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From July 1, 2024, a new procedure for issuing permission to purchase imported goods from the list with a ban on admission has been in effect.

The rules for maintaining the register of contracts specify that when information about the conclusion of a transaction is included in it, the name of the construction procurement object according to the estimate will begin to be indicated from January 1, 2026.

From June 26, 2024, a concept was approved, which provides that small purchases will be transferred to electronic form and control will be extended to them.

The Russian Treasury has prepared a review of the results of control activities in the constituent entities of the Russian Federation in the second half of 2023, identified systemic and systematic deficiencies and violations, as well as good practices aimed at preventing violations in the financial and budgetary sphere

They plan to allow customers to change:

• regional and municipal offset contracts – with an initial maximum contract price of 100 million rubles. and higher;

• regional contracts for regular transportation of passengers and baggage with an initial maximum contract price of 10 million rubles. and higher, municipal contracts with an initial maximum contract price of 100 thousand rubles. and higher.

Specialists from the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation reminded that when concluding and executing a contract, changes in its essential terms are not allowed, except in cases provided for by Law No. 44-FL (Letter of the Ministry of Finance of Russia dated June 10, 2024 No. 24-08-08/53524) .

The letter, prepared by specialists of the Federal Antimonopoly Service of Russia, notes that the provisions of Part 3.1 and Part 3.2 of Article 28.1 of the Code of Administrative Offences of the Russian Federation, which establish the specifics of considering cases of offenses expressed in non-compliance with mandatory requirements, the assessment of compliance with which is the subject of state control (supervision), municipal control, do not apply to cases of initiation of cases about administrative offenses, identified during the implementation of state control in the field of procurement under Laws No. 44-FZ and 223-FZ.

The letter prepared by experts of the antimonopoly Department notes that the entry "For the purposes of procurement for state and municipal needs", specified in paragraph 5.2 of the annex to the order of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Russian Federation dated 04/10/2015 N 29, is not provided for by the Agreement on the Rules for determining the country of Origin of Goods in the Commonwealth of Independent States (Yalta, November 20 2009), nor other regulatory legal acts.

On July 1 of this year, the amendments made to paragraph 2 of Part 1 of Article 93 of Federal Law No. 44 come into force.

The Agency has released an overview of the shortcomings and violations that it has identified in regional procurement.