Monitoring of the Federal Legislation dated 29.04.2003

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 244 of April 25, 2003 on the Endorsement of the Regulation on the State Expert Evaluation of the Working Conditions in the Russian Federation

The state expert evaluation applies to the documentation and materials on the working conditions and labour safety according to the list endorsed by the Ministry of Labour of the Russian Federation. The time limits for carrying out the state expert evaluation of the working conditions are defined depending on the volume of expert works and documentation and materials presented for expert evaluation, but must not be greater than one month. In exclusive cases, the time limit of the state expert evaluation of the working conditions may be prolonged, but not more than for one month.
The Decision lists obligatory requirements to the expert statement. In case of disagreement with the expert statement, the orderer may appeal against it in court.

Order of the State Customs Committee of the Russian Federation No. 390 of April 9, 2003 on the Places of Delivery and Customs Registration of Commodities of Individual Category

Lists the places of delivery and customs registration of commodities classified under Heading 3808 of the Foreign Trade Commodity Nomenclature of the Russian Federation (insecticides, herbicides, plant growth regulators, means of desinfection) imported to the territory of the Russian Federation for recipients in Moscow and the Moscow Province. The customs fees for the customs registration of the mentioned commodities are collected in single amount.
The Order does not apply to commodities imported for diplomatic representations of foreign states, imported by natural persons for other than commercial purposes, as well as for exhibitions, and those placed under the temporary import customs regime.
Registered in the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation on April 25, 2003. Reg. No. 4454.

Order of the Ministry of Taxation of the Russian Federation No. BG-3-29/160@ of April 2, 2003 on the Invalidation of Some of the Normative Acts of the State Tax Service of the Russian Federation and the Ministry of Taxation of the Russian Federation

Invalidates from October 13, 2002 the form of the tax payment demand and the form of the decision on suspension of operations on accounts in the bank endorsed by the Orders of the Ministry of Taxation of the Russian Federation No. BF-3-10/228 of September 7, 1998 and No. AP-3-16/325 of October 13, 1999. At present, there are similar forms endorsed by the Order of the Ministry of Taxation of the Russian Federation No. BG-3-29/465 of August 29, 2002 on the improvement of the work of the tax bodies in application of the measures of forced collection of the tax debts.

Letter of the Ministry of Taxation of the Russian Federation No. MM-6-09/412@ of April 7, 2003 on the State Registration of the Specialised Consumer Cooperatives

Explains the issues of inclusion in the Uniform State Register of Legal Entities of information on agricultural, garage, housing construction, credit and other cooperatives. If the appropriate organisational and legal form is not available in the guide of organisational and legal forms of the software complex AIS "Registration", the name is entered in the guide manually according to the constituent documents of the legal entity.

Letter of the Ministry of Taxation of the Russian Federation No. MM-6-09/1990 of December 25, 2002 on the Bringing of Constituent Documents of State and Municipal Unitary Enterprises in Compliance with Part 1 of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation

The tax bodies, while carrying out the state registration of legal entities, are recommended to reveal using the federal database "Uniform State Register of Taxpayers" the state and municipal unitary enterprises and send the written notification to them to bring constituent documents in compliance with Part 1 of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation.