📋 Tender Overview
The State Duma has adopted in the first reading a bill on state regulation of methanol turnover in Russia. The document, initiated by a group of deputies and senators, will enter into force on March 1, 2025, if adopted.
“State regulation of the circulation of methanol and methanol-containing liquids is carried out in order to protect the health, rights and legitimate interests of citizens, the economic interests of the Russian Federation, and ensure the safety of these products,” follows from the bill.
In particular, the document introduces the obligation of organizations involved in the circulation of methanol to transmit data about themselves for inclusion in the appropriate register. As one of the authors of the project, Vice-Speaker of the Federation Council Nikolai Zhuravlev, previously explained, the project “regulates the organizational framework for the formation and maintenance of this register.” It is established that the circulation of methanol and methanol-containing liquids by persons not included in the register is not allowed. The register will include information about producers, persons involved in the sale, storage, transportation and use of methanol and methanol-containing liquids.
It is assumed that notification of the implementation of methanol trading activities will be sent to the authorized body in electronic form.
In addition, the bill prohibits the retail sale of methanol. Transactions related to the circulation of methanol will have to be concluded in writing only between legal entities and individual entrepreneurs included in the register, indicating the register number. Transactions concluded in violation of the requirements will be considered void.
The draft law also contains requirements for the circulation, transportation, storage and disposal of methanol and methanol-containing liquids. Thus, recycling, including destruction, of methanol will be able to be carried out only by those producers of methanol and methanol-containing liquids that are included in the register. In addition, the document establishes a ban on sending methanol and methanol-containing liquids in postal items.
