A special procedure is being revisited for initiating criminal cases for tax offences Pepeliaev Group advises that, on 9 March 2022, a Federal Law came into effect to re-introduce a special procedure for initiating the criminal cases for which articles 198 to 199.2 of the Russian Criminal Code provide.

Draft law on the external management of companies associated with hostile states Pepeliaev Group advises that the Ministry of Economic Development, in accordance with the instructions of the Russian Government dated 8 March 2022, has prepared a draft law “On an external administration for the management of a company”.

On 8 march new measures came into effect aimed at supporting suppliers under state and municipal contracts when sanctions are in force Pepeliaev Group advises that a number of amendments have been introduced in legislation which are aimed at optimising procedures for the procurement of goods, work and services to provide for municipal and state needs, as well as state control procedures.

The first Court decision in connection with violation of rights to IP items owned by a foreign entity from a ‘hostile’ country Pepeliaev Group advises that the decision of the State Commercial Court of the Kirov Region dated 3 March 2022 in case No. A28-11930/21 has been published. This decision denied protection of an exclusive right of a foreign entity due to its originating from a country that was included in the list of ‘hostile countries’.

Fourth stage of the ‘capital amnesty’: the conditions are the same, but new items to declare have arisen

Pepeliaev Group advises that on 14 March 2022 the law on the fourth stage of the ‘capital amnesty’ came into force. This law was adopted at the initiative of the Russian Government. Still, the ‘amnesty’ has a procedural form for the voluntary declaration by individuals of assets (filing a special declaration).

The Tax Code will be amended drastically to reflect the measures aimed at supporting business during sanctions

Pepeliaev Group advises that on 11 March 2022 the State Duma adopted in the first reading a draft law containing a package of tax measures to support business.

Changes in the state procurement procedure for medicines, medical devices and consumables Pepeliaev Group advises that Federal Law No. 46 dated 8 March 2022 came into force on 8 March 2022. The specified federal law amends, among other things, the regulation of purchases of medicines and medical devices.

Numerous amendments to the Russian Tax Code Federal laws have been adopted which are aimed at implementing the Main Lines of tax policy and which extensively amend the Russian Tax Code.

Electronic document management in employment relationships is now subject to legal regulation Pepeliaev Group advises that on 22 November 2021 much-anticipated amendments to the Russian Labour Code were adopted to regulate electronic document management in employment relationships. 

The Russian Supreme Court has determined new criteria of secondary liability FAO owners, heads and employees of legal, corporate and financial departments Pepeliaev Group advises that the Russian Supreme Court has significantly changed the approach to assessing the good faith of controlling persons in disputes over secondary liability, and has developed new criteria for assessing the connection between their actions and the bankruptcy of the debtor.

An exhaustive list of documents, data, materials and approvals in construction is being prepared for adoption Pepeliaev Group advises that the Russian Ministry of Construction, Housing and Utilities has drafted a Resolution of the Russian Government to approve an exhaustive list of documents, data, materials and approvals for which Russian regulations provide and which are necessary for the implementation of a construction project.

The Russian Federal service for supervision of natural resources will perform unscheduled audits of companies that disposed of waste in 2020 Pepeliaev Group advises that the deputy Chairman of the Russian Government Viktoria Abramchenko has instructed the Russian Federal Service for Supervision of Natural Resources to carry out unscheduled field audits of legal entities and individual entrepreneurs who in 2020 disposed of waste from the use of goods based on agreements concluded with producers and importers of goods and packaging.