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Law firm Pepeliaev Group advises that on 9 January 2017 the Russian Ministry of Justice registered Order No. 646n of the Russian Ministry of Healthcare “On approving the Good Practice for the Storage and Transportation of Medicines Intended for Human Use” dated 31 August 2016 (“GPST”).

Law firm Pepeliaev Group advises that, on 9 January 2017, the Russian Ministry of Justice registered Order No. 647n of the Russian Ministry of Healthcare “On approving Good Pharmacy Practice for medicines intended for human use” dated 31 August 2016 (“GPP”).

Law firm Pepeliaev Group advises that on 1 January 2017 important amendments and additions took effect that have been made to Federal Law No. 294-FZ ‘On the protection of the rights of legal entities and individual entrepreneurs when state control (supervision) and municipal control are exercised’1. Such amendments and additions establish fundamentally different approaches to the way state control (supervisory) measures are organised and conducted.

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. 

Law firm Pepeliaev Group would like to remind you that private employment agencies (“PEAs”) should, before 15 January 2017, file a report with the Federal Labour and Employment Service (also known by the Russian abbreviation “Rostrud”) on their activity in relation to supplying employees (staff) on an agency basis in 2016. 

Pepeliaev Group advises that Federal Law No. 401-FZ dated 30 November 2016 repeals the rule that provides for the minimum cadastral value that was set in or after 2014 to be applied for taxation purposes between 1 January 2017 and 1 January 2020.