China joins the Apostille Convention

China joins the Apostille Convention

China joins the Hague Convention Abolishing the Requirement of Legalization for Foreign Public Documents, that will simplify doing business with China significantly.

For China, the Apostille Convention will enter into force on November 7, 2023.

 

To pharmaceutical manufacturers' attention: the Ministry of Health is changing the rules

IMPORTANT for representatives of pharmaceutical manufacturers

Significant changes have been made to the Instruction on procedure and conditions for informing medical and pharmaceutical workers about pharmaceuticals, included in the State Register of Medicines of the Republic of Belarus, by representatives of pharmaceutical manufacturers.

Changes to the Instructions come into force from January 18, 2023.

More details in our article.

Borovtsov & Salei has many years of experience in supporting the activities of companies in the pharmaceutical industry and is ready to provide you with the necessary assistance and advice.

Emergency laws passed

The beginning of the year was marked by the adoption of three emergency laws as a "response to existing threats to the national interests of the Republic of Belarus in the regime of special restrictive measures":

Law “On seizure of property”;

Law “On issues concerning transfer under temporary external control”;

Law “On the limitation of exclusive rights to intellectual property objects”.

Effective January 17, 2023.

Prohibition of reorganization

On October 31, 2022 Decree of the President of Belarus No. 386 was signed. It established additional restrictions in relation to actions of legal entities (their participants), included in the list of legal entities of the Republic of Belarus, participants (shareholders) of which are persons from "unfriendly" countries. Such a list was previously approved by the Government.