The first part:
International Economic Law Agency Co., Ltd. (Russia, Far East Administrative Region, Khabarovsk) > With regard to companies registered in Russia, the general situation is as follows: foreign investors can set up wholly-owned or joint ventures, or branches or representative offices in Russia. Different countries have different customs. For example, Japanese people are more accustomed to setting up representative offices, but there are many corporate legal persons. People in China and the United States prefer to set up corporate bodies rather than representative offices, because representative offices can't do business.
Foreign businessmen can set up trading companies (at home and abroad) or productive Russian companies in Russia, and can engage in shops, shopping malls, restaurants, hotels, large and medium-sized factories, service companies and processing. Foreign Russian companies registered in Russia cannot engage in weapons and similar businesses.
To register a company in Russia, foreign investors should mainly provide the following information:
1. Business license
2. Bank certificate
3. Articles of Association
4. Resolution of the competent department (board of directors, etc.). Why do you want to set up a company in Russia and what is the purpose?
5. Power of attorney of the person in charge of the future Russian company
The above materials must first be notarized by a notary public in China (Hongkong), with a copy and translation (Russian or Chinese); Then confirm it in the foreign affairs office of the province (administrative region); Finally confirmed in embassies and consulates in China (Hongkong).
In addition, there are some materials that can be directly processed after coming to Russia:
Articles of association of future Russian companies
2. Letter of guarantee for registered address of Russian company
3. Russian agency contract and power of attorney for registration
In the future, the passport of the general manager will be translated by a Russian notary.
5. Apply to the Foreign Economic Committee (apply for company registration)
6. Open an account in a Russian bank
7. Processing the required documents in local tax authorities, immigration offices, customs offices, statistical offices and insurance institutions in Russia. These documents can be handled by Russian agents).
Part II: Detailed procedures for registering a company in Russia.
According to the laws of the Russian Federation, foreign enterprises can set up subsidiaries, branches and representative offices with legal personality in Russia, and foreign citizens can also engage in business activities in Russia, but they must go through the following registration procedures as required:
Registered public-funded joint-stock company
If you register a wholly state-owned joint-stock company, you need to prepare the following three documents in China before coming to Russia: a copy of the business license of the dispatched unit, the credit certificate of the dispatched unit in the bank, and the power of attorney of the dispatched unit as a legal person. The above three documents need to be translated into Russian, notarized by the National Notary Office, certified by the Consular Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China, and certified by the Consular Department of the Russian Embassy in China or the Consulate General.
The documents to be processed after coming to Russia include: company contract, resolutions of the founding meeting, articles of association, written application for registration, and letter of guarantee providing the legal address of the company. The above documents shall be written in Russian and notarized by Russian notary office.
Opening a savings account in a Russian bank requires notarized and certified articles of association of domestic companies. Half of the registered capital should be deposited in the account, and the bank needs 30 days to file with the central bank. You can also invest in kind without setting up a savings account, and the goods or equipment used for investment can be exempted from import duties.
After the documents are complete, you can register (you can entrust a lawyer or a company specializing in registration to help you). The above documents should be submitted to the local registration office. After examination, if the documents comply with Russian laws, the registration bureau will issue a temporary business license within 3 days. The license is valid for 30 days from the date of issuance. During this period, in order to obtain a formal business license, the following procedures are required:
1. registered with the State Statistical Commission and obtained the corresponding company number;
2. Register with the local tax bureau where the company is located;
3. Open a company settlement account in a bank designated by the Registration Bureau and transfer the funds in the savings account. Please ask the bank to issue the certificate that the company has opened an account to the tax bureau, pension fund, medical insurance fund, employment fund, police station, immigration bureau and Ministry of Foreign Affairs;
4. Register with the pension fund;
5. Register with the Medical Insurance Foundation;
6. Register with the Russian Agency for International Cooperation and Development to handle the import and export rights of the company, and the company will be included in the list of Russian enterprises;
7. Go to the licensing bureau to obtain the business license of the company to operate a certain commodity (some commodities need to be handled by relevant ministries, such as the Ministry of Agriculture and Food, and medicines are handled by the Ministry of Health);
8. Provide the company seal application and style;
9. Apply to the Immigration Bureau for employment approval with a business license;
10. Go to the police station with the employment approval to apply for a registration card and a long-term residence visa valid for one year;
1 1. Registered in the Consular Bureau of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and qualified for invitation letters and multiple-entry visas.
After the above procedures, you can get a long-term business license from the registration office. It takes 45 days from obtaining a temporary license to obtaining a formal license.