Translation. Region: Russian Federal
Source: Government of the Russian Federation – Government of the Russian Federation –
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The government bill on regulating the platform economy has been approved by the State Duma. The package of measures is aimed at protecting the rights and interests of citizens when interacting with intermediary digital platforms. As reported by Deputy Prime Minister – Chief of the Government Staff Dmitry Grigorenko, the Government continues to discuss new legal provisions with the industry in order to prepare a number of by-laws.
Today, the share of digital platforms in the total volume of retail trade is 15%, and in 2024, more than 6 billion orders were made through them. Given the relevance and timeliness of the bill, the deputies proposed to postpone the date of its entry into force to an earlier date – from October 1, 2026.
"The bill was developed in cooperation with the industry, discussions took place at all key venues. As a result of such careful development, the document retained its concept following consideration in the State Duma. At the same time, a number of provisions were clarified, which made the bill even more targeted. Its task is to protect the rights of sellers and buyers, provide guarantees to market participants and promote further stable development of the platform economy in Russia," Dmitry Grigorenko commented on the results of the consideration of the draft law.
Thus, during the consideration of the draft law, the ban on creating discriminatory conditions for access to platforms was clarified. A ban is introduced for operators of any digital platforms to create discriminatory conditions for persons (both individuals and legal entities) using such a platform. In addition, the law establishes the right of recourse (regression) against the platform operator for platform partners. For example, the seller compensated the buyer for damages, but the damage was not caused through his fault. The right of recourse will ensure a fair distribution of responsibility between partners and the platform.
At the suggestion of the deputies, the requirements for the placement of product cards were also revised. If the seller has not posted a link to the certificate of state registration of the product, the platform operator must not allow the card of such a product to be published. This norm supplemented similar requirements for goods subject to mandatory certification, declaration of conformity and labeling, which were already spelled out by the Government in the draft law for the first reading. Platforms will also be required to provide technical functionality to partners to place information on the product card about the possibility of purchasing goods, works, services using an electronic certificate (for example, for the purchase of technical rehabilitation equipment).
After signing the law on regulating the platform economy, the dialogue with the industry and departments will continue. In pursuance of its provisions, the Government will have to prepare 8 by-laws. For example, to approve the rules for maintaining and forming a register of intermediary platforms. Namely, the criteria for the economic significance of platforms and the composition of information for inclusion in the register, the procedure for making changes to the register and excluding from it. The Government will also establish a procedure for platforms to verify information in product cards (compliance with labeling requirements, links to records in compliance registers, certificates of state registration, etc.).
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