Federal Law dated 03.07.2016 № 287-FZ "On Amendments to the Federal Law "On Noncommercial Organizations" in terms of establishing the status of a non-profit organization - executor of public utility services"

On January 1, 2017 shall come into force on the Federal Law dated 03.07.2016 № 287-FZ "On Amendments to the Federal Law "On Noncommercial Organizations" in terms of establishing the status of a non-profit organization - executor of public utility services" (hereinafter - Federal law).

Federal law establishes the status of the non-profit organization - Executive socially useful services and the main criteria for granting a non-profit organization that status.

Under the non-profit organization - executor of public utility services is understood as socially oriented non-profit organization, which for more than one year has socially useful services of good quality, is not a non-profit organization that performs the functions of a foreign agent, and has no debts for obligatory payments, established by legislation of the Russian Federation.

These non-profit organizations are eligible for priority state support measures.

The list of public utility services is established by the Government of the Russian Federation in accordance with the priorities defined by the President of the Russian Federation.