Legislative Updates

• AmCham Advocacy on Royalty Payments Issue
• Migration Legislation in Russia
• Calendar of legislative initiatives to be reviewed by the State Duma
• Vladimir Putin approves recovery plan for financial sector
• Changes to Russian Competition Legislation

  [This legal alert has been prepared by Baker & McKenzie] Numerous changes to Russian competition legislation came into effect in August 2009.

   

  On 16 July 2009, Resolution No. 583 of the Government of the Russian Federation city of Moscow "On Instances of Admissibility of Agreements Between Economic Entities" ("Resolution No. 583") was adopted. On 17 July 2009, amendments were approved to the Federal Law "On Protection of Competition" (the "Law") and the Code of Administrative Violations of the Russian Federation ("CAV RF"). On 29 July amendments were approved to the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation regarding breaches of legislation on competition (the "CC RF").

   

  The changes significantly expand the application of the Law and clarify the competence of the Russian Federal Antimonopoly Service (the "FAS"), alter the dominant position rules, the concept of "monopolistically high" and "monopolistically low" prices, introduce significant changes to the provisions dealing with vertical agreements, raise the thresholds that trigger the requirement for clearance of acquisition transactions through FAS, set the period for institution and consideration of cases on violation of antimonopoly legislation, and also otherwise augment and clarify various legislative acts in the area of antimonopoly regulation.

• State Duma Calendar October 16-23
• Bringing charters of Russian limited liability companies in line with new requirements
• Priority registration of domain names in the new .РФ (.RF) Cyrillic domain
• Revised Draft of the Law on Circulation of Medicines Prepared
• New developments in Russian legislation on saving energy and increasing energy efficiency
• Positions Not Under The 2010 Work Permit Quota
• Migration Checks
• Immigration Guide To Russia
• Law On Trade
• Quota for employment of foreign nationals in 2010
• Joint stock companies that maintain their own shareholders registers
• Special Update on Amendments to Corporate and Securities Legislation

• Mar 03, 2010 Tax Reforms Towards the Creation of an International Financial Center in Russia
• Sep 22, 2009 Russian Government Introduces Important Amendments into the Rules on Pricing of Medicines
• Aug 18, 2009 Law replacing the Unified Social Tax with social contributions
• Jun 09, 2009 May - June 2009 Calendar of Legislative Initiatives
• May 20, 2009 May 20 and May 22 State Duma Legislative Initiatives
• May 13, 2009 List of quota-exempt professions for foreigners for 2009 established
• Apr 16, 2009 State Duma Hearing on Property Legislation
• Dec 09, 2008 State Duma roundtable on legal issues with developing the Russian continental shelf
• Oct 28, 2008 Legislative regulation of the strategic development and reinforcement of the financial sector of the Russian Federation
• Aug 25, 2008 Recent Comments on Russia's Accession to the WTO
• Aug 19, 2008 Proposal to guarantee retirees a pension-to-wages ratio of 30%
• Aug 01, 2008 Federal Anti-Monopoly Service To Propose New Bill
• Jul 23, 2008 New Federal Law on Amending Part 2 of the RF Tax Code
• May 26, 2008 Clarifications on Legislative Amendments to the RF Forestry Code
• Apr 29, 2008 Law on Foreign Investment in Strategic Sectors
• Apr 10, 2008 State Duma Hearing on Creating a Legislative Framework for Natural Resources Management
• Mar 31, 2008 Legislative Provisions for Innovative Development of the Economy
• Mar 21, 2008 Bill on Investment in Strategic Sectors of the Russian Economy
• Mar 21, 2008 Bill on Investment in Strategic Sectors of the Russian Economy
• Feb 05, 2008 AmCham President Andrew Somers meets with Valeriy Komissarov, Chairman of the State Duma Committee on Informational Policy; Informational Technologies and Communications
• Jan 24, 2008 Order 19265 On Visa Regulations
• Jan 14, 2008 State Duma Structural Changes
• Nov 30, 2007 Changes to Corporate Names in the Russian Federation
• Apr 09, 2007 AmCham Policy Update: Medical Tests For Work Permit Applications
• Dec 18, 2006 Links to Information about the U.S.-Russia WTO Bilateral Agreement
• Oct 25, 2006 FRS Clarifies NGO Reporting Procedures
• Oct 25, 2006 AmCham Hosts Meeting with Stepanov on NGO Activity Reports (Oct. 25, 2006)
• Sep 14, 2006 AmCham Hosts Meeting with Federal Registration Service (Sept. 14, 2006)
• Jul 26, 2006 FMS Confirms Exhaustive List of Needed Documents for Foreign Work Permit Applications from Organizations
• Jul 03, 2006 Learn More about NGO Registration (June 2006)