Monitoring of the Federal Legislation dated 22.07.2004

Decree of the President of the Russian Federation No. 927 of July 19, 2004 "Issues of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation"

The Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia is a federal body of executive power in the charge of the working out and implementation of the state policy and normative-and-legal regulation in the sphere of internal affairs, including the sphere of migration. The Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia is supervised by the President of the Russian Federation. The Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia shall coordinate and control activities of subordinate to it Federal Migration Service of Russia.

The Decree is entered into force from the day of its signing.

Direction of the Central Bank of Russia No. 1475-U of July 13, 2004 on the Special Broker Accounts and Accounts for Payments with Non-Resident Clients in Brokerage Operations with Securities Opened before June 18, 2004

Until August 1, 2004, accounts opened before June 18, 2004 to register monetary resources received by the broker in execution of the brokerage contract concluded with a non-resident client for individual operations with securities will be used to carry out all operations envisaged in these accounts' regimes. Monetary resources may be transferred by authorised banks from the mentioned accounts to the special, broker type S, A, O accounts opened in compliance with the Instruction of the Central Bank of Russia No. 115-I of June 7, 2004.

The Direction is entered into force from the day of its official publication in the Herald of the Bank of Russia.

Registered in the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation on July 21, 2004. Reg. No. 5929.

Direction of the Central Bank of Russia No. 1472-U of July 7, 2004 on the Invalidation of the Regulation of the Bank of Russia No. 134-P of February 20, 2001 on the Procedure of Making Payments in Foreign Currencies Involving Offsetting of Mutual Claims between Residents Engaged in Fishing and Non-Residents Rendering Agency Services

Pursuant to the entry into force of the Federal Law on currency regulation and currency control invalidates the Regulation of the Bank of Russia No. 134-P of February 20, 2001 defining the rules of making payments in foreign currencies involving offsetting of mutual claims between residents engaged in fishing and non-residents rendering agency services.

The Direction is entered into force 10 days after the day of its official publication in the Herald of the Bank of Russia.

Registered in the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation on July 20, 2004. Reg. No. 5925.

Order of the State Customs Committee of the Russian Federation No. 760 of June 30, 2004 on the Endorsement of the List of the Customs Bodies Authorised to Carry out Customs Operations with Commodities Moved Using ATA Carnets

Provides the new wording for the list of the customs bodies permitted to accept ATA carnets for the purposes of customs registration specified in the Order of the State Customs Committee of Russia No. 255 of March 1, 2004.

The Order is entered into force 10 days after the day of its official publication.

Registered in the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation on July 15, 2004. Reg. No. 5914.