- FEDERAL LAWNO. 231-FZ OF DECEMBER 18, 2006ON PUTTING INTO OPERATION PART FOUR OF THE CIVIL CODEOF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION(with the Amendments and Additions of July 24, 2007, December 30, 2008)
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FEDERAL LAW NO. 231-FZ OF DECEMBER 18, 2006 ON PUTTING INTO OPERATION PART FOUR OF THE CIVIL CODE OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION (with the Amendments and Additions of July 24, 2007, December 30, 2008)
Passed by the State Duma on November 24, 2006.
Approved by the Federation Council on December 8, 2006.
Article 1
To put into operation Part Four of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation (hereinafter referred to as Part Four of the Code) as from January 1, 2008.
Article 2
To recognize as having lost force as from January 1, 2008:
1) Civil Code of the RSFSR (Vedomosti Verkhovnogo Sovieta RSFSR, No. 24, 1964, Item 406);
2) Law of the RSFSR of June 11, 1964 on the Approval of the Civil Code of the RSFSR (Vedomosti Verkhovnogo Sovieta RSFSR, No. 24, 1964, Item 406);
3) Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the RSFSR of June 12, 1964 on the Procedure for Putting into Operation the Civil and the Civil Procedure Codes of the RSFSR (Vedomosti Verkhovnogo Sovieta RSFSR, No. 24, 1964, Item 416);
4) Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the RSFSR of August 4, 1966 on the Introduction of Amendments into Article 16 of the Civil Code of the RSFSR (Vedomosti Verkhovnogo Sovieta RSFSR, No. 32, 1966, Item 771);
5) Law of the RSFSR of August 17, 1966 on the Approval of the Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the RSFSR on the Introduction of Amendments into Article 16 of the Civil Code of the RSFSR (Vedomosti Verkhovnogo Sovieta RSFSR, No. 34, 1966, Item 1919);
6) Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the RSFSR of May 30, 1969, on the Extension of Article 264 of the Civil Code of the RSFSR (Vedomosti Verkhovnogo Sovieta RSFSR, No. 23, 1969, Item 783);
7) Law of the RSFSR of July 30, 1969 on the Approval of the Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the RSFSR on the Extension of Article 264 of the Civil Code of the RSFSR (Vedomosti Verkhovnogo Sovieta RSFSR, No. 32, 1969, Item 1091);
8) Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the RSFSR of June 22, 1970 on the Introduction of Amendments into Article 369 of the Civil Code of the RSFSR (Vedomosti Verkhovnogo Sovieta RSFSR, No. 26, 1970, Item 511);
9) Law of the RSFSR of July 1, 1970 on the Approval of the Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the RSFSR on the Introduction of an Amendment into Article 369 of the Civil Code of the RSFSR (Vedomosti Verkhovnogo Sovieta RSFSR, No. 28, 1970, Item 585);
10) Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the RSFSR of August 15, 1972 on the Introduction of Addenda and Amendments into the Civil and the Civil Procedure Codes of the RSFSR (Vedomosti Verkhovnogo Sovieta RSFSR, No. 33, 1972, Item 825);
11) Law of the RSFSR of December 26, 1972 on the Approval of the Decrees of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the RSFSR, Introducing Certain Amendments and Addenda into the Currently Operating Legislation of the RSFSR (Vedomosti Verkhovnogo Sovieta RSFSR, No. 52, 1972, Item 1346) as concerns the approval of the Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the RSFSR of August 15, 1972 on the Introduction of Addenda and Amendments into the Civil and the Civil Procedure Code of the RSFSR;
12) Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the RSFSR of March 1, 1974 on the Introduction of Amendments and Addenda into the Civil Code of the RSFSR (Vedomosti Verkhovnogo Sovieta RSFSR, No. 10, 1974, Item 286);
13) Law of the RSFSR of August 2, 1974 on the Approval of the Decrees of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the RSFSR, Introducing Certain Amendments and Addenda into the Currently Operating Legislation of the RSFSR (Vedomosti Verkhovnogo Sovieta RSFSR, No. 32, 1974, Item 854) in the part of approval of the Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the RSFSR of March 1, 1974 on the Introduction of Amendments and Addenda into the Civil Code of the RSFSR;
14) Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the RSFSR of December 18, 1974 on Amending and Recognizing as Having Lost Force Certain Legislative Acts of the RSFSR in Connection with Putting into Operation the Law of the RSFSR on the Notariat (Vedomosti Verkhovnogo Sovieta RSFSR, No. 51, 1974, Item 1346);
15) Law of the RSFSR of December 25, 1974 on the Approval of Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the RSFSR on Amending and Recognizing as Having Lost Force Certain Legislative Acts of the RSFSR in Connection with Putting into Operation the Law of the RSFSR on the State Notariat (Vedomosti Verkhovnogo Sovieta RSFSR, No. 52, 1974, Item 1366);
16) Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the RSFSR of October 18, 1976 on the Extension of Article 492 of the Civil Code of the RSFSR (Vedomosti Verkhovnogo Sovieta RSFSR, No. 42, 1976, Item 1270);
17) Law of the RSFSR of November 19, 1976 on the Approval of the Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the RSFSR on the Extension of Article 492 of the Civil Code of the RSFSR (Vedomosti Verkhovnogo Sovieta RSFSR, No. 47, 1976, Item 1357);
18) Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the RSFSR of February 3, 1977 on Amending and Recognizing as Having Lost Force Certain Legislative Acts of the RSFSR (Vedomosti Verkhovnogo Sovieta RSFSR, No. 6, 1977, Item 129);
19) Law of the RSFSR of July 20, 1977 on the Approval of the Decrees of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the RSFSR, Introducing Certain Amendments and Addenda into the Currently Operating Legislation of the RSFSR (Vedomosti Verkhovnogo Sovieta RSFSR, No. 30, 1977, Item 725) in the part of approval of the Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the RSFSR of February 3, 1977 on Amending and Recognizing as Having Lost Force Certain Legislative Acts of the RSFSR);
20) Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the RSFSR No. 3356-XI of May 28, 1986 on the Introduction of Amendments and Addenda into Certain Legislative Acts of the RSFSR (Vedomosti Verkhovnogo Sovieta RSFSR, No. 23, 1986, Item 638);
21) Law of the RSFSR of July 2, 1986 on the Approval of the Decrees of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the RSFSR on the Introduction of Amendments and Addenda into Certain Legislative Acts of the RSFSR (Vedomosti Verkhovnogo Sovieta RSFSR, No. 28, 1986, Item 804) in the part of approval of the Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the RSFSR of May 28, 1986 on the Introduction of Amendments and Addenda into Certain Legislative Acts of the RSFSR:
22) Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the RSFSR No. 5375-XI of February 24, 1987 on the Introduction of Amendments and Addenda into the Civil Code of the RSFSR and into Certain Other Legislative Acts of the RSFSR (Vedomosti Verkhovnogo Sovieta RSFSR, No. 9, 1987, Item 250);
23) Law of the RSFSR of July 7, 1987 on the Approval of the Decrees of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the RSFSR on the Introduction of Amendments and Addenda into Certain Legislative Acts of the RSFSR (Vedomosti Verkhovnogo Sovieta RSFSR, No. 29, 1987, Item 1061) in the part of approval of the Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the RSFSR of February 24, 1987 on the Introduction of Amendments and Addenda into the Civil Code of the RSFSR and into Certain Other Legislative Acts of the RSFSR;
24) Article 1 of Part One of Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the RSFSR No. 8066-XI of January 5, 1988 on the Introduction of Amendments and Addenda into Certain Legislative Acts of the RSFSR (Vedomosti Verkhovnogo Sovieta RSFSR, No. 1, 1988, Item 1);
25) Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the RSFSR No. 8824-XI of April 15, 1988 on the Introduction of Amendments and Addenda into the Land and the Civil Codes of the RSFSR (Vedomosti Verkhovnogo Sovieta RSFSR, No. 16, 1988, Item 476);
26) Law of the RSFSR of April 20, 1988 on the Approval of the Decrees of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the RSFSR on the Introduction of Amendments and Addenda into Certain Legislative Acts of the RSFSR (Vedomosti Verkhovnogo Sovieta RSFSR, No. 17, 1988, Item 541) in the part of approval of the Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the RSFSR of April 15, 1988 on the Introduction of Amendments and Addenda into the Land and the Civil Codes of the RSFSR;
27) Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the RSFSR No. 13551-XI of January 16, 1990 on the Introduction of Amendments into the Land and the Civil Code of the RSFSR (Vedomosti Verkhovnogo Sovieta RSFSR, No. 3, 1990, Item 78);
28) Article 1 of Law of the Russian Federation No. 3119-I of June 24, 1992 on the Introduction of Amendments and Addenda into the Civil Code of the RSFSR, into the Civil Procedure Code of the RSFSR, into the Regulations of the Supreme Soviet of the RSFSR, into the Laws of the RSFSR on the Jewish Autonomous Region, on the Elections of People's Deputies of the RSFSR, on Additional Authority of the Local Soviets of People's Deputies under the Conditions of Transition to Market Relations, on the Peasant (Farmer's) Economy, on Land Reform, on Banks and Banking Activity in the RSFSR, on the Central Bank of the RSFSR (the Bank of Russia), on the Ownership in the RSFSR, on Enterprises and Business Activity, on the State Tax Service of the RSFSR, on Competition and on the Restriction of Monopoly Activity on Commodity Markets, on the Priority Provision of the Agroindustrial Complex with Material and Technical Resources, on the Local Self-Government in the RSFSR, on the Privatization of State and Municipal Enterprises in the RSFSR, on the Principles of the Budgetary Organization and the Budgetary Process in the RSFSR; on State Duty; into the Laws of the Russian Federation on the Territorial and the Regional Soviet of People's Deputies and on the Territorial and the Regional Administration, on the Commodity Exchanges and the Exchange Trade (Vedomosti S'yezda Narodnykh Deputatov Rossiiskoy Federatsii i Verkhovnogo Sovieta Rossiiskoy Federatsii, No. 34, 1992, Item 1966);
29) Law of the Russian Federation No. 3119/1-I of June 24, 1992 on the Introduction of Amendments and Addenda into the Civil Code of the RSFSR (Vedomosti S'yezda Narodnykh Deputatov i Verkhovnogo Sovieta Rossiiskoy Federatsii, No. 29, 1992, Item 1689);
30) Decision of the Supreme Soviet of the Russian Federation No. 3301-I of July 14, 1992 on the Regulation of Civil Legal Relations in the Period of Carrying Out Economic Reforms (Vedomosti S'yezda Narodnykh Deputatov Rossiiskoy Federatsii i Verkhovnogo Sovieta Rossiiskoy Federatsii, No. 30, 1992, Item 1800);
31) Patent Law of the Russian Federation No. 3517-I of September 23, 1992 (Vedomosti S'yezda Narodnykh Deputatov Rossiiskoy Federatsii i Verkhovnogo Sovieta Rossiiskoy Federatsii, No. 42, 1992, Item 2319);
32) Decision of the Supreme Soviet of the Russian Federation No. 3518-I of September 23, 1992, on Putting into Operation the Patents Law of the Russian Federation (Vedomosti S'yezda Narodnykh Deputatov Rossiiskoy Federatsii i Verkhovnogo Sovieta Rossiiskoy Federatsii, No. 42, 1992, Item 2320);
33) Law of the Russian Federation No. 3520-I of September 23, 1992 on the Trade Marks, Servicing Marks and Designations of the Places of Commodity Origin (Vedomosti S'yezda Narodnykh Deputatov Rossiiskoy Federatsii i Verkhovnogo Sovieta Rossiiskoy Federatsii, No. 42, 1992, Item 2322);
34) Decision of the Supreme Soviet of the Russian Federation No. 3521-I of September 23, 1992 on Putting into Operation the Law of the Russian Federation on Trade Marks, Servicing Marks and Designations of the Places of Commodity Origin (Vedomosti S'yezda Narodnykh Deputatov Rossiiskoy Federatsii i Verkhovnogo Sovieta Rossiiskoy Federatsii, No. 42, 1992, Item 2323);
35) Law of the Russian Federation No. 3523-I of September 23, 1992 on the Legal Protection of the Software for Computers and Data Bases (Vedomosti S'yezda Narodnykh Deputatov Rossiiskoy Federatsii i Verkhovnogo Sovieta Rossiiskoy Federatsii, No. 42, 1992, Item 2325);
36) Decision of the Supreme Soviet of the Russian Federation No. 3524-I of September 23, 1992 on the Procedure for Putting into Operation the Law of the Russian Federation on the Legal Protection of the Software for Computers and Databases (Vedomosti S'yezda Narodnykh Deputatov Rossiiskoy Federatsii i Verkhovnogo Sovieta Rossiiskoy Federatsii, No. 42, 1992, Item 2326);
37) Law of the Russian Federation No. 3526-I of September 23, 1992 on the Legal Protection of the Topologies of Integral Microschemes (Vedomosti S'yezda Narodnykh Deputatov Rossiiskoy Federatsii i Verkhovnogo Sovieta Rossiiskoy Federatsii, No. 42, 1992, Item 2328);
38) Decision of the Supreme Soviet of the Russian Federation No. 3527-I of September 23, 1992 on the Procedure for Putting into Operation the Law of the Russian Federation on the Legal Protection of the Topologies of Integral Microschemes (Vedomosti S'yezda Narodnykh Deputatov Rossiiskoy Federatsii i Verkhovnogo Sovieta Rossiiskoy Federatsii, No. 42, 1992, Item 2329);
39) Law of the Russian Federation No. 4215-I of December 24, 1992 on the Introduction of Amendments and Addenda into the Civil Code of the Russian Federation (Vedomosti S'yezda Narodnykh Deputatov Rossiiskoy Federatsii i Verkhovnogo Sovieta Rossiiskoy Federatsii, No. 4, 1993, Item 119);
40) Items 1 and 2 of Decision of the Supreme Soviet of the Russian Federation No. 4604-I of March 3, 1993 on Certain Issues of Application of the Legislation of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics on the Territory of the Russian Federation (Vedomosti S'yezda Narodnykh Deputatov Rossiiskoy Federatsii i Verkhovnogo Sovieta Rossiiskoy Federatsii, No. 11, 1993, Item 393);
41) Law of the Russian Federation No. 5351-I of July 9, 1993 on Copyright and Adjacent Rights (Vedomosti S'yezda Narodnykh Deputatov Rossiiskoy Federatsii i Verkhovnogo Sovieta Rossiiskoy Federatsii, No. 32, 1993, Item 1242);
42) Decision of the Supreme Soviet of the Russian Federation No. 5352-I of July 9, 1993 on the Procedure for Putting into Operation the Law of the Russian Federation on Copyright and Adjacent Rights (Vedomosti S'yezda Narodnykh Deputatov Rossiiskoy Federatsii i Verkhovnogo Sovieta Rossiiskoy Federatsii, No. 32, 1993, Item 1243);
43) Decision of the Supreme Soviet of the Russian Federation No. 5438-I of July 14, 1993 on the Introduction of Amendments into Decision of the Supreme Soviet of the Russian Federation on Putting into Operation the Patent Law of the Russian Federation (Vedomosti S'yezda Narodnykh Deputatov Rossiiskoy Federatsii i Verkhovnogo Sovieta Rossiiskoy Federatsii, No. 30, 1993, Item 1167);
44) Law of the Russian Federation No. 5605-I of August 6, 1993 on Achievements in Selection (Vedomosti S'yezda Narodnykh Deputatov Rossiiskoy Federatsii i Verkhovnogo Sovieta Rossiiskoy Federatsii, No. 36, 1993, Item 1436);
45) Decision of the Supreme Soviet of the Russian Federation No. 5606-I of August 6, 1993 on the Procedure for Putting into Operation the Law of the Russian Federation on Achievements in Selection (Vedomosti S'yezda Narodnykh Deputatov Rossiiskoy Federatsii i Verkhovnogo Sovieta Rossiiskoy Federatsii, No. 36, 1993, Item 1437);
46) Federal Law No. 110-FZ of July 19, 1995 on the Introduction of Amendments and Addenda into the Criminal-Procedure Code of the RSFSR, into the Code of the RSFSR on Administrative Law Offences and into the Law of the Russian Federation on the Copyright and the Adjacent Rights (Sobraniye Zakonodatelstva Rossiiskoy Federatsii, No. 30, 1995, Item 2866);
47) Federal Law No. 82-FZ of July 9, 2002 on the Introduction of Amendments and Addenda into the Law of the Russian Federation on the Legal Protection of the Topologies of Integral Microschemes (Sobraniye Zakonodatelstva Rossiiskoy Federatsii, No. 28, 2002, Item 2786);
48) Federal Law No. 166-FZ of December 11, 2002 on the Introduction of Amendments and Addenda into the Law of the Russian Federation on the Trade Marks, Servicing Marks and Designations of the Places of Commodity Origin (Sobraniye Zakonodatelstva Rossiiskoy Federatsii, No. 50, 2002, Item 4927);
49) Federal Law No. 177-FZ of December 24, 2002 on the Introduction of Amendments and Addenda into the Law of the Russian Federation on the Legal Protection of Software for Computers and Databases (Sobraniye Zakonodatelstva Rossiiskoy Federatsii, No. 52, 2002, Item 5133);
50) Federal Law No. 22-FZ of February 7, 2003 on the Introduction of Amendments and Addenda into the Patent Law of the Russian Federation (Sobraniye Zakonodatelstva Rossiiskoy Federatsii, No. 6, 2003, Item 505);
51) Federal Law No. 72-FZ of July 20, 2002 on the Introduction of Amendments and Addenda into the Law of the Russian Federation on the Copyright and the Adjacent Rights (Sobraniye Zakonodatelstva Rossiiskoy Federatsii, No. 30, 2004, Item 3090);
52) Articles 18 and 19 of Federal Law No. 122-FZ of August 22, 2004 on the Introduction of Amendments into Certain Legislative Acts and on Recognizing as Having Lost Force Certain Legislative Acts of the Russian Federation in Connection with the Adoption of the Federal Laws on the Introduction of Amendments and Addenda into the Federal Law on the General Principles of Organization of the Legislative (Representative) and Executive Bodies of State Power of the Subjects of the Russian Federation, and, on the General Principles of Organization of the Local Self-Government in the Russian Federation (Sobraniye Zakonodatelstva Rossiiskoy Federatsii, No. 35, 2004, Item 3607);
53) Articles 6 and 7 of Federal Law No. 127-FZ of November 2, 2004 on the Introduction of Amendments and Addenda into Part One and Part Two of the Tax Code of the Russian Federation and into Certain Other Legislative Acts of the Russian Federation, as Well as on Recognizing as Having Lost Force the Individual Legislative Acts (the Provisions of the Legislative Acts) of the Russian Federation (Sobraniye Zakonodatelstva Rossiiskoy Federatsii, No. 45, 2004, Item 4377);
54) Articles 3-5 and 33 of Federal Law No. 19-FZ of February 2, 2006 on the Introduction of Amendments into Certain Legislative Acts of the Russian Federation and on Recognizing as Having Lost Force the Individual Provisions of the Legislative Acts of the Russian Federation in Connection with the Adoption of the Federal Law on the Placement of Orders on the Deliveries of Commodities, on the Performance of Works and Rendering Services for the State and Municipal Needs (Sobraniye Zakonodatelstva Rossiiskoy Federatsii, No. 6, 2006, Item 636).
Article 3
As from January 1, 2008, to recognize as not operating on the territory of the Russian Federation:
1) Regulations on the Firm, approved by the Decision of the Central Executive Committee and of the Soviet of People's Commissars of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics of June 22, 1927 on Putting into Operation the Regulations on the Firm (Sobraniye Zakonov i Rasporyazhenii Raboche-Krestyanskogo Pravitelstva SSSR [Collected Laws and Orders of the Worker and Peasant Government of the USSR], No. 40, 1927, Item 395);
2) Decision of the Central Executive Committee and of the Soviet of People's Commissars of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics of June 22, 1927 on Putting into Operation the Regulations on the Firm (Sobraniye Zakonov i Rasporyazhenii Raboche-Krestyanskogo Pravitelstva SSSR, No. 40, 1927, Item 394);
3) Fundamentals of the Civil Legislation of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics and of the Republics (Vedomosti S'yezda Narodnykh Deputatov SSSR i Verkhovnogo Sovieta SSSR, No. 26, 1991, Item 733);
4) Decision of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR No. 2212-I of May 31, 1991 on Putting into Operation the Fundamentals of the Civil Legislation of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (Vedomosti S'yezda Narodnykh Deputatov SSSR i Verkhovnogo Sovieta SSSR, No. 26, 1991, Item 734).
Article 4
Until the laws and the other legal acts operating on the territory of the Russian Federation, are adjusted to Part Four of the Code, the laws and the other legal acts of the Russian Federation, as well as the acts of legislation of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, operating on the territory of the Russian Federation, shall be applied in the framework and in accordance with the procedure stipulated in the legislation of the Russian Federation, in as much as they do not contradict Part Four of the Code.
Article 5
Part Four of the Code shall be applied only to the legal relations that have arisen after putting it into operation.
On the legal relations that have arisen before putting into operation Part Four of the Code, it shall be applied to those rights and duties which will arise after it is put into operation.
The rights to the results of intellectual activity and to the means of individualization equated to the former, protected as on the day of putting into operation Part Four of the Code, shall continue being protected in conformity with the rules of Part Four of the Code.
The author of a work or another initial right holder shall be identified in conformity with the legislation operating as at the moment of creating the work.
Article 6
The time terms for the protection of rights stipulated in Articles 1281, 1318, 1327 and 1331 of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation, shall be applied in the cases when the fifty-year term of operation of the copyright or of the adjacent rights has not yet expired as on January 1, 1993.
The copyright of legal entities which has arisen before August 3, 1993, that is, before the entry into force of Law of the Russian Federation No. 5351-I of July 9, 1993 on the Copyright and the Adjacent Rights, shall be terminated after the expiry of seventy years as from the day of the legally justified publication of the work, and if it has not been published - as from the day of its creation. Towards the corresponding legal relations shall be applied by analogy the rules of Part Four of the Code. For the purposes of their application, such legal entities shall be seen as the authors of the works.
Article 7
The norms of Part Four of the Code on the procedure for the conclusion and on the form of contracts, as well as on their state registration, shall be applied towards the contracts concluded after putting into operation Part Four of the Code, including towards the contracts, the proposals to concluding which are directed before January 1, 2008 and which are concluded after January 1, 2008.
Article 8
The norms of Part Four of the Code, obligatory for the Parties concerning the grounds, consequences and procedure for the cancellation of contracts shall also be applied towards the contracts which continue operating after putting into operation Part Four of the Code, regardless of the date of their conclusion.
The norms of Part Four of the Code, obligatory for the Parties concerning responsibility for violating contractual liabilities shall be applied if the corresponding violations were committed after Part Four of the Code was put into operation , with the exception of the cases when in the contracts concluded before January 1, 2008 a different responsibility for such violations was envisaged.
Article 9
The authorship, the author's name and the inviolability of the works of science, literature and art, as well as the authorship, the name of the performer and the inviolability of the performance are protected in conformity with the rules of Articles 1228, 1267 and 1316 of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation, regardless of whether legal protection was granted to such results of intellectual activity as at the moment of their creation.
Protection of the authoriship, of the author's name and of the inviolability of the works of science, literature and art, as well as of the authoriship, of the name of the performer and of the inviolability of the performance shall be effected in conformity with the rules of Articles 1228, 1267 and 1316 of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation, if the corresponding encroachment was committed after Part Four of the Code was put into operation .
Article 10
An exclusive right to the results of intellectual activity in the area of geodesy and cartography, which were achieved earlier at the expense of funds from the republican budget of the RSFSR and of the part of the state budget of the USSR, comprising the union budget, and which are situated on the territory of the Russian Federation, including to the materials of the state cartographic and geodesical fund of the Russian Federation, shall be recognized as belonging to the Russian Federation unless this exclusive right was handed over or belonged to another person in conformity with the legislation of the Russian Federation.
Disposal of an exclusive right to the results of intellectual activity in the area of geodesy and cartography on behalf of the Russian Federation shall be effected in the order established by the Government of the Russian Federation.
Article 11
On the author's certificates of the USSR on inventions for which as on October 14, 1992, that is, as at the moment of putting into operation the Patent Law of the Russian Federation No. 3517-I of September 23, 1992 the twenty-year term as from the date of filing the application has not yet expired, and on the USSR certificates for industrial samples on which the fifteen-year term as from filing the application has not yet expired, as well as on the USSR patents to the name of the State Fund of Inventions of the USSR, the applicants together with the authors are granted the right to file a petition for termination of the term of operation of the above protection documents on the territory of the Russian Federation, with the simultaneous issue of a patent of the Russian Federation for the remaining time term.
Passed by the State Duma on November 24, 2006.
Approved by the Federation Council on December 8, 2006.
Article 1
To put into operation Part Four of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation (hereinafter referred to as Part Four of the Code) as from January 1, 2008.
Article 2
To recognize as having lost force as from January 1, 2008:
1) Civil Code of the RSFSR (Vedomosti Verkhovnogo Sovieta RSFSR, No. 24, 1964, Item 406);
2) Law of the RSFSR of June 11, 1964 on the Approval of the Civil Code of the RSFSR (Vedomosti Verkhovnogo Sovieta RSFSR, No. 24, 1964, Item 406);
3) Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the RSFSR of June 12, 1964 on the Procedure for Putting into Operation the Civil and the Civil Procedure Codes of the RSFSR (Vedomosti Verkhovnogo Sovieta RSFSR, No. 24, 1964, Item 416);
4) Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the RSFSR of August 4, 1966 on the Introduction of Amendments into Article 16 of the Civil Code of the RSFSR (Vedomosti Verkhovnogo Sovieta RSFSR, No. 32, 1966, Item 771);
5) Law of the RSFSR of August 17, 1966 on the Approval of the Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the RSFSR on the Introduction of Amendments into Article 16 of the Civil Code of the RSFSR (Vedomosti Verkhovnogo Sovieta RSFSR, No. 34, 1966, Item 1919);
6) Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the RSFSR of May 30, 1969, on the Extension of Article 264 of the Civil Code of the RSFSR (Vedomosti Verkhovnogo Sovieta RSFSR, No. 23, 1969, Item 783);
7) Law of the RSFSR of July 30, 1969 on the Approval of the Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the RSFSR on the Extension of Article 264 of the Civil Code of the RSFSR (Vedomosti Verkhovnogo Sovieta RSFSR, No. 32, 1969, Item 1091);
8) Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the RSFSR of June 22, 1970 on the Introduction of Amendments into Article 369 of the Civil Code of the RSFSR (Vedomosti Verkhovnogo Sovieta RSFSR, No. 26, 1970, Item 511);
9) Law of the RSFSR of July 1, 1970 on the Approval of the Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the RSFSR on the Introduction of an Amendment into Article 369 of the Civil Code of the RSFSR (Vedomosti Verkhovnogo Sovieta RSFSR, No. 28, 1970, Item 585);
10) Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the RSFSR of August 15, 1972 on the Introduction of Addenda and Amendments into the Civil and the Civil Procedure Codes of the RSFSR (Vedomosti Verkhovnogo Sovieta RSFSR, No. 33, 1972, Item 825);
11) Law of the RSFSR of December 26, 1972 on the Approval of the Decrees of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the RSFSR, Introducing Certain Amendments and Addenda into the Currently Operating Legislation of the RSFSR (Vedomosti Verkhovnogo Sovieta RSFSR, No. 52, 1972, Item 1346) as concerns the approval of the Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the RSFSR of August 15, 1972 on the Introduction of Addenda and Amendments into the Civil and the Civil Procedure Code of the RSFSR;
12) Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the RSFSR of March 1, 1974 on the Introduction of Amendments and Addenda into the Civil Code of the RSFSR (Vedomosti Verkhovnogo Sovieta RSFSR, No. 10, 1974, Item 286);
13) Law of the RSFSR of August 2, 1974 on the Approval of the Decrees of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the RSFSR, Introducing Certain Amendments and Addenda into the Currently Operating Legislation of the RSFSR (Vedomosti Verkhovnogo Sovieta RSFSR, No. 32, 1974, Item 854) in the part of approval of the Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the RSFSR of March 1, 1974 on the Introduction of Amendments and Addenda into the Civil Code of the RSFSR;
14) Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the RSFSR of December 18, 1974 on Amending and Recognizing as Having Lost Force Certain Legislative Acts of the RSFSR in Connection with Putting into Operation the Law of the RSFSR on the Notariat (Vedomosti Verkhovnogo Sovieta RSFSR, No. 51, 1974, Item 1346);
15) Law of the RSFSR of December 25, 1974 on the Approval of Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the RSFSR on Amending and Recognizing as Having Lost Force Certain Legislative Acts of the RSFSR in Connection with Putting into Operation the Law of the RSFSR on the State Notariat (Vedomosti Verkhovnogo Sovieta RSFSR, No. 52, 1974, Item 1366);
16) Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the RSFSR of October 18, 1976 on the Extension of Article 492 of the Civil Code of the RSFSR (Vedomosti Verkhovnogo Sovieta RSFSR, No. 42, 1976, Item 1270);
17) Law of the RSFSR of November 19, 1976 on the Approval of the Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the RSFSR on the Extension of Article 492 of the Civil Code of the RSFSR (Vedomosti Verkhovnogo Sovieta RSFSR, No. 47, 1976, Item 1357);
18) Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the RSFSR of February 3, 1977 on Amending and Recognizing as Having Lost Force Certain Legislative Acts of the RSFSR (Vedomosti Verkhovnogo Sovieta RSFSR, No. 6, 1977, Item 129);
19) Law of the RSFSR of July 20, 1977 on the Approval of the Decrees of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the RSFSR, Introducing Certain Amendments and Addenda into the Currently Operating Legislation of the RSFSR (Vedomosti Verkhovnogo Sovieta RSFSR, No. 30, 1977, Item 725) in the part of approval of the Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the RSFSR of February 3, 1977 on Amending and Recognizing as Having Lost Force Certain Legislative Acts of the RSFSR);
20) Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the RSFSR No. 3356-XI of May 28, 1986 on the Introduction of Amendments and Addenda into Certain Legislative Acts of the RSFSR (Vedomosti Verkhovnogo Sovieta RSFSR, No. 23, 1986, Item 638);
21) Law of the RSFSR of July 2, 1986 on the Approval of the Decrees of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the RSFSR on the Introduction of Amendments and Addenda into Certain Legislative Acts of the RSFSR (Vedomosti Verkhovnogo Sovieta RSFSR, No. 28, 1986, Item 804) in the part of approval of the Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the RSFSR of May 28, 1986 on the Introduction of Amendments and Addenda into Certain Legislative Acts of the RSFSR:
22) Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the RSFSR No. 5375-XI of February 24, 1987 on the Introduction of Amendments and Addenda into the Civil Code of the RSFSR and into Certain Other Legislative Acts of the RSFSR (Vedomosti Verkhovnogo Sovieta RSFSR, No. 9, 1987, Item 250);
23) Law of the RSFSR of July 7, 1987 on the Approval of the Decrees of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the RSFSR on the Introduction of Amendments and Addenda into Certain Legislative Acts of the RSFSR (Vedomosti Verkhovnogo Sovieta RSFSR, No. 29, 1987, Item 1061) in the part of approval of the Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the RSFSR of February 24, 1987 on the Introduction of Amendments and Addenda into the Civil Code of the RSFSR and into Certain Other Legislative Acts of the RSFSR;
24) Article 1 of Part One of Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the RSFSR No. 8066-XI of January 5, 1988 on the Introduction of Amendments and Addenda into Certain Legislative Acts of the RSFSR (Vedomosti Verkhovnogo Sovieta RSFSR, No. 1, 1988, Item 1);
25) Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the RSFSR No. 8824-XI of April 15, 1988 on the Introduction of Amendments and Addenda into the Land and the Civil Codes of the RSFSR (Vedomosti Verkhovnogo Sovieta RSFSR, No. 16, 1988, Item 476);
26) Law of the RSFSR of April 20, 1988 on the Approval of the Decrees of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the RSFSR on the Introduction of Amendments and Addenda into Certain Legislative Acts of the RSFSR (Vedomosti Verkhovnogo Sovieta RSFSR, No. 17, 1988, Item 541) in the part of approval of the Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the RSFSR of April 15, 1988 on the Introduction of Amendments and Addenda into the Land and the Civil Codes of the RSFSR;
27) Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the RSFSR No. 13551-XI of January 16, 1990 on the Introduction of Amendments into the Land and the Civil Code of the RSFSR (Vedomosti Verkhovnogo Sovieta RSFSR, No. 3, 1990, Item 78);
28) Article 1 of Law of the Russian Federation No. 3119-I of June 24, 1992 on the Introduction of Amendments and Addenda into the Civil Code of the RSFSR, into the Civil Procedure Code of the RSFSR, into the Regulations of the Supreme Soviet of the RSFSR, into the Laws of the RSFSR on the Jewish Autonomous Region, on the Elections of People's Deputies of the RSFSR, on Additional Authority of the Local Soviets of People's Deputies under the Conditions of Transition to Market Relations, on the Peasant (Farmer's) Economy, on Land Reform, on Banks and Banking Activity in the RSFSR, on the Central Bank of the RSFSR (the Bank of Russia), on the Ownership in the RSFSR, on Enterprises and Business Activity, on the State Tax Service of the RSFSR, on Competition and on the Restriction of Monopoly Activity on Commodity Markets, on the Priority Provision of the Agroindustrial Complex with Material and Technical Resources, on the Local Self-Government in the RSFSR, on the Privatization of State and Municipal Enterprises in the RSFSR, on the Principles of the Budgetary Organization and the Budgetary Process in the RSFSR; on State Duty; into the Laws of the Russian Federation on the Territorial and the Regional Soviet of People's Deputies and on the Territorial and the Regional Administration, on the Commodity Exchanges and the Exchange Trade (Vedomosti S'yezda Narodnykh Deputatov Rossiiskoy Federatsii i Verkhovnogo Sovieta Rossiiskoy Federatsii, No. 34, 1992, Item 1966);
29) Law of the Russian Federation No. 3119/1-I of June 24, 1992 on the Introduction of Amendments and Addenda into the Civil Code of the RSFSR (Vedomosti S'yezda Narodnykh Deputatov i Verkhovnogo Sovieta Rossiiskoy Federatsii, No. 29, 1992, Item 1689);
30) Decision of the Supreme Soviet of the Russian Federation No. 3301-I of July 14, 1992 on the Regulation of Civil Legal Relations in the Period of Carrying Out Economic Reforms (Vedomosti S'yezda Narodnykh Deputatov Rossiiskoy Federatsii i Verkhovnogo Sovieta Rossiiskoy Federatsii, No. 30, 1992, Item 1800);
31) Patent Law of the Russian Federation No. 3517-I of September 23, 1992 (Vedomosti S'yezda Narodnykh Deputatov Rossiiskoy Federatsii i Verkhovnogo Sovieta Rossiiskoy Federatsii, No. 42, 1992, Item 2319);
32) Decision of the Supreme Soviet of the Russian Federation No. 3518-I of September 23, 1992, on Putting into Operation the Patents Law of the Russian Federation (Vedomosti S'yezda Narodnykh Deputatov Rossiiskoy Federatsii i Verkhovnogo Sovieta Rossiiskoy Federatsii, No. 42, 1992, Item 2320);
33) Law of the Russian Federation No. 3520-I of September 23, 1992 on the Trade Marks, Servicing Marks and Designations of the Places of Commodity Origin (Vedomosti S'yezda Narodnykh Deputatov Rossiiskoy Federatsii i Verkhovnogo Sovieta Rossiiskoy Federatsii, No. 42, 1992, Item 2322);
34) Decision of the Supreme Soviet of the Russian Federation No. 3521-I of September 23, 1992 on Putting into Operation the Law of the Russian Federation on Trade Marks, Servicing Marks and Designations of the Places of Commodity Origin (Vedomosti S'yezda Narodnykh Deputatov Rossiiskoy Federatsii i Verkhovnogo Sovieta Rossiiskoy Federatsii, No. 42, 1992, Item 2323);
35) Law of the Russian Federation No. 3523-I of September 23, 1992 on the Legal Protection of the Software for Computers and Data Bases (Vedomosti S'yezda Narodnykh Deputatov Rossiiskoy Federatsii i Verkhovnogo Sovieta Rossiiskoy Federatsii, No. 42, 1992, Item 2325);
36) Decision of the Supreme Soviet of the Russian Federation No. 3524-I of September 23, 1992 on the Procedure for Putting into Operation the Law of the Russian Federation on the Legal Protection of the Software for Computers and Databases (Vedomosti S'yezda Narodnykh Deputatov Rossiiskoy Federatsii i Verkhovnogo Sovieta Rossiiskoy Federatsii, No. 42, 1992, Item 2326);
37) Law of the Russian Federation No. 3526-I of September 23, 1992 on the Legal Protection of the Topologies of Integral Microschemes (Vedomosti S'yezda Narodnykh Deputatov Rossiiskoy Federatsii i Verkhovnogo Sovieta Rossiiskoy Federatsii, No. 42, 1992, Item 2328);
38) Decision of the Supreme Soviet of the Russian Federation No. 3527-I of September 23, 1992 on the Procedure for Putting into Operation the Law of the Russian Federation on the Legal Protection of the Topologies of Integral Microschemes (Vedomosti S'yezda Narodnykh Deputatov Rossiiskoy Federatsii i Verkhovnogo Sovieta Rossiiskoy Federatsii, No. 42, 1992, Item 2329);
39) Law of the Russian Federation No. 4215-I of December 24, 1992 on the Introduction of Amendments and Addenda into the Civil Code of the Russian Federation (Vedomosti S'yezda Narodnykh Deputatov Rossiiskoy Federatsii i Verkhovnogo Sovieta Rossiiskoy Federatsii, No. 4, 1993, Item 119);
40) Items 1 and 2 of Decision of the Supreme Soviet of the Russian Federation No. 4604-I of March 3, 1993 on Certain Issues of Application of the Legislation of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics on the Territory of the Russian Federation (Vedomosti S'yezda Narodnykh Deputatov Rossiiskoy Federatsii i Verkhovnogo Sovieta Rossiiskoy Federatsii, No. 11, 1993, Item 393);
41) Law of the Russian Federation No. 5351-I of July 9, 1993 on Copyright and Adjacent Rights (Vedomosti S'yezda Narodnykh Deputatov Rossiiskoy Federatsii i Verkhovnogo Sovieta Rossiiskoy Federatsii, No. 32, 1993, Item 1242);
42) Decision of the Supreme Soviet of the Russian Federation No. 5352-I of July 9, 1993 on the Procedure for Putting into Operation the Law of the Russian Federation on Copyright and Adjacent Rights (Vedomosti S'yezda Narodnykh Deputatov Rossiiskoy Federatsii i Verkhovnogo Sovieta Rossiiskoy Federatsii, No. 32, 1993, Item 1243);
43) Decision of the Supreme Soviet of the Russian Federation No. 5438-I of July 14, 1993 on the Introduction of Amendments into Decision of the Supreme Soviet of the Russian Federation on Putting into Operation the Patent Law of the Russian Federation (Vedomosti S'yezda Narodnykh Deputatov Rossiiskoy Federatsii i Verkhovnogo Sovieta Rossiiskoy Federatsii, No. 30, 1993, Item 1167);
44) Law of the Russian Federation No. 5605-I of August 6, 1993 on Achievements in Selection (Vedomosti S'yezda Narodnykh Deputatov Rossiiskoy Federatsii i Verkhovnogo Sovieta Rossiiskoy Federatsii, No. 36, 1993, Item 1436);
45) Decision of the Supreme Soviet of the Russian Federation No. 5606-I of August 6, 1993 on the Procedure for Putting into Operation the Law of the Russian Federation on Achievements in Selection (Vedomosti S'yezda Narodnykh Deputatov Rossiiskoy Federatsii i Verkhovnogo Sovieta Rossiiskoy Federatsii, No. 36, 1993, Item 1437);
46) Federal Law No. 110-FZ of July 19, 1995 on the Introduction of Amendments and Addenda into the Criminal-Procedure Code of the RSFSR, into the Code of the RSFSR on Administrative Law Offences and into the Law of the Russian Federation on the Copyright and the Adjacent Rights (Sobraniye Zakonodatelstva Rossiiskoy Federatsii, No. 30, 1995, Item 2866);
47) Federal Law No. 82-FZ of July 9, 2002 on the Introduction of Amendments and Addenda into the Law of the Russian Federation on the Legal Protection of the Topologies of Integral Microschemes (Sobraniye Zakonodatelstva Rossiiskoy Federatsii, No. 28, 2002, Item 2786);
48) Federal Law No. 166-FZ of December 11, 2002 on the Introduction of Amendments and Addenda into the Law of the Russian Federation on the Trade Marks, Servicing Marks and Designations of the Places of Commodity Origin (Sobraniye Zakonodatelstva Rossiiskoy Federatsii, No. 50, 2002, Item 4927);
49) Federal Law No. 177-FZ of December 24, 2002 on the Introduction of Amendments and Addenda into the Law of the Russian Federation on the Legal Protection of Software for Computers and Databases (Sobraniye Zakonodatelstva Rossiiskoy Federatsii, No. 52, 2002, Item 5133);
50) Federal Law No. 22-FZ of February 7, 2003 on the Introduction of Amendments and Addenda into the Patent Law of the Russian Federation (Sobraniye Zakonodatelstva Rossiiskoy Federatsii, No. 6, 2003, Item 505);
51) Federal Law No. 72-FZ of July 20, 2002 on the Introduction of Amendments and Addenda into the Law of the Russian Federation on the Copyright and the Adjacent Rights (Sobraniye Zakonodatelstva Rossiiskoy Federatsii, No. 30, 2004, Item 3090);
52) Articles 18 and 19 of Federal Law No. 122-FZ of August 22, 2004 on the Introduction of Amendments into Certain Legislative Acts and on Recognizing as Having Lost Force Certain Legislative Acts of the Russian Federation in Connection with the Adoption of the Federal Laws on the Introduction of Amendments and Addenda into the Federal Law on the General Principles of Organization of the Legislative (Representative) and Executive Bodies of State Power of the Subjects of the Russian Federation, and, on the General Principles of Organization of the Local Self-Government in the Russian Federation (Sobraniye Zakonodatelstva Rossiiskoy Federatsii, No. 35, 2004, Item 3607);
53) Articles 6 and 7 of Federal Law No. 127-FZ of November 2, 2004 on the Introduction of Amendments and Addenda into Part One and Part Two of the Tax Code of the Russian Federation and into Certain Other Legislative Acts of the Russian Federation, as Well as on Recognizing as Having Lost Force the Individual Legislative Acts (the Provisions of the Legislative Acts) of the Russian Federation (Sobraniye Zakonodatelstva Rossiiskoy Federatsii, No. 45, 2004, Item 4377);
54) Articles 3-5 and 33 of Federal Law No. 19-FZ of February 2, 2006 on the Introduction of Amendments into Certain Legislative Acts of the Russian Federation and on Recognizing as Having Lost Force the Individual Provisions of the Legislative Acts of the Russian Federation in Connection with the Adoption of the Federal Law on the Placement of Orders on the Deliveries of Commodities, on the Performance of Works and Rendering Services for the State and Municipal Needs (Sobraniye Zakonodatelstva Rossiiskoy Federatsii, No. 6, 2006, Item 636).
Article 3
As from January 1, 2008, to recognize as not operating on the territory of the Russian Federation:
1) Regulations on the Firm, approved by the Decision of the Central Executive Committee and of the Soviet of People's Commissars of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics of June 22, 1927 on Putting into Operation the Regulations on the Firm (Sobraniye Zakonov i Rasporyazhenii Raboche-Krestyanskogo Pravitelstva SSSR [Collected Laws and Orders of the Worker and Peasant Government of the USSR], No. 40, 1927, Item 395);
2) Decision of the Central Executive Committee and of the Soviet of People's Commissars of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics of June 22, 1927 on Putting into Operation the Regulations on the Firm (Sobraniye Zakonov i Rasporyazhenii Raboche-Krestyanskogo Pravitelstva SSSR, No. 40, 1927, Item 394);
3) Fundamentals of the Civil Legislation of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics and of the Republics (Vedomosti S'yezda Narodnykh Deputatov SSSR i Verkhovnogo Sovieta SSSR, No. 26, 1991, Item 733);
4) Decision of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR No. 2212-I of May 31, 1991 on Putting into Operation the Fundamentals of the Civil Legislation of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (Vedomosti S'yezda Narodnykh Deputatov SSSR i Verkhovnogo Sovieta SSSR, No. 26, 1991, Item 734).
Article 4
Until the laws and the other legal acts operating on the territory of the Russian Federation, are adjusted to Part Four of the Code, the laws and the other legal acts of the Russian Federation, as well as the acts of legislation of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, operating on the territory of the Russian Federation, shall be applied in the framework and in accordance with the procedure stipulated in the legislation of the Russian Federation, in as much as they do not contradict Part Four of the Code.
Article 5
Part Four of the Code shall be applied only to the legal relations that have arisen after putting it into operation.
On the legal relations that have arisen before putting into operation Part Four of the Code, it shall be applied to those rights and duties which will arise after it is put into operation.
The rights to the results of intellectual activity and to the means of individualization equated to the former, protected as on the day of putting into operation Part Four of the Code, shall continue being protected in conformity with the rules of Part Four of the Code.
The author of a work or another initial right holder shall be identified in conformity with the legislation operating as at the moment of creating the work.
Article 6
The time terms for the protection of rights stipulated in Articles 1281, 1318, 1327 and 1331 of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation, shall be applied in the cases when the fifty-year term of operation of the copyright or of the adjacent rights has not yet expired as on January 1, 1993.
The copyright of legal entities which has arisen before August 3, 1993, that is, before the entry into force of Law of the Russian Federation No. 5351-I of July 9, 1993 on the Copyright and the Adjacent Rights, shall be terminated after the expiry of seventy years as from the day of the legally justified publication of the work, and if it has not been published - as from the day of its creation. Towards the corresponding legal relations shall be applied by analogy the rules of Part Four of the Code. For the purposes of their application, such legal entities shall be seen as the authors of the works.
Article 7
The norms of Part Four of the Code on the procedure for the conclusion and on the form of contracts, as well as on their state registration, shall be applied towards the contracts concluded after putting into operation Part Four of the Code, including towards the contracts, the proposals to concluding which are directed before January 1, 2008 and which are concluded after January 1, 2008.
Article 8
The norms of Part Four of the Code, obligatory for the Parties concerning the grounds, consequences and procedure for the cancellation of contracts shall also be applied towards the contracts which continue operating after putting into operation Part Four of the Code, regardless of the date of their conclusion.
The norms of Part Four of the Code, obligatory for the Parties concerning responsibility for violating contractual liabilities shall be applied if the corresponding violations were committed after Part Four of the Code was put into operation , with the exception of the cases when in the contracts concluded before January 1, 2008 a different responsibility for such violations was envisaged.
Article 9
The authorship, the author's name and the inviolability of the works of science, literature and art, as well as the authorship, the name of the performer and the inviolability of the performance are protected in conformity with the rules of Articles 1228, 1267 and 1316 of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation, regardless of whether legal protection was granted to such results of intellectual activity as at the moment of their creation.
Protection of the authoriship, of the author's name and of the inviolability of the works of science, literature and art, as well as of the authoriship, of the name of the performer and of the inviolability of the performance shall be effected in conformity with the rules of Articles 1228, 1267 and 1316 of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation, if the corresponding encroachment was committed after Part Four of the Code was put into operation .
Article 10
An exclusive right to the results of intellectual activity in the area of geodesy and cartography, which were achieved earlier at the expense of funds from the republican budget of the RSFSR and of the part of the state budget of the USSR, comprising the union budget, and which are situated on the territory of the Russian Federation, including to the materials of the state cartographic and geodesical fund of the Russian Federation, shall be recognized as belonging to the Russian Federation unless this exclusive right was handed over or belonged to another person in conformity with the legislation of the Russian Federation.
Disposal of an exclusive right to the results of intellectual activity in the area of geodesy and cartography on behalf of the Russian Federation shall be effected in the order established by the Government of the Russian Federation.
Article 11
On the author's certificates of the USSR on inventions for which as on October 14, 1992, that is, as at the moment of putting into operation the Patent Law of the Russian Federation No. 3517-I of September 23, 1992 the twenty-year term as from the date of filing the application has not yet expired, and on the USSR certificates for industrial samples on which the fifteen-year term as from filing the application has not yet expired, as well as on the USSR patents to the name of the State Fund of Inventions of the USSR, the applicants together with the authors are granted the right to file a petition for termination of the term of operation of the above protection documents on the territory of the Russian Federation, with the simultaneous issue of a patent of the Russian Federation for the remaining time term.