Overview

• The government submitted a bill to the State Duma proposing a state fee for entering turnover data on goods subject to mandatory labeling into the national monitoring system.
• The initiative was introduced at the suggestion of the Federal Tax Service and would amend parts one and two of the Tax Code and related laws.
• The specific fee amount is not included in the draft and would be determined later by the government.
• The Ministry of Industry and Trade said it will work with other bodies on the final text and submit comments on the current version.
• Chestny Znak has operated since 2019, currently covers 33 product groups with trials for 12 more, and since April 2024 a QR-based permissive regime has applied to a subset of goods now spanning 16 groups.