Monitoring of the Federal Legislation dated 31.01.2013

Federal Law No. 326-FZ of December 30, 2012 on the amendments to Articles 26 and 28 of the Federal Law on the Public Chamber of the Russian Federation – activities of the business ombudsman are vested in the Public Chamber

Federal Law No. 324-FZ of December 30, 2012 on the amendments to the Federal Law on the purchase of goods, works, services by individual types of legal entities – certain power-supply organisations are withdrawn from the regulated sector

Federal Law No. 323-FZ of December 30, 2012 on the amendments to the Law of the Russian Federation on subsoil resources and individual legislative acts of the Russian Federation – eliminates contests for the parts of subsoil resources of federal significance

Federal Law No. 317-FZ of December 30, 2012 on the amendments to Articles 29 and 194 of the Code of Arbitration Procedures of the Russian Federation – specifies the normative legal acts disputed in arbitration courts

Federal Law No. 316-FZ of December 30, 2012 on the amendments to the Code of Administrative Violations of the Russian Federation – calculation of the period of limitation of the cases of administrative violations

Federal Law No. 315-FZ of December 30, 2012 on the amendments to the Federal Law on the legal status of foreign citizens in the Russian Federation and Articles 18.9 and 28.3 of the Code of Administrative Violations of the Russian Federation – the inviting party is liable for the violation of the rules of stay of foreigners in Russia

Federal Law No. 314-FZ of December 30, 2012 on the amendments to Articles 3.7 and 8.28 of the Code of Administrative Violations of the Russian Federation – prohibits confiscation of equipment other than that owned by the culpable party in the cases of illegal wood felling

Federal Law No. 301-FZ of December 30, 2012 on the ratification of the Protocol on the amendments to the Agreement between the Russian Federation and the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg on avoidance of double taxation and prevention of evasion of taxes for the income tax and the property tax

Federal Law No. 292-FZ of December 30, 2012 on the ratification of the Agreement between the Government of the Russian Federation and the Government of the Republic of Belarus on the terms of purchase and sale of stocks and further activities of the open-type joint-stock company Beltransgaz

Federal Law No. 290-FZ of December 30, 2012 on the amendments to the Federal Law on the assistance of development of housing construction and individual legislative acts of the Russian Federation – the Federal Fund of Assistance of Development of Housing Construction gets the right of construction control

Federal Law No. 289-FZ of December 30, 2012 on the amendments to the City Planning Code of the Russian Federation and individual legislative acts of the Russian Federation – confines the object of regulation of the Law on tariff rates of organisations of the communal complex

Federal Law No. 286-FZ of December 30, 2012 on the amendments to Articles 2 and 5 of the Federal Law on the state regulation of production and circulation of ethyl alcohol, alcoholic and alcohol- containing products and on restriction of consumption (drinking) of alcoholic products and Articles 5 and 6 of the Federal Law on the amendments to the Federal Law on the state regulation of production and circulation of ethyl alcohol, alcoholic and alcohol-containing products and individual legislative acts of the Russian Federation and invalidation of the Federal Law on the restriction of retail sale and consumption (drinking) of beer and drinks on its basis – the carriers of ethyl alcohol and producers of beer get a six months extension schedule

Federal Law No. 281-FZ of December 29, 2012 on the amendments to the Federal Law on the mortgage securities – new rules of issuance of bonds with a mortgage coverage

Federal Law No. 278-FZ of December 29, 2012 on the amendments to Articles 336 and 337 of Part 2 of the Tax Code of the Russian Federation and Article 6 of the Federal Law on the amendments to the Budget Code of the Russian Federation and individual legislative acts of the Russian Federation – coalbed methane is not covered by the tax on extraction of mineral resources

Federal Law No. 318-FZ of December 30, 2012 on the amendments to the City Planning Code of the Russian Federation and individual legislative acts of the Russian Federation – connection of objects of capital construction to engineering and technical networks

Federal Law No. 303-FZ of December 30, 2012 on the amendments to Articles 25 and 25.6 of the Federal Law on the procedure to exit the Russian Federation and enter the Russian Federation – employees of large foreign companies investing in Russia can get long-term business visas

Federal Law No. 300-FZ of December 30, 2012 on the ratification of the Agreement on the main principles of the policy in the area of currency regulation and currency control in CIS member-states

Federal Law No. 299-FZ of December 30, 2012 on the ratification of the Agreement between the Government of the Russian Federation and the Government of the Republic of Belarus on the price (tariff rates) forming procedure for supplies of natural gas to the Republic of Belarus and its transportation over the pipelines on the territory of the Republic of Belarus

Federal Law No. 294-FZ of December 30, 2012 on the amendments to individual legislative acts of the Russian Federation – enhances protection of rights of interest holders in housing construction

Federal Law No. 291-FZ of December 30, 2012 on the amendments to individual legislative acts of the Russian Federation improving regulation of tariff rates in the area of power, heat, gas, water supplies and water disposal

Federal Law No. 287-FZ of December 30, 2012 on the amendments to the Federal Law on the continental shelf of the Russian Federation and the Federal Law on the internal sea waters, territorial sea and the adjacent zone of the Russian Federation – prevention and elimination of oil spills in the sea

Federal Law No. 282-FZ of December 29, 2012 on the amendments to individual legislative acts of the Russian Federation and invalidation of individual provisions of legislative acts of the Russian Federation – improves regulation of relations pertaining to issue of securities

Federal Law No. 280-FZ of December 29, 2012 on the amendments to individual legislative acts of the Russian Federation on the issues of creation of a transparent mechanism of labour remuneration for the heads of state (municipal) institutions and submission of information on incomes, property and proprietary obligations by the heads of these institutions

Federal Law No. 279-FZ of December 29, 2012 on the amendments to Chapter 23 of Part 2 of the Tax Code of the Russian Federation – extends opportunities to have exemptions from the tax on incomes of natural persons

Federal Law No. 277-FZ of December 29, 2012 on the amendments to Article 9 of the Federal Law on the organisation and carrying out of the XXII Winter Olympic Games and the XI Winter Paralympic Games of 2014 in the city of Sochi, development of the city of Sochi as a mountain climate resort and on the amendments to individual legislative acts of the Russian Federation and the Code of Administrative Violations of the Russian Federation – introduces administrative responsibility for the speculative sale of tickets to the Olympic Games

Federal Law No. 275-FZ of December 29, 2012 on the state defence orders – improves procedures for the forming, placing and fulfilling of state defence orders

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 1443 of December 27, 2012 on the endorsement of the rules of forming and keeping of the federal state information system "Monitoring of Activities of Control and Enforcement Bodies"

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 1435 of December 27, 2012 on the federal state supervision over geodesy and cartography

Letter of the Federal Tax Service No. YeD-4-3/22651@ of December 29, 2012 on the application of the norms of Federal Law No. 94-FZ of June 25, 2012 – use of the uniform imputed-income tax on the voluntary basis

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 1484 of December 30, 2012 on the endorsement of the rules of determination of the number of passengers for the purpose of calculation of insurance premium under the contract of obligatory insurance of civil liabilities of the carrier for the damage to life, health and property of passengers

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 1468 of December 28, 2012 on the procedure to provide information to the bodies of local government by the parties supplying resources for providing communal services and/or rendering communal services in apartment houses and dwelling homes or the services (works) of maintenance and repair of the common property of owners of rooms in apartment houses

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 1425 of December 27, 2012 on the determination by the bodies of state power of subjects of the Russian Federation of the places of gathering of citizens and locations of sources of hazards prohibited for retail sale of alcoholic items, as well as determination by the bodies of local government of the boundaries of territories adjacent to certain organisations and objects prohibited for retail sale of alcoholic items

Order of the Federal Migration Service No. 357 of November 6, 2012 on the organisation by the Federal Migration Service of obligatory state fingerprint registration and taking photos of foreign citizens and stateless persons having obtained employment permissions in the Russian Federation

Order of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 2579-r of December 28, 2012 – promotion of competition and improvement of antimonopoly policy

Order of the Ministry of Labour and Social Protection of the Russian Federation No. 625n of December 25, 2012 on the endorsement of the Classification of the types of economic activities by classes of professional risk

Order of the Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation No. 762 of November 27, 2012 on the endorsement of the procedure of determination of payment for natural persons and legal entities for the works (services) included in the main types of activities of the federal state-run institution supervised by the Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation rendered in excess of the available state order, as well as within the limits of the available state order in the cases specified in the federal laws

Order of the Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation No. 713 of November 2, 2012 on the endorsement of the method of assessment of business plans carried out by expert councils for industrial production, technical innovation, recreational tourist and port special economic zones

Order of the Ministry of Labour and Social Protection of the Russian Federation No. 196n of September 21, 2012 on the endorsement of the Administrative Regulation for the Pension Fund of the Russian Federation on the provided state service of acceptance of reports on individual (personified) records of the insured from insurants

Letter of the Social Insurance Fund of the Russian Federation No. 15-03-11/04-16684 of December 14, 2012 – estimates of insurance contributions for the year 2012 should be submitted using an updated form

Direction of the Bank of Russia No. 2913-U of November 16, 2012 on the amendments to Regulation of the Bank of Russia No. 301-P of January 16, 2007 on the procedure for drawing up and submission of the interim liquidation balance sheet and the liquidation balance sheet of the liquidated credit organisation and their coordination by the territorial institutions of the Bank of Russia

Order of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 2524-r of December 25, 2012 – goals, tasks and plans of the pension system until 2030

Information of the Bank of Russia of January 15, 2012 – the rate of refinancing remains the same

Decision of the Presidium of the Higher Arbitration Court of the Russian Federation No. 8953/12 of November 20, 2012 – the case of publication of a copyright object in mass media

Resolution of the Board of the Eurasian Economic Commission No. 125 of December 17, 2012 on the rate of import customs duty of the Joint Customs Tariff of the Customs Union for molybdenum oxides and hydroxides and on the prolongation of rate of import customs duty of the Joint Customs Tariff of the Customs Union for individual types of railroad cars

Order of the Ministry of Labour and Social Protection of the Russian Federation No. 580n of December 10, 2012 on the endorsement of the rules of financial support of preventive measures to reduce occupational injuries and diseases of employees and sanatorium and resort treatment for employees engaged in works with adverse and /or hazardous industrial factors

Order of the Federal Service for Financial Markets No. 12-95/pz-n of November 20, 2012 on the amendments to Order of the Federal Service for Financial Markets No. 06-95/pz-n of August 24, 2006 on the procedure for rendering services promoting conclusion of fixed-term contracts, as well as the particulars of clearing of fixed-term contracts

Order of the Ministry of Public Health of the Russian Federation No. 1355n of December 24, 2012 on the endorsement of the form of typical contract for the rendering of and payment for the medical aid in the cases of obligatory medical insurance

Order of the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation No. 154n of December 4, 2012 on the amendments to Order of the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation No. 66n of July 2, 2010 – forms of accounting reports of organisations

Order of the Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation No. 775 of December 5, 2012 on the requirements to the format for submission of information on the property included in the state property of the subject of the Russian Federation or municipal property specified in the list of information available with the state bodies of subjects of the Russian Federation, bodies of local government, territorial state extra-budgetary funds or organisations subordinate to the state bodies of subjects of the Russian Federation or bodies of local government participating in provided state or municipal services that is necessary for the federal bodies of executive power and the bodies of state extra-budgetary funds of the Russian Federation to provide state services endorsed by Order of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 1123-r of June 29, 2012

Order of the Ministry of Labour and Social Protection of the Russian Federation No. 524n of November 13, 2012 on the endorsement of the federal state standard of state service of assistance for citizens looking for a suitable job and employers selecting necessary employees

Resolution of the Board of the Eurasian Economic Commission No. 6 of January 15, 2013 on the amendment to Section I of Chapter II of the joint sanitary, epidemiological and hygienic requirements to the goods subject to the sanitary and epidemiological supervision (control) – specifies the age permitting to use industrially produced baby foods

Decision of the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation No. 1-P of January 17, 2013 on the case of constitutionality of the provision of Part 5 of Article 19.8 of the Code of Administrative Violations of the Russian Federation pursuant to the appeal of the limited-liability company Maslyansky Bread Acceptance Station – amount of fine for the failure to submit information to the antimonopoly body

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 8 of January 17, 2013 on the cost of insurance year in 2013

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 6 of January 17, 2013 on the standards for disclosing information in the area of water supplies and water disposal

Resolution of the Board of the Eurasian Economic Commission No. 308 of December 25, 2012 on the amendments to Resolution of the Commission of the Customs Union No. 607 of April 7, 2011 – updates the forms of veterinary certificates

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 11 of January 17, 2013 on the amendments to Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 841 of July 18, 1996 – list of the types of earnings and other incomes used to collect alimony

Order of the Federal Tax Service No. MMV-7-6/843@ of November 13, 2012 on the endorsement of the form and essence of document confirming the fact of entry of record in the Joint State Register of Legal Entities or the Joint State Register of Individual Entrepreneurs

Order of the Federal Tax Service No. MMV-7-12/22@ of January 21, 2013 on the endorsement of the recommended form of certificate of execution by the taxpayer (payer of fees, tax agent) of the duty to pay taxes, fees, penalties, fines, its filling procedure and recommended format for submission in electronic form over telecommunication channels

Order of the Federal Tax Service No. MMV-7-6/20@ of January 18, 2013 on the endorsement of the procedure for information exchange with documents used in the cases of application of the simplified and patent systems of taxation, uniform agricultural tax and tax on gambling business in electronic from over telecommunication channels

Letter of the Federal Tax Service No. YeD-4-3/549@ of January 21, 2013 on the information necessary for calculation of the tax on extraction of mineral resources for oil for December 2012

Order of the Ministry of Labour and Social Protection of the Russian Federation No. 198n of September 24, 2012 on the endorsement of the Administrative Regulation of the Pension Fund of the Russian Federation on the provided state service of acceptance from insurants of registers of the insured for the cases of transfer of additional insurance contributions for the accumulated part of the labour pension in compliance with the Federal Law on additional insurance contributions for the accumulated part of the labour pension and the state support of generation of accumulated pensions

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 27 of January 23, 2013 on the endorsement of the rates of export customs duties for raw oil and individual categories of goods of oil exported outside the territory of the Russian Federation and the territories of the member-states of the Customs Union agreements

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 23 of January 22, 2013 on the rules of development, endorsement and application of professional standards

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 20 of January 21, 2013 on the amendments to the road traffic rules of the Russian Federation – introduces a new sign – presence of a photo or video recorder on the road

Information of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation of January 25, 2013 on the new feature in the procedure of acceptance of documents for the visa of the Federal Republic of Germany for citizens of Russia – fingerprints are required

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 43 of January 25, 2013 on the federal body of executive power in charge of the state supervision over activities of tour operators and the tour operator association in the area of outbound tourism

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 36 of January 25, 2013 on the adoption by the Russian Federation of Annex B.6 to the Convention on temporary admission – the annex is adopted with reservations

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 56 of January 29, 2013 on the endorsement of the Rules of calculation of the cost of living in per capita figures and for the main socio-demographic groups of population for the whole of the Russian Federation

Order of the Federal Tax Service No. MMV-7-3/9@ of January 15, 2013 on the endorsement of the Classifier of the types of entrepreneurial activities permitting the use of the patent system of taxation, if specified in the law of the subject of the Russian Federation