Monitoring of the Federal Legislation dated 7.04.2020

Federal Law No. 105-FZ of April 3, 2020 on Amending Article 15.1 of the Federal Law on Information, Information Technologies and Protection of Information and the Federal Law on Circulation of Medicines: the RF Government may allow distance sales of prescription drugs

Federal Law No. 106-FZ of April 3, 2020 on Amendments to the Federal Law on the Central Bank of the Russian Federation (Bank of Russia) and certain legal acts of the Russian Federation regarding the peculiarities of changing the terms of loan agreements: “credit holidays” are introduced in Russia for citizens and individual businessmen

Federal Law No. 7-FZ of April 4, 2020 on Amendments to Article 112 of the Federal Law on the Contract System in the Sphere of Procurement of Goods, Work, Services for State and Municipal Needs

Federal Constitutional Law No. 2-FKZ of April 4, 2020 on Amending Article 12.1 of the Federal Constitutional Law on Adoption of the Republic of Crimea to the Russian Federation and the Formation of New Constituent Entities in the Russian Federation – the Republic of Crimea and the Federally Significant City of Sevastopol

Order of the President of the Russian Federation No. Pr-612 of April 2, 2020 on the List of instructions following the results of the meeting with members of the Government: new test systems for diagnosis of the coronavirus infection will be created in Russia and also measures will be taken to reduce the cost of mortgages

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 417 of April 2, 2020: approval of the Rules obligatory for citizens and organisations when introducing a high alert or emergency

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 422 of April 2, 2020: the Rules for granting subsidies from the federal budget to Russian credit organisations for reimbursement of income received by them on loans granted to small and medium enterprises for urgent needs in 2020 to support and maintain employment

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 419 of April 2, 2020: implementation of Decision of the Council of the Eurasian Economic Commission No. 21 of March 16, 2020 and amending the list of medical goods the sale of which in the Russian Federation and the import of which into the Russian Federation or other territories under its jurisdiction are not subject to (exempt from) value added tax

Information from the Federal Notary Chamber dated April 2, 2020: the notary launches a hotline for free legal assistance

Information of the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation of April 2, 2020: in connection with extension of non-working days, the RF Ministry of Finance will prepare a regulatory act on possibility of making procurement on non-business days from April 6 to April 30, 2020

Letter of the Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation No. MD-23185/15 of April 3, 2020: the instructions of the RF Ministry of Industry and Trade for organisations and facilities ensuring functioning of the distribution network

Letter of the Federal Antimonopoly Service No. IA/27985/20 of April 3, 2020 on the remote consideration of complaints about compulsory tenders, administrative appeals in construction, the inclusion of information on contractors into the blacklist of contractors in the area of capital repairs of apartment buildings, as well as applications for inclusion into the blacklist of bidders

Decision of the Chief State Sanitary Doctor of the Russian Federation No. 9 of March 30, 2020: for violation of the "safe meter" citizens may face a fine of 15,000 roubles. The Chief State Sanitary Doctor of the Russian Federation ordered all citizens of the Russian Federation to maintain a distance of at least one meter to other citizens, including in public places and public transport, (except for taxi). The penalty for violation is fixed in the amount of from 15,000 to 40,000 roubles for ordinary citizens (now it is provided for the RF Code of Administrative Offences, since it was amended on April 1, 2020)

Decision of the Chief State Sanitary Doctor of the Russian Federation No. 10 of April 3, 2020 on amending Decision of the Chief State Sanitary Doctor of the Russian Federation No. 9 of March 30, 2020 on Additional Measures to Prevent the Distribution of COVID-2019: persons arriving at airports at the place of residence are allowed to lockdown at home

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 428 of April 3, 2020: introduction of a moratorium on the initiation of bankruptcy cases upon the request of creditors with respect to individual debtors

Direction of the Bank of Russia No. 5428-U of April 3, 2020 on the establishment by the Central Bank of the Russian Federation of official foreign exchange rates against the rouble for non-business days

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 433 of April 3, 2020: approval of the Regulations on providing social support (assistance) to Russian citizens who are on the territory of a foreign state and cannot return to the Russian Federation in connection with the spread of the new coronavirus infection

Order of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 860-r of April 3, 2020: certain categories of medical workers of organisations subordinate to the Federal Medical and Biological Agency will receive incentive payments for additional workload and work in special conditions

Order of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 862-r of April 3, 2020: 240 million roubles were allocated for arrangement of the work of medical volunteers

Order of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 868-r of April 3, 2020: 500 million roubles will be sent to the social support of Russians who cannot return to their homeland because of the coronavirus

Letter of the Federal Tax Service No. ED-20-8/37@ of April 3, 2020: during the quarantine period, the Federal Tax Service will seize the accounts and property of taxpayers only in exceptional cases

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 409 of April 2, 2020: measures to ensure sustainable economic development

Letter of the Federal Antimonopoly Service No. ME/28054/20 of April 5, 2020: the work of electronic platform operators until April 30, 2020

Information of the Federal Tax Service of April 4, 2020: a moratorium on initiating bankruptcy cases has been introduced for half a year

Temporary guidelines for protection of critical facilities in the context of the spread of coronavirus infection COVID-19 (approved by the Government Commission for Prevention and Liquidation of Emergencies and Fire Safety on March 31, 2020)

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 434 of April 3, 2020: approval of the list of sectors of the Russian economy that were most affected by the deteriorating situation as a result of the spread of the new coronavirus infection

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 430 of April 3, 2020: specifics of circulation of medical devices, including state registration of a series (batch) of medical device

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 436 of April 3, 2020: approval of the methodology for calculating the average monthly income of the borrower (total average monthly income of borrowers) in order to establish a grace period providing for suspension of obligations under the loan agreement

Resolution of the Council of the Eurasian Economic Commission No. 29 of March 16, 2020: setting rates of the import customs duties for certain types of motor vehicles with electric motors