With effect from 1 July 2002, the new Federal Law On State Registration of Legal Entities (the Registration Law) entered into force, transferring authority for registration of legal entities in Russia to the local bodies of the Federal Tax Service of the Russian Federation. As a result, activities connected with the state registration of legal entities and with their registration as taxpayers are now under the auspices of the local tax inspectorates.
The following documents are required for registration purposes:
- An application;
- The foundation agreement of the LLC (if the LLC has more than one founder/participant);
- The protocol of the founders’ meeting or, if the LLC has only one founder, the resolution of the founder on the establishment of the LLC;
- The Charter of the LLC;
- A copy of the passport of the proposed General Director of the LLC;
- Power(s) of Attorney issued by the founder(s) for establishment of the LLC;
- Power(s) of Attorney issued by the founder(s)s for filing the application for the state registration of the LLC;
- Confirmation of the legal status of the founder(s) (e.g. extract from the trade register or certificate of good standing);
- The Charter (Articles of Association, By-laws) of any foreign legal entities;
- Confirmation of payment of the state registration fee;
- Foreign tax registration certificate of founders (to be provided to a bank);
- Bank letter of good credit standing of a foreign legal entity; and
- Confirmation of the foreign legal entity’s contribution to the charter capital of the LLC.
Any Russian founder participating in an LLC must also provide additional documentation. All documents from a foreign legal entity must be notarized and apostilled/legalized in the country of preparation. Any document supplied in a language other than Russian must be accompanied by a Russian translation which has a notarized certification.
Source: Doing business in Russia by Baker & McKenzie
