OREANDA-NEWS. June 25, 2015. The Federal Law of 30 March 2015 No. 67-FZ "On amendments to certain legislative acts of the Russian Federation to ensure the credibility of information submitted for state registration of legal entities and individual entrepreneurs" (“Law 67- FZ”) was signed by the Russian President and officially published. Certain provisions of Law 67-FZ came into force straight from the date of its publication (31 March 2015), while others will be enacted gradually on specific dates (1 July 2015, 1 January 2016 and 1 January 2017, respectively). 

Law 67-FZ introduces a number of significant amendments to the Fundamental Principles of Legislation for Notary Activities, the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation, the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation, the Federal Laws "On Limited Liability Companies" and "On state registration of legal entities and individual entrepreneurs", respectively, concerning, inter alia, verification of data submitted during state registration and registration of legal entities for counterfeiters, as well as other state registration rules and notary competencies.