Legal overviews
Environmental fee rates are approved
- Services: Natural resources / Energy, Food industry, Corporate Law / Mergers and Acquisitions
- Date: 19.05.2016
Environmental fee to be paid by goods manufacturers and importers which do not independently dispose of waste formed due to use of the goods
Tax-free shopping to be introduced in Russia
- Date: 06.05.2016
Russian First Deputy Prime Minister Igor Shuvalov instructed government agencies to prepare measures to implement tax-free shopping in Russia.
Code of good practice for the pharma industry is adopted in Russia
- Services: Health Care and Pharmaceutical Industry, Antitrust Law
- Date: 05.05.2016
The Association of European Businesses together with the Russian Federal Antitrust Service (FAS) has developed and on April 19, 2016 officially presented the Code of Good Practice in the Pharmaceutical Industry (the “Code”).
On application of professional standards starting from July 1, 2016
- Service: Labor and Migration Law
- Date: 29.04.2016
On July 1, 2016 Federal Law No.122-FZ will become effective, supplementing the Russian Labor Code with provisions on the procedure for applying professional standards.
Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs will handle foreign employees issues
- Service: Labor and Migration Law
- Date: 18.04.2016
On April 5, 2016, Decree No.156 of the Russian President became effective, pursuant to which the Federal Migration Service will be liquidated and all its duties will be assigned to the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs.
List of states/territories not providing exchange of tax information
- Date: 04.04.2016
On April 1, 2016 Order No.ММВ-7-17/117@ of the Russian Federal Tax Service “On approval of the List of states/territories not providing exchange of information for tax purposes with the Russian Federation” dated 04.03.2016 (hereinafter the “list”) entered into force.
Position of appeals court on notorious lease dispute: no surprises
- Service: Real Estate and Construction
- Date: 01.04.2016
Appeals court did not recognize ruble devaluation to be grounds for amending the lease agreement
Should business be broken down? Signs of tax evasion when breaking down a business, considering the position of the Russian Supreme Court
- Services: Commercial Arbitration and out-of-court dispute resolution, Tax Law
- Date: 29.03.2016
Russian Federal Tax Service sent to subordinate tax bodies to use in their work a Ruling of the Supreme Court concerning signs of breaking down business for tax evasion purposes
Recent changes in microfinance legislation: March 2016
- Service: Corporate Law / Mergers and Acquisitions
- Date: 28.03.2016
Over the past few years there has been a significant increase in the number of microfinance organizations in Russia (MFO). Some organizations were aiming at generating high income on interest and penalties, other organizations (primarily retailers) regarded MFOs as an instrument to increase sales of their products.
Business activity can be qualified as coordinated even with a vertical agreement between the parties
- Service: Antitrust Law
- Date: 24.03.2016
Federal Antitrust Service worked out a legal position under which even if parties entered into a distribution agreement, actions of a manufacturer can be recognized as violation of antirust legislation by performing coordination of business activity