Russia: Pre-installation requirement for certain apps in Amendment to Federal Law On Consumer Rights Protection (Law No 425-FZ)

Progress

Current status
in force
01 Apr 2021 in force
02 Dec 2019 in grace period
25 Nov 2019 adopted
21 Nov 2019 under deliberation

Scope

Implementers
Russia
Policy Area
Other operating conditions
Policy Instrument
Mandatory software installation requirement
Regulated Economic Activity
technological consumer goods
Government Branch
legislature
Government Body
parliament
Implementation Level
national

Timeline of events

01 Apr 2021
in force

Adopted Amendment to Federal Law On Consumer Rights Protection (Law No 425-FZ) including pre-installation requirement for certain apps

On 1 April 2021, Law No 425-FZ came into force following the adoption of Decree No. 3704-r. The Law requires select technically complex, consumer-facing products to have preinstalled Russian software (a particular group of apps) before reaching the …

Source
Event type law
Action type implementation
Government branch legislature
Government body parliament
02 Dec 2019
in grace period

In force with grace period of bill including requirement of preinstallation of selected Russian software on certain devices

Law No 425-FZ comes into force with a grace period. The Law requires select technically complex, consumer-facing products to have preinstalled Russian software (a particular group of apps) before reaching the consumers market. For violating these re…

Source
Event type law
Action type in force with grace period
Government branch legislature
Government body parliament
25 Nov 2019
adopted

Adopted bill including requirement of preinstallation of selected Russian software on certain devices

Law No 425-FZ is adopted in the Federation Council. The Law requires select technically complex, consumer-facing products to have preinstalled Russian software (a particular group of apps) before reaching the consumers market. For violating these re…

Source
Event type law
Action type adoption
Government branch legislature
Government body parliament
21 Nov 2019
under deliberation

Passage of bill including requirement of preinstallation of selected Russian software on certain devices

Law No 425-FZ is adopted in the Russian State Duma. The Law will now pass to the Federation Council for full adoption. The Law requires select technically complex, consumer-facing products to have preinstalled Russian software (a particular group of…

Source
Event type law
Action type passage
Government branch legislature
Government body parliament

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