Legal overviews
Contest or comply!
- Service: Commercial Arbitration and out-of-court dispute resolution
- Date: 01.12.2015
Three draft laws were introduced in the Russian State Duma, which amend certain legislative acts extending powers of the Supreme Court, according to which the Supreme Court can examine cases on clarifications of the law
Foreign entities to be subject to AML/CFT control
- Service: Antitrust Law
- Date: 26.11.2015
State Duma is holding discussions over a draft law extending requirements of legislation on Anti-Money Laundering to relations with foreign entities
Amendments to procedure for issuing construction and commissioning permits in Moscow
- Service: Real Estate and Construction
- Date: 20.11.2015
Moscow Government clarifies the procedure for rendering state services related to issue of construction and commissioning permits
Regulatory acts aimed at regulation of public-private partnership soon to be adopted
- Service: Project financing / Public-Private Partnership
- Date: 16.11.2015
Starting from January 1, 2016, Federal Law No.224-FZ “On public-private partnership…” enters into effect, which requires individual regulatory acts on preparation, assessment and monitoring of PPP projects and holding tenders
Individual bankruptcy in Russia. What does business have to do with it?
- Date: 08.10.2015
Starting October 1, 2015, an individual in Russia can be deemed bankrupt.
Government establishes procedure for adopting decisions on tariffs for natural monopolies
- Service: Antitrust Law
- Date: 30.09.2015
Decisions on establishing tariffs for natural monopolies will be adopted by a collegiate body within the FAS of Russia
On September 22, 2015, the State Duma approved the “Fourth Antitrust Package” in the third reading
- Service: Antitrust Law
- Date: 28.09.2015
Entities participating in investigation of cases on signs of violation of antitrust law now have new procedural tools that will allow them to defend their interests, and should cause a drop in the number of FAS decisions contested in court
Russian antitrust authority prepares official explanations concerning peculiarities of applying advertising law
- Service: Antitrust Law
- Date: 16.09.2015
Information provided by means of context technologies is advertising. Assessment of mass media products for rating them as national products is to be performed only as part of scheduled and unscheduled inspections. Scheduled inspections of small businesses will not be conducted in 2016-2018.
Russian Federal Antitrust Service prepares amendments to legislation related to procedure for approving foreign investments into companies of strategic importance
- Service: Antitrust Law
- Date: 02.09.2015
Russian antitrust authority prepares amendments to the Regulations on the government committee, allowing to shorten timeframes for approving transactions of foreign investors
Russian Ministry of Industry and Trade (Minpromtorg) proposes to ban rent in foreign currency
- Service: Real Estate and Construction
- Date: 01.09.2015
Russian Ministry of Industry and Trade proposes to prohibit establishing rent and other payments made by the tenant for possession and use of real estate in foreign currency