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FEDERAL LAW OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION

of June 2, 2016 No. 179-FZ

About introduction of amendments to article 8 of the Federal law "About Public Associations" and article 2 of the Federal law "About Non-profit Organizations"

Accepted by the State Duma on May 20, 2016

Approved by the Federation Council on May 25, 2016

Article 1

Article 8 of the Federal Law of May 19, 1995 No. 82-FZ "About public associations" (The Russian Federation Code, 1995, No. 21, the Art. 1930) to add with part five of the following content:

"In public organization the sole executive body, and in the cases provided by the law or the charter is formed, in public organization the collegiate executive body is formed. The charter of public organization can provide that education and early termination of powers of sole executive body are within the competence of permanent collegiate governing body of public organization.".

Article 2

Item 6 of article 2 of the Federal Law of January 12, 1996 No. 7-FZ "About non-profit organizations" (The Russian Federation Code, 1996, No. 3, Art. 145; 2006, No. 3, Art. 282; 2007, No. 49, Art. 6061; 2009, No. 23, Art. 2762; 2010, No. 15, Art. 1736; 2012, No. 30, Art. 4172; 48, the Art. 6724) to state 2015, to No. in the following edition:

"6. The non-profit organization performing functions of the foreign agent in this Federal Law is understood as the Russian non-profit organization which receives money and other property from foreign states, their state bodies, the international and foreign organizations, foreign citizens, stateless persons or persons authorized by them and (or) from the Russian legal entities receiving money and other property from the specified sources (except for open joint stock companies with the state participation and their subsidiaries) (further - foreign sources) and which participates, including for the benefit of foreign sources, in the political activities performed in the territory of the Russian Federation.

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