Kovaleva, M.A., Dmitrieva, G.K. Some aspects of legal regulation of the investment activities under the WTO membership conditions for Russia

Abstract: Regulation of the investment activities in the legal field is quite topical, since the Russian Federation is currently is a WTO Member State. The membership in the WTO requires amendments into the Russian legislation. This article is devoted to the issues of legal regulation of treaties on dividing products and national automobile industry, as well as obligations of Russia to amend and to bring its investment legislation in these spheres into accordance with the WTO treaties. Based on the comparison of the current legal norms and the provisions of the WTO treaties, the authors managed to show that, while Russia has already fulfilled its obligation in the sphere of division of products, as for the investments into the national automobile industry, Russia just allowed for some investment benefits, and established that it shall start consultations on the measures in that sphere in accordance with the requirements of the WTO no later than in 2016.

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