Monitoring of the Federal Legislation dated 19.12.2003

Order of the State Customs Committee of the Russian Federation No. 1368 of December 1, 2003 on the Endorsement of the Lists of the Customs Bodies Authorised to Accept Customs Declarations

Lists the customs bodies entitled to accept customs declarations regardless of the customs regime or exclusively for commodities moved by natural persons, as well as placed under the customs regimes of international customs transit, re-export (when exporting commodities directly from the points of transfer across the state border of the Russian Federation) and duty free sale.
The Order is entered into force from January 1, 2004.
Registered in the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation on December 11, 2003. Reg. No. 5326.

Order of the Ministry of Taxation of the Russian Federation No. BG-3-06/627@ of November 17, 2003 on the Endorsement of the Uniform Requirements to the Building of Information Resources of Cameral and On-Site Tax Checks

For the purposes of automation of the building of statistical tax reports, defines the sections of the information resources for the cameral and on-site tax checks, provides description of the building of these sections and the details necessary for it.

Ruling of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation No. KAS 03-571 of December 11, 2003

The cassation instance revoked the Decision of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation of October 7, 2003 having invalidated earlier Items 2 and 6 of the Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 264 of May 7, 2003 on the endorsement of the insurance tariff rates for obligatory insurance of the civil responsibility of the owners of transport vehicles, their structure and procedure of application by insurers when defining the insurance premium.
The cassation instance has determined that the fixing of the basic tariff rates and coefficients by the Government of the Russian Federation is legal.
Thus, insurance tariff coefficients specified depending on the territory of the prevailing use of the transport vehicle proceeding form the place of residence (location) of its owner, as well as depending on the car engine power rating, have legal power.