The legalization of parallel import of expendables and components of medical purpose in conditions of implementation of principle of ex-territorial sanctions

In conditions of sanctions policy and escalation of political conflict of Russia with unfriendly countries occurs constant increase of economic pressure on Russian market through introduction of bans and restrictions of various kind. Currently, countries of the European Union are developing the fourteenth package of sanctions measures that targets even more concentration of implementing measures on identification and suppression of schemes to circumvent existing prohibitions against Russia. Unconditionally, such approach impacts supply of goods of medical purpose that in order to bypass imposed restrictions imposed were imported within the framework of legalization of parallel import. It is worth to note that based on analysis of consumer market by the Ministry of Industry and Trade, limited number of medical supplies were included in list of goods falling under parallel import mechanism. At that, most of components for medical equipment at customs clearance are classified as separate goods without identification of their medical purposes and therefore such goods were imported under similar legalization scheme. The situation with organization of supplies of goods within the framework of medical support began to worsen with introduction of principle of extraterritoriality of sanctions, which implies possibility of imposing prohibitive measures on foreign contractors from friendly countries for Russia that makes actual considered topic. The article examines in detail main trends in development of sanctions policy, considers structure of goods with medical purpose for which parallel import legalization is being implemented and reveals concept of extraterritoriality of sanctions that complicates re-import of prohibited goods. The practical recommendations on their bypassing for Russian counterparts and their foreign partners partners from friendly countries were formulated.