Monitoring of the Federal Legislation dated 30.04.2021

Order of the Ministry of Transport of the Russian Federation No. 409 of October 5, 2020: approval of the Procedure for obtaining information on transport safety by transport infrastructure entities and carriers

Order of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation No. 99 of March 2, 2021 on amending the Administrative Regulations of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation for providing public services for issuance of permits to attract and use foreign employees, as well as work permits for foreign citizens and stateless persons, approved by Order of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation No. 541 of August 1, 2020: the RF Ministry of Internal Affairs has adjusted the regulations on issuing permits to attract and use foreign employees, as well as work permits for foreigners and stateless persons

Order of the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation No. 29n of February 26, 2021 on amendments to Order of the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation No. 37n of February 28, 2018 on approval of the federal accounting standard for public sector organisations "Budget information in accounting (financial) statements": the procedure for disclosing budget information in financial statements has been changed

Order of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 741-r of March 27, 2021: a uniform algorithm has appeared in Russia, aimed at interaction of authorities under the threat of epidemics

Information of the Federal Service for Regulation of the Alcohol Market dated March 31, 2021: from April 1, 2021, participants in the alcohol market must submit applications for fixing in the Unified State Automated Information System information on the overload of goods during delivery, on the internal movement of alcohol, and also must fill in field 13 "Sign of ownership transfer"

Order of the Ministry of Labour and Social Protection of the Russian Federation No. 92n of February 26, 2021: approval of the Rules for allocation of unused funds (part of funds) of maternity (family) capital to formation of a funded pension

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 494 of March 31, 2021 on amending Item 3 of Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 300 of March 2, 2021: working pensioners will be able to extend electronic sick leave until May 1, 2021

Direction of the Bank of Russia No. 5736-U of February 17, 2021 on amending Direction of the Bank of Russia No. 4927-U of October 8, 2018 on the List, Forms and Procedure for Compiling and Submitting Reporting Forms of Credit Institutions to the Central Bank of the Russian Federation: the reporting procedure for credit institutions has been changed

Information from the Ministry of Digital Development, Communications and Mass Media of the Russian Federation dated April 1, 2021: you may apply for payments to children 3-7 years old through the portal of Public Services

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 497 of March 31, 2021 on amending certain acts of the Government of the Russian Federation in terms of extending the possibility of import and sale of sets of goods and sets of goods without marking: photo and perfume kits are allowed for sales unmarked until September, 2021

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 519 of April 1, 2021 on amending the Rules for provision hotel services in the Russian Federation: requirement for notarised consent of parents when checking in children at the hotel has been cancelled

Announcement of the Bank of Russia dated April 2, 2021: licence for banking operations has been revoked from CB Geobank (LLC)

Announcement of the Bank of Russia dated April 2, 2021: license for banking operations has been revoked from LLC RNKO RIB

Letter of the Ministry of Construction, Housing and Public Services of the Russian Federation No. 13122-IF/09 of April 1, 2021: the Ministry of Construction has supplemented again indices of changes in the estimated cost of construction for the first quarter of 2021

Order of the Ministry of Education of the Russian Federation No. 105/307 of March 16, 2021: specifics of the final state certification for educational programs of secondary general education in 2021

Order of the Ministry of Education of the Russian Federation No. 104/306 of March 16, 2021: specifics of the final state certification for educational programs of basic general education in 2021

Order of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 814-r of March 31, 2021 - Citizens of Venezuela, Germany, Syria, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan and Sri Lanka are allowed to enter Russia.

Federal Law No. 58-FZ of April 5, 2021 on amending Articles 3.5 and 13.15 of the Code of Administrative Offences of the Russian Federation - In Russia, large fines have been introduced for the public rehabilitation of Nazism and the dissemination of false information about the actions of the USSR during the Second World War.

Federal Law No. 59-FZ of April 5, 2021 on amending Article 354.1 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation - For libel against World War II veterans will be prosecuted.

Federal Law No. 60-FZ of April 5, 2021 on the adoption of the Charter of the International Organisation for Migration by the Russian Federation

Federal Law No. 63-FZ of April 5, 2021 on amending Article 11 of the Law of the Russian Federation on the Status of Judges in the Russian federation and Federal Law on Justices of the Peace in the Russian Federation - Justices of the Peace will be reappointed indefinitely.

Federal Law No. 64-FZ of April 5, 2021 on amending the Code of Administrative Offences of the Russian Federation - From July 1, 2022, travel agents will be fined for conducting travel agency activities without being included in the unified register of travel agents.

Federal Law No. 65-FZ of April 5, 2021 on amending Article 17 of the Federal Law on the Protection of Children Against Information That May Be Harmful to Their Health and Development - Protection of children from unwanted information: examination of products will be carried out by experts who meet the requirements of the Federal Service for Supervision of Communications, Information Technology, and Mass Media.

Federal Law No. 88-FZ of April 5, 2021 on amending Article 219 of Part Two of the Tax Code of the Russian Federation - Citizens will be able to receive a fitness tax deduction.

Federal Law No. 87-FZ of April 5, 2021 on amending Articles 2 and 10 of the Federal Law on Physical Culture and Sports in the Russian Federation - The concept of "health and fitness service” is introduced at the legislative level.

Federal Law No. 86-FZ of April 5, 2021 on amending Articles 2 and 4 of Federal Law No. 223-FZ of July 18, 2011 on the Procurement of Goods, Work and Services by Certain Types of Legal Entities - Customers must justify prices when making purchases.

Federal Law No. 84-FZ of April 5, 2021 on amending the Code of Administrative Offences of the Russian Federation - The penalty for failing to take measures to destroy wild growing cannabis has been increased.

Federal Law No. 78-FZ of April 5, 2021 on amending certain legal acts of the Russian Federation - The Minister of Justice has the right to visit colonies and pre-trial detention centres without special permits.

Federal Law No. 67-FZ of April 5, 2021 on amending Article 140 of the Criminal-Procedural Code of the Russian Federation - Drug intoxication is not a basis for initiating a case for the illegal sale of drugs.

Federal Law No. 75-FZ of April 5, 2021 on amending the Federal Law on Non-Profit Organisations - In Russia, the regulation of the activities of non-profit organisations that are foreign agents has been tightened.

Federal Law No. 68-FZ of April 5, 2021 on amending the Federal Law on Freedom of Conscience and Religious Associations - Regulation of the activities of religious organisations has been improved.

Order of the Federal Tax Service No. ED-7-2/963@ of December 29, 2020 on the approval of the forms of documents used by the Federal Tax Service in the process of licensing activities for the production and sale of printed products protected from counterfeiting and activities for the organisation and conduct of gambling in bookmakers or sweepstakes

Order Federal Service for Surveillance on Consumer Rights Protection and Human Wellbeing No. 784 of November 30, 2020 on approval of the Administrative Regulations for the provision of public services for licensing activities in the area of using sources of ionizing radiation - Paper licences for the use of ionizing radiation sources are no longer issued.

Order of the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation No. 50 of March 31, 2021 on amending Order of the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation No. 122 of May 26, 2020 on Setting Terms for Reporting by Non-Profit Organisations - The Ministry of Justice has postponed the deadline for submitting reports for 2020.

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 546 of April 6, 2021 on the rates of export customs duties on sunflower oil exported from the Russian Federation outside the member states of the Eurasian Economic Union - Floating export duty on sunflower oil has been introduced.

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 547 of April 6, 2021 on amending the rates of export customs duties on goods exported from the Russian Federation outside the member states of the Customs Union - Export duty on sunflower has changed, and on rapeseed has extended.

Information of the Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation dated April 9, 2021 on average prices for the past tax period for the corresponding types of hydrocarbon raw materials produced at a new offshore hydrocarbon field for the period from March 1 to March 31, 2021

Decision of the Constitutional Court Constitutional Court No. 11-P of April 8, 2021 in the case of checking the constitutionality of Article 116.1 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation - The Constitutional Court pointed out the inadequacy of administrative punishment for beatings for a person convicted of similar crimes.

Information of the Bank of Russia dated April 9, 2021 - The banking licence has been revoked from NEFTEPROMBANK JSC.

Resolution of the Council of the Eurasian Economic Commission No. 129 of December 23, 2020 on the introduction of labelling of certain types of dairy products with identification means

Information of the Bank of Russia dated April 9, 2021 - The banking licence has been revoked from the NPO "EPS" (LLC).

Resolution of the Council of the Eurasian Economic Commission No. 16 of March 5, 2021 - Import duty rate of the Common Customs Tariff of the Eurasian Economic Union concerning oxalic acid has been reduced to zero.

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 554 of April 8, 2021: approval of the growth index of average monthly wages in the Russian Federation for 2020

Order of the Federal Service for Intellectual Property No. 165 of December 14, 2020: approval of the Administrative Regulations for Provision by the Federal Service for Intellectual Property of public services for state registration of an industrial design and issue of patents for an industrial design, or its duplicate

Decree of the President of the Russian Federation No. 213 of April 12, 2021 N 213: approval of the Fundamentals of State Policy of the Russian Federation in the field of international information security

Order of the Federal Tax Service No. ED-7-20/957@ of December 25, 2020: approval of the Requirements for the depersonalisation of fiscal data and methods for depersonalising fiscal data

Information of the Federal Service for Regulation of Alcohol Market dated April 13, 2021: information for organisations and individual businessmen concerning the declaration campaign for the first quarter of 2021

Information of the Federal Service for Supervision over Consumers’ Rights Protection and Human Wellfare dated April 13, 2021: information concerning the threat to safety of life and health of consumers of tourist services entering the territory or located on the territory of the Republic of Turkey

Information from the Government of the Russian Federation dated April 15, 2021: Russia extends the suspension of flights with Great Britain until June 1, 2021 inclusive

Information from the Federal Service for Supervision over Consumers’ Rights Protection and Human Wellfare dated April 14, 2021 "On the new rules for persons arriving onto the territory of the Russian Federation": from April 15, 2021, all Russians should pass a coronavirus test upon returning to the country

Information of the Bank of Russia dated April 16, 2021: the licence to carry out banking operations has been revoked from BANK NEIVA LLC

Information of the Bank of Russia dated April 16, 2021: the licence to carry out banking operations has been revoked from JSC CB INTERPROMBANK

Resolution of the Board of the Eurasian Economic Commission No. 46 of April 13, 2021 on establishing the rate of import customs duty of the Common Customs Tariff of the Eurasian Economic Union with respect to optical glass rods

Information of the Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation of April 15, 2021 on the Export Customs Duties on Crude Oil and Certain Categories of Goods Manufactured from Oil for the Period from May 1 till May 31, 2021 - The export duty rate on oil will decrease.

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 587 of April 14, 2021 on amending the Rules for reimbursing Russian credit institutions and the joint stock company "DOM.RF" for lost income on issued mortgage loans granted to citizens of the Russian Federation with children - Families with children will be able to get a preferential mortgage for the construction of private houses.

Federal Law No. 100-FZ of April 20, 2021 on amending Parts One and Two of the Tax Code of the Russian Federation - The President of the Russian Federation signed a law on a simplified procedure for obtaining investment and property deductions for personal income tax.

Federal Law No. 98-FZ of April 20, 2021 on amending the Code of Administrative Offences of the Russian Federation - Penalty for disembarking from public transport of stowaway children was introduced.

Federal Law No. 97-FZ of April 20, 2021 on amending the Federal Law on Customs Regulation in the Russian Federation - The Council of Ministers will establish in respect of which goods incomplete and periodic customs declaration will not be applied.

Federal Law No. 94-FZ of April 20, 2021 on amending Article 5.1 of the Merchant Shipping Code of the Russian Federation - It is possible to conclude long-term agreements for icebreaker assistance of ships in the water area of the Northern Sea Route.

Federal Law No. 93-FZ of April 20, 2021 on amending the Federal Law on the Fundamentals of the Tourism Business in the Russian Federation - Tour guides will have to pass certification.

Federal Law No. 92-FZ of April 20, 2021 on amending certain legal acts of the Russian Federation - Bankruptcy of financial institutions: amendments to the legislation have been made.

Federal Law No. 91-FZ of April 20, 2021 on amending certain legal acts of the Russian Federation - Voters will know foreign agent candidates by sight.

Order of the Federal Tax Service No. KCh-7-15/898@ of December 11, 2020 on the approval of the new regulations of the Federal Tax Service for the issuance of a certificate of registration of an entity processing petroleum raw materials

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 622 of April 19, 2021 on restrictions on the provision of information to audit organisations controlled by foreign citizens and companies, individual auditors

Order of the Federal Service for Supervision in the Sphere of Communications, Information Technology and Mass Media No. 18 of February 24, 2021 on approval of the requirements for the content of consent to the processing of personal data permitted by the subject of personal data for dissemination

Direction of the Bank of Russia No. 5713-U of January 13, 2021 on the volume, forms, timing and procedure for drawing up and submitting reports of a specialised depository

Information of the Bank of Russia dated April 23, 2021 "The Bank of Russia has decided to raise the key rate by 50 bp, to 5.00% per annum

Order of the Ministry of Public Health of the Russian Federation No. 254n of March 26, 2021 - From July 1, the rules of the Compulsory Health Insurance have been changed.

Information of the Bank of Russia dated April 23, 2021 "Banking licence was revoked from JSCB "Proinvestbank" (public joint stock company)"

Order of the Ministry of Education of the Russian Federation and Federal Service for Supervision over Education and Science No. 163/472 of April 12, 2021: approval of the uniform schedule and duration of the state final examination for educational programs of basic general and secondary general education for each academic subject, and also requirements to training and education tools for conducting examination in 2021

Order of the Ministry of Education of the Russian Federation and Federal Service for Supervision over Education and Science No. 162/471 of April 12, 2021: approval of the uniform schedule and duration of the main state exam for each academic subject, requirements for training and education tools during examination campaign in 2021

Decree of the President of the Russian Federation No. 242 of April 23, 2021: days from May 4 to 7 are declared as non-working on the territory of the Russian Federation, with the salary reserved for employees. Such decision was made in order to reduce the spread of the new coronavirus infection. Public authorities, other bodies and organisations should determine the number of employees that ensure their functioning within the period from May 1 to 10

Order of the Federal Tax Service No. ED-7-11/304@ of April 7, 2021: approval of the contents of information included into the register of information submitted by organisers of gambling held in casinos and slot machine halls, and also the format and procedure for its submission in electronic form

Decree of the President of the Russian Federation No. 423 of April 23, 2021 on measures of counteraction against unfriendly actions of certain foreign states

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 631 of April 23, 2021 on formation and approval of lists of certain types of goods, works, services purchased using an electronic certificate at the expense of the budgets of the budgetary system of the Russian Federation

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 630 of April 23, 2021 on the State Information System of Electronic Certificates: launch of the state information system of electronic certificates will simplify the process of receiving goods and services by beneficiaries. The RF Government approved the regulations on the state information system of electronic certificates. It is supposed to ensure keeping record of certificates and entities for whom such certificated are necessary

Recommendations of the Ministry of Labour and Social Protection of the Russian Federation dated April 26, 2021 "Recommendations to employees and employers concerning non-working days in May 2021: employers shall decide on their own which of the employees shall keep working during these days. Such decision shall be formalised as an order or a local regulatory act. Remote working also may be possible. However, these May-2021 days off are not a reason for reducing the wages. Working within the period from May 4 to May 7 shall paid at the regular rate (an increased pay may be set by the employer)

Regulations of the Bank of Russia No. 754-P of January 12, 2021 on Determination by Banks with Universal Licences of the Amount of Credit Risk on Derivative Financial Instruments

Direction of the Bank of Russia No. 5699-U of January 11, 2021: approves the procedure for a bank to file an application for not classifying it as a bank that shall pay an additional or increased rate of insurance premiums

Letter of the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation No. 24-01-07/32282 of April 27, 2021 on procurement during days off: information is provided on implementation of procurement during days off from the 4th to the 7th of May 2021. If the deadline for submitting applications for participation in the procurement is calculated in business days, then adjusting notices and procurement documentation is necessary

Resolution of the Plenary Session of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation No. 6 of April 27, 2021 on certain issues arising in judicial practice when considering cases of administrative offences related to non-payment of allowances for maintenance of children or disabled parents

Order of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation No. 334 of April 28, 2021 on the activities of organisations that are within the competence of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation during non-working days in May 2021