Real estate and construction

Federal Law No. 343-FZ “On Amendments to the Federal Law “On Facilitating Development of Housing Construction” and Individual Legislative Acts of the Russian Federation” was adopted on 27 December 2009.

• Federal Law No. 384-FZ “Technical Regulations on the Safety of Buildings and Structures” was adopted on 30 December 2009 and will enter into force on 30 June 2010.
• On 21 December 2009 the Russian Government adopted Resolution No. 1044 dated 21 December 2009 “On Amendments to the Regulations on the Composition of the Sections of Design Documentation and Requirements on their Content.”

Federal Law No. 351-FZ “On Amendments to Article 3 of the Federal Law ‘On the Entry into Force of the Russian Land Code’ and Individual Legislative Acts of the Russian Federation” and Federal Law No. 342-FZ on extending the term for re-registering rights of permanent (indefinite) use of land plots were adopted on 27 December 2009.

The Russian Ministry for Regional Development approved on 21 October 2009 Order No. 480 on amendments to Order No. 274 of the Russian Ministry for Regional Development dated 9 December 2008 “On Approving the List of Types of Work on Civil Engineering Surveys, on the Drafting of Design Documentation, Construction, Reconstruction and Major Repairs of Capital Construction Projects, Which Affect the Safety of the Capital Construction Projects”.