Monitoring of the Federal Legislation dated 8.04.2002

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 211 of April 2, 2002 on the Endorsement of the Regulation on the Committee of the Russian Federation for Financial Monitoring

The Committee of the Russian Federation for Financial Monitoring is the federal body of executive power in charge of the countermeasures against legalization (laundering) of incomes obtained in a criminal way and coordinating the activities in this sphere of other federal bodies of executive power. The Committee is subordinate to the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation.
The Committee for Financial Monitoring of Russia shall control execution by legal entities and natural persons of the requirements of the legislation of the Russian Federation on the countermeasures against legalization (laundering) of incomes obtained in a criminal way inasmuch as they pertain to the observation of the procedure of registration, storage and submission of information on operations (deals) with monetary resources or other property subject to obligatory control, as well as organization of internal control. The Committee shall reveal the signs showing that the operation (deal) with the monetary resources or other property pertains to the legalization (laundering) of incomes obtained in a criminal way. In the presence of sufficient reasons, the Committee shall send appropriate information to the law enforcement bodies according to their sphere of reference.
The Committee for Financial Monitoring of Russia and its territorial bodies are authorised to request information necessary to execute their functions from organizations carrying out operations (deals) with monetary resources or other property.

Order of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 425-r of April 4, 2002

To ensure state regulation of prices for medicines, endorses the list of vital and most important medicines. The list includes anaesthetics, analgesics, antiseptics, vitamins, minerals, means of treating allergic diseases, agents affecting blood, respiratory organs, central nervous system and other.

Letter of the Ministry of Taxes and Revenues of the Russian Federation No. VG-6-02/392@ of April 1, 2002

Explains the issues of the monthly advance payment of the profit tax due before April 15, 2002. Since the tax declarations confirming the amount of the quarterly advance payment for the first quarter of 2002 are submitted by the taxpayers to the tax bodies no later than within 30 days from the end of the reporting period, they would not be presented to the tax bodies by April 15. The taxpayers shall pay the monthly advance payment (due before April 15) proceeding from one third of the amount of the profit tax calculated according to the requirements of Chapter 25 of the Tax Code of the Russian Federation on the basis of their operative data on incomes and expenses for the first quarter of 2002.