As of 1 January 2021, organisations performing construction, renovation and refurbishment activities in Russia are required to comply with the revised set of occupational safety rules.
The rules apply to all organisations and sole traders, regardless of the form of incorporation.
Importers and manufacturers of products subject to the extended producer responsibility (EPR) and recycling targets (e.g. electronic equipment, textiles and some types of packaging) will have to submit the environmental charge calculation form in accordance with the rules adopted by Order No. 920 of 13 July 2020.
As of 1 January 2021, organisations intending to register major hazard facilities (MHFs) in the Russian state MHF registry, are required to follow the revised registration procedure. The adoption of the revised registration procedure does not impact any existing and valid registrations.
The adopted registration procedure applies to all organisations intending to operate any MHIs in the Russian Federation.
As of 1 January 2021, operators applying for a new or updated licence for the operation of major hazard facilities with a chemical hazard, must comply with the revised licencing procedure. The adopted procedure will not require any immediate actions from the holders of existing valid licences.
The adopted procedure sets out:
The Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation published a Letter clarifying the application of the EAEU Technical Regulation on the Safety of Alcohol-Containing Products EAEU TR 047/2018).
On 8 December 2020, the Board of the Eurasian Economic Commission made changes to the Unified Sanitary and Epidemiological and Hygienic Requirements for Products Subject to Sanitary and Epidemiological Supervision. The document is supplemented with a list of methods that are to be used for evaluating the effectiveness of disinfectants and biocides that are to be placed on the EAEU (Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Armenia and Kyrgyzstan) market.
As of 1 April 2021, manufacturers, sellers and importers of certain “technically complex” goods (the exact list is to be adopted separately by the Government of Russia) with pre-installed software must ensure that they have been equipped by software that originates from the Russian Federation (or another EAEU country). Further details of this requirement are to be set out by a separate r
During a retail sale, the information about the code of any product marked with an identification mark must be contained in the sales receipt. Each product unit must indicated in a separate line in the receipt.
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As of 1 January 2021, organisations operating major hazard facilities are to develop the emergency response plans, required by the law, in accordance with a revised procedure. The adoption of the revised procedure will not impact the existing emergency response plans which are to remain valid and are to be revised only in cases, provided by the revised procedure.
As of 2021 organisations that operate stationary emission sources and/or discharge wastewater into water bodies and/or generate wastes and perform waste disposal operations are required to pay environmental pollution fees subject to the revised rates.
As of 2021, the environmental pollution fee rates are to be paid following the respective rates set for 2018 by Decree 913 of 13 September 2016 with the application of the coefficient that is equal 1.08.
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