Monitoring of the Federal Legislation dated 21.05.2003

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 287 of May 16, 2003 on the Endorsement of the Regulation on the Organisation and Implementation of the State Control and Enforcement in the Sphere of Standardisation, Uniformity of Measurements and Obligatory Certification

State inspectors of the State Standards Committee of the Russian Federation shall implement the state control and enforcement of the observation by legal entities and independent entrepreneurs of obligatory requirements of state standards to products (commodities), works and services, rules of obligatory certification and of the certified products.
The procedure of collection by the centres of standardisation, metrology and certification of the payment from the checked subjects for the control measures in specified cases and the procedure of determination of their cost is set forth by the State Standards Committee of the Russian Federation in coordination with the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation. The list of paid works and services includes, in particular, expert evaluation of the normative and technical documentation, as well as the rendering of information services in issues of standardisation, uniformity of measurements and compliance assessment.

Decision of the Federal Commission for Securities Market No. 03-15/ps of April 1, 2003 on the Amendments to the Procedure of Licensing of the Types of Professional Activities at Securities Market of the Russian Federation Endorsed by the Decision of the Federal Commission for Securities Market No. 10 of August 15, 2000

The license requirements and terms obligatory for the applicant and the license holder in activities at securities market include the presence in the structure of the organiser of trade of a separate division in charge of the observation of the proper regime of work with commercial and service information.
The Decision also specifies that in order to get the license, the applicant must present the certificate of the absence of the criminal history in the sphere of economic activities or crimes against the state power, as well as the certificate of the persons included in the management bodies indicating the places of work for the most recent 3 years.
Within three months from the day of entry into force of the amendments, trade organisers must present to the Federal Commission for Securities Market for coordination the Regulation on the separate structural division in charge of the observation of the proper regime of work with commercial and service information.
Registered in the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation on May 19, 2003. Reg. No. 4566.

Order of the Ministry of Public Health of the Russian Federation No. 353 of November 22, 2002 on the Invalidation of the Regulation on the Procedure of Getting the Permission (License) for Activities in Creation and Sale of Medical Items by Producers (Other Than Medicines)

Invalidates the Regulation defining the rules of obtaining of the permission (license) for activities in creation and sale of medical items by producers (other than medicines).
Registered in the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation on May 19, 2003. Reg. No. 4556.

Order of the Ministry of Taxation of the Russian Federation No. BG-3-05/211 of April 24, 2003 on the Amendments to the Order of the Ministry of Taxation of the Russian Federation No. BG-3-05/153 of March 28, 2002

Refines the filling procedure for the estimate of advance payments in insurance contributions for obligatory pension insurance.
Table "Reference" provided on Sheet 06 of the estimate form is replaced with the table "Advance Payments for Insurance Contributions for Obligatory Pension Insurance". The estimate form is also extended to include Sheet 07 containing estimated application of regressive taxes for insurance contributions for obligatory pension insurance by months of the most recent quarter of the reported period.
Registered in the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation on May 15, 2003. Reg. No. 4546.

Order of the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation and the Pension Fund of Russia Nos. 34n, 50 of April 17, 2003 on the Procedure of Transfer in 2003 to the Budget of the Pension Fund of the Russian Federation of Resources of the Uniform Social Tax Entered in the Federal Budget to Pay out the Basic Part of the Labour Pension, As Well As the Resources of the Federal Budget to Pay out the Pensions and Allowances in Compliance with the Legislation of the Russian Federation

Expenses for the mentioned purposes are effected on the basis of the summary budget list of the federal budget for the year 2003 within the limits of budget obligations and volumes of financing of expenses endorsed according to established procedure.
Registered in the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation on May 15, 2003. Reg. No. 4542.

Order of the State Customs Committee of the Russian Federation No. 453 of April 25, 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 Headings 292910, 390720 and 390950 of the Foreign Trade Commodity Nomenclature of the Russian Federation (isocyanates, polyesters, resins) imported to the customs territory of the Russian Federation to recipients in Moscow and the Moscow Province.
Registered in the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation on May 15, 2003. Reg. No. 4539.