RUSSIA
 
- Supreme Arbitration Court

- Supreme Court
 

Name of the institution : Supreme Arbitration Court of the Russian Federation

Composition and structure
Court functions
Advisory powers


President :
Mr. Anton A. IVANOV

Address :
12, Maly Kharitonievsky Pereoulok, 12
101000, MOSCOU
RUSSIA

Phone :
7-485-208-11 14

Email :
vasrf@arbitr.ru

Website :
http://www.arbitr.ru

Composition and structure

Number of members :
53 judges in the Supreme Arbitration Court of the Russian Federation, about 500 employees

Recruitment procedures and incompatibilities :
The judges of the Supreme Arbitration Court of the Russian Federation are appointed by the Council of Federation (Upper House of the Parliament) upon the recommendation of the President of the Russian Federation backed by the President of the Supreme Arbitration Court of the Russian Federation. incapabilities: lack of legal experience - less than 5 years, age limit - less than 35 years, criminal records in the past, certain diseases the list of which is defined by the Council of Judges.

Internal organization :
The President of the Court has 6 deputies, there are 2 panels (for administrative and civil cases) of judges, 6 sections of judges.

Publications :
The court issues the bulletin on judicial practice. Yearly reports are circulated among arbitration courts and governmental agencies of the Russian Federation.

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Court functions

Jurisdiction :
Solution of economic disputes and other affairs related to the performance of entrepreneurial and other economic activities (administrative and civil cases in business)

Organization of the courts system :
In Russia there are 84 regional arbitration courts, 20 appellate arbitration courts, 10 federal cassation district courts and the Supreme Arbitration Court of the Russian Federation

Powers of the judge (annulment, reversal, compensation, etc.) :
The judge can annul decisions of administrative government and regional agencies (fiscal, budget, custom, competition and so on), pass a decision of administrative penalties, annul normative regulations, (except federal laws and other acts that are subject to examination by the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation), annul business contracts, adopt decisions on compensation, on tax collection, on obliging a party to enter into a contract, making amendments to contracts, resolve insolvency cases etc.


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Advisory functions
No advisory authority is established within the frames of the Court and the Court does not exercise advisory functions

Authority and publicity of the advices :
However, the Supreme Arbitration court may analyze judicial practice and adopt binding recommendation to courts regarding the application of laws and regulations in order to ensure the uniformity of judicial practice.

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Miscellaneous remarks