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The Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation plans to bring into compliance with the current version of Part 8 of Article 93 of Federal Law No. 44, paragraph 11 of the Rules for Approval by the control body in the Field of Procurement of Goods, Works, Services for State and Municipal Needs of concluding a contract with a single supplier (contractor, contractor) approved by the Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation dated 30.06.2020 No. 961.

According to experts of the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation, customers guided by Federal Law No. 223 can fulfill the requirement to make purchases with the participation of exclusively small and medium-sized businesses in the prescribed amount by conducting:

According to the representatives of the Ministry, if the criteria for evaluating applications "qualification" are established, the relevant documents confirming the qualifications of the participant of the electronic competition are provided as part of the second part of the application. At the same time, the documents sent to the customer by the operator of the electronic platform confirming the participant's compliance with the additional requirements established in accordance with Part 2 and Part 2.1 of Article 31 of Federal Law No. 44 cannot be taken into account for the purpose of evaluating applications.

The State Procurement Committee of the Republic of Tatarstan (hereinafter referred to as the State Committee) has developed brief memos and instructions in order to improve the efficiency of procurement placement and provide methodological support to customers of the republic.

On May 26, the President of the Russian Federation met with members of the All-Russian Public Organization "Business Russia". Following the meeting, a list of instructions was approved, including those related to procurement legislation.

The Government of the Russian Federation, in accordance with part 11 of Article 34 of Federal Law No. 44, approved the standard terms of contracts for the construction, reconstruction, overhaul, demolition of a capital construction facility.

The Government continues to support manufacturers of industrial products. It was decided to expand the list of equipment whose supplies are advanced in the amount of at least 80% of the contract price in public procurement. The decree was signed by the Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin.

On July 1, 2023, a new version of paragraph 6 of part 1 of Article 93 of Federal Law No. 44 came into force, according to which the exclusive powers to perform certain works and provide certain services can no longer be established by legislative acts of a subject of the Russian Federation.

The Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation has established a new list of offshore zones - states and territories that provide preferential tax treatment and (or) do not provide for disclosure and provision of information during financial transactions. At the same time, the specified list has more than doubled - from 40 to 91 positions. In particular, the list includes such states and territories as Australia, Austria, Hungary, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Canada, Great Britain, USA, Ukraine, Germany, Finland, France, Montenegro, Czech Republic, Switzerland, Estonia, Japan.

Experts of the antimonopoly department in their letter, in particular, noted that when considering the possibility of replacing an administrative fine with a warning, other offenses committed earlier by a person, including those that are not homogeneous with respect to the one under consideration, including those committed outside the time limits established by article 4.6 of the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation, should be taken into account. At the same time, offenses committed solely in connection with non-performance or improper performance of official duties by a person are taken into account (Article 2.4 of the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation).