the Federation Council has offered to recognize the epidemic force majeure (force majeure), which will allow thousands of legal entities to avoid liability for breach of contract, said “Kommersant”, the first Deputy Chairman of the Council of Federation Nikolay Fedorov.
the Senator said, however, that the recognition of the coronavirus force majeure can not be universal for all categories of debtors. According to Mr. Fedorov, the proposal is considered by the working group of the Federation Council, which until 15 may to present options for changes to legislation required in connection with the economic impact of the epidemic of the coronavirus.
With a proposal for the recognition of the existing situation in the country with the coronavirus circumstance of force majeure for the liberation of companies from a range of payments, including rental, in the working group of the Council has been approached by several senators and representatives of constituent entities of the Russian Federation, said Mr. Fedorov. “We believe that recognition of the spread of the new coronavirus infection to force majeure can not be universal for all categories of debtors, regardless of the type of their activities, modalities of implementation, including the region in which the organization operates”, — said the first Deputy Chairman of the Federation Council.
According to him, work on changing the law experts, representatives of Federal bodies of Executive power.
“all the subjects of the Russian Federation was sent letter asking to submit proposals to support the economy of the regions, summarized the economic policy Committee. By may 15 it is planned the presentation of the report of the working group the Chairman of the Federation Council,” — said the Senator.
Recall that earlier, a proposal to recognize the pandemic coronavirus force majeure in the course of litigation were made by the Chairman of “United Russia”, Deputy Chairman of the security Council, Dmitry Medvedev.
Chapter Commercial industrial chamber of Russia Sergey Katyrin in early April, TASS commented that since the introduction of restrictions due coronavirus the flow of requests for reports on the confirmation force majeure circumstances increased seven times. More than 95% of the complaints of business about obtaining conclusions about the circumstances of insuperable force on domestic contracts rejected due mismatch force majeure said Mr. Katyrin. He believes that the number will grow due renewal weekend, which is reflected on the operation of enterprises in the country.
As specified on the website of the Moscow chamber of Commerce, in accordance with the law and established judicial practice, “to circumstances of force majeure no mo��ut to be related business risks, in particular the deterioration of the economic condition of the enterprise, economic and financial crisis, changes in currency exchange rates, devaluation of the national currency”.
in addition to offers to acknowledge the epidemic circumstance of force majeure the working group is considering other measures. According to Mr. Fedorov, the number of regions proposes to extend the UTII (single tax on imputed income.— “B”) and to postpone the mandatory labelling of certain goods (tobacco, spirits and toilet water, tires, and also some types of clothing). In addition, the regions offer free companies in the medical industry from paying VAT on imported components for the production of medical equipment and introduce by 2020 a moratorium on the involvement of Russian constituent entities accountable for failure to fulfill obligations under the agreement with the Ministry of Finance on the restructuring of debt on budget loans. “Because, according to the Constitution, on draft laws which will affect budget revenues, requires the conclusion of the government, these issues are currently relevant committees of the Federation Council worked with the Ministry of Finance of Russia”, — said Mr. Fedorov.
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