Monitoring of the Federal Legislation dated 5.02.2004

Order of the Ministry of Taxation of the Russian Federation No. BG-3-21/724 of December 29, 2003 on the Endorsement of the Form of the Tax Declaration for the Transport Tax and Its Filling

The endorsed forms of the declaration and the Instruction are obligatory for organisations with registered transport vehicles recognised as object of taxation: automobiles, motorcycles, scooters, buses and other self-propelled pneumatic and track-laying machines and mechanisms, airplanes, helicopters, ships, yachts, sail boats, cutters, snowmobiles, motor sleighs, motor boats, hydrocycles, non-self-propelled (tow) vessels, and other water and air transport vehicles registered according to established procedure.

      The tax declaration according to the Form KND 1152004 is submitted by the payers of the transport tax to the tax bodies at the place of location of the transport vehicles. The payment of the transport tax is arranged at the place of location of the transport vehicles within the time limits specified by the laws of the subjects of the Russian Federation.

      The endorsed form is used to submit the tax declarations with the time of submission expiring after the entry into force of the Order.

Order of the Ministry of Transport of the Russian Federation No. 221 of December 29, 2003 on the Endorsement of the Regulation on the Investigation, Classification and Registration of Transport Accidents on Internal Water Ways of the Russian Federation

Defines the procedure of investigation, classification and registration of transport accidents on internal water ways open for navigation except for the mouth portions of rivers with the maritime regime and vessels subject to the state registration in the State Register of Vessels and permitted for operation, as well as vessels engaged in navigation on internal water ways of the Russian Federation.

      The Order provides classification of transport accidents with vessels in operation having caused heavy injuries or death of people, vessel drowning or destruction and vessels damaging hydro structures, oil and oil product spills, fleet navigation obstacles, vessel stranding.

      Registered in the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation on January 29, 2004. Reg. No. 5493.

Direction of the Central Bank of Russia No. 1376-U of January 16, 2004 on the List, Forms and Procedure of Drawing up and Submission of the Forms of Reports of Credit Organisations to the Central Bank of the Russian Federation

Endorses the forms of reports of credit organisations and specifies the procedure of their drawing up and submission to the Bank of Russia, as well as defines the list of the forms of reports and other information of credit organisations submitted to the Bank of Russia.

      The Direction introduces the drawing up and submission by credit organisations to the Bank of Russia of 4 new forms of reports necessary for supervision of activities of credit organisations and for the balance of payments. Adds Forms 156 "Information on Investments of the Credit Organisation" (monthly), 157 "Information on Major Creditors (Depositors) of the Credit Organisations" (monthly), 405 "Information on the Payments in Operations with Securities between Residents and Non-Residents" (monthly) and 407 "Information on Money Transfers of Natural Persons from the Russian Federation and to the Russian Federation in Favour of Natural Persons" (quarterly).

      The new Direction does not include now 16 forms of reports submitted by credit organisations in the framework of supervision over their activities, currency regulation and currency control, as well as for the purposes of operative analysis of the monetary and credit indicators and assessment of the figures of the balance of payments and 4 forms of reports submitted by the branches of credit organisations in the framework of supervision over their activities. Increases the frequency of drawing up and submission of 8 forms of reports.

      The Direction is entered into force and applies to the drawing up and submission by credit organisations of the forms of reports and other information envisaged in the Direction from April 1, 2004.

      Registered in the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation on January 23, 2004. Reg. No. 5488.

Order of the Ministry of Taxation of the Russian Federation No. BG-3-22/58 of January 28, 2004 on the Endorsement of the Forms of Documents for the System of Taxation of Agricultural Producers

Endorses Forms: 26.1-1 "Application for the Switchover to the System of Taxation of Agricultural Producers", 26.1-2 "Notification of the Possibility of Application of the System of Taxation for Agricultural Producers", 26.1-3 "Notification of the Impossibility of Application of the System of Taxation for Agricultural Producers", 26.1-4 "Notification of the Refusal of Application of the System of Taxation for Agricultural Producers", 26.1-5 "Application for the Recalculation of the Tax Obligations and the Switchover to the Common Taxation Regime".