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On June 23, 2014, Federal Law No. 171-FZ "on amending the Land Code of the Russian Federation and certain items of the legislation of the Russian Federation" was adopted. It has substantially amended and added to the current regulation of land law relationships. Because the amendments are so extensive, the date from when the law will apply has been put back to March 1, 2015.
The present Article provides information on the rules of confirming safety of the goods imported to the customs territory of the Customs Union of the Republic of Belarus, the Republic of Kazakhstan and the Russian Federation.
With the adoption of Federal Law No. 35-FZ dated March 12, 2014, amending parts one, two and four of the Civil Code, other items of Russian legislation, the legal regulation of trade names continues to be developed. To some extent, the changes represent an improvement.
Based on Federal Law No. 89-FZ 'On manufacturing and consumption waste' dated 24 June 1998 and with a view to safeguarding the interests of Russian car manufacturers in conditions where import duty rates for cars were being reduced, the Russian government published its Resolution No. 870 dated 30 August 2012 'On a recycling fee for wheeled vehicles.' This resolution set recycling fees that importers were to pay on top of import duty when importing cars into Russia.
The Finance Ministry has decided to grant a 2-year amnesty for offshore companies that have Russian owners if they move their assets to Russia. The draft law drawn up at the Finance Ministry forms part of a large-scale deoffshorization program. Under the draft law developed by the Finance Ministry jointly with the Economic Development Ministry, penalties and fines for tax evasion will apply to Russian owners' offshore companies only starting from 2017.
Some time ago, the Russian Constitutional Court set out the principle of a stable business environment. This principle stipulates that "for the purpose of planning its business activities, a taxpayer should be informed in a timely manner about the structure and content of his tax liabilities, so that it may take into account in good time the expenses it may incur on such business activities.