ANNOUNCEMENT 16 May 2009

In May 2009, the government of the Russian Federation announced a rule change for commercial cross-border financial flows.

NUMBER OF INTERVENTIONS

1

  • 0 harmful
  • 0 neutral
  • 1 liberalising

SOURCE



1st G20 UNCTAD WTO report
http://unctad.org/en/pages/publications/G-20-Trade-and-Investment-Measures-(Series).aspx

28 2009 . N 74-
http://www.rg.ru/2009/05/05/cennye-bumagi-dok.html

22 1996 . N 39- .
http://www.rg.ru/1996/04/25/cenbumagi-dok.html


Inception date: 16 May 2009 | Removal date: open ended
Still in force

Controls on commercial transactions and investment instruments

On May 16, 2009 entered into force Federal Law No. 74-FZ. It introduces amendments that liberalise the offering of securities by foreign firms in Russia's primary and secondary financial markets. However the admission criteria preserve some discretion for the Russian stock exchange and the Russian Federal Service for Financial Markets.
 
Previously, securities issued by foreign entities could be placed for circulation on the Russian market only as part of international treaty or a cooperation agreement between the Federal Service for the Securities Market and the respective authority of the country of the foreign issuer.

 

AFFECTED SECTORS

 
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AFFECTED PRODUCTS

 
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