Monitoring of the Federal Legislation dated 30.05.2025

Order of the Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation No. 264 of April 23, 2025 - on deflator coefficients for the mineral extraction tax rate in coal mining

Information of the Federal Service for Control over Alcohol and Tobacco Markets, dated April 29, 2025 - information message for alcohol market participants on the issue of destroying federal special stamps

Direction of the Bank of Russia No. 7016-U of March 24, 2025 - on amendments to Direction of the Bank of Russia No. 6579-U of October 16, 2023: credit reports cannot be used to calculate the average monthly income of a borrower.

Review of the practice of the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation for the first quarter of 2025

Order of the Ministry of Transport of the Russian Federation No. 103 of March 24, 2025 - on approval of the Regulations on the investigation of accidents and incidents at sea

Order of the Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation No. 1572 of April 1, 2025 on amending Order of the Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation No. 2701 of July 21, 2023 - The list of goods for parallel import has been revised

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 579 of April 30, 2025 - The Cabinet of Ministers has updated the rules for the provision of paid veterinary services

Order of the Ministry of Transport of the Russian Federation No. 103 of March 24, 2025 - New rules for investigating accidents or incidents at sea will come into force from September 1, 2025

Information of the Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation dated May 5, 2025 on the average price level of Urals crude oil for April 2025

Resolution of the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation No. 19-P of May 6, 2025 on the case of verifying the constitutionality of Article 74 and part three of Article 389.11 of the Criminal Procedural Code of the Russian Federation - The need to establish violations in the preparation of the minutes of a court hearing is not a reason to return a criminal case to the court of first instance.

Order of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation No. 182n of April 11, 2025 on approval of the instructions on issuing a medical opinion by a council of doctors of a medical organisation on the need for transplantation of human organs and (or) tissues

Order of the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation No. 42n of April 3, 2025 on amending the program for the development of federal accounting standards for 2022 - 2026

Order of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation No. 165n of April 4, 2025 on approval of the procedure for giving informed voluntary consent to medical treatment and refusal of medical treatment when providing medical care within the framework of clinical testing

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 611 of May 8, 2025 - on providing support measures to persons and entities operating in the Kursk Region

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 601 of May 8, 2025 - o the introduction of a temporary quantitative restriction on the export of certain types of fertilizers: it was decided to extend non-tariff quotas for the export of mineral fertilizers from Russia outside the EAEU. The quotas to be valid from June 1 to November 30, 2025 inclusive

Order of the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation No. 15n of February 14, 2025 - amendments to the Federal Accounting Standard for Public Sector Organisations "Accounting Policy, Estimates and Errors", approved by Order of the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation No. 274n of December 30, 2017: the Rules for internal control of business operations and accounting for public sector organisations have been updated

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 615 of May 8, 2025 - on the duration of annual additional paid leave for work in harmful and (or) hazardous working conditions, provided to certain categories of employees

Order of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation No. 4308/30n of March 10, 2025 - approval of the List of foreign states, in relation to whose diplomatic and equivalent missions the provisions of subitem 7 of Item 1 of Article 164 of the Tax Code of the Russian Federation apply

List of instructions following the meeting of the Council for Culture and Art (approved by the President of the Russian Federation on May 7, 2025) - the Ministry of Culture will be transferred the authority to develop and implement state policy and legal regulation in the field of literary and publishing activities.

Order of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation No. 318 of April 8, 2025 - on approval of the specifics of the working hours and rest time of teaching and other employees of organisations carrying out educational activities under educational programs of higher education and vocational professional programs

Order of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation No. 195n of April 11, 2025 - approval of the Procedure for conducting an examination of temporary disability

Resolution of the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation No. 20-P of May 13, 2025 - on the case of checking the constitutionality of Item 1 and paragraph one of Item 3 of Article 75, paragraph one of Item 1, paragraph one of Item 2, Item 3 and paragraph one of Item 5 of Article 100, Items 1 and 7, paragraph one of Item 8 and Item 14 of Article 101 of the Tax Code of the Russian Federation in connection with the complaint of the joint-stock company "Scientific and Production Enterprise KLASS": the Constitutional Court explained whether it is possible to exempt a taxpayer from paying a penalty due to violation of the deadline for delivering the inspection report to the taxpayer

Order of the Ministry of Public Health of the Russian Federation No. 195n of April 11, 2025 - approval of the Procedure for conducting an examination of temporary disability

Information statement of the Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation dated May 15, 2025 - on average prices for the previous tax period for the relevant types of hydrocarbon raw materials produced at a new offshore hydrocarbon field, for the period from April 1 to April 30, 2025

Direction of the Bank of Russia No. 7036-U of April 1, 2025 - on additional requirements for foreign digital rights that may be classified as digital rights

Direction of the Bank of Russia No. 7030-U of March 31, 2025 - on the contents of credit rating agency reporting, and also form, terms, and procedure for compiling and submitting it to the Bank of Russia

Letter of the Federal Tax Service and the Federal Antimonopoly Service Nos ED-17-31/1324@ and MS/45087/25 of May 15, 2025 - on the joint position of the Federal Antimonopoly Service of Russia and the Federal Tax Service of Russia concerning application of the legal entity assessment service and the individual entrepreneur assessment service in the procurement of goods, works, and services in accordance with Federal Law No. 223-FZ of July 18, 2011 on the Procurement of Goods, Works, and Services by Certain Types of Legal Entities

Order of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation No. 157n of March 31, 2025 on amending Order of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation No. 558n of August 24, 2017 - The Ministry of Health has updated the rules for conducting drug expert examinations

Decree of the President of the Russian Federation No. 328 of May 17, 2025 on the admission to citizenship of the Russian Federation of citizens of the Republic of Abkhazia and the Republic of South Ossetia - The procedure for obtaining Russian citizenship has been simplified for citizens of Abkhazia and South Ossetia

Information of the Federal Service for Control of Alcohol and Tobacco Markets of May 16, 2025 - Imported alcohol will be labelled in Russia, not abroad

Resolution of the Council of the Eurasian Economic Commission No. 32 of May 15, 2025 on amending the Requirements for Libelling of Medicinal Products for Human Use and Veterinary Medicinal Products - Drugs will be labelled according to revised rules

Decree of the President of the Russian Federation No. 335 of May 19, 2025 on state monitoring of damage caused to the Russian Federation, subjects of the Russian Federation, Sirius federal territory, municipalities, individuals or organisations by foreign sources - The prosecutor's office has been instructed to monitor damage caused by unfriendly countries

Information of the Federal Service for Control of Alcohol and Tobacco Markets dated May 19, 2025 - Explanations have been provided for participants in the alcohol market operating in the territories of the Donetsk People's Republic, Lugansk People's Republic, Zaporozhie and Kherson regions

Information Statement of the Bank of Russia dated May 19, 2025 on new requirements of the Bank of Russia in the area of accounting (financial) reporting for certain non-credit financial institutions, credit rating agencies and credit history bureaus. These organisations must prepare accounting (financial) statements in accordance with the regulations of the Bank of Russia and international financial reporting standards

Federal Law No. 106-FZ of May 23, 2025 on the ratification of the Agreement Between the Government of the Russian Federation and the Government of the Lao People's Democratic Republic on Military Cooperation

Federal Law No. 105-FZ of May 23, 2025 on amending certain legal acts of the Russian Federation - Digital rouble transactions to be checked for laundering of criminal proceeds

Federal Law No. 104-FZ of May 23, 2025 on amending Articles 4.5 and 13.12 of the Code of Administrative Offences of the Russian Federation - It has been decided to impose stricter penalties for violating information protection rules

Decision of the Bank of Russia dated May 16, 2025 on the levels of credit ratings established in accordance with Direction of the Bank of Russia No. 4075-U of July 19, 2016 - Credit rating levels have been updated to meet the equity requirements of investment fund management companies, non-state pension funds and licence applicants

Decision of the Bank of Russia dated May 16, 2025 on the levels of credit ratings established in accordance with Direction of the Bank of Russia No. 5343-U of December 5, 2019 - Formation of pension reserves of non-state pension funds: credit rating levels have been revised

Decision of the Bank of Russia dated May 16, 2025 on the levels of credit ratings established in accordance with Direction of the Bank of Russia No. 4028-U of May 30, 2016 - Credit ratings for calculating own funds of non-state pension funds have been revised

Decision of the Bank of Russia dated May 16, 2025 on the levels of credit ratings established in accordance with Regulations of the Bank of Russia No. 580-P of March 1, 2017 - Credit ratings revised for investment of pension funds and savings for housing provision of military personnel

Decision of the Bank of Russia dated May 16, 2025 on the levels of credit ratings established in accordance with Direction of the Bank of Russia No. 5099-U of March 22, 2019 - Professional activity in the securities market: credit rating levels for calculating equity have been updated

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 698 of May 22, 2025 on measures to implement Decree of the President of the Russian Federation No. 771 of October 11, 2023 - The requirement for mandatory sale of foreign currency earnings by exporters has been extended

Federal Law No. 112-FZ of May 23, 2025 - amendments to the Federal Law "On Seaports in the Russian Federation and on Amendments to Certain Legislative Acts of the Russian Federation": a register of bunker fuel suppliers will appear in Russia

Federal Law No. 111-FZ of May 23, 2025 - amendments to Articles 213.25 and 223.2 of the Federal Law "On Insolvency (Bankruptcy)"

Federal Law No. 117-FZ of May 23, 2025 - amendments to the Federal Law "On the Development of Small and Medium-Sized Entrepreneurship in the Russian Federation" and Article 3 of the Federal Law "On Amendments to Article 5 of the Federal Law "On the Development of Small and Medium-Sized Entrepreneurship in the Russian Federation" and the Federal Law "On Official Statistical Accounting and the State Statistics System in the Russian Federation": the procedure for including organisations and individual entrepreneurs into the SME register has been adjusted

Federal Law No. 120-FZ of May 23, 2025 - amendments to Article 9 of the Federal Law "On the Fundamentals of State Regulation of Trade Activities in the Russian Federation"

Federal Law No. 122-FZ of May 23, 2025 - amendments to Articles 6 and 14 of the Federal Law "On Industrial Policy in the Russian Federation"

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 708 of May 22, 2025 - on establishing cases of procurement in which such procurement is not included in the calculation of the total annual procurement volume when determining the volume of procurement from small business entities and socially oriented non-profit institutions

Information of the Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation, dated May 27, 2025 - on the rates of export customs duties on oil and certain categories of goods produced from oil for the period from June 1 to June 30, 2025

Order of the Federal Tax Service No. ED_-7-8/1140@ of December 13, 2024 - on approval of the Procedure for informing banks by the tax authority in accordance with parts 17 and 18 of Article 4 of Federal Law No. 263-FZ of July 14, 2022 "On Amendments to Parts One and Two of the Tax Code of the Russian Federation"

Information Letter of the Bank of Russia No. IN-08-23/85 of May 23, 2025 - on restructuring of borrowers' debt

Order of the Ministry of Public Health of the Russian Federation No. 186n of April 11, 2025 - on approval of the procedure for organising the provision of high-tech medical care using the unified state information system in the field of healthcare

Information letter of the Bank of Russia No. IN-03-23/87 of May 28, 2025 - Information letter of the Bank of Russia regarding operations of credit institutions with digital currencies and financial instruments dependent on prices (rates) of digital currencies

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 725 of May 27, 2025 - approval of the Rules for the formation and maintenance of a single register of notifications, submission and accounting of notifications on the commencement of certain types of entrepreneurial activity

Order of the Ministry of Finance of Russia No. 58n of May 16, 2025 - approval of Information allowing the transfer of funds within the framework of the applied forms of non-cash payments, necessary for the identification of payments that are sources of revenue generation for the budgets of the budget system of the Russian Federation, other payments received on treasury accounts opened in the bodies of the Federal Treasury, payments for the performance of work, the provision of services by autonomous institutions, descriptions of such information, the Rules for its indication at the client's disposal, the Rules for coding such information, as well as the form of the individual client's order for making the specified payments

Order of the Federal Tax Service No. ED-7-8/1140@ of December 13, 2024 - approval of the Procedure for informing banks by the tax authority in accordance with parts 17 and 18 of Article 4 of the Federal Law No. 263-FZ of July 14, 2022 "On Amendments to Parts One and Two of the Tax Code of the Russian Federation"

Information letter of the Bank of Russia No. IN-018-52/86 of May 28, 2025 - "Information letter of the Bank of Russia on transactions with certain financial instruments and digital financial assets"

Information letter of the Bank of Russia No. IN-03-23/87 of May 28, 2025 - "Information letter of the Bank of Russia regarding transactions of credit institutions with digital currencies and financial instruments dependent on prices (rates) of digital currencies"