Monitoring of the Federal Legislation dated 25.06.2004

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 307 of June 23, 2004 on the Endorsement of the Regulation on the Federal Service of Financial Monitoring

The Federal Service of Financial Monitoring is a federal body of executive power in charge of the combating the legalisation (laundering) of incomes obtained in a criminal way and financing of terrorism and coordinating activities in this sphere of other federal bodies of executive power. The Federal Service is supervised by the Ministry of Finance.

      The Federal Service may arrange, within their sphere of reference, checks of observation by legal entities and natural persons of the requirements of the legislation of the Russian Federation on the combating of legalisation (laundering) of incomes obtained in a criminal way and financing of terrorism where it pertains to the procedure of registration, keeping and presentation of information on operations (transactions) with monetary resources or other property subject to obligatory control, as well as organisation of internal control.

Order of the State Customs Committee of the Russian Federation No. 664 of June 11, 2004 on the Authority of the Customs Bodies to Carry out Customs Operations for Excisable Commodities

Lists the customs bodies enjoying exclusive authority of providing excise duty stamps to importers. Also lists the customs bodies enjoying the authority to carry out customs operations for excisable commodities subject to licensing, excisable commodities that must be labelled with excise duty stamps, wine materials and cognac alcohols moved across the customs border, as well as imported beer (including the alcohol-free one).

      Defines the customs bodies enjoying the authority to carry out customs operations for imported commodities needing transport vehicle certificates.

      Also lists the customs bodies enjoying the authority to carry out customs operations for automobiles of certain models classified under Headings 8702-8704 of the Foreign-Trade Commodity Nomenclature of Russia older than 3 years of age.
Registered in the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation on June 24, 2004. Reg. No. 5866.

Order of the State Customs Committee of the Russian Federation No. 607 of May 25, 2004 on the Endorsement of the List of the Documents and the Form of the Application

Endorses the list of the documents necessary to obtain the decision on the return (offsetting) of the customs duties, taxes, and return of advance payments and the form of the application for the return (offsetting) of monetary resources.
Registered in the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation on June 23, 2004. Reg. No. 5865.