses - Russia and Belarus agreed on mutual recognition of securities prospectuses

Federal Law No. 212-FZ of July 22, 2024 on amending the Federal Law on Precious Metals and Precious Stones - Branding of jewellery when exported outside the EAEU will be voluntary

Federal Law No. 210-FZ of July 22, 2024 on amending the Federal Law on Countering Combat Legalisation (Laundering) of Illegally Obtained Proceeds and Financing of Terrorism - The limit on transactions for individuals to transfer taxes and make utility payments without identification has been increased

Federal Law No. 208-FZ of July 22, 2024 on amending Articles 61.17 and 189.96 of the Federal Law on Insolvency (Bankruptcy) and Articles 19 and 39 of the Federal Law on Insuring Natural Persons' Deposits with Banks of the Russian Federation - The selling of assets of bankrupt banks has been accelerated

Federal Law No. 207-FZ of July 22, 2024 on amending the Federal Law on State Registration of Real Estate - Decisions to suspend cadastral registration or registration of rights can be appealed out of court

Federal Law No. 202-FZ of July 22, 2024 on amending the Federal Law on Banks and Banking Activities - Citizens who receive social support measures will be able to open social bank accounts and deposits

Federal Law No. 205-FZ of July 22, 2024 on amending the Law of the Russian Federation on Subsoils - The procedure for the provision of sites with minerals for the construction of main pipelines has been clarified

Federal Law No. 198-FZ of July 22, 2024 on amending certain legal acts of the Russian Federation - Regulatory burden reduced for financial companies

Federal Law No. 201-FZ of July 22, 2024 on amending Article 5 of the Federal Law on Banks and Banking Activities - Banks can carry out transactions with numismatic coin sets

Federal Law No. 196-FZ of July 22, 2024 on amending certain legal acts of the Russian Federation - It is allowed to enter into concession agreements and public-private partnership agreements regarding space infrastructure

Information of the Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation of July 22, 2024 on the rates of export customs duties on crude oil and certain categories of goods manufactured from oil for the period from August 1 till August 31, 2024 - In August, zero rates of export duties on oil and petroleum products will again remain

List of instructions from the President of Russia following a meeting with members of the Government - The Government will develop car tourism

Direction of the Bank of Russia No. 6710-U of April 1, 2024 on amending Appendix 1 to Direction of the Bank of Russia No. 6137-U of May 16, 2022 on insurance rates for compulsory insurance of civil liability of the carrier for damage caused to the life, health or property of passengers during transportation - There are new tariffs for carrier liability insurance

Federal Law No. 214-FZ of July 24, 2024 on amending the Federal Law on Physical Culture and Sports in the Russian Federation and Article 3 of the Federal Law on the Public-Law Company "Unified Gambling Regulator" - Professional sports leagues have received additional opportunities to organise international competitions

Order of the Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation No. 462 of July 22, 2024 on deflator coefficients for the mineral extraction tax rate for coal mining - Deflator coefficients for the mineral extraction tax rate for coal mining for the current quarter have been determined

Information Statement of the Bank of Russia dated July 26, 2024 "The Bank of Russia has decided to raise the key rate by 200 bp to 18.00% per annum"

Information of the Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation dated July 26, 2024 - Deflator coefficients for the mineral extraction tax rate for coal mining for the current quarter have been published

Information of the Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation dated July 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 - Rates of exchange rate export duties for August have been approved

Direction of the Bank of Russia No. 6753-U of June 17, 2024 - amending Regulations of the Bank of Russia No. 732-P of September 24, 2020 "On the Bank of Russia Payment System": the Bank of Russia has updated the Regulations on the payment system.

Order of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 1972-r of July 25, 2024 - a list of Russian software required for pre-installation in 2025 on smartphones, tablets, PCs, all-in-one PCs and Smart TVs has been approved.

Decision of the Board of Directors of the Bank of Russia, dated July 26, 2024 - requirements for activities of professional participants in the securities market engaged in depository activities, in terms of recording rights to securities whose nominal value is expressed in foreign currency, for which the Republic of Belarus has obligations related to such securities, and the transfer of payments on them

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 1004 of July 25, 2024 - amendments to Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 1928 of December 28, 2019: amounts of payments to victims of emergency situations have been increased.