The State Duma of the Russian Federation adopted a law mitigating business liability for certain administrative offenses

To reduce the administrative burden on business, on July 6, 2022, the State Duma of the Russian Federation adopted in the 3rd reading a draft law on amendments to the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation.

The bill proposes:

- establish a warning as the first measure for all subjects of administrative responsibility for the first offense committed;

- reduce the fines to the minimum amount in the case of an administrative violation, if harmful consequences are prevented, or the damage caused is voluntarily compensated;

- to establish administrative responsibility for obstructing the legal activities of businessmen's rights commissioners in the constituent entities of the Russian Federation and to secure the possibility of their participation as a defense counsel in proceedings on an administrative offense in the field of entrepreneurial activity.