Monitoring of the Federal Legislation dated 25.12.2009

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 1071 of December 23, 2009 on the Rates of Export Customs Duties for Individual Types of Rough Wood Exported Outside the Member-States of the Customs Union Agreements

Suspends until January 1, 2011 increase of the export duties for individual types of rough wood.

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 1052 of December 22, 2009 on the Endorsement of the Fire Safety Requirements in the Course of Distribution and Use of Pyrotechnic Items

Introduces the main rules of conduct in the course of storage, sale and use of pyrotechnic of items of household destination.

Order of the Federal Treasury No. 12n of December 10, 2009 on the Amendments to the Order of the Federal Treasury No. 7n of October 7, 2008 on the Procedure of Opening and Keeping of Personal Accounts by the Federal Treasury and Its Territorial Bodies

The state company Avtodor may open personal accounts in the Federal Treasury and payment accounts in the banks and other credit organisations.

Order of the Federal Tax Service No. 2116 of November 23, 2009 on the Endorsement of the Form of the Act of Verification of Advance Payments

The customs body must present a report of the use of resources of transferred advance payments if the payer demands so.

Order of the Ministry of Regional Development of the Russian Federation No. 474 of October 13, 2009 on the Subordinate Federal State Institution Authorised to Carry out a Check of the Estimated Cost of Objects of Capital Construction Financed While Attracting Resources of the Federal Budget

From January 1, 2010, introduces the checking of the estimated cost of objects of capital construction financed from the federal budget.

Decision of the Chief State Sanitary Physician of the Russian Federation No. 72 of December 8, 2009 on the Measures to Stop Circulation of Smoking Mixtures on the Territory of the Russian Federation

The bodies of the Federal Service of Enforcement in the Sphere of Protection of Consumer Rights and Human Well-Being withdraw from circulation all smoking mixtures.

Information of the Central Bank of Russia of December 25, 2009

The rate of refinancing and the interest rates for individual operations of the Bank of Russia are reduced from December 28, 2009 by 0.25 percentage points.