During Thursday's meeting, the Romanian Government approved a draft Government Ordinance regulating certain fiscal-budgetary measures (Draft GO). The Draft GO tackles upon various matters such as (i) restructuring measures of budgetary duties outstanding as at 31 December 2017,(ii) amending certain provisions of the Romanian Fiscal Code and of the Romanian Fiscal Procedure Code, or (iii) repealing certain legislative provisions. Additionally, the Draft GO aims to amend particular provisions of Law no.
Hogan Lovells Publications | 27 March 2020
Coronavirus FAQ: Key legal considerations for Russia
Moscow authorities strongly encourage employers to introduce remote working (work from home) regime where possible. Please make sure you carefully document the new working regime in the addenda to the employment contract or have special internal policy governing this.
During his national address on 2 April, President Putin announced his decision to prolong the initial non-working days from 4 April to 30 April 2020 inclusive in order to fight against the spread of COVID-19. He signed a new Executive Order* providing for this.
В ходе своего обращения к гражданам 2 апреля президент В. В. Путин объявил о своем решении продлить первоначально установленный режим нерабочих дней с 4 апреля по 30 апреля 2020 года включительно. В этих целях президентом был подписан новый указ, предусматривающий соответствующие меры.
The confirmed number of persons in Russia infected with SARS-CoV-2/Covid-19 (Corona) exceeds 6,000. Many people and enterprises are affected by non-working days, lock down measures and the resulting direct and indirect impact on work, business and finances. This summary highlights some recent legal issues in connection with the Corona crisis in Russia.
Quarantine and lock down measures
A brief presentation of the essay on the subsidiary liability of shareholders and directors by comparing the approach adopted by the Russian Courts – as recently confirmed by the Supreme Courts – with those of other legal systems, the Italian one in particular, to the debated topic of the identification of the circumstances the occurrence of which make it possible to pierce the corporate veil, a topic that would deserve further attention by the Italian legislators, too.
On March 23 2017 the Federal Tax Service issued a notification entitled On Identifying the Circumstances of an Unjustified Tax Benefit (ED-5-9/547@), which summarises the law enforcement practice associated with assessing the validity of a tax benefit in disputes relating to bad-faith contracting parties.
Russia’s bankruptcy law (the Law) has been amended to expand the list of persons who may be held vicariously liable for a bankrupt’s debts and clarify the grounds for such liability.
Definition of controlling person clarified
The key to understanding how the transfer of immovable property and service provision works for specialised companies in Russia.
The maintenance activities of Russian specialised companies (SPVs) are not only limited to charter activities. This article looks at the transfer of immovable property to a SPV balance and the transfer of service provision to standby service agents in Russia.
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