Overview of developments in legislation and case law for February 2021

The laws that have been signed are:

• No. 3-FZ on the improvement of legal regulation in forestry;
• No. 6-FZ on tax control over prices;
• No. 8-FZ, in particular, on the taxation of dividends;
• No. 9-FZ on wider access of Russian exporters to export insurance products;
• No. 16-FZ on the concept of an “officer” being redefined for criminal liability purposes;
• No. 17-FZ on facilitating the move of foreign companies into Russia under a redomicilation procedure;
• No. 19-FZ on more stringent administrative liability for offences involving personal data;
• No. 23-FZ on the liability of persons controlling a financial organisation;
• No. 27-FZ in terms of accreditation of branches and representative offices of a foreign legal entity.

The Russian Government:

• by Resolution No. 104 dated 3 February 2021, has expanded the set of tools for registering contracts concluded outside a stock exchange;
• by Resolution No. 109 dated 4 February 2021, has extended into 2021 the effect of licences and other permission documents in a number of spheres and industries;
• by Resolution No. 181 dated 13 February 2021, has extended the experiment with traceability of goods.

The Supreme Court’s Presidium has approved the third Overview of the issues of case law connected with the application of anti-Covid legislation.