Monitoring of the Federal Legislation dated 30.06.2020

Instructions of the Bank of Russia No. 201-I of January 13, 2020 on the procedure for the Bank of Russia to verify compliance with the requirements of Federal Law No. 224-FZ of July 27, 2010 on Countering the Illegal Use of Inside Information and Market Manipulation and on Amending Certain Legislative Acts of the Russian Federation

Direction of the Bank of Russia No. 5432-U of April 8, 2020 on amending Regulations of the Bank of Russia No. 622-P of December 26, 2017 - Information on the ownership structure of insurance, management and microfinance companies can be found on the website of the Central Bank of the Russian Federation.

Information Letter of the Bank of Russia No. IN-06-59/93 of May 28, 2020 on the implementation by creditors of restructuring programmes for loans - Borrowers should be aware of the reasons for refusing a repayment holiday.

Letter of the Federal Tax Service No. ED-20-8/71@ of May 26, 2020 - Debt will not be collected from taxpayers until July .

Order of the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation No. 122 of May 26, 2020 on setting deadlines for reporting by non-profit organisations

Information of the Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation of June 1, 2020 "On the average price of the Urals oil for May 2020"

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 791 of May 30, 2020 on Amending the Temporary Rules for the Formation of Disability Leaflets, Assignment and Payment of Temporary Disability Benefits in the Case of Quarantine for Insured Persons Aged 65 or Older: citizens that are 65 years of age or older will receive one more quarantine electronic sick leave due to the coronavirus epidemic for 11 calendar days from June 1 to June 11, 2020

Order of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 1436-r of May 29, 2020: the Government will reimburse the costs of airports that arose due to a decrease in passenger traffic

Decree of the President of the Russian Federation No. 344 of May 29, 2020: approval of the Strategy for countering extremism in the Russian Federation until 2025

Decree of the President of the Russian Federation No. 345 of May 29, 2020 on holding military parades and an artillery salute to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945 and the Victory Parade on June 24, 1945

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 783 of May 29, 2020: approval of the Rules for providing in 2020 subsidies from the federal budget to individuals, including individual businessmen that applied in 2019 the special tax regime "Tax on professional income", in conditions of worsening situation as a result of the spread of the new coronavirus infection

Order of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 1431-r of May 29, 2020: this year up to 1.6 billion roubles shall be allocated from the reserve fund of the Government for the return to self-employed citizens of the tax amounts paid by them for 2019. This is one of the measures to support business in connection with the coronavirus pandemic

Decree of the President of the Russian Federation No. 335 of June 2, 2020 "On the Fundamentals of State Policy of the Russian Federation in the Field of Nuclear Deterrence"

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 777 of May 28, 2020 "On state control (supervision) over organising and conducting the technical inspection of vehicles"

Order of the Ministry of Education of the Russian Federation No. 264 of May 26, 2020 "On the specifics of admission to study on educational programs of secondary vocational education for the 2020/21 academic year"

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 789 of May 29, 2020 "On amending the Rules for organising and conducting inspections of drug manufacturers for compliance with the requirements of the rules of good manufacturing practice, as well as issuing conclusions on the compliance of the drug manufacturer with the specified requirements": validity of conclusions on compliance of manufacturers of drugs with the requirements of good manufacturing practice has been extended

Order of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 1445-r of May 29, 2020: citizens of Russia and Belarus are allowed to cross the border to work on strategic facilities on a rotational basis

Decree of the President of the Russian Federation No. 354 of June 1, 2020 "On establishing the date of the all-Russian vote on the issue of approving amendments to the Constitution of the Russian Federation": the nation-wide voting on amendments to the Constitution of Russia shall be held on July 1, 2020

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 797 of May 30, 2020 "On approval of the Rules for special payments to citizens that have accepted for accompanied or temporary residence (under temporary guardianship) disabled persons, elderly persons, orphans or children left without parental care"

Order of the Government of the Russian Federation of June 2, 2020 "On decisions following a meeting of the Presidium of the Coordinating Council under the Government to counteracting the spread of COVID-19"

Order of the President of the Russian Federation of May 29, 2020 "List of Instructions following a meeting on transport development": the RF President proposed a set of measures to support transport industry (including railway transport)

Order of the President of the Russian Federation of May 29, 2020 "List of instructions following a meeting on the sanitary and epidemiological situation": hospitals shall start provide primary health care, as well as specialised care, in a routine mode

Order of the Federal Service for Supervision over Public Health No. 4394 of May 28, 2020: approval of the List of documents confirming compliance of a pharmacy organisation with requirements giving the right to carry out retail sale of medicines for medical use remotely, as well as of the Procedure for maintaining a register of issued permits for retail trade in medicines for medical use remotely and the Forms of documents used by the Federal Service for Supervision over Public Health in issuing permits for the retail sale of medicines for medical use remotely

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 813 of June 3, 2020: approval of the Rules for granting in 2020 from the federal budget subsidies to Russian airports and organisations belonging to the same group of entities with the Russian airport for partial compensation of expenses due to a decrease in their income as a result of a decrease in passenger volumes air traffic due to the spread of the new coronavirus infection

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 804 of June 2, 2020 on amending the Peculiarities of circulation of medical devices, including state registration of a series (lot) of medical devices

Order of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 1470-r of June 3, 2020: Moscow infectious hospitals are gradually returning to operate according to their main profile

Order of the Federal Tax Service No. ED-7-3/273@ of April 24, 2020 on amending Order of the Federal Tax Service No. MMV-7-3/178@ of February 10, 2017: a new form for the register of invoices for wine materials, grape and fruit wort

Order of the Ministry of Transport of the Russian Federation No. 10 of January 14, 2020 on approval of the Rules for the transportation by rail of goods subject to federal state veterinary supervision

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 815 of June 3, 2020 on approval of the Rules for financial support of purchase, storage and delivery of personal protective equipment, medical devices and disinfectants with their subsequent transfer free-of-charge to the final recipients

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 816 of June 3, 2020 on the temporary procedure for distribution in the Russian Federation of certain drugs for medical use that are possible for prescription and use for the treatment of the new coronavirus infection

Federal Law No. 169-FZ of June 8, 2020 on amending the Federal Law on Developing Small and Medium Scale Entrepreneurship in the Russian Federation - Self-employed citizens can count on state support.

Federal Law No. 170-FZ of June 8, 2020 on amending the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation - In connection with the adoption of the Law on law enforcement agencies, the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation has been specified.

Federal Law No. 173-FZ of June 8, 2020 on amending Article 93.3 of the Budgetary Code of the Russian Federation - Regions may provide longer term loans to municipalities.

Federal Law No. 168-FZ of June 8, 2020 on the Unified Federal Information Register Containing Information on the Population of the Russian Federation - The Federal Tax Service will form a unified database of residents.

Federal Law No. 171-FZ of June 8, 2020 on amending the Arbitration Procedural Code of the Russian Federation in order to protect the rights of individuals and legal entities in connection with restrictive measures introduced by a foreign state - The interests of citizens or organisations included into sanctions lists will be protected by Russian courts.

Federal Law No. 172-FZ of June 8, 2020 on amending Part Two of the Tax Code of the Russian Federation - Another concessions for business registered in the Tax Code of the Russian Federation.

Federal Law No. 180-FZ of June 8, 2020 on amending Article 93 of the Federal Law on the Contractual System in the Area of Procurement of Goods, Works and Services for Meeting State and Municipal Needs - It is possible to purchase works or services from a sole contractor (joint stock company with 100% state participation).

Order of the Federal Tax Service No. ED-7-14/272@ of April 24, 2020 on the approval of the forms and formats of notifications on the opening (closing) of an account (deposit), on changes in the details of an account (deposit) at a bank or other financial market organisations located outside the territory of the Russian Federation, and on the way they are submitted by a resident to a tax authority, a notification form on availability bank accounts outside the territory of the Russian Federation opened in accordance with a permit whose validity has expired

Federal Law No. 177-FZ of June 8, 2020 on amending the Federal Law on Information, Information Technologies and the Protection of Information - If information is distributed without permission in the software application, rights-holders will be able to protect their rights.

Federal Law No. 179-FZ of June 8, 2020 on amending the Law of the Russian Federation on Subsoil - Non-hydrocarbon mining conditions changed.

Federal Law No. 182-FZ of June 8, 2020 on amending the Federal Law on Migration Registration of Foreign Citizens and Stateless Persons in the Russian Federation

Order of the Government of the of the Russian Federation No. 1511-r of June 6, 2020 - Russians were allowed to travel abroad for work, treatment or education.

Information of the Ministry for Digital Development, Communications and Mass Media of the Russian Federation dated June 5, 2020 "Digital services for all-Russian voting are open on the state services portal"

Information of the Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation dated June 5, 2020 on average prices for the past tax period for the corresponding types of hydrocarbon materials extracted from the new offshore hydrocarbon field, for the period from May 1 to May 31, 2020

Letter of the Federal Tax Service No. BS-4-11/9528@ of June 9, 2020 on the application of the norms of Federal Law No. 172-FZ of June 8, 2020 on amending Part Two of the Tax Code of the Russian Federation

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 828 of June 5, 2020 on amending Temporary Rules for Recording Information to Prevent the Spread of New Coronavirus Infection (COVID-19) - All patients with signs of pneumonia and employees who are entitled to allowances for working with infected people will be included in the federal COVID-19 database.

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 829 of June 5, 2020 on amending certain acts of the of the Government of the Russian Federation concerning improving drug provision - The list of orphan diseases has changed, drugs for the treatment of which are purchased at the federal level.

Decision of the Bank of Russia dated June 5, 2020 on approval for credit organisations and non-credit financial organisations of the procedure and terms for the preparation and submission of reports in 2020 - The Central Bank of Russia has increased the deadlines for reporting this year.

Decree of the President of the Russian Federation No. 372 of June 5, 2020 on enhancing governance in the area of tourism and tourist activities - The Federal Agency for Tourism has been raised the status.

Order of the President of the Russian Federation of June 10, 2020 "List of instructions following the meeting on the situation in the education system in the context of the spread of the new coronavirus infection"

Order of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 1535-r of June 11, 2020: the RF Government has expanded the list of documents and information provided not by citizens, but by federal departments (the Federal Tax Service, the Pension Fund of Russia, the Ministry of Internal Affairs etc.) to regional authorities for assigning benefits and payments to citizens

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 844 of June 10, 2020 on amending certain acts of the Government of the Russian Federation: unemployed persons may count upon additional support from the Government. This includes increase in the minimum amount of unemployment benefits up to 4,500 roubles, and also the temporary rules for registering citizens in order to find a suitable job have been clarified

Order of the Ministry of Education of the Russian Federation and the Federal Service for Supervision over Education and Science No. 294/651 of June 11, 2020 on the specifics of the state final certification for educational programs of secondary general education in 2020: certificates proving secondary education shall be issued in 2020 without holding exams

Order of the Ministry of Education of the Russian Federation and the Federal Service for Supervision over Education and Science No. 293/650 of June 11, 2020 on the specifics of the state final certification of educational programs of basic general education in 2020: a special procedure for conducting GIA-9 in 2020 is established

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 848 of June 11, 2020 on the features of rendering public (state and municipal) services in 2020: due to the pandemic, the multifunctional public services centres may switch to a special procedure for the provision of public services, in particular, they will be able to take decisions on limiting the number of functioning MFC windows, remote work with applicants or on the temporary reducing of the list of available services

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 847 of June 11, 2020 on the register of non-profit organisations that are most affected by the deteriorating situation as a result of the spread of the new coronavirus infection

Order of the Ministry of Education of the Russian Federation No. 295 of June 11, 2020 on the peculiarities of issuing certificates of the basic general and secondary general education in 2020

Decree of the President of the Russian Federation No. 392 of June 15, 2020 on amendments to Decree of the President of the Russian Federation No. 274 of April 18, 2020 on temporary measures to resolve the legal status of foreign citizens and stateless persons in the Russian Federation in connection with the threat of further the spread of the new coronavirus infection (COVID-19)

Information of the Bank of Russia of June 15, 2020 on the levels of credit ratings applied in accordance with paragraph three of Item 38.3 of Regulations of the Bank of Russia No. 706-P of December 19, 2019 on standards for the issue of securities

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 861 of June 13, 2020 – establishes the features of delivery of a mandatory copy of documents in case of the threat and (or) the occurrence of emergencies, or introduction of the high alert or emergency regime on the entire territory of the Russian Federation or on its part

Information of the Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation of June 15, 2020: export customs duties with respect to oil and certain categories of goods produced from oil for the period from July 1 to July 31, 2020

Order of the Federal Service of the National Guard of the Russian Federation No. 95 of April 2, 2020 – approves the Administrative Regulations of the Federal Service of the National Guard of the Russian Federation on rendering public services involved in licensing activities related to development, production, testing, storage, sale and disposal of ammunition (including the number of cartridges for civilian and official weapons and cartridge components), pyrotechnic products of IV and V classes in accordance with the national standards, the use of pyrotechnic products of IV and V classes in accordance with the technical regulations regarding the work (services) on storing cartridges for civilian and official weapons and component parts of cartridges, sale (trade) of cartridges for civil and service weapons and component parts of cartridges

Order of the Federal Service of the National Guard Troops of the Russian Federation No. 94 of April 2, 2020 – approves the Administrative Regulations of the Federal Service of the National Guard Troops of the Russian Federation on rendering public services for licensing development, production, testing, storage, repair and disposal of civil and service weapons and the main parts of firearms, the trade in civilian and service weapons and the main parts of firearms in terms of work (services) on the storage of civilian and service weapons and the main parts of firearms, the trade in civilian and official weapons and the main parts of firearms

Order of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 1555-r of June 13, 2020: amount of contribution to the personal liability fund is reduced for tour operators operating in the field of the outbound tourism

Order of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation No. 581n of June 15, 2020 on amendments to Order of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation No. 384n of June 29, 2015: for obtaining a patent or work permit, foreign employees shall take the COVID-19 test

Decision of the Plenary Session of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation No. 6 of June 11, 2020 on certain issues of applicability of provisions of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation concerning termination of obligations

Order of the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation No. 51n of April 1, 2020 on the Procedure for Coordinating the Use of Closed Methods for the Determination of Suppliers (Providers, Contractors)

Order of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 1607-r of June 17, 2020: the RF Government has allocated an extra one billion roubles for payments to healthcare professionals providing care to patients with COVID-19. These resources will be sent for payments for the period from April to June 2020 to employees of organisations subordinate to the Ministry of Public Health, Ministry of Labour, Ministry of Education and Science and the Federal Medical and Biological Agency

Review of the practice of courts reviewing cases of disputes related to implementation of measures of social support for certain categories of citizens (approved by the Presidium of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation on June 17, 2020)

Order of the Ministry of Labour and Social Protection of the Russian Federation No. 240n of May 14, 2020 – approves the Regulations on the procedure for holding an experiment on the use of electronic documents related to work

Temporary guidelines for arrangement of the operating process for checkpoints across the state border of the Russian Federation in order to protect people crossing the state border of the Russian Federation, employees of the state control bodies, as well as personnel operating at checkpoints across the state border of the Russian Federation in an unfavorable epidemiological situation and phasing out restrictions related to the spread of the new coronavirus infection (COVID-19) (approved by the Ministry of Transport of the Russian Federation on June 16, 2020)

Order of the Federal Antimonopoly Service No. 1691/19 of December 18, 2019 – approves the Administrative Regulations of the Federal Antimonopoly Service on providing public services related to considering by the Federal Antimonopoly Service information submitted by foreign legal entities, foreign organisations that are not legal entities and organisations subordinate to them, on their beneficiaries, beneficial owners and controlling persons or entities

Information of the Bank of Russia of June 19, 2020: the Bank of Russia decided to reduce the key rate by 100 basic points to 4.50% per annum

Order of the Ministry of Digital Development, Telecommunications and Mass Media of the Russian Federation No. 280 of June 15, 2020: the list of socially significant information Internet resources free access to which is provided as part of the experiment is updated (reduced from 391 to 371 positions due to the exclusion of resources that are not very popular among users)

Order of the Ministry of Transport of the Russian Federation No. 57 of February 20, 2020 on amending the Procedure for Issuing Cards Used in Digital Control Devices Installed on Vehicles, approved by Order of the Ministry of Transport of the Russian Federation No. 145 of May 21, 2012: the Ministry of Transport has adjusted the procedure for issuing cards used in tachographs for the international road transport

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 893 of June 20, 2020 - The government has extended the period in the area of intellectual property registration.

Letter of the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation No. 24-06-08/53388 of June 19, 2020 on non-business procurement - The Ministry of Finance indicated the nuances of the procurement taking into account non-working days on June 24 and July 1.

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 894 of June 20, 2020 on amending Item 5 of the Rules for the provision of subsidies to small and medium-sized enterprises in 2020 - Deadline for filing a statement of April salary subsidies has extended.

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 889 of June 19, 2020 on the peculiarities of the procedure for distributing to educational organisations additional admission quotas at the expense of the budget allocations of the federal budget in 2020 - When distributing additional admission quotas, the ranking of universities will be taken into account.

Federal Law No. 183-FZ of June 23, 2020 on amending Articles 1 and 3 of the Federal Law on Amending the Federal Law on Electronic Signatures, and Article 1 of the Federal Law on the Protection of Legal Entities' and Individual Entrepreneurs' Rights During State Control (Supervision) and Municipal Control - Encrypted and certified digital signature will be available in absentia.

Federal Law No. 184-FZ of June 23, 2020 on amending the Code of Administrative Offences of the Russian Federation and Article 2 of the Federal Law on Introducing Amendments to the Code of Administrative Offences of the Russian Federation and Suspension of the Effect of Certain Provisions of Article 14.5 of the Code of Administrative Offences of the Russian Federation - The period of ineligibility for some offences has been extended.

Federal Law No. 186-FZ of June 23, 2020 on amending Article 17 of the Federal Law on the Development of the Republic of Crimea, the City of Federal Significance Sevastopol and the Free Economic Zone in the Territories of the Republic of Crimea and of the City of Federal Significance Sevastopol - The procedure for urban development in the Crimean free economic zone has been improved.

Federal Law No. 187-FZ of June 23, 2020 on amending the Code of Administrative Offences of the Russian Federation and Article 1 of the Federal Law on Amending the Code of Administrative Offences of the Russian Federation - Financial self-regulated organisations for violating the rules for posting information will be fined.

Federal Law No. 188-FZ of June 23, 2020 on amending the Federal Law on Precious Metals and Precious Stones - Jewellery turnover will be monitored through a special information system.

Decision of the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation No. 28-P of June 23, 2020 "In the case concerning verification of the constitutionality of the provisions of Article 4.6 and part 1.3 of Article 32.2 of the Code of Administrative Offences of the Russian Federation in connection with the request of the Kostroma Regional Court"

State of the Nation Address dated June 23, 2020 "Address to the Nation" - President of the Russian Federation unveils new support measures for citizens and tax changes.

Decree of the President of the Russian Federation No. 412 of June 23, 2020 on lump-sum payment to families with children - Families with children under 16 will once again be paid 10 thousand roubles for each child.

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 903 of June 20, 2020 on approval of the operating procedure for dealing with the data model as part of monitoring the spread of new coronavirus infection - Coronavirus data model will be created in Russia.

Order of the Federal Tax Service No. ED-7-15/270@ of April 21, 2020 on the approval of the Administrative Regulation on the provision by the Federal Tax Service of the state service for the issuance of a certificate of registration of an organisation performing operations with middle distillates

Decree of the President of the Russian Federation No. 398 of June 17, 2020 on amending the Regulations on the Procedure for Considering the Issues of Citizenship of the Russian Federation, approved by Decree of the President of the Russian Federation No. 1325 of November 14, 2002 - President of the Russian Federation updated the rules for obtaining Russian citizenship.

Order of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 1671-r of June 25, 2020 - Highly qualified foreign specialists are allowed a single entry into Russia.

Order of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation No. 239 of April 24, 2020 on approval of the Procedure for the deportation of foreign citizens or stateless persons by the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation and its territorial bodies

Decision of the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation No. 29-P of June 25, 2020 "In the case of the verification of the constitutionality of the first part of Article 21 of the Federal Law on the Procedure for Departure from the Russian Federation and Entry into the Russian Federation - The Constitutional Court demanded to amend the norm of the law on the ban on travelling abroad for children of divorced parents.

Information of the Federal Service for the Regulation of the Alcohol Market dated June 25, 2020 "For the attention of alcohol market participants" - The Law on wine making: clarification of amendments coming into force on June 26.

Order of the Ministry for Digital Development, Communications and Mass Media of the Russian Federation No. 281 of June 15, 2020 on the temporary reduction of the licensing requirements and conditions in the area of television broadcasting and (or) radio broadcasting

Order of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation No. 239 of April 24, 2020 – approves the Procedure for the deportation of foreign citizens and stateless persons by the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation and its territorial agencies

Order of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 1671-r of June 25, 2020: highly skilled foreign specialists are allowed a single entry into Russia

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 915 of June 24, 2020 on specifics of providing subsidies to legal entities in 2020 (except for subsidies to state (municipal) institutions) and individual businessmen operating in the sectors of the Russian economy that have been most affected by the worsening situation as a result of the spread of the new coronavirus infection

Order of the Ministry of Digital Development, Telecommunications and Mass Media of the Russian Federation No. 281 of June 15, 2020 – the temporary reduction of the lists of licensing requirements and conditions in the field of television broadcasting and (or) broadcasting

Information from the Federal Service for Regulation of the Alcohol Market dated June 25, 2020: to the attention of participants in the alcohol market

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 906 of June 23, 2020 on the register of socially oriented non-profit organisations

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 909 of June 23, 2020: approval of the Regulations on the specifics of execution of contracts for carriage of passengers by sea, including the right of a carrier to unilaterally change the terms of such contract or refuse to execute it, as well as on the procedure and terms for returning to the passenger fares for and for the carriage of luggage in case of threat of and (or) occurrence of individual emergencies, introduction of the high alert or emergency on the whole territory of the Russian Federation, or in its part

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 910 of June 23, 2020: approval of the Regulations on the specifics of execution of contracts for carriage of passengers by inland water transport, including the right of a carrier to unilaterally change the terms of such contract or refuse to execute it, as well as the procedure and terms returning to the passenger fare and transportation of luggage in case of the threat of and (or) occurrence of individual emergencies, introduction of the high alert or emergency on the whole territory of the Russian Federation, or in its part