Monitoring of the Federal Legislation dated 28.09.2001

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 691 of September 26, 2001 on the Procedure of Rendering Humanitarian Aid (Assistance) to the Russian Federation

Specifies the list of commodities (products) subject to excise duty taxes which may not be qualified as humanitarian aid. In particular, such commodities include semi-finished products, minced meat and fish, meat mechanically boned, as well as used clothes, footwear and linen, except for those sent to state and municipal organizations and institutions of social protection of population, public health, education, criminal and execution system financed out of budgets of all levels.

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 686 of September 24, 2001 on the Endorsement of the Regulation on the Control over the Foreign-Trade Activities Pertaining to Chemicals, Equipment and Technologies That May Be Used in Creation of Ch

Defines the procedure of implementing control over the foreign-trade activities pertaining to the products included in the list of chemicals, equipment, and technologies that may be used in creation of chemical weapons and subject to export control endorsed by the Decree of the President of the Russian Federation No. 1082 of August 28, 2001.
The Regulation is obligatory for execution by all Russian participants of the foreign-trade activities with respect to the chemicals, equipment and technologies mentioned in the List.
Foreign trade operations are carried out on the basis of single or general licenses issued by the Ministry of Economy and Development. The Decision lists the documents necessary for obtaining single licenses and the grounds for obtaining general licenses. The drawing up of a single license is charged at Rbl 3,000, the general license - at Rbl 15,000. The Decision lists the cases when the drawing up of the license is not required.
The Decision is entered into force from December 1, 2001.

Direction of the Central Bank of Russia No. 1034-U of September 17, 2001 on the Amendment to the Direction of the Bank of Russia No. 500-U of February 12, 1999 on the Enhancing of the Currency Control by Authorized Banks over the Legality of Currency Ope

The amendment is introduced in the procedure of imposing restrictions on the operations of purchase and sale of foreign currencies in cash and non-cash forms - now, such order may be issued by the territorial institutions of the Bank of Russia.

Direction of the Central Bank of Russia No. 1035-U of September 24, 2001 on the Rouble Equivalent of the Minimum Amount of the Registered Capital Necessary for Creation of a Credit Organization and the Amount of Own Resources (Capital) of the Bank Request

The rouble equivalent of the registered capital of a created bank, except for the branch of a foreign bank, in the mentioned period shall amount to at least Rbl 125,150,000 (earlier, Rbl 25,030,000), of a non-banking credit organization - at least Rbl 12,515,000 (earlier, Rbl 2,550,000). The amounts were reduced for the branch of a credit organization of a foreign bank and the bank requesting the general license for bank operations.
The Direction is entered into force from September 27, 2001 and remains in effect until September 30, 2001 inclusive.