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Law firm Pepeliaev Group advises of the public consultation concerning the draft law proposed by the Russian Government to introduce legal regulation of activity involving the emission of pollutants classified as greenhouse gases.

Pepeliaev Group advises that a public consultation is currently being held with regard to the draft law prepared by the Russian Ministry for the Protection of the Environment and Natural Resources. The draft law provides for a fundamentally new definition of the item that is subject to a state environmental expert review as well as certain other changes in the legal regulation of a state environmental expert review. 

Pepeliaev Group advises that a draft law has been made available for public discussion. This draft law provides for the charge for a negative environmental impact to be replaced with an environmental tax, and for environmental and recycling fees to be replaced with a recycling fee, with the new payments being introduced into the Russian Tax Code.

Pepeliaev Group advises that amendments have been made to the Russian Tax Code that clarify the rules for calculating taxes on income from capital, and that other tax changes have been made.

Pepeliaev Group advises that, on 20 November 2018, the State Duma passed a law amending the Civil Procedure Code, Commercial (‘Arbitration’) Procedure Code, the Administrative Procedure Code and other legislative acts. The Law was initiated by the Supreme Court.

On 12 November 2018, Federal Law No. 420-FZ “On amending article 322.3 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (the “Law”) was adopted. The amendments extend the definition of a sham registration of foreign nationals or stateless persons at the place of their stay in Russia not only to residential premises, but also to companies’ offices.