Monitoring of the Federal Legislation dated 13.12.2006

Order of the Ministry of Information Technologies and Communication of the Russian Federation No. 142 of November 17, 2006 on the Endorsement and Entry into Force of the Russian Numbering System and Plan

Endorses the Russian numbering system and plan. The Russian numbering system specifies the requirements to the structure of digits, letters and symbols or combination thereof, including the codes, intended for an unambiguous determination (identification) of the communication network and/or its node or end elements, as well as the requirements to the use of such designation together with indicators permitting to choose different number formats, communication operators or services. The requirements to the numbering structure are specified for the telephone and telegraph communication networks, including the telex network, forming part of the public-use communication network.

The networks of fixed telephone communication in the Russian Federation use two numbering plans - an open and a closed one. With the closed numbering plan, the telephone connection of any kind (local, regional, intercity) is established by dialling the national (significant) number. In the Russian Federation in the case of a regional telephone connection, the closed numbering plan is used where the number of decimal digits in the national (significant) number is equal to 10. With the open numbering plan, the local telephone connection is established by dialling the local number, and the regional and intercity telephone connections, by dialling the national (significant) number with a prefix.

The Russian numbering plan specifies the codes and numbering resources for the numbering zones, communication networks and telecommunication services. The numbering plan of telephone and telegraph communication networks is formed using the zonal principle where each numbering zone gets a three-digit code.

The putting in operation of the numbering system and plan will be implemented on the stepwise basis: Stage I (2007) - switchover to the closed numbering plan for the regional telephone connections and excluding from the numbering plans of the networks of local telephone communication of telephone numbers with the first digit 1; Stage II (2008) - switchover to the 00 prefix for international telephone connections and to the 0 prefix for the regional and intercity connections, switchover to numbers with extensions for access to emergency services, reference information services and special services of the networks of local telephone communication; Stage III (2009) - switchover to the closed numbering plan for the local telephone connections.

It is envisaged to bring the earlier issued permissions to allocate or change the numbering resources in compliance with the Russian numbering system and plan until January 1, 2007.

Registered in the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation on December 8, 2006. Reg. No. 8572.

Order of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation and the Ministry of Public Health and Social Development of the Russian Federation No. 879/746 of November 3, 2006 on the Endorsement of the Regulation on the Interaction of the Bodies of Internal Affairs and the Territorial Bodies of the Federal Service of Enforcement in the Sphere of Protection of Consumer Rights and Human Well-Being in Revealing and Stopping Administrative Violations at the Consumer Market of the Russian Federation

Specifies the rules of organisation of interaction of the bodies of internal affairs and the territorial bodies of the Federal Service of Enforcement in the Sphere of Protection of Consumer Rights and Human Well-Being in revealing and stopping administrative violations at the consumer market, as well as in the course of quarantine and sanitary counter epidemics (preventive) measures in the course of epidemics and epizootics.

Provisions of the Regulation define the main principles, tasks, directions of the mentioned interaction implemented for the purpose of stabilisation and rehabilitation of the situation at the consumer market, as well as the procedure to provide access to information on the interaction.

In the framework of the interaction, the bodies of internal affairs and the territorial bodies of the Federal Service of Enforcement in the Sphere of Protection of Consumer Rights and Human Well-Being shall analyse the results of work in prevention and stopping of administrative violations at the consumer market; exchange information of mutual interest; carry out measures aimed at prevention and stopping of administrative violations, protection of consumer rights, as well as carry out other measures.

Registered in the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation on December 6, 2006. Reg. No. 8565.

Direction of the Central Bank of Russia No. 1758-U of December 11, 2006 on the Adjustment of Individual Normative Acts of the Bank of Russia

Invalidates individual acts of the Bank of Russia pertaining to the procedure of cash exchange for the natural persons in compliance with the Decree of the President of the Russian Federation No. 822 of August 4, 1997 on the change of the nominal value of Russian currency notes and the scale of prices. The mentioned documents were intended to provide for the switchover from the banknotes and coins of 1993 to the banknotes and coins of 1997.

Direction of the Central Bank of Russia No. 1753-U of December 8, 2006

From December 11, 2006, the fixed interest rate for the deposit operations of the Bank of Russia carried out with credit organisations in the currency of the Russian Federation using the Reuters dealing system and the system of electronic tenders of the Moscow Interbank Currency Exchange on standard terms "tom next", "spot next", "on demand" is fixed in the amount of 2,25% and on the standard terms "one week", "spot week" in the amount of 2.75%. Earlier, the mentioned rates amounted to 2% and 2.5% annual respectively.

Telegram of the Central Bank of Russia No. 152-T of December 8, 2006

Reports according to Form 0409304 "Report of Obligatory Reserves of Credit Organisations" for December of 2006 shall be drawn up by the territorial institutions of the Bank of Russia for the credit organisations (except for the Savings Bank) as of January 19, 2007 and shall be submitted to the Bank of Russia on January 23, 2007.

Letter No. 149-T of December 4, 2006 on the Inclusion of Securities in the Lombard List of the Bank of Russia

The Lombard List of the Bank of Russia shall include now the bonds of the Agency of Mortgage Housing Crediting with the state registration numbers of issues 4-07-00739-A and 4-08-00739-A.