Cabinet bans government purchases of imported medical masks until the end of 2021

“To establish that the prohibitions established by paragraphs 1 and 2 of this resolution (the prohibition on admitting imported goods to public procurement and procurement for defense and security needs, respectively. -

), in relation to the medical masks specified in paragraphs 123 and 126 of the list, are valid until December 31, 2021 ", - stated in the text of the resolution.

It is noted that the document makes changes to the list of products specified in the resolution adopted in April 2020 - in particular, the list includes "medical products, including surgical, others not included in other groups (only in relation to medical masks)" (paragraph 123) and “head and face protection (only for medical masks)” (paragraph 126).

In November, the Ministry of Industry and Trade of Russia proposed to ban state purchases of medical masks from countries other than the EAEU until December 31, 2021.