Monitoring of the Federal Legislation dated 5.03.2002

Order of the Ministry of Communication of the Russian Federation No. 29 of February 19, 2002 on the Issue of Permissions to Distribute Foreign Periodicals on the Territory of the Russian Federation

Institutes the procedure of getting the permission of the Ministry of the Russian Federation for Printing, TV and Radio Broadcasting and Means of Mass Communication to distribute foreign periodicals, i.e. periodicals not registered in the Russian Federation with the place of permanent stay of the founder or editorial board outside it, as well as the ones financed by foreign states, legal entities and citizens. Endorses the forms of the application on the issue of the permission and the form of the permission to distribute the mentioned products.
Registered in the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation on February 27, 2002. Reg. No. 3274.

Letter of the Ministry of Taxes and Revenues of the Russian Federation No. SA-6-05/150@ of February 6, 2002 on the Payment of the Uniform Social Tax by the Payers of the Uniform Imputed Income Tax

Beginning with January 1, 2002, the composition of payments not collected from the payers of the uniform imputed income tax does not include the payments to the state social non-budgetary funds. Thus, beginning with January 1, 2002, the payers of the uniform imputed income tax shall pay the uniform social tax according to the procedure specified in Chapter 24 of the Tax Code of the Russian Federation. This is in compliance with the terms of functioning of the special tax regimes envisaging the replacement of the payment of the multitude of taxes and revenues with the uniform tax.

Letter of the State Customs Committee of the Russian Federation No. 01-06/7528 of February 22, 2002 on the Customs Registration of the Most Important and Vital Medical Equipment

Lists the codes according to the Foreign Trade Commodity Nomenclature of the Russian Federation of the most important and vital medical equipment imported to the customs territory of the Russian Federation with VAT exemption. The exemption of these commodities from taxation is effected by the customs body upon submission of the compliance certificate or registration certificate of the Ministry of Public Health of the Russian Federation (its notary certified copy or copy certified by the Ministry of Public Health of the Russian Federation). When raw materials and component parts are imported to produce the most important and vital medical equipment, the decision on VAT exemption is taken by the State Customs Committee of the Russian Federation.