After the publication in the Journal Officiel of the Law “emergency to deal with the Covid-19 epidemic”, the Government presented, Wednesday in the Council of Ministers, 25 ordinances and several decrees to deal with this health and economic crisis. These texts were published in the Official Gazette of 26 March 2020 and are therefore applicable. […]
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Under the terms of Emergency Law No. 2020-290 of 23 March 2020 dealing with to the spread of the covid-19 epidemic, the Government was authorized, inter alia, to take any measure by ordinance: “(f) simplifying and adapting the conditions under which general meetings and collegial management bodies of legal persons governed by private law and […]
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Updated pursuant to publication of decree n°2020-371 dated 30 March 2020 and decree n°2020-394 dated 2 April 2020 The French Government Ordinance enacted on 26 March 2020[1] create a solidarity fund intended to provide financial aid to natural and private law legal persons having economic activity severely affected by the Covid19 crisis. The Solidarity Fund […]
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Article 10 of the French government’s Ordinance no. 2020-306 of 25 March 2020 on the extension of the time limits during the health emergency period and the adaptation of procedures during said period provides for specific provisions aiming at adjusting certain time limits applicable to tax audits and, more specifically, at suspending their application as […]
The outbreak of COVID-19 has led to the introduction of a number of restrictive measures, as well as measures aimed at supporting businesses and the economy. Measures were taken both at a federal level and in the regions, specifically in Moscow. These measures include orders providing for a quarantine for certain categories of people, for […]
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The exceptional circumstances resulting from the measures imposed in order to prevent the propagation of COVID-19 may make it excessively onerous for companies to fulfil their contractual obligations, without, however, preventing them from doing so. In order to cope, statutory and contractual provisions allow debtors to request the renegociation of their engagements. If it has […]
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On Sunday 22 March 2020, the deputies definitively adopted the ordinary bill on emergency measures related to the Coronavirus-COVID crisis19 . On Saturday, 21 March 2020, the deputies had adopted in first reading the bill and definitively adopted the organic bill. Presented by the Government in the context of the Coronavirus-COVID19 epidemic, the ordinary bill […]
On Friday 20 March, the European Data Protection Board (EDPB) issued a statement on the use of personal data in the context of the COVID epidemic.19 The EDPB thus allows the use of personal data by Member States and competent authorities while respecting anonymity or at least public security.
Agenda: 1/High Alert Regime Introduced in Moscow Due to the COVID-19 Pandemic 2/Federal Law on Antimonopoly Compliance Adopted 3/INCOTERMS 2020 Adopted 4/Two Directors’ Principle to be Implemented 5/Mitigation of the Responsibility for the Breach of Currency Legislation 6/Salary Indexation to be Included in the Constitution 7/The Law on Electronic Employment Record Books Becomes Effective 8/Overview […]
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The government has just published a summary of the support measures and useful contacts to accompany businesses. You can download it here.
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On March 18, 2020, Congress passed the Families First Coronavirus Response Act , a sweeping legislative bill to address the growing concerns surrounding the novel coronavirus, COVID-19. The FFCRA includes measures aimed at expanding paid employee leave in connection with the coronavirus emergency and providing employers with tax credits to cover the cost of those benefits.