Changes in the procedure for holding general meetings of commercial partnerships and companies Pepeliaev Group advises that a Federal Law has been adopted to establish the procedure for holding general meetings or for conducting absentee voting.

Vaccination is voluntary, but mandatory Pepeliaev Group`s lawyers answered the most frequently asked questions of employers concerning mandatory vaccination, using Moscow as an example.

New state and municipal control Pepeliaev Group advises that a Federal Law has taken effect since 1 July to establish a new procedure for state and municipal control to be organised and implemented.

The Ministry of Natural Resources and the Environment of the Russian Federation has developed a new procedure for taking an inventory of emissions of pollutants into the atmosphere and the sources of them Pepeliaev Group advises that the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment of the Russian Federation (the “Ministry”) has drafted a new “Procedure for taking an inventory of stationary sources and emissions of pollutants into the atmosphere, adjusting the data of such inventory and documenting and storing data obtained by taking such inventory and making adjustments” (the “Procedure”).

Changes in the procedure for the registration of legal entities in 2021 Pepeliaev Group advises that there have been changes in the area of the state registration of legal entities.

The State Duma has received a draft law that foreign internet companies must open representative offices in Russia Pepeliaev Group advises that on 21 May 2021 a draft law “On the Internet activities of foreign entities in the Russian Federation”  was put before the State Duma. 

Grounds for “compulsory licensing”* have changed Law firm Pepeliaev Group advises that Federal Law No. 107-FZ “On amending article 1360 of Section Four of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation” (the “Law”) was adopted on 30 April 2021, which has introduced the following amendments to article 1360 of the Civil Code.

The Russian Constitutional Court has allowed foreclosure on the only residential property of a bankrupt individual Pepeliaev Group advises that the Constitutional Court’s Resolution No. 15-P was published on 26 April 2021. The Resolution determines whether the only residential property should be excluded from the bankruptcy estate where such property belongs to an individual debtor and exceeds the property that is reasonably sufficient for satisfying the need for residential property established by the Constitution.

The regulation of the circulation of medical products is changing Pepeliaev Group advises that on 30 April 2021 Federal Law No. 128-FZ “On amending the Federal Law “On the fundamentals of health protection in the Russian Federation” and articles 12 and 22 of the Federal Law “On licensing individual types of activity” was adopted, which substantially amends the regulation of the circulation of medical products.  

The law on the mandatory pre-installation of Russian software has come into force Pepeliaev Group advises that, on 1 April 2021, Federal Law No. 425-FZ “On amending article 4 of the Law of the Russian Federation “On the protection of consumers” dated 2 December 2019 came into force. The law obliges producers and persons authorised by them to perform the prior installation of Russian software on separate types of goods.

Ordinary general meetings of LLCs in 2021 Pepeliaev Group reminds you that LLCs may conduct their annual meetings in the form of an absentee vote.

Counterparty’s insolvency risks for creditors of state and municipal unitary enterprises Pepeliaev Group advises of specific aspects of how claims of creditors of state enterprises are satisfied at the expense of the debtor’s rights to a land plot.