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On May30, 2014 the Plenum of the Russian Supreme Commercial (Arbitration) Court adopted a Resolution concerning issues arising when VAT is charged. With the adoption of this legislation, significant changes will be made to the implementation of Chapter 21 ‘‘Value-Added Tax’ ’of the Russian Tax Code. This article highlights the eight key provisions of the Resolution which will entail material risks or create fresh opportunities.
In our previous article, using the example of the factory construction project we have devised, we went into detail about the main issues and legal nuances faced when the corporate structure is selected and put in place. We also discussed potential ways of financing the investment project, and the advantages and disadvantages of these.
As we promised in the previous issue, we are starting to follow the evolution of an investment project involving enthusiastic investors from Russia, Kazakhstan and Finland. They are ready to build a plant to produce a special nano-bitumen in order to manufacture elastic, ultra-strong asphalt designed to tackle that age-old scourge of this country: its roads.
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.