Monitoring of the Federal Legislation dated 17.01.2002

Order of the Ministry of Taxes and Revenues of the Russian Federation No. BG-3-05/573 of December 12, 2001 on the Endorsement of the Form of the Tax Declaration for the Uniform Social Tax (Contribution)

Endorses the new form of the tax declaration for the uniform social tax (contribution). Simultaneously, invalidates Appendices Nos. 1, 3, 5 to the Order of the Ministry of Taxes and Revenues of Russia No. BG-3-07/468 of December 29, 2000 on the endorsement of the forms of tax declarations for the uniform social tax (contribution) and the Instructions for filling them out. In contrast to the initial wording, the new form of the declaration for the uniform social tax is common for all categories of taxpayers acting as employers.
Registered in the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation on January 16, 2002. Reg. No. 3162.

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 17 of January 14, 2002 on the Non-Application of the Export Customs Duties for Some Commodities

Exempts from the export customs duties logs of birch (code according to the Foreign Trade Commodity Nomenclature 4403 99 510 0), untreated timber (code According to the Foreign Trade Commodity Nomenclature 4403 99 590 0), paper and paperboard with coating, impregnated or laminated with plastic (other than glues) (codes according to the Foreign Trade Commodity Nomenclature 4811 51 000 0, 4811 59 000 0, 4823 90 500 9), gold untreated or semi-treated, or in the form of powder (code according to the Foreign Trade Commodity Nomenclature 7108), piezoelectric quartz (code according to the Foreign Trade Commodity Nomenclature 7104 10 000 0) exported outside the member-states of the customs union agreement.
The Decision is entered into force one month after the date of its official publication.

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 11 of January 14, 2002 on the Amendments to the Decisions of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 988 of December 21, 2000 and 262 of April 4, 2001

The state registration of new foodstuffs, materials and items, as well as individual types of products presenting potential hazard for human being and of individual types of products imported to the territory of the Russian Federation for the first time is introduced from January 1, 2003, not January 1, 2002, as was envisaged earlier.

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 10 of January 14, 2002 on the Endorsement of the Procedure of Alienation of the Federal Immovable Property Outside the Russian Federation

Specifies that the decision on the alienation (selling, exchange, pledging, donation) of the federal immovable property located outside the Russian Federation shall be adopted by the Government of the Russian Federation on the basis of suggestions of the authorized bodies.

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 8 of January 14, 2002 on the Amendments to the Regulation on the Duties for the Patenting of Inventions, Useful Models, Industrial Prototypes, Registration of Trade Marks, Service Marks, Names of Places of Origin of Commodities, the Right of Use of the Names of the Places of Origin of Commodities

The duties collected in compliance with the Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 793 of August 12, 1993 are increased significantly and are fixed in absolute monetary amounts.
The Decision is entered into force from the day of its official publication.

Order of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation No. 965 of November 1, 2001 on the Endorsement of the Instruction on the Procedure of Issue of Certificates to Citizens on the Presence (Absence) of Criminal History

Sets forth the procedure of work with the applications of the citizens of the Russian Federation, foreign citizens and stateless persons on the territory of the Russian Federation in the issue of certificates of the presence (absence) of criminal history, as well as the main rules of processing and consideration of applications submitted to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, directorates of internal affairs, departments of internal affairs of the subjects of the Russian Federation. Applications of persons living outside the Russian Federation shall be considered by the diplomatic representations and consular institutions. Applications are accepted during personal visits of citizens in the presence of the passport.
Registered in the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation on January 11, 2002. Reg. No. 3153.

Official Explanation of the Central Bank of Russia No. 22-OR of January 10, 2002 on the Fund of Insurance of Deposits in Commercial Banks

Explains the procedure of transfer to operating banks of the resources of the fund of insurance of deposits in commercial banks. In particular, after the adoption of the law on the guarantees of deposits of citizens in the banks, the banks becoming participants of the system of guaranteed deposits will get the resources of the mentioned fund pursuant to the application of the credit organization on the account of the organization used to guarantee the deposits of citizens in the banks or on the accounts of the banks themselves.

Letter of the Ministry of Taxes and Revenues of the Russian Federation No. VG-6-02/940@ of December 18, 2001 on the Taxation of the Budget Organizations (Institutions)

Explains the criteria of qualifying the organizations as budget-supported ones. The given criteria are specified in Article 161 of the Budget Code of the Russian Federation No. 145-FZ of July 31, 1998. These criteria should be used as guidance also in the application of the special regime of taxation envisaged for budget-supported organizations.