Monitoring of the Federal Legislation dated 4.02.2002

Federal Constitutional Law No. 1-FKZ of January 30, 2002 On the Marshal Law

The Law was endorsed in pursuance of Parts 2 and 3 of Article 87 of the Constitution of the Russian Federation under which the marshal law on the territory of the Russian Federation or in its individual areas shall be imposed by the President of the Russian Federation in case of aggression against the Russian Federation or an immediate threat of aggression. The law regulates a procedure and basis for the imposition and lifting of the marshal law, determines the content of that regime, establishes the powers of state authority bodies and bodies of local administration of ensuring the regime, basis and procedure for using the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, other troops, military formations and bodies as well as a legal status of citizens and organizations in the conditions of the marshal law.
The Federal Constitutional Law shall take effect as from its official release in the press. The text of the Federal Constitutional Law is published in Rossiyskaya Gazetta newspaper No. 21 of February 2, 2002.

Agreement On the Termination of Agreement On the Delimitation of Subjects of Competence and Powers Between Bodies of State Authority of the Russian Federation and Bodies of State Authority of the Kirov Region (Moscow, January 24, 2002)

As from February 2, 2002 the Agreement signed in October 30, 1997 in the city of Moscow shall cease to operate in view of achievement of its objectives.
The text of the Agreement was published in Rossiyskaya Gazetta newspaper No. 21 of February 2, 2002.

Agreement On the Termination of Agreement On the Delimitation of Subjects of Competence and Powers Between Bodies of State Authority of the Russian Federation and Bodies of State Authority of the Omsk Region (Moscow, January 21, 2001)

As from February 2, 2002 the Agreement signed in May 19, 1996 in the city of Omsk shall cease to operate in view of achievement of its objectives.
The text of the Agreement was published in Rossiyskaya Gazetta newspaper No. 21 of February 2, 2002.

Agreement On the Termination of Agreement On the Delimitation of Subjects of Competence and Powers Between Bodies of State Authority of the Russian Federation and Bodies of State Authority of the Astrakhan Region (Moscow, December 21, 2001)

As from February 2, 2002 the Agreement signed in October 30, 1997 in the city of Moscow shall cease to operate in view of achievement of its objectives.
The text of the Agreement was published in Rossiyskaya Gazetta newspaper No. 21 of February 2, 2002.

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 74 of January 30, 2002 On the Approval of the Single Register of Academic Degrees and Academic Ranks and the Regulations On the Procedure For Awarding Academic Degrees

It establishes as from May 15, 2002 the following academic degrees and academic ranks for top research and teaching personnel, viz.: academic degrees of the Doctor of Science and Candidate of Science; academic ranks of the Professor, Assistant-Professor in a speciality as per the list of specialities of research workers, the Professor and Assistant-Professor of the chair of an educational institution of higher vocational and advanced vocational training.
It also establishes legal basis for assessing the competence of the research and teaching personnel and criteria to be met by theses - qualifying studies submitted for an academic degree.

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 73 of January 30, 2002 On the Introduction of Changes and Amendments to the Regulations on the Ministry of Education of the Russian Federation

Changes and amendments shall be made in connection with the approval by the Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation of the Single Register of Academic Degrees and Academic Titles and the Regulations On the Procedure for Awarding Academic Degrees.

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 71 of January 30, 2002 On the Introduction of Changes and Amendments to Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 939 of December 9, 2000

It reduces the rate of the export customs duty for liquid fuels (Code under the Commodity Nomenclature of Foreign Economic Activity 19 510 0-2710 19 690 0) taken from the territory of the Russian Federation outside member states of Agreements On the Customs Union which is fixed at 10 Euro per 1000 kg.
The Decision shall take effect upon the expiration of one month as from its official publication.