Monitoring of the Federal Legislation dated 18.11.2002

Federal Law No. 137-FZ of November 14, 2002 on the Entering into Force of the Civil Procedural Code of the Russian Federation

The Civil Procedural Code of the Russian Federation (hereinafter, CPC of the Russian Federation) is entered into force from February 1, 2003 invalidating from the same date the Civil Procedural Code of the RSFSR of 1964 with amendments, except for Chapters 34, 35 and 36 regulating procedures in cassation and enforcement instances invalidated from July 1, 2003. Also invalidated from February 1, 2003 on the territory of the Russian Federation are the Fundamentals of the Civil Court Proceedings of the USSR and the Union Republics.
Before election (appointment) of the justices of the peace in the subjects of the Russian Federation, the cases envisaged in Article 23 of the CPC of the Russian Federation shall be handled by the regional courts.
The cases processed by the general jurisdiction courts and unfinished before February 1, 2003 shall be considered and resolved in compliance with the CPC of the Russian Federation from February 1, 2003. The protests not considered before the entering into force of the CPC of the Russian Federation and brought according to cassation and enforcement procedure by officials mentioned in Articles 282, 320 of the CPC of the RSFSR shall be considered within time limits and according to the procedure envisaged in Chapters 34, 35 and 36 of the CPC of the RSFSR, however, not later than July 1, 2003.
The Federal Law is entered into force from the day of its official publication.

Federal Law No. 142-FZ of November 14, 2002 on the Ratification of the Treaty between the Government of the Russian Federation and the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan on the Leasing of Objects and Battlefields of the Flight and Testing Centre of the Russian Federation 929 Located on the Territory of the Republic of Kazakhstan

Ratifies the Treaty signed in Moscow on October 18, 1996 declaring that the rent amount for the year 1999 and subsequent years will be coordinated between the parties taking into account the composition of the property and the size of the land plots leased by the Russian side from the Kazakhstan side in the appropriate year.

Federal Law No. 141-FZ of November 14, 2002 on the Ratification of the Treaty between the Government of the Russian Federation and the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan on the Leasing of the Emba Testing Field

Ratifies the Treaty singed in Moscow on October 18, 1996 declaring that the rent amount for the year 1999 and subsequent years will be coordinated between the parties taking into account the property composition and the size of the land plots leased by the Russian side from the Kazakhstan side in the appropriate year.

Federal Law No. 140-FZ of November 14, 2002 on the Ratification of the Treaty between the Government of the Russian Federation and the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan on the Leasing of the Objects and Battle Fields of the State Central Testing Field of the Russian Federation 4 Located on the Territory of the Republic of Kazakhstan

Ratifies the Treaty signed in Moscow on October 18, 1996 declaring that the rent amount for the year 1999 and subsequent years will be coordinated between the parties taking into account the property composition and the size of the land plots leased by the Russian side from the Kazakhstan side in the appropriate year.

Federal Law No. 139-FZ of November 14, 2002 on the Ratification of the Treaty between the Government of the Russian Federation and the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan on the Leasing of the Sary Shagan Testing Field

Ratifies the Treaty signed in Moscow on October 18, 1996 specifying that the rent amount for the year 1999 and subsequent years will be coordinated between the parties taking into account the property composition and the size of the land plots leased by the Russian side from the Kazakhstan side in the appropriate year.

Order of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 1590-r of November 13, 2002

Sets forth that information on the cadastral cost of land used to calculate the amount of the uniform imputed income tax for individual types of activities shall be conveyed to taxpayers by the territorial bodies of the Federal Service of the Land Cadastre of Russia in the subjects of the Russian Federation through appropriate official sources of information no later than November 30 of the current calendar year.

Decision of the Federal Commission for Securities Market No. 39/ps of September 25, 2002 on the Requirements to the Report on the Termination of the Shared Investment Fund and the Procedure of Its Submission to the Federal Commission for Securities Market

Lists the requirements to the report of the termination of the shared investment fund (SIF): its form, time of submission, drawing up and coordination.
The report is presented to the Federal Commission for Securities Market of Russia within 2 weeks after finishing payments in case of SIF termination. The report is presented on paper and on magnetic media. The one on paper is filed, signed by the head of the body terminating the SIF and supplied with the seal of the mentioned body.
Registered in the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation on November 12, 2002. Reg. No. 3909.