FEDERAL LAW OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION

of July 26, 2026 No. 253-FZ

About introduction of amendments to the Federal law "About Insolvency (Bankruptcy)" and separate legal acts of the Russian Federation

Accepted by the State Duma on July 8, 2026

Approved by the Federation Council on July 17, 2026

Article 1

Bring in the Federal Law of October 26, 2002 No. 127-FZ "About insolvency (bankruptcy)" (The Russian Federation Code, 2002, No. 43, Art. 4190; 2005, No. 44, Art. 4471; 2006, No. 52, Art. 5497; 2008, No. 30, Art. 3616; 2009, No. 1, Art. 4, 14; No. 18, Art. 2153; No. 29, Art. 3632; No. 51, Art. 6160; No. 52, Art. 6450; 2010, No. 17, Art. 1988; No. 31, Art. 4188, 4196; 2011, No. 1, Art. 41; No. 7, Art. 905; No. 19, Art. 2708; No. 27, Art. 3880; No. 29, Art. 4301; No. 30, Art. 4576; No. 49, Art. 7015, 7061, 7068; 2012, No. 31, Art. 4333; 2013, No. 23, Art. 2871; No. 26, Art. 3207; No. 27, Art. 3477, 3481; No. 30, Art. 4084; No. 51, Art. 6699; No. 52, Art. 6975, 6984; 2014, No. 11, Art. 1095, 1098; No. 49, Art. 6914; No. 52, Art. 7543; 2015, No. 1, Art. 10, 11, 35; No. 27, Art. 3945, 3977; No. 29, Art. 4350; 2016, No. 1, Art. 11, 29; No. 23, Art. 3296; No. 26, Art. 3891; No. 27, Art. 4237, 4293; 2017, No. 1, Art. 29; No. 31, Art. 4767, 4815; 2018, No. 1, Art. 54; No. 28, Art. 4139; No. 49, Art. 7523, 7524; No. 53, Art. 8404, 8440; 2019, No. 26, Art. 3317; No. 46, Art. 6423; No. 52, Art. 7825; 2020, No. 12, Art. 1658; No. 14, Art. 2028; No. 17, Art. 2727; No. 24, Art. 3740; No. 29, Art. 4512; No. 31, Art. 5018, 5027, 5048; No. 52, Art. 8593; 2021, No. 17, Art. 2878; No. 24, Art. 4188; No. 27, Art. 5101, 5171, 5181; 2022, No. 1, Art. 5, 15, 45; No. 48, Art. 8319; 2023, No. 31, Art. 5766, 5770; No. 32, Art. 6206; 2024, No. 23, Art. 3045; No. 33, Art. 4923, 4952; 2025, No. 31, Art. 4658, 4665; No. 52, Art. 8331; 2026, No. 13, Art. 1517) following changes:

1) in Article 2 part one:

a) the twenty fourth to add the paragraph with words ", registered in the state register of arbitration managers (further - the register of arbitration managers) in the procedure established by this Federal Law";

b) add with paragraphs the thirty ninth - the forty first the following content:

"body for registration of arbitration managers and maintaining the register of arbitration managers (further - body for registration) - the federal executive body authorized by the Government of the Russian Federation on implementation of functions on registration of arbitration managers and maintaining the register of arbitration managers;

debt restructuring of the legal entity (further concerning the legal entity - debt restructuring) - the rehabilitation procedure applied in the case of bankruptcy to the debtor - to the legal entity for the purpose of recovery of its solvency and settlement of its debt to creditors according to the restructuring plan of debts;

the anti-recessionary managing director - the arbitration manager approved by Arbitration Court for carrying out debt restructuring according to this Federal Law.";

2) in Item 1 of Article 4:

a) the paragraph one after the words "in Arbitration Court" to add with words "statements for debt restructuring,";

b) in the paragraph the second words "statements for recognition of the debtor by the bankrupt and declared after adoption of such statement by Arbitration Court" shall be replaced with words "statements for debt restructuring, statements for recognition of the debtor by the bankrupt and declared after adoption of such statements by Arbitration Court";

c) word in paragraph five of "observation introduction" shall be replaced with words "introductions of the first procedure applied in the case of bankruptcy";

3) paragraph one of Item 1 of article 5 after the words "acceptance dates" to add with words "statements for debt restructuring,";

4) in Article 7:

a) to add Item 1 after the words "Arbitration Court with" with words "the statement for debt restructuring,";

b) in paragraph one of Item 2.1 of the word "recognition of the debtor by the bankrupt by its inclusion in the Unified federal register of data on the facts of activities of legal entities" shall be replaced with words "debt restructurings or with the statement for recognition of the debtor by the bankrupt by inclusion of this notification in the Unified federal register of legally significant data on the facts of activities of legal entities, individual entrepreneurs and other subjects of economic activity (further - the Unified federal register of data on the facts of activities of legal entities)";

c) Item 3 after the words "in acceptance" to add with words "statements for debt restructuring,";

5) in Article 8:

a) shall be replaced with words the words "The Debtor Has the Right to Submit the Application of the Debtor to Arbitration Court" "1. The debtor has the right to submit to Arbitration Court the application for debt restructuring, the statement for recognition of the debtor by the bankrupt (further also - the statement of the debtor)";

b) add with Item 2 following of content:

"2. The application for debt restructuring can be submitted by the debtor in the presence of circumstances, stipulated in Item 1 this Article if there is possibility of recovery of solvency of the debtor and settlement of debt to creditors.";

6) in Article 9:

a) the paragraph one of Item 1 to state in the following edition:

"1. The head of the debtor shall appeal to Arbitration Court with the statement of the debtor if:";

b) add Item 2 with the offer of the following content: "At the same time the application for debt restructuring is submitted by the debtor in cases, stipulated in Item 1 this Article if there is possibility of recovery of solvency of the debtor and settlement of debt to creditors.";

c) in Item 3 to replace the word of "ten" with the word of "twenty";

7) in Article 9.1:

a) in Item 2:

the paragraph one after the words "Statements of Creditors" to add with the words "about debt restructuring, statements of creditors";

paragraph two after words "intention to address with" to add with words "the statement for debt restructuring,";

the paragraph third after words "intention to address" to add with the words "in Arbitration Court with the statement for debt restructuring", after words "Arbitration Court" to add with words "statements for debt restructuring,";

b) in Item 3.1:

in paragraph one of the word "monitoring procedure is introduced" shall be replaced with words "the procedure of debt restructuring or the procedure of observation is entered";

in subitem 5 of the word "about recognition by his bankrupt" to exclude;

8) Item 1 of article 11 after the words "on giving" to add with words "statements for debt restructuring,";

9) in Article 12:

a) in Item 1:

the fourth after the words "Competitive Creditors" to add the paragraph with the words "and authorized bodies";

the paragraph the ninth after words "transition to" add with words "debt restructurings or";

add with the new paragraph the twelfth the following content:

"during debt restructuring on the issue of approval or change of the restructuring plan of debts, and also on all other questions in case of refusal from realization of subject of pledge during debt restructuring, removal of determination by Arbitration Court about refusal in satisfaction of the petition for realization of subject of pledge or in case of approval by Arbitration Court of the restructuring plan of debts limiting the right of the competitive creditor according to the obligations provided with pledge of property of the debtor on realization of subject of pledge during debt restructuring.";

the twelfth to consider the paragraph the paragraph the thirteenth and its after the words "Competitive Creditors" to add with the words "and authorized bodies";

b) in Item 2:

to add paragraph two after the words "about introduction" with the words "debt restructurings";

add with the new paragraph third the following content:

"about approval and change of the restructuring plan of debts;";

third - the fourteenth to consider paragraphs respectively paragraphs the fourth - the fifteenth;

add with new paragraphs the sixteenth and seventeenth the following content:

"about the appeal to Arbitration Court with the petition for the termination of debt restructuring and for opening of bankruptcy proceedings in the cases established by this Federal Law and also with the petition for the termination of bankruptcy proceedings and for transition to debt restructuring;

about continuation or the termination of economic activity of the debtor during bankruptcy proceedings fully or partially (except for the financial organizations).";

the fifteenth to consider the paragraph the paragraph the eighteenth;

10) in Item 2 of Article 15:

a) add with new paragraphs the fourth and fifth the following content:

"about introduction and prolongation of debt restructuring and about the address with the corresponding petition to Arbitration Court;

about approval and change of the restructuring plan of debts;";

b) the fourth - the twelfth to consider paragraphs respectively paragraphs the sixth - the fourteenth;

In paragraph one of Item 2 of Article 16 of the word "interim manager" shall be replaced with words 11) "arbitration manager";

12) in paragraph one of Item 1 of Article 18 of the word "observations, financial improvement, external management and bankruptcy proceedings" shall be replaced with words "the procedure applied in the case of bankruptcy";

13) in Article 18.1:

a) in Item 2:

in paragraph one of the word "Competitive Creditor" to replace with the word "Creditor", after the words "in the course" to add with the words "debt restructurings";

in paragraph four "competitive" to exclude the word;

b) in Item 2.1:

in paragraph one "competitive" and the word "competitive" to exclude the word;

in the paragraph the second "competitive" to exclude the word;

c) in Item 3 of the word "Competitive Creditor" to replace with the word "Creditor", after the words "in the course" to add with the words "debt restructurings", to exclude the word "competitive";

d) in item 4 of the word "also does not follow from being of pledge" shall be replaced with words ", does not follow from being of pledge or it is not provided by the restructuring plan of debts approved by Arbitration Court";

e) in Item 5:

in paragraph one after the words "in the course" to add with words "debt restructurings if other is not provided by the restructuring plan of debts,", "Item 3" shall be replaced with words words "Items 3 and 3.1";

in paragraph four to exclude the word "competitive";

in paragraph five "competitive" to exclude the word;

in paragraph six "competitive" to exclude the word;

in paragraph seven "competitive" to exclude the word;

in paragraph eight "competitive" to exclude the word;

14) in Article 20:

a) the paragraph one of Item 1 to add with the words "and registered in the register of arbitration managers";

b) state Item 9 in the following edition:

"9. The information about person accepted in members of self-regulatory organization of arbitration managers is introduced in the register of arbitration managers according to the procedure and in terms which are established by this Federal Law. Person concerning whom in the register of arbitration managers record about its registration as the arbitration manager is made can be approved by Arbitration Court as the arbitration manager for holding the procedures applied in the case of bankruptcy from the date of its state registration as the arbitration manager.";

c) the fourth Item 11 to state the paragraph in the following edition:

"Membership of the arbitration manager in self-regulatory organization of arbitration managers stops from the date of inclusion in the register of arbitration managers of data on the termination-faced professional activity as the arbitration manager.";

15) in Item 2 of Article 20.2:

a) the paragraph one to state in the following edition:

"2. By Arbitration Court as anti-recessionary managing directors, interim managers, administrative managing directors, external managing directors, receivers or financial managers arbitration managers cannot be approved in the case of bankruptcy:";

b) add with the paragraph the ninth the following content:

"which are members of self-regulatory organizations of arbitration managers whose group does not correspond to group which the debtor treats and which is determined according to Items 2 - 4 articles 44.3 of this Federal Law.";

16) in Item 2 of Article 20.3:

a) add with the new paragraph the tenth the following content:

"represent to creditor meeting and to Arbitration Court the motivated conclusion about feasibility of continuation during bankruptcy proceedings of economic activity of the debtor in full or partially, including about whether there will be continuation of economic activity of the debtor profitable (whether revenue from continuation of economic activity of the debtor will cover expenses on its continuation and the obligatory payments which arose in connection with it). The provisions provided by this paragraph are not applied to cases on bankruptcy of persons which features of bankruptcy are regulated by paragraphs 4 and 4.1 of Chapter IX of this Federal Law;";

b) the tenth - the twelfth to consider paragraphs respectively paragraphs the eleventh - the thirteenth;

To add 17) with Article 20.3-1 of the following content:

"Article 20.3-1. State registration of arbitration managers

1. State registration of arbitration managers (further also in this Article - state registration) represents set of the actions of body for registration connected with entering into the register of arbitration managers of data on acquisition by persons of the status of the arbitration manager, the termination of professional activity by them as arbitration managers and other information about arbitration managers according to this Federal Law.

2. The register of arbitration managers contains the following information about the arbitration manager:

1) about surname, about name, middle name (in the presence), about birth date, the birthplace, document number, proving the identity, date of issue of such document and on the body which issued such document about the residence, about identification taxpayer number, the insurance number of the individual ledger account in system of mandatory pension insurance of the Russian Federation, contact phone number, the postal address and the e-mail address;

2) about self-regulatory organization of arbitration managers which member is the arbitration manager;

3) about agreements of compulsory liability insurance of the arbitration manager;

4) about passing by person of theoretical examination in the program of training of arbitration managers;

5) about admission availability to the state secret with indication of form of such admission;

6) to five codes of types of activity according to the All-Russian Classifier of Economic Activities in which the arbitration manager has work experience on executive positions or experience of implementation of powers of the arbitration manager at least one year;

7) about compliance to the requirements which are obligatory in case of approval of candidacy of the arbitration manager in the case of bankruptcy strategic the companies or the organizations;

8) about compliance to the requirements which are obligatory in case of approval of candidacy of the arbitration manager in the case of bankruptcy of builder according to the legislation on participation in shared-equity construction of apartment houses and (or) other real estate objects, stipulated in Item 2.1 articles 201.1 of this Federal Law;

9) about subject (subjects) of the Russian Federation in which the arbitration manager agreed to be the approved Arbitration Court in cases on bankruptcy;

10) about refusal of the arbitration manager of accounting of its candidate when implementing the accidental choice with indication of effective period of such refusal (at least thirty calendar days continuously and no more than six months in total within one year);

11) about cases on bankruptcy in which the arbitration manager is approved;

12) about cases on bankruptcy on which the arbitration manager was exempted or detached from execution of the obligations;

13) about the court resolutions which took legal effect which recognize illegal actions (failure to act) of the arbitration manager in connection with execution of powers by it in cases on bankruptcy;

14) about involvement of the arbitration manager according to the court resolution which took legal effect to criminal liability for crime in the field of economy or to the administrative responsibility for wrongful acts in case of bankruptcy;

15) about date and method of the termination by person of professional activity as the arbitration manager (exit or exception of self-regulatory organization);

16) about adoption by court of the decision on disqualification, introduction concerning the arbitration manager of the procedure applied in the case of bankruptcy or about entry into force of the court verdict which imposes penalty in the form of deprivation of the right to be engaged in professional activity for certain term;

17) about unauthenticity of the arbitration managers of information about the arbitration manager containing in the register.

3. In case of change of the arbitration managers of data containing in the register the data which are earlier entered in the register of arbitration managers remain.

Records are made in the register of arbitration managers based on the submitted documents. In case of discrepancy of the data containing in such documents, to the data containing in the register of arbitration managers, the data containing in the register of arbitration managers are considered reliable until introduction of changes in them.

The data provided by subitems 15 and 16 of Item 2 of this Article regarding the termination by person of activities as the arbitration manager in connection with adoption by court of the decision on its disqualification, introduction of the procedure applied in the case of bankruptcy or entry into force of the court verdict which to it imposes penalty in the form of deprivation of the right to be engaged in professional activity for certain term are introduced in the register of arbitration managers by body for registration based on data from the court resolutions and data which took legal effect from the register of the disqualified persons.

The data provided by subitems 11 - the 13th Item 2 of this Article, and also data on involvement of the arbitration manager to the administrative responsibility for wrongful acts in case of bankruptcy are entered in the register of arbitration managers by body for registration based on court resolution of Arbitration Court. In case of receipt in body for registration of determination about acceptance to production of the petition for appeal on this court resolution state registration stops before receipt in registering body of court resolution of the Arbitration Court which is taken out by results of consideration of the specified claim.

The data provided by subitems 14 and 16 of Item 2 of this Article regarding involvement of the arbitration manager to criminal liability are introduced in the register of arbitration managers by body for registration based on answers of the federal executive body authorized by the Government of the Russian Federation on maintaining the register of the disqualified persons, and the federal executive body performing functions on development and realization of state policy and normative legal regulation in the field of internal affairs on quarterly interdepartmental requests of body for registration.

In case of acceptance in members of self-regulatory organization of arbitration managers of person concerning whom in the register of arbitration managers data on acquisition of the status of the arbitration manager by it were not entered earlier or concerning which record about the termination of professional activity as the arbitration manager is made self-regulatory organization of arbitration managers shall within three working days from the date of acceptance of such person in members of self-regulatory organization of arbitration managers send to body for registration documents for state registration of the arbitration manager.

Documents for state registration of the termination of professional activity as the arbitration manager in connection with exception of self-regulatory organization of arbitration managers of the unified state register of self-regulatory organizations of arbitration managers (in connection with liquidation or based on the judgment) concerning the arbitration managers who were members of this self-regulatory organization of arbitration managers, did not make the decision on transition to other self-regulatory organization of arbitration managers move monitoring body (supervision) within three working days from the date of exception of self-regulatory organization of arbitration managers of the unified state register of self-regulatory organizations of arbitration managers.

4. The data containing in the register of arbitration managers are public, except for data, access to which is limited according to the paragraph the second this Item.

The data on document number containing in the register of arbitration managers, proving the identity of the arbitration manager, date of issue of such document and on the body which issued such document about the residence of the arbitration manager, about availability at the arbitration manager of the admission to the state secrecy and form of such admission can be provided only to public authorities, other state bodies, courts, bodies of state non-budgetary funds, the Agency in the cases provided by the Federal Laws.

The data on document number containing in the register of arbitration managers, proving the identity of the arbitration manager, are represented to date of issue of such document and on the body which issued such document about the residence of the arbitration manager to monitoring body (supervision), including with use of single system of interdepartmental electronic interaction.

5. Provision of the arbitration managers of data containing in the register, except for data, access to which is limited according to the paragraph the second item 4 of this Article, is performed free of charge in the form of the statement from the register of arbitration managers in electronic form. The form, procedure and term of provision of the arbitration managers of data containing in the register are established by body for registration. At the same time the term of provision of the specified data cannot constitute more than five working days from the date of obtaining by body for registration of the corresponding request.

The public data containing in the register of arbitration managers are represented to the Unified Federal Register of Bankruptcy Information according to the procedure, provided for introduction by the federal executive body performing state registration of legal entities, data in the Unified federal register of data on the facts of activities of legal entities for the purposes of disclosure of information about the arbitration manager and about self-regulatory organization of arbitration managers.

6. State registration of arbitration managers is performed in time no more than five working days from the date of submission of documents for state registration in body for registration.

7. Document forms, represented for state registration, the requirement to their registration, procedure for submission of data and documents for state registration by public authorities and other persons, procedure and storage durations of the specified data and documents are established by body for registration.

Date of submission of data and documents for state registration is day of their obtaining by body for registration.

8. If other is not provided by this Article, applicant in case of state registration is the self-regulatory organization which member is person or from which person when entering into the register of arbitration managers of data on the termination by person of activities as the arbitration manager left or is excluded.

9. In case of submission of documents by non-profit organization, stipulated in Item 4 articles 22.2 of this Federal Law, for inclusion in the unified state register of self-regulatory organizations of arbitration managers by the applicant in case of state registration of the arbitration manager the non-profit organization is.

10. In case of change of the arbitration managers of data containing in the register the messages containing new data with application of copies of the documents confirming change of data go to body for registration:

1) concerning the data provided by subitems 1 - 3, 5 - 7, the 9 and 10 Item 2 of this Article, - self-regulatory organization of arbitration managers which member is the arbitration manager, and also other persons specified in Item 9 of this Article;

2) concerning the data provided by the subitem 4 of Item 2 of this Article - the federal executive body authorized on participation in the organization of training of arbitration managers, carrying out and acceptance of theoretical examination in the single program of their preparation;

3) concerning the data provided by the subitem 8 of Item 2 of this Article - the public company "Fund of Development of the Territories" after accreditation of the arbitration manager by the public company "Fund of Development of the Territories" or change of data on accreditation.

11. About change of the data containing in the register of arbitration managers, persons specified in Item 10 of this Article shall send to body for registration the message containing new data within three working days from the date of receipt of the corresponding data by them.

About change of the data provided by subitems 1, of 3, 5 - 10 Items 2 of this Article, the arbitration manager shall within three working days from the date of change of the specified data to provide new data to self-regulatory organization.

12. In the presence at monitoring body (supervision) of documents and information, indicating conducting check of reliability of the data included in the register of arbitration managers, monitoring body (supervision) the need has the right to direct the application for decision making for suspension of state registration to body for registration.

In the presence at the body for document registration and information indicating conducting check of reliability of the data included in the register of arbitration managers the need, the body for registration makes the decision on suspension of state registration about day of the end of conducting check of reliability of the specified data, but no more than for one month.

The official of body for registration or monitoring body (supervision) has the right to request the documents and information necessary for confirmation of reliability of the data included in the register of arbitration managers at persons having such documents and information.

If by results of conducting check of reliability of the data included in the register of arbitration managers their unauthenticity is established, the body for registration sends to self-regulatory organization of arbitration managers which unauthenticity of information about the member is established, or to the other person specified in Item 9 of this Article, the notification on need of submission to body for registration of authentic data (further - the notification on unauthenticity).

Within ten working days from the date of the direction of the notification on unauthenticity self-regulatory organization of arbitration managers or the other person specified in Item 9 of this Article shall report authentic data in body for registration and submit the documents confirming reliability of data. In case of failure to carry out of this obligation and also if the submitted documents do not confirm reliability of data concerning which the body for registration directs the notification on unauthenticity, the body for registration makes record about unauthenticity of the arbitration managers of information about the arbitration manager containing in the register in the register of arbitration managers.

13. The decision on state registration made by body for registration is the basis for entering of the corresponding record into the register of arbitration managers.

The moment of state registration entering of the corresponding record into the register of arbitration managers is recognized.

14. In case of state registration of person as the arbitration manager are represented:

1) the application for state registration signed by the applicant;

2) the decision of self-regulatory organization of arbitration managers on acceptance of person in members of this self-regulatory organization with application of documents, being according to this Federal Law the basis for adoption of such decision.

15. Modification of the data containing in the register of arbitration managers in connection with the termination by person of professional activity as the arbitration manager in the cases which are not provided by the paragraph third Item 3 of this Article is performed based on provided to body for document registration:

1) the application for state registration signed by the applicant;

2) decisions of self-regulatory organization on the termination of membership of the arbitration manager in self-regulatory organization of arbitration managers with application of documents, being according to this Federal Law the basis for adoption of such decision.

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