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Pepeliaev Group advises that the Plenum of the Russian Supreme Court issued Resolution No. 16 dated 15 June 2010 “On Application of the RF Law “On the Mass Media” by Courts”.

The Plenum of the Russian Supreme Court adopted on 10 June 2010 Resolution No. 15 “On Amendments to Resolution No. 22 of the Plenum of the Russian Supreme Court dated 29 October 2009 ‘On the Judicial Practice of Applying Restrictive Measures in the Form of Pretrial Detention, Bail and House Arrest’”.

Pepeliaev Group hereby announces a number of positive changes in the court practice with regard to the submission of Russian currency (RUB) transfer receipts for several currency operations during one month: the receipt may reflect several operations of the transfer of funds to the bank account. If there were several currency transfer operations in a month, the resident may be held liable for the failure to submit a receipt only once, rather than several times for each operation.

The Joint Plenum of the Russian Supreme Arbitration Court and of the Russian Superior Court has determined the practice for applying legislation on certain issues relating to the protection of title and other rights in rem.

Pepeliaev Group advises that Resolution No.17933/09 of the Presidium of the RF Supreme Arbitration Court dated 11 May 2010 has been posted on the court’s official website. The Resolution determines the practice of levying VAT on the export of maintenance and technical documentation in respect of aircraft engines and units and the application of corresponding deductions.

On 18 May 2010 the Presidium of the Russian Supreme Arbitration Court issued Resolution No. 1729/10 that clarifies the legal nature of the buy-out payment in a lease agreement, which stipulates that title to a leased item is transferred to the lessee on the expiry of the lease, and also explicitly specifies the procedure for determining the amount in cases where the buy-out value was not established by the parties to the lease agreement.