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The legal niceties of restaurant business in Russia

The activities of the restaurant, however, as all activities of the food industry, contains many pitfalls, a clash that is fraught with significant costs for the entrepreneur in the form of fines, claims, etc. before starting a business you must be ready to cooperate with regulatory authorities. So before opening any food service establishments would need to notify the CPS about the beginning of your activities.

When size matters or decrease the cadastral value of the property

All is not gold that glitters Cadastral value is an important characteristic of the property. It is calculated on the basis of the real estate tax, land rent and other payments. Often the cadastral value of a land plot or capital construction object (ACS) is too high compared to real market value. Reducing the cadastral value, you can save a lot in paying

In a dispute born truth or how to defend your trademark rights

Disputes over intellectual property rights is always a fairly lengthy list of the various situations that might face the business, from appeals against decisions of Rospatent (the government Agency responsible for the registration of trademarks) relating to the registration of certain trademarks and disputes concerning infringement of exclusive rights to intellectual property to the requirements of termination of the use of another's trademark and the recognition of certain actions of contractors

The adventures of foreigners in Russia or how to register a branch of foreign company

In order to register a branch or representative office of a foreign company on the territory of the Russian Federation was similar to the mad race and the chaotic ferment with a bunch of papers from one court to another, and an unpleasant aftertaste from apparent misunderstanding on the part of officials has not led to disappointment in your decision to start your business in Russia, entrust all actions

The law on sea (offshore) planning to be or not to be...

Today the draft Federal law "On sea (offshore) scheduling of the Russian Federation" was provided for by paragraph 59 of the plan of legislative activities of the Government of the Russian Federation for 2014, approved by the decree of the Government of the Russian Federation of 30 December 2013 № 2590-R. However, until now, Federal law does not what is not submitted to the State Duma

The development of the medical industry: a guide to public-private partnership

Coverage lately about public-private partnership (PPP) and mechanisms of its realization does not say except that lazy, but few know and represent what the PPP in medicine, and especially, what kind of projects can be implemented in the health sector, what can be improved and what must be abandoned.... In this article it goes

Individual bankruptcy: myth or reality

In the beginning was the word today we can safely say that any citizen may, on absolutely legal grounds to declare bankruptcy, and all because of 1 October 2015 is legally regulated procedure of bankruptcy of physical persons. In fact, a special law regulating the bankruptcy of individuals, was not accepted – is it just the head

Should I keep the register of shareholders independently?

According to paragraph 1 of article 44 of the Law on joint-stock companies (hereinafter — JSC Law) in the register of shareholders shall contain information about each registered person, quantity and categories (types) of shares recorded to the name of each registered person, other information stipulated by legal acts of the Russian Federation. Legal definition of registry enshrined in the regulations on maintaining the register owners of registered securities (hereinafter