Monitoring of the Federal Legislation dated 30.12.2003

Direction of the Central Bank of Russia No. 1359-U of December 24, 2003 on the Invalidation of Individual Normative Acts of the Bank of Russia and on the Revocation of the Operative Direction of the Bank of Russia

Invalidates a number of normative acts of the Bank of Russia pursuant to the adoption of the Direction of the Bank of Russia No. 1346-U of December 1, 2003 defining the minimum amount of the registered capital for the created credit organisations, amount of own resources (capital) of operating credit organisations as a prerequisite for the creation and/or opening of their branches on the territory of a foreign state, amount of own resources (capital) for non-banking credit organisations wishing to obtain the status of a bank.

Typical Rules of Obligatory Medical Insurance of Citizens (Endorsed by the Federal Fund of Obligatory Medical Insurance on October 3, 2003, No. 3856/30-3/i)

Specifies common requirements to the rules of obligatory medical insurance of citizens endorsed by the body of executive power of the subject of the Russian Federation. Defines interrelations of the territorial fund of obligatory medical insurance, insurants, medical institutions and medical insurance organisations.
Provides the form of the typical contract of the territorial fund of obligatory medical insurance with the medical insurance organisation.

Letter of the Central Bank of Russia No. 179-T of December 24, 2003 on the Enhancing of Control over Operations of Transfer of the Monetary Resources without the Opening of Accounts and over Operations Using Prepaid Financial Products

Credit organisations carrying out operations with prepaid financial products, as well as providing services in the transfer of monetary resources without the opening of the account, are recommended to enhance control over the operations of regular transfer of monetary resources by natural persons without the opening of the bank account in cases when the amount of such operations taken separately is not greater than Rbl 600,000 equivalent.