The new Rules of sale of copies of programs for computers and data bases shall come into force since April 8, 2007
The Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation N 185
of March 27, 2007 (document is in Russian) makes amendments
to
the Rules of sale of certain kinds of goods approved by
the Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation N 55
of January 19, 1998 (document is in Russian). Now effect
of
section XII of aforesaid Rules establishing specific features
of sale of copies of audio-visual productions and phonograms
is applied to copies of programs for computers and data bases.
So, there is putted the provision, according to which sales
areas where sale of aforesaid kinds of production is provided,
must be supplied technically to give to consumers possibility
to check quality of acquired copies of audio-visual productions,
phonograms, programs for computers and data bases. Besides,
the Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation N 185
of March 27, 2007 prohibits spreet-hawking of copies of programs
for computers and data bases.