Monitoring of the Federal Legislation dated 15.02.2005

Federal Law No. 2-FZ of February 14, 2005 on the Amendments to Article 3 of the Federal Law on the Justices of the Peace in the Russian Federation

The amendments to Article 3 are stipulated by the entry into force of the new Code of Criminal Procedures of the Russian Federation, Code of Administrative Violations of the Russian Federation and the Code of Civil Procedures of the Russian Federation having extended and refined the authority of justices of the peace and bring it in compliance with the mentioned Codes. Beside the cases listed in the new wording of the Article, federal laws may also include other cases in the sphere of reference of justices of the peace.

Decree of the President of the Russian Federation No. 136 of February 9, 2005 on the Call up of the Citizens of the Russian Federation Being in the Reserve to the Military Training in 2005

Calls up the citizens of the Russian Federation being in the reserve for the military training in 2005 for up to two months in the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, internal troops of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia, civil defence forces, technical engineering and road construction military formations of the Federal Agency of Special Construction of Russia, federal bodies of the state guard service, bodies of the Federal Security Service including the borderguard troops.

The military training is arranged within the time limits coordinated with the bodies of executive power of the subjects of the Russian Federation except for the muster where the time limits are defined by the Ministry of Defence of Russia.

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

Official Information of the Federal Tax Service No. 03-04-08/21 of February 10, 2005 on the Submission of the Tax Declarations for the Value Added Tax and Excise Duty Taxes

Before the endorsement of the new forms of the tax decorations for the value added tax and the excise duty taxes, as well as their filling procedures, the taxpayers shall submit to the tax bodies declarations for these taxes according to the forms endorsed by the Orders of the Ministry of Taxation of Russia No. BG-3-03/644 of November 20, 2003 on the endorsement of the forms of declarations for the value added tax and No. BG-3-03/675@ of December 10, 2003 on the endorsement of the forms of tax declarations for excise duty taxes and their filling instructions.

The Information describes the particulars of recording in the mentioned declarations of operations of import of commodities from Belarus and of sale of oil and gas on the territories of the CIS member-states from January 1, 2005.

Letter of the Federal Tax Service No. MM-6-05/72@ of February 1, 2005 on the Application of the Regressive Scale of the Rates of the Uniform Social Tax and Tariff Rates of Insurance Contributions for the Obligatory Pension Insurance

In the calculation of the uniform social tax and insurance contributions for obligatory pension insurance the taxpayers shall apply from January 1, 2005 on the obligatory basis the rates specified in Article 241 of the Tax Code of the Russian Federation and the tariff rates specified in Articles 22 and 33 of the Federal Law No. 167-FZ of December 15, 2001 on the obligatory pension insurance in the Russian Federation. Item 2 of Article 241 of the Tax Code of the Russian Federation having specified earlier the terms of application of the regression is invalidated.

Letter of the Ministry of Regional Development of the Russian Federation No. 500-VG/70 of February 14, 2005 on the Prices for Design and Survey Works in Construction for the I Quarter of 2005

The average level of basic prices for design works in construction for the I quarter of 2005 is fixed in the amount of: 1.73 to the level of prices as of January 1, 2001, 13.38 to the level of prices as of January 1, 1995.

Inflation index for survey works in construction for the I quarter of 2005 is fixed in the amount of: 1.76 to the level of prices as of January 1, 2001, 20.08 to the basic prices as of January 1, 1991.