Monitoring of the Federal Legislation dated 18.12.2001

Federal Law No. 161-FZ of December 14, 2001 on the Amendments to the Federal Law on the Federal Budget for the Year 2001

Refines the procedure of use of additionally received incomes of the federal budget. The amendments pertain to the distribution of resources of the federal budget for reimbursement of expenses to eliminate the consequences of natural disasters in agriculture in 2001 and allocations to implement the Federal Law on the 1st grade tariff rate (salary) of the uniform tariff of labor remuneration of the workers of organizations of the budget sphere. The Law defines the volume of payables for communal services of the federal bodies of executive power to be redeemed from additional incomes of the federal budget.
The Federal Law is entered into force from the day of its official publication. The text of the Federal Law is published in Rossiyskaya Gazeta on December 18, 2001, No. 245.

Order of the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation No. 91n of November 9, 2001 on the Amendment to the Order of the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation No. 49n of July 6, 2001 on the Changes to the Norms of Reimbursement of Traveling Expenses on the Territory of the Russian Federation

Specifies that the Order of the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation No. 57n of August 13, 1999 on the changes to the norms of reimbursement of traveling expenses on the territory of the Russian Federation looses its power from January 1, 2002. Beginning with the mentioned time period being in effect are the norms of traveling expenses endorsed by the Order of the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation No. 49n of July 6, 2001.
Registered in the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation on December 7, 2001. Reg. No. 3078.

Order of the State Customs Committee of the Russian Federation No. 1009 of October 23, 2001 on the Amendments to the Order of the State Customs Committee of Russia No. 38 of January 25, 1999

Foreign currencies in amounts greater than USD 1,500 imported by natural persons to the Russian Federation must be declared in writing on an obligatory basis. Earlier, foreign currencies in cash were declared at the desire of the natural person. The rules of import of the currency of the Russian Federation in cash did not change - it should be declared in writing if the amount exceeds 500 minimum amounts of labor remuneration.
Registered in the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation on December 6, 2001. Reg. No. 3075.
The Order is entered into force 30 days after its publication. The text of the Order is published in Rossiyskaya Gazeta on December 18, 2001, No. 245.

"Rules of Application of Fees for Additional Operations Pertaining to Transportation of Cargo on the Federal Railway Transport (Tariff Regulation No. 3)" (Endorsed by the Order of the Ministry for Antimonopoly Policy of the Russian Federation No. 1104 of October 24, 2001)

The fees for additional operations pertaining to transportation of cargo on the federal railway transport (presenting for transportation with declared value, escorting, loading and unloading, containers, weighing, forwarding, storage, providing and cleaning cars) shall apply on all railways forming part of the uniform railway network of the Russian Federation, to all shippers and consignees and owners of access railways.
The fees are being the limiting ones. However, the chiefs of the railways may reduce the fees while notifying of it within 10 days the territorial bodies of the federal antimonopoly body and publishing them in mass media.
Registered in the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation on December 6, 2000. Reg. No. 3074.