A representative of Rospotrebnadzor told RBC

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Ch sellers warn that one way to comply with the new requirements is to open factory packaging and install the app store yourself. The Ministry of Digital Development opposes this proposal.

that both manufacturers and sellers who have allowed such products to be sold will be held responsible for selling devices without the mandatory pre-installation of the RuStore unified application store.

At the end of August, the egypt whatsapp resource government approved new requirements for pre-installation of RuStore by its decree: it will be mandatory for pre-installation even if prohibited by the copyright holders of the operating system; the device manufacturer will have to ensure non-discriminatory display of the store on the screen compared to similar programs of other developers and automatic updating. As explained by the government, the innovations should exclude cases of vendors evading pre-installation of the domestic application store. Rospotrebnadzor will be responsible for checking compliance with the requirements.

The government's statement did not specify how the requirements would be implemented. One of RBC's sources in the electronics market said that in the event of non-compliance, a probable scenario could be a warning, a fine, and then a ban on the sale of devices without RuStore pre-installed properly. He recalled that a number of the largest manufacturers of smartphones and other devices, including Apple and Samsung, have stopped official deliveries of their products to Russia and now they are being sold according to the parallel import scheme, that is, without the permission of the copyright holder, when networks or distributors purchase equipment in other countries from intermediaries. We are talking about devices that are not officially intended for the Russian market: their production does not comply with local legal requirements, including the pre-installation of RuStore and other domestic applications. According to the results of the first half of the year, Samsung and Apple were among the top 5 smartphone manufacturers sold in Russia, accounting for 12.4 and 9.3% of the total number of devices sold, respectively.

The concerns of the RBC interlocutor are confirmed by lawyers. According to Pen & Paper lawyer Viktor Rykov, retailers may be held administratively liable for violating the requirements of the resolution under Article 14.8 of the Code of Administrative Offenses (violation of other consumer rights), the fine for which for legal entities ranges from 50,000 to 200,000 rubles. "The new rules were adopted with the declared goal of protecting consumer rights; authorized bodies under the law can file lawsuits in court to stop