Monitoring of the Federal Legislation dated 27.03.2002

Order of the Ministry of Taxes and Revenues of the Russian Federation and the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation No. BG-3-29/86/10n of February 20, 2002 on the Endorsement of the Procedure of Coordination by the Ministry of Taxes and Revenues of the Russian Federation with the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation of the Decision on the Acknowledgement as Desperate for Collection and Writing Off of Arrears and Debts in Penalties for the Federal Taxes and Revenues

The decision on the acknowledgement as desperate for collection and writing off of the arrears and debt in penalties for the federal taxes and revenues of a legal entity or natural person in the amount of Rbl 20 million and more shall be taken by the Ministry of Taxes and Revenues of the Russian Federation and shall be subject to coordination with the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation. The Order endorses the form of the decision and the procedure of exchange of documentation between the mentioned bodies.
The Order also specifies that the Ministry of Taxes and Revenues of the Russian Federation shall keep records of the adopted decisions and shall send to the Ministry of Finance on a quarterly basis the summary register of information on the writing off of desperate for collection arrears and debts in penalties for the federal taxes and revenues.
Registered in the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation on March 21, 2002. Reg. No. 3317.

Order of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation No. 148 of February 21, 2002 on the Amendments to the Instruction Endorsed by the Order of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation No. 782 of July 20, 2000

The amendments are introduced in the Instruction on the procedure of organization of work to accept qualification examinations and issue driver's licenses in the divisions of the State Traffic Inspection of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation. The most significant changes pertain to the procedure of replacement of the foreign driver's license whose owner moves for permanent living to the Russian Federation. The Order also sets forth the new procedure of issue and replacement of the driver's licenses to persons staying temporarily on the territory of the Russian Federation.
The examinations are arranged in the presence of the passport, as well as identification document, military card or foreign passport.
When being admitted to the examination, it is permitted to present a medical certificate issued by a medical institution other than the one in the list of the medical institutions located on the territory covered by the inspection. In this case, a request is sent to this medical institution or appropriate division of the state inspection to confirm the issue of the given certificate.
Registered in the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation on March 21, 2002. Reg. No. 3314.

Decision of the Federal Commission for Securities Market No. 3/ps of February 14, 2002 on the Amendments to the Regulation on the Internal Control of a Professional Participant of the Securities Market Endorsed by the Decision of the Federal Commission for Securities Market No. 16 of July 19, 2001 on the Endorsement of the Regulation on the Internal Control of a Professional Participant of the Securities Market

Specifies that internal control to prevent legalization (laundering) of incomes obtained in a criminal way is a part of the system of internal control of a professional participant of the securities market. In this view, professional participants engaged in operations with monetary resources and other property must work out the system of countermeasures against legalization (laundering) of incomes obtained in a criminal way, as well assign special officials responsible for the work of this system.
Registered in the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation on March 20, 2002. Reg. No. 3311.

Order of the Ministry of Public Health of the Russian Federation No. 80 of March 15, 2002 on the Endorsement of the Industry-Sector Standard "The Rules of Wholesale Trade for Medicines. Main Provisions"

Beginning with September 1, 2002, introduces the rules of wholesale trade for medicines that are obligatory for all organizations regardless of the organizational and legal form and form of ownership engaged in wholesale trade of medicines. Sets forth uniform requirements to the rooms and equipment for wholesale trade, to the procedure of accepting to the warehouse and dispensing from it of medicines, their storage and quality ensuring.
The rules do not apply to activities in distribution of specimens for advertising purposes, to activities pertaining to the circulation of blood and its components used in blood transfusion, as well as to activities pertaining to the selling of raw materials of animal origin and unpacked medicinal vegetable raw materials intended of further industrial processing.
Registered in the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation on March 19, 2002. Reg. No. 3302.

Treaty on the Termination of the Treaty on the Distribution of the Sphere of Reference and Authority between the Bodies of State Power of the Russian Federation and the Bodies of State Power of the Vologda Province (Moscow, March 15, 2002)

Beginning with March 23, 2002, terminates the Treaty signed on July 4, 1997 in Moscow because of the fulfilment of its goals.
The text of the Treaty is published in Rossiyskaya Gazeta on March 23, 2002, No. 52.

Treaty on the Termination of the Treaty on the Distribution of the Sphere of Reference and Authority between the Bodies of State Power of the Russian Federation and the Bodies of State Power of the Altay Territory (Moscow, March 15, 2002)

Beginning with March 23, 2002, terminates the Treaty signed on November 29, 1996 in the cities of Moscow and Barnaul because of the fulfilment of its goals.
The text of the Treaty is published in Rossiyskaya Gazeta on March 23, 2002, No. 52.

Treaty on the Termination of the Treaty on the Distribution of the Sphere of Reference and Authority between the Bodies of State Power of the Russian Federation and the Bodies of State Power of the Yaroslavl Province (Moscow, March 15, 2002)

Beginning with March 23, 2002 terminates the Treaty signed on October 30, 1997 in Moscow because of the fulfilment of its goals.
The text of the Treaty is published in Rossiyskaya Gazeta on March 23, 2002, No. 52.