IV.4.

The Russian Federation shall allow the provision of services in its territory by contractual service suppliers of the European Union through presence of natural persons subject to the following conditions: (a) The contract to provide services: (i) has been concluded directly between the contractual service supplier and the final consumer; (ii) requires the temporary presence within the territory of the Russian Federation of natural persons of the European Union to provide the service; and (iii) complies with the laws, regulations and requirements of the Russian Federation. (b) The temporary entry and stay of natural persons within the Russian Federation pursuant to the fulfilment of this contract shall be for a period of not more than six successive months in any twelve-month period or for the duration of the contract, whichever period is shorter. (c) The natural persons entering the Russian Federation must possess: (i) a university degree or a technical qualification demonstrating knowledge of an equivalent level; and (ii) professional qualifications where this is required to exercise an activity in the sector concerned pursuant to the laws, regulations or requirements of the Russian Federation. (d) The natural person shall not receive remuneration for the provision of services other than the remuneration paid by the contractual service supplier during its stay in the Russian Federation. (e) The natural persons entering the Russian Federation must have been employed by the contractual service supplier for at least the year preceding the date of submission of an application for entry into the Russian Federation. In addition, the natural person must possess, at the date of submission of an application for entry into the Russian Federation, at least 3 years professional experience in the sector of activity which is the subject of the contract. (f) The contract to provide services has to be obtained in one of the following sectors of activity which are included and defined in Russian Federation’s GATS schedule of commitments: 1. Legal services; 2. Accounting and bookkeeping services; 3. Taxation services; 4. Architectural services; 5. Engineering services; 6. Integrated Engineering services; 7. Urban planning and landscape architecture services; 8. Computer and related services; 9. Advertising services; 10. Market research services; 11. Management consulting services; 12. Services related to management consulting; 13. Technical testing and analysis services; 14. Advisory and consulting services incidental to mining; 15. Related scientific and technical consulting services; 16. Translation and Interpretation services; 17. Maintenance and repair of equipment, including transportation equipment; 18. Environmental services. (g) The subject of the contract shall not be ‘placement and supply services of personnel’ as defined in CPC 872. Access accorded under the provisions of paragraph IV.4 relates only to the service activity which is the subject of the contract; it does not confer entitlement to exercise the professional title of the Russian Federation. The Russian Federation might establish an annual quota of work permits reserved to European Union’s natural persons gaining access to the Russian Federation’s services market under the provisions of paragraph IV.4. In the first year in which the provisions of paragraph IV.4 enter into force, this annual quota shall be no lower than 16 000 persons. In the following years, the annual quota shall be no lower than the quota of the preceding year.