Monitoring of the Federal Legislation dated 9.01.2020

Order of the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation No. 197n of November 25, 2019 – amendments to the Procedure for Formation and Application of Budget Classification Codes of the Russian Federation. Codes are envisaged for expenses for the professional development of civil servants, compensation for pensioners for relocation from the Far North, development of information and telecommunication infrastructure of schools, etc.

Federal Law No. 512-FZ of December 27, 2019 on Amending Article 12 of the Federal Law on Protection of Citizens' Health from Tobacco Smoking and Consequences of Tobacco Use: special smoking areas will be back to airports

Federal Law No. 510-FZ of December 27, 2019 on Amending Article 2 of the Federal Law on Use of Cash Register Machines in Settlements in the Russian Federation: municipal cultural institutions will be allowed not to use cash registers

Federal Law No. 493-FZ of December 27, 2019 on amending the Code of the Russian Federation on Administrative Offences: fines are envisaged for speculating with theater or museum tickets

Federal Law No. 492-FZ of December 27, 2019 on amending the Federal Law on Licensing Certain Types of Activities

Federal Law No. 490-FZ of December 27, 2019 on amending Article 9 of the Federal Law on the National Payment System: e-wallet operators shall inform customers of account blocking

Federal Law No. 483-FZ of December 27, 2019 on amending Articles 7 and 11 of the Federal Law on Consumer Credit (Loan) and also Article 9.1 of the Federal Law on Mortgage (Pledge): it will be possible to return part of the insurance cover in case of early (pre-schedule) repayment of the loan

Federal Law No. 478-FZ of December 27, 2019 on amending certain legal acts of the Russian Federation in as much as it concerns implementation of the register (electronic) model for rendering public services involved in licensing certain types of activities

Federal Law No. 475-FZ of December 27, 2019 on making amendments into the Federal Law on the Circulation of Medicines: interchangeability of medicines, import of unregistered drugs, etc.

Federal Law No. 474-FZ of December 27, 2019 on amending Article 25.1 of the Federal Law on Development of Small and Medium Enterprises in the Russian Federation and also Article 8 of the Federal Law on Procurement of Goods, Work, Services by Certain Types of Legal Entities

Federal Law No. 473-FZ of December 27, 2019 on amending the Housing Code of the Russian Federation and the Federal Law on the Fund for Assistance to the Reform of Housing Utilities

Federal Law No. 468-FZ of December 27, 2019 on Viticulture and Winemaking in the Russian Federation

Federal Law No. 463-FZ of December 27, 2019 on amending Article 1 of the Federal Law on the Minimum Wage: from January 1, 2020, the minimum wage will be 12 130 roubles per month

Federal Law No. 462-FZ of December 27, 2019 on amending the Federal Law on Circulation of Medicines and the Federal Law on Amendments to the Federal Law on Circulation of Medicines: the transition period for introduction of drug labelling has been extended

Federal Law No. 454-FZ of December 27, 2019 on Amending the Federal Law on the Securities Market and also Article 73 of the Federal Law on Enforcement Proceedings in terms of improving the regulation of professional activities in the securities market: the procedure for conducting brokerage activities has been changed

Federal Law No. 452-FZ of December 27, 2019 on amending the Federal Law on the Fundamentals of Protection of Citizens’ Health in the Russian Federation

Federal Law No. 451-FZ of December 27, 2019 on amending the Federal Law on the Special Assessment of Working Conditions

Federal Law No. 449-FZ of December 27, 2019 on amending the Federal Law on the Contract System in the Sphere of Procurement of Goods, Work, Services to Ensure State and Municipal Needs

Federal Law No. 445-FZ of December 27, 2019 on insurance rates for compulsory social insurance against industrial accidents and occupational diseases for 2020 and for the planning period 2021 and 2022

Order of the Ministry of Labour and Social Protection of the Russian Federation No. 741n of November 28, 2019 on making amendments into Appendices Nos 1 to 3 to the Order of the Ministry of Labour and Social Protection of the Russian Federation No. 832n of December 24, 2018 on distribution among subjects of the Russian Federation of quotas (as approved by the Government of the Russian Federation for 2019) for issuance to foreign citizens arriving into the Russian Federation on the basis of a visa, of work permits and invitations to enter the Russian Federation for carrying out labour activities