Monitoring of the Federal Legislation dated 24.12.2001

Federal Law No. 177-FZ of December 18, 2001 on the Entering into Force of the Criminal Procedural Code of the Russian Federation

Beginning with July 1, 2001, enters into force the Criminal Procedural Code of the Russian Federation except for the provisions with other time limits for entering into force. Pursuant to the entering into force of the Criminal Procedural Code of the Russian Federation, invalidates the earlier criminal procedural acts according to the lists.
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 22, 2001, No. 249.

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 883 of December 21, 2001 on the Measures to Protect Russian Producers of Caramel

Imposes the special duty for the term of 2.5 years in amount of 21% of the customs cost, however, not less than euro 0.18 per 1 kg for commodities imported to the customs territory of the Russian Federation and classified under the codes of the Foreign Trade Commodity Nomenclature of Russia 1704 90 710 0 (boiled sweets, whether or not filled) and 1704 90 750 0 (toffees, caramels and similar sweets).
The duty is not collected from commodities originating in Belarus, except for the cases when these commodities are released for free circulation in Belarus without collection of the special duty or without the transfer of the paid amounts of these duty to the federal budget of the Russian Federation according to established procedure.
The Decision is entered into force one month after the day of its official publication.

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 879 of December 21, 2001 on the Fixing of the Living Subsistence in Per Capita Figures and for the Main Socio-Demographic Groups of Population for the Whole of the Russian Federation for the III Quarter of 2001

In the III quarter of 2001, the amount of the living subsistence for the whole for the Russian Federation is increased to amount to Rbl 1,524 per capita, Rbl 1,658 for able-bodied population, Rbl 1,163 for pensioners, Rbl 1,514 for children (in the II quarter of 2001, the figures amounted to Rbl 1,507, Rbl 1,635, Rbl 1,153 and Rbl 1,507 respectively).

Order of the Ministry of Taxes and Revenues of the Russian Federation No. BG-3-02/542 of December 7, 2001 on the Endorsement of the Form of the Declaration for the Profit Tax for Organizations

Endorses the form of the declaration for the profit tax of organizations. The form is uniform for all taxpayers. The declaration includes estimates for individual types of incomes and expenses. The Instruction for the filling of this declaration is not yet endorsed and will be evidently introduced by a separate normative act.
According to Article 289 of the Tax Code of the Russian Federation, the taxpayers (tax agents) present tax declarations (tax estimates) no later than within 30 days after the end of the appropriate reporting period (quarter).
The Order is entered into force from January 1, 2002.
Registered in the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation on December 17, 2001. Reg. No. 3084.