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16.04.2018
How to File a Lawsuit against a Russian Company?
To ensure the procedural application is accepted and considered by the arbitration court of the Russian Federation, a number of obligatory requirements shall be observed.
Changes in the Russian currency legislation: repatriation of funds granted to non-residents under loan agreements
On 14 April 2018, the changes to the Federal Law 'On Currency Regulation and Currency Control' (the 'Currency Regulation Law') and the Code of the Russian Federation 'On Administrative Offenses' introduced by Federal Law No. 64-FZ dated 3 April 2018 became effective, which provide for the obligation of Russian residents to repatriate to their accounts in Russian banks funds granted to non-residents under loan agreements and liability for a failure to perform this obligation.
New procedure for qualification of foreign financial instruments as securities in Russia
On 21 April 2018, the Instruction of the Central Bank of the Russian Federation No. 4561-u dated October 2017, which establishes a new procedure for qualifying foreign financial instruments that have been assigned with the security identification code (number) (ISIN code) and the international classification code of financial instruments (CFI code), as securities ('Procedure').
Incentives for investors in Russia: 19 new territories of priority socio-economic development
On 16 March 2018, the Government of the Russian Federation adopted several decisions on the establishment of 19 new territories for priority socio-economic development (TPSED) in the following regions of Russia:
04.04.2018
Personal Data Protection in Russia
The publication covers, in particular, the following areas of data protection, including personal data, in Russia: relevant legislation and competent authorities; key principles; individual rights; registration formalities and prior approval; marketing and cookies; restrictions on international data transfers; CCTV and employee monitoring; processing data in the cloud; big data and analytics; data security and data breach; enforcement and sanctions.
30.03.2018
Checking the Russian counterparty before the transaction
In Russia, on the participant of legal relations is entrusted serious risks associated with the manifestation of due diligence and prudence, which are often a condition for the subsequent protection of rights before state bodies and courts, including in disputing transactions.
29.03.2018
Unfair competition in the practice of FAS Russia and courts: 9.5 million roubles to be paid for an infringement of Heineken’s trademark
On 1 March 2018, the Commission of the Federal Antimonopoly Service of the Russian Federation Office for St. Petersburg issued an order in respect to Afanasy Private Brewery LLC to stop violation of Article 14.6.1 of Federal Law No. 135-FZ, dated 26 July 2006 'On Competition Protection', in particular, the illegal use of the designation 'ОХОТА НАШЕГО' being confusingly similar to the trademark 'ОХОТА' the right holder of which is Heineken Russian subsidiary.
27.03.2018
Major changes to the Russian Civil Code from 1 June 2018: financial and security transactions
On 1 June 2018, changes to the Civil Code of the Russian Federation (the 'Civil Code') and certain other federal laws will come into force in terms of regulation of certain types of obligations and contracts, and foreclosure on certain types of assets, introduced by Federal Law No. 212-FZ dated 26 July 2017.
Registration of medicines in the Eurasian Economic Union
At the Pharmaceutical Forum of the EAEU and CIS countries held in Moscow in late February 2018, the Director of the Department of Technical Regulation and Accreditation of the Eurasian Economic Commission (EEС) said that the full-scale work on registration of medicines using the unified information system of the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) will start upon its launch scheduled on the first half of 2018. Currently, the integration segment of this system is ready, and the work to prepare national segments in each state of the EAEU is underway.
07.03.2018
Control over antitrust compliance in Russia: risk-oriented approach
On 1 March 2018 the Government of the Russian Federation by its decision No. 213 approved the criteria on the basis of which activities of legal entities and individual entrepreneurs are assigned with certain categories of risk for the purpose of state control over compliance with antitrust laws, and established three risk categories, respectively: average, moderate and low.