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Law firm Pepeliaev Group advises that Commercial Court for the Moscow Circuit has issued a decision in which it upheld the argument of Thomson Reuters (Markets) SA, a client of Pepeliaev Group, that the provisions of a fee-based contract for information services were lawful and bound the customer when stipulating that the contract terminated 12 months after the customer gave notice of its withdrawal from the contract.

Pepeliaev Group advises that starting from 1 July 2017, changes will come into effect in the Russian Town-Planning Code and other laws in terms of regulating the activities of self-regulating organisations (“SROs”) in the sphere of construction, reconstruction, major repairs (collectively referred to as “construction”), engineering surveying, and design in relation to facilities undergoing capital construction work.

Pepeliaev Group advises that, from 1 July 2017, there will be substantial increases in fines for violations of personal data legislation.

Law firm Pepeliaev Group advises that on 9 January 2017 the Russian Ministry of Justice registered Order No. 646n of the Russian Ministry of Healthcare “On approving the Good Practice for the Storage and Transportation of Medicines Intended for Human Use” dated 31 August 2016 (“GPST”).

Law firm Pepeliaev Group advises that, on 9 January 2017, the Russian Ministry of Justice registered Order No. 647n of the Russian Ministry of Healthcare “On approving Good Pharmacy Practice for medicines intended for human use” dated 31 August 2016 (“GPP”).

Law firm Pepeliaev Group advises that on 1 January 2017 important amendments and additions took effect that have been made to Federal Law No. 294-FZ ‘On the protection of the rights of legal entities and individual entrepreneurs when state control (supervision) and municipal control are exercised’1. Such amendments and additions establish fundamentally different approaches to the way state control (supervisory) measures are organised and conducted.