Monitoring of the Federal Legislation dated 23.03.2004

Decision of the Federal Commission for Securities Market No. 04-4/ps of February 10, 2004 on the Endorsement of the List of Securities Permitted for Urgent Deals and Deals Using Monetary Resources and/or Securities Handed over As Loan by the Broker to the Client (Marginal Deals)

Specifies the list of securities permitted for urgent deals. Urgent deals with the basic assets being the securities not included or excluded from this list may only be committed for the earlier permitted for circulation futures contracts and options of the trade organiser.

The list of securities permitted for marginal deals concluded by the broker on the basis of client orders includes only securities permitted for tenders at the stock exchange and/or of other trade organisers at the securities market possessing an appropriate license of the Federal Commission for Securities Market of Russia and meeting the requirements specified for inclusion of securities in quotation list A of the first level of trade organisers.

Registered in the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation on March 9, 2004. Reg. No. 5667.

Order of the State Customs Committee of the Russian Federation No. 162 of February 6, 2004 on the Amendments to the Order of the State Customs Committee of Russia No. 1317 of November 24, 2003

Provides the new wording for the list of commodities of individual category declared separately for each trade mark (company name).

Registered in the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation on March 9, 2004. Reg. No. 5666.

Decision of the Social Insurance Fund of the Russian Federation No. 18 of March 1, 2004 on the Amendments to the Methodology Recommendations on the Procedure of Ordering, Carrying out of the Documentary On-Site Checks of Insurants in Obligatory Social Insurance against Industrial Accidents and Occupational Diseases and Taking Measures upon Them

The amendments are stipulated by significant changes in the legislation (simplification of the procedures of state registration of legal entities and independent entrepreneurs, adoption of the budget of the Social Insurance Fund of Russia for the year 2004, the fixing of insurance tariff rates for obligatory social insurance against industrial accidents and occupational diseases for the year 2004). The Decision specifies that the time limit for presenting for execution of the decision of the division (branch of a division) of the Social Insurance Fund of Russia on collection of arrears in insurance contributions and penalties at the expense of the insurant property makes 6 months from the day of return by the bank or credit organisation of the cash collection order of the division (branch of the division) of the Social Insurance Fund of Russia with the note of a full or partial failure to execute the collection.

Registered in the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation on March 9, 2004. Reg. No. 5664.

Order of the State Customs Committee of the Russian Federation No. 254 of February 27, 2004 on the List of the Documents and Information Necessary for Declaring of Refined Gold and Silver Exported by Credit Organisations

Specifies the particulars of declaring of information in the cargo customs declaration when declaring exported refined gold and silver. One customs declaration is used to declare information on the exported ingots under one contract (of sale or placing) concluded for one metal (gold or silver) by one consignor to one consignee. Specifies the particulars of filling of Column 42 of the cargo customs declaration.

Lists the documents and information necessary for the declaring and customs control of refined gold and silver exported by credit organisations.

The Order is entered into force 90 days after the day of its official publication.

Registered in the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation on March 9, 2004. Reg. No. 5653.