Monitoring of the Federal Legislation dated 4.03.2003

Federal Law No. 29-FZ of February 27, 2003 on the Particulars of Control and Disposal of the Property of the Railway Transport

The Law is a federal one developed for the purposes of legal support of the structural reform of the federal railway transport in the framework of the program endorsed by the Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 384 of May 18, 2001.
The Law specifies organisational and legal particulars of privatisation on the federal railway transport creating the single economic subject - OAO Russian Railways with 100% of the stocks belonging to the state. The railways being state enterprises at present are deprived of the status of the legal entity.
The registered capital of the single economic subject is formed by entering into it the property of the federal railway transport assessed at the balance cost. The list of organisations with the property being entered in the registered capital of the single economic subject is defined by the Government of the Russian Federation.
As to the property of the infrastructure, lands of the railway transport, arterial lines, there is a restricted circulation regime to be introduced for it. As an additional guarantee of stability of work of the railway transport, the sale and other ways of alienation of stocks, as well as the pledging of stocks of the OAO Russian Railways being permitted only on the basis of the federal law.
The Federal Law is entered into force from the day of its official publication.

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 123 of February 25, 2003 on the Endorsement of the Regulation on the Military Medical Expert Evaluation

The military medical expert evaluation is carried out in peacetime and wartime in the listed in the Regulation troops, military formations and bodies, as well as in the created for the wartime special formations to determine the fitness category of the Russian citizens for military service, service in the mentioned bodies according to the health condition, as well as for the purposes of determination of the causal relationship of injuries and diseases of the citizens with the mentioned service.
The military medical and medical pilot commissions, in particular, handle medical certification of the citizens at initial registration for the military and draft purposes. As a result of the certification, the specialist physicians issue the statement of fitness for the military service in one of the five categories.
The Decision lists the requirements to the health condition of citizens:
- due for initial military registration;
- due for the draft to the military service (military training);
- joining contract military service;
- entering military schools, military educational institutions;
- being in the reserve of the Armed Force of the Russian Federation;
- servicemen on active duty.
The mentioned requirements are given in the list of diseases. The table of height and body weight is provided under normal conditions and in cases of nutrition disorders.
The Regulation is entered into force from July 1, 2003.

Order of the Ministry of Transport of the Russian Federation No. 4 of January 24, 2003 on the Traffic Control on the Federal Highways in the Spring of 2003

From March 25 through May 15, 2003, introduces on the public-use federal highways a temporary restriction of travel of transport vehicles with the axle load greater than the ones specified in the Order. When the specified axle loads are exceeded, the travelling on the public-use federal highways is not permitted. An exception is made for the transport vehicles carrying passengers, foodstuffs, medicines, oils and lubricants, seeds, mail, cargo necessary for prevention and elimination of the consequences of natural disasters or other emergencies under special pass permits.
Registered in the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation on February 27, 2003. Reg. No. 4234.