Loading...

Analytics and brochures

Articles and comments
31 January 2014
The Inward Investment and International Taxation Review
In the past 10 years Russia has seen fundamental changes in both its tax system and tax administration. The tax legislation’s unified general provisions are described in Part One of the Tax Code; all of the taxes and tax regimes are ...
Alerts
31 January 2014
New Central Bank Approval Procedure for the Management, Directors and Shareholders of Credit Organizations
Pepeliaev Group advises that the new Regulation No. 408-P  of the Central Bank of Russia (“CBR”) comes into force on January 31, 2014. This establishes a new procedure for the CBR to approve candidates for management positions at...
Alerts
15 January 2014
The Federal Service for Surveillance in Healthcare (Roszdravnadzor) has published the recommended form for giving notice of events organised (sponsored) by pharmaceutical companies
Pepeliaev Group advises that the Federal Service for Surveillance in Healthcare (Roszdravnadzor) has issued Letter No. 16I-1595/13 “On informing Roszdravnadzor about holding scientific or other events” (the “Letter”)....
Alerts
30 December 2013
A new law has been passed on the special evaluation of working conditions and amendments to the Russian Labour Code
Pepeliaev Group advises that the following laws have been adopted: No. 426-FZ “On special evaluation of work conditions” dated 28 December 2013 (the “Law on Special Evaluation”) and the law amending certain other federal...
Alerts
18 December 2013
Rules have been adopted to create a list of medicines to be purchased under their trade name
Pepeliaev Group advises that on 28 November 2013 the Russian Government approved, through Order No. 1086, Rules to create a list of medicines to be purchased under their trade name (the “Rules”). These Rules determine the procedure...
Alerts
18 December 2013
Rules have been established for companies to communicate with health care and pharmaceuticals professionals as have rules for holding events financed by companies. Liability has been introduced for a number of violations in the sphere of public health
Pepeliaev Group advises that on 25 November 2013 the President signed Law No. 317-FZ “On amending certain pieces of legislation of the Russian Federation and repealing certain provisions of Russian legislative acts regarding the protection...
Articles and comments
11 December 2013
Merging courts: the pros and cons
It is beyond doubt that merging the Russian Supreme Court and the Russian Supreme Commercial (‘Arbitration’) Court will affect the way all cases are considered, antimonopoly cases among them. This change can be attributed less ...
Alerts
09 December 2013
VAT and bonuses: practice of the Federal Commercial (‘Arbitration’) Court for the Moscow Circuit
VAT and bonuses: practice of the Federal Commercial (‘Arbitration’) Court for the Moscow Circuit
Articles and comments
03 December 2013
Moving towards a system for class actions
Class actions will become an attractive way for business entities to protect themselves from bad-faith competition only if gaps in the regulation of this type of dispute are filled in, and also only if certain substantive legal institutions...