Monitoring of the Federal Legislation dated 1.12.2003

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 716 of November 27, 2003 on the Cases Requiring the Certificate of Origin of the Commodity When Importing It to the Customs Territory of the Russian Federation

Lists the commodities requiring the certificate of origin to be presented at the demand of the customs body to certify the country of origin. The certificate is presented when the customs body reveals the signs of incorrect information of the country of origin of the commodity affecting the applied rates of customs duties, taxes and/or prohibitions and restrictions.
The Decision is entered into force from January 1, 2004.

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 715 of November 27, 2003 on the Endorsement of the Regulation on the Procedure of the Customs Registration of Commodities Moved across the Customs Border of the Russian Federation by Natural Persons for Personal Use

Defines the customs procedures and operations at the customs registration of commodities moved across the customs border of the Russian Federation by natural persons for personal, family, household and other needs other than entrepreneurial activities. The customs registration of commodities may be considered completed only after the veterinary, phytosanitary, ecological and other types of state control.
The Decision specifies the particulars of the customs registration of automobiles moved by natural persons for personal use. Declaring of automobiles transported as unattended luggage is arranged in the customs bodies covering the region of temporary or permanent residence of the persons exporting/importing them. The customs registration of temporarily imported/exported attended automobiles is arranged in the customs bodies in the places of arrival (departure) of these automobiles. When an automobile arrives, the person attending it presents information of this vehicle to the customs body by entering it in the appropriate columns of the passenger customs declaration, as well as transportation, commodity accompanying and other documents. Information of the registered automobiles is entered in the electronic databases used to keep records of the transport vehicles moved across the customs border.
After the customs registration, the customs bodies issue the certificate of the transport vehicle for the automobile (except for the temporarily imported ones) and the customs pay-in slip if the customs duties and taxes were paid.
The Decision is entered into force from January 1, 2004.

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 712 of November 25, 2003 on the Amendments to the Tied Federal Program "Russian Language" for the Years 2002-2005

Increases more than two times the volumes and sources of financing of the program - mainly at the expense of the resources of the federal budget and non-budgetary resources. The mentioned resources will be used to implement publicly significant events in 2004-2005. Among them are: workshops for the teaching staff working in the higher educational institutions of CIS, Baltic and far-abroad states, international and annual all-Russia Russian-language olympiads for school-children, professional development for the teachers of Russian as a foreign language and other.

Order of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 1712-r of November 26, 2003

Endorses the list of commodities prohibited from placing under the customs warehouse customs regime with restrictions specified in the legislation on state regulation of foreign-trade activities.
The Order is entered into force from January 1, 2004.