Marking and monitoring of
medicines circulation in Russia
from 2020
Pursuant to the changes in the Federal Law 'On Circulation of Medicines' introduced by Federal Law No. 425-FZ, dated 28 December 2017 ('Law No. 425-FZ'), from 1 January 2020 the federal state information system for monitoring the circulation of medicines for medical use from the manufacturer to the end user with the application of identification marks (system for monitoring the medicines circulation) will start functioning in Russia.
Syndicated lending regulation in
Russia
On 1 February 2018, the Federal Law, dated 31 December 2017, No. 486-FZ 'On Syndicated Lending and Introduction of Amendments to Certain Legislative Acts of the Russian Federation' (hereinafter - the 'Law No. 486-FZ') comes into force.
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.