On 29 November 2024, Federal Law No. 416-FZ “On Amendments to Part Two of the Tax Code of the Russian Federation and Certain Legislative Acts of the Russian Federation” (hereinafter referred to as the “Law”) was officially published. The Law amends the Article 270 of the Tax Code of the Russian Federation (hereinafter referred to as the “Tax Code”) which determines the list of expenses that cannot be deducted for profits tax purposes.

On November 20, 2024, the Ministry of Industry and Trade prepared a draft of amendments to the rules for providing access to information contained in state information monitoring system, approved by Government Decree No. 1955 dated 31.12.2019.

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On November 27, 2024 the Federation Council approved laws amending the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (hereinafter referred as the “Criminal Code”) and the Code of Administrative Offences of Russian Federation (hereinafter referred as the “Administrative Offences Code”) to and toughening liability for violations of law in the area of personal data (in accordance with the previously introduced Draft Laws: No. 502104-8 “On Amending the Code of Administrative Offences of the Russian Federation” and No. 502113-8 “On Amending the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation”).

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On November 22, 2024, the Government of the Russian Federation (the “Government”) approved Resolution No. 1607 dated November 22, 2024 (the “Resolution”) on the experiment in the territory of the Russian Federation to conduct monitoring of Russian manufacturers of goods which are subject to mandatory marking with means of identification using the state information monitoring system for the circulation of goods subject to mandatory marking with means of identification (the “Experiment”).

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Lidings’ Intellectual Property practice team succeeded in obtaining cancellation of registration of a drug in a dispute against the holder of the marketing authorisation (MA) due to the fact that during the process of registration of a generic drug product the Ministry of Health of Russia received false information from the holder of the MA.

On 9 November 2024 the Federal Law No. 381-FZ “On Amendments to the Labor Code of the Russian Federation” was published. Amendments introduce Article 351⁸ to the chapter regulating the work of other categories of employees (hereinafter referred to as the “Article”). The Article regulates the mentoring in labor relations. The regulation will enter into force on 1 March 2025.

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Senior Associate in the Lidings’ Intellectual Property practice Vladislav Ryabov will take part in an annual conference entitled Intellectual Property - 2024 organized by Pravo.ru. The conference will take place on 22 November in Hotel Baltschug Kempinski.

On November 21- 22, 2024, Moscow will host the IX Conference “Legal Business of Russia 2024” with Lidings’ partner Boris Malakhov taking part as an invited expert.