What to expect from the
amendments in land legislation?
On 29 November 2017 the deputies of the Mazhilis of the Parliament of the Republic of Kazakhstan approved in the first reading draft law "On Amendments and Additions to Certain Legislative Acts of the Republic of Kazakhstan Regarding Regulation of Land Relations" (hereinafter referred to as the "Draft Law"), developed following the work of the Commission on Land Reform.
Kazakhstan: New user
identification requirements
"further regulate
social relations"
The President of Kazakhstan, Nursultan Nazarbayev, signed, on 28 December 2017, the Law of 28 December 2017 No. 128-VI on Amendments and Additions to Certain Legislative Acts of the Republic of Kazakhstan on Issues of Information and Communication ('the Law'), with most of the provisions entering into force on 9 January 2018. The Law imposes additional duties of website operators and telecommunications operators, including the obligation to collect and store users' data.
Kazakhstan has ratified the
Convention on avoidance of
double
taxation with Ireland
On 29 December 2017 the Republic of Kazakhstan has ratified the Convention on avoidance of double taxation with Ireland[1] and the Protocol thereto (hereinafter – the ‘Convention’).
05.01.2018
The overview highlights some significant changes in the legislation of the Russian Federation that come into force in January and February 2018, in particular in such domains and spheres of regulation as:
banking law;
tax law;
public procurement;
intellectual property rights;
Internet messengers and mass media;
circulation of medicines;
medical services;
industrial production and technical regulation;
inspections of legal entities and individual entrepreneurs.
banking law;
tax law;
public procurement;
intellectual property rights;
Internet messengers and mass media;
circulation of medicines;
medical services;
industrial production and technical regulation;
inspections of legal entities and individual entrepreneurs.
Special Focus - One Belt
One Road China Investment
GRATA International contributed to LexisNexis Mergers & Acquisitions Law Guide 2018. The publication is featured under the Special Focus - One Belt One Road China Investment section.
Draft law on the remote retail
trade in medicines in Russia
On 13 December 2017, the State Duma of the Russian Federation adopted in the first reading the draft Federal Law aimed at the legalisation of remote retail trade in medicines. The right to conduct remote retail trade (including trade via the Internet) in the OTC medicines for medical and veterinary use shall be granted to pharmacy organisations and veterinary pharmacy organisations, respectively.