Customs and foreign trade regulation
Alerts
Pepeliaev Group advises that the Russian Government has adopted its Resolution No. 419 dated 2 April 2020 “On the implementation of Decision No. 21 of the Board of the Eurasian Economic Commission dated 16 March 2020 and on amending the List of medical goods whose sale within the Russian Federation and import into the Russian Federation and other territories falling under its jurisdiction are not subject to (are exempt from the application of) VAT”.
On 12 November 2018, Federal Law No. 420-FZ “On amending article 322.3 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (the “Law”) was adopted. The amendments extend the definition of a sham registration of foreign nationals or stateless persons at the place of their stay in Russia not only to residential premises, but also to companies’ offices.
Law firm Pepeliaev Group advises that, in connection with the emergence of the right to free-of-charge access to official information regarding the release of goods, good faith acquirers are increasingly at risk of being held liable for violations of customs legislation committed by other persons when goods are exported.
Pepeliaev Group hereby announces a number of positive changes in the court practice with regard to the submission of Russian currency (RUB) transfer receipts for several currency operations during one month: the receipt may reflect several operations of the transfer of funds to the bank account. If there were several currency transfer operations in a month, the resident may be held liable for the failure to submit a receipt only once, rather than several times for each operation.