Monitoring of the Federal Legislation dated 29.12.2004

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 857 of December 27, 2004 on the Invalidation of the Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 826 of November 28, 2001

The invalidated Decision specified the minimum and maximum rates of payment for the use of water objects for the basins of rivers, lakes, seas and economic regions. The mentioned rates are specified in Chapter 25.2 "Water Tax" of the Tax Code to be entered into force from January 1, 2005.

The Decision is entered into force from January 1, 2005.

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 847 of December 27, 2004 on the Indexing in 2004 of the Amounts of Compensations and Other Payments to Citizens Having Been Exposed to Radiation because of the Disaster at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Station

Endorses the rules of indexing in 2004 of the amounts of compensations and other payments to citizens having been exposed to radiation because of the disaster at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Station.

Compensations and other payments are being indexed from May 29, 2004 using the factor of 1.1 proceeding from the level of inflation specified in the Federal Law on the federal budget for the year 2004. Individual monthly monetary compensations are indexed from June 1, 2004 using the factor of 1.38 determined as a sum total proceeding from the level of inflation specified in the Federal Laws on the federal budgets for the years 2002, 2003 and 2004. The amount of the mentioned compensation taking into account the indexing may not be greater than the maximum amount of the monthly insurance payment specified in the Federal Law on the budget of the Social Insurance Fund of Russia for the appropriate year.

Besides, there is an indexing of the monthly monetary payment for the families having lost the breadwinner out of citizens killed as a result of the disaster at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Station, having died because of the radiation sickness and other diseases occurring because of the Chernobyl disaster.

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 845 of December 27, 2004 on the Transfer of the Day-Off in 2005

In 2005, the day-off from the Saturday of March 5 is transferred to March 7.

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 840 of December 24, 2004 on the List of Measures to Reorganise the Coal Industry and Their Financing Procedure

The reorganisation of the coal industry includes liquidation of organisations of the coal industry, assistance to provide for the combat readiness of the rescue units, support of the works to develop new technologies, ensuring safe working conditions and improvement of the ecological situation in the coal extracting regions and other. Special attention is paid to the social support of the dismissed employees and implementation of the program of local development and providing employment in the miners' cities and residential settlements.

From January 1, 2005, invalidates the Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 1523 of December 3, 1997 on the state financing of the measures to reorganise the coal industry with amendments.

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 839 of December 24, 2004 on the Travelling Procedure for the Employees of the Transport Prosecutor's Offices within the Covered Areas When Executing Service Duties on the Railway, Internal Water (River), Sea and Air Transport

Employee of the transport prosecutor's office when executing service duties shall get travel document (ticket) for the travel within the covered area upon presentation of the service transportation order in exchange for the token to this order according to the indicated category. The Decision provides the forms of these documents.

Organisations (regardless of the organisational and legal form and form of ownership) selling travel documents (tickets) must accept the service transportation order and the token to it and hand out travel documents (tickets) according to preemption procedure. Reimbursement of expenses is arranged on the quarterly basis by the bodies of the prosecutor's office of the subjects of the Russian Federation on the basis of the bills presented by transport organisations.

The Decision is entered into force from January 1, 2005.

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 813 of December 20, 2004 on the Currency Operations Carried out by the Foreign Intelligence Service of the Russian Federation

The Foreign Intelligence Service of the Russian Federation may carry out all types of currency operations covered by the Federal Law on the currency regulation and currency control without restrictions.