Monitoring of the Federal Legislation dated 21.01.2002

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 19 of January 17, 2002 on the Endorsement of the List of the Most Important and Vital Medical Equipment Exempted from the Value Added Tax on the Territory of the Russian Federation

Lists the most important and vital medical home- and foreign-made equipment exempted from the value added tax on the territory of the Russian Federation in compliance with Article 149 of the Tax Code of the Russian Federation. The list includes various types of medical tools, instruments and equipment for diagnostics, as well as equipment for laboratories and apothecaries. The list does not include medical syringes, as well as sun protecting glasses, frames and sight correction lenses.

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 21 of January 19, 2002 on the Amendments to the Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 939 of December 9, 2000

The rate of the export customs duty for crude oil and oil products from bituminous materials (code according to the Foreign Trade Commodity Nomenclature 2709 00) exported from the territory of the Russian Federation outside the member-states of the customs union agreements is endorsed in the amount of USD 8 per 1,000 kg (earlier, Euro 23.4 per 1,000 kg).
The Decision is entered into force from February 1, 2002.

General Agreement between the All-Russia Associations of Trade Unions, All-Russia Associations of Employers and the Government of the Russian Federation for the Years 2002-2004 (City of Moscow, December 20, 2001)

The main goal of the social policy of the Russian Federation is proclaimed to be creation of conditions providing for a deserving life and free development of the human being, reduction of the level of social inequality, increase of the incomes of the population, providing universal affordability and publicly acceptable quality of the basic social services and guarantees of the necessary subsistence level.
The agreement lists the measures that the parties of the Agreement intend to implement in the sphere of economy, development of the labour market and increase in the level of living of the population, social protection, industrial and ecological safety and other spheres. Among the mentioned measures are: development of small business, prevention of possible negative consequences of Russia's entry to the World Trade Organization, indexing at least 1.5 times of the tariff rates (salaries) of the uniform labour remuneration tariff of employees in the budget sphere, as well as increase of the amount of the old-age pension taking into account the growth of inflation and the average monthly earnings.

Order of the Ministry of Transport of the Russian Federation No. 166 of November 16, 2001 on the Admission of Russian Carriers to International Highway Transportation

Endorses the forms of documents submitted to the Russian Transport Inspection to take the decision to admit a Russian carrier to international highway transportation. Also endorses the forms of the certificate and the admission card for the transport vehicle.
Registered in the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation on January 11, 2002. Reg. No. 3151.