Monitoring of the Federal Legislation dated 10.02.2003

Decree of the President of the Russian Federation No. 135 of February 6, 2003 on the State Investment Corporation

To improve investment policy, liquidates the State Investment Corporation while handing over all property to the Ministry of State Property of the Russian Federation.
The Decree is entered into force from the moment of signing.

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 61 of February 6, 2003 on the Endorsement of the Form of Insert in the Birth Certificate Confirming the Presence of the Citizenship of the Russian Federation with a Child

Procedure of drawing up and issue of the insert in the birth certificate confirming the presence of the citizenship of the Russian Federation with a child issued to children up to 14 years of age having acquired the citizenship of the Russian Federation and living on the territory of the Russian Federation is endorsed by the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation. The blank form of the insert is a strict accountability document.

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 58 of February 6, 2003 on the Amendments to the Customs Tariff of the Russian Federation

Increases the specific component of the rates of import customs duties for the green tea (code according to the Foreign Trade Commodity Nomenclature 0902 10 000 1) and black tea (code according to the Foreign Trade Commodity Nomenclature 0902 30 000 1) in primary package with the net weight less than 3 kg in disposable package. The import rate for the mentioned commodities will amount to 20%, however, not less than EUR 0.8 per kg (earlier, 20%, however, not less than EUR 0.4 per kg).
The import duty for the "homogenised" or "reconstituted" tobacco (code according to the Foreign Trade Commodity Nomenclature 2403 91 000 0) is reduced two times (from 20% to 10%).
The Decision is entered into force one month after the day of its official publication for 9 months.

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 57 of February 6, 2003 on the Amendment to the Customs Tariff of the Russian Federation

The rate of the import customs duty for aluminium rigid tubular containers with capacity not greater than 1 l (code according to the Foreign Trade Commodity Nomenclature 7612 90 100 1) is fixed to amount to 20% of the customs cost of the commodity, however, not less than EUR 22 per 1,000 pieces (earlier, 20%, however, not less than EUR 41 per 1,000 pieces).
The mentioned rate is entered into force one month after the day of official publication of the Decision for 9 months.

Letter of the Central Bank of Russia No. 04-15-3/371 of January 31, 2003 on the Experiment on the Introduction in the Enforcement Practices of the Institute of Curators of Credit Organisations

The experiment is carried out on the territories supervised by the Moscow Territorial Directorate of the Bank of Russia, Directorates of the Bank of Russia for the Volgograd, Kaliningrad, Novosibirsk, Omsk, Perm, Saratov, Sverdlovsk provinces, city of St.Petersburg and the National Bank of the Republic of Bashkortostan in coordination with them.
The Letter lists the requirements to the employee of the Bank of Russia permitting to be assigned as a curator. Credit organisations participating in the experiment should apply directly to the curator in all issues except for the operative activities.