Monitoring of the Federal Legislation dated 3.06.2002

Federal Law No. 61-FZ of May 29, 2002 on the Budget of the Pension Fund of the Russian Federation for the Year 2002

Endorses the budget of the Pension Fund of the Russian Federation for the year 2002 with incomes amounting to Rbl 783,477.7 million and expenses, to Rbl 739,156.6 million and incomes exceeding expenses by Rbl 44,321.1 million.
The Federal Law is entered into force from January 1, 2002.

Federal Law No. 60-FZ of May 29, 2002 on the Amendment to Article 45 of the Law of the Russian Federation on the Pension Support to Persons Having Undergone Military Service, Service in the Bodies of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Institutions and Bodies of the Criminal Execution System and Their Families

Length-of-service, disability and lost-bread-winner pensions assigned to the champions of Olympic games in compliance with the mentioned Law are increased by 50% of the amount of the pension, however, no less than by 100% of the minimum amount of the old-age pension.

      The Federal Law is entered into force from January 1, 2001.

Federal Law No. 59-FZ of May 29, 2002 on the Amendments to the Federal Law on the Entering into Force of the Criminal Procedural Code of the Russian Federation

The changes pertain to the procedure of entering into force of Part 2 of Article 29 of the Criminal Procedural Code of the Russian Federation and other associated norms pertaining to the transfer to the courts of a number of functions in criminal cases during pre-trial proceedings. The norms of the Criminal Procedural Code of the Russian Federation envisaging application of the arrest by courts, as well as suspect detention for more than 48 hours are entered into force from July 1, 2002 (earlier, from January 1, 2004).

      The Law also enters into force from July 1, 2002 Part 2 of Article 246 of the Criminal Procedural Code of the Russian Federation envisaging obligatory participation of the state prosecutor in the court examination of criminal cases requiring public and partially public action.

      The Federal Law is entered into force from the day of its official publication.

Federal Law No. 58-FZ of May 29, 2002 on the Amendments to the Criminal Procedural Code of the Russian Federation

Pursuant to the Decision of the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation, provides for the entering into force from July 1, 2002 of the norms of the Criminal Procedure Code of the Russian Federation envisaging application of arrest by courts.

      Refines the conceptual apparatus used in the Criminal Procedures Code of the Russian Federation. Provides a more precise definition of Article 31 regulating the composition of the court of first instance and the sphere of criminal cases. Removes restrictions to renew participation of a judge in the consideration of the criminal case (Article 63).

      The list of the bodies of investigation includes the bodies of the State Fire Service (Article 40). The Law defines their subordination in investigation procedure (Article 151), refines the norms pertaining to the moment of defender access to the criminal case, defence refusal and the status of the civil defendant (Articles 49, 52 and 54).

      The Law refines Articles 345 and 379 regulating the procedure of announcing the verdict in a court involving the jury and the grounds for revocation or changing of the court rulings adopted together with the jury.

      A number of forms is provided in the new wording.

      The Federal Law is entered into force from the day of its official publication.

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 366 of May 30, 2002 on the Amendments to the Customs Tariff of the Russian Federation

As a partial change to the Customs Tariff of the Russian Federation, endorses the new rates of import customs duties for some commodities. The amounts of customs duties for cars did not change.

      The Decision is entered into force one month after the day of its official publication.

Order of the Ministry of Education of the Russian Federation No. 1718 of May 13, 2002 on the Amendments to the Procedure of Admission to the State Institutions of the Secondary Professional Education (Special Secondary Educational Institutions) of the Russian Federation

The changes abandon the combining of the state (final) certification in the general educational institutions being simultaneously entrance testing in institutions of the secondary professional education. The changes are entered into force from January 1, 2003.

      Registered in the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation on May 28, 2002. Reg. No. 3474.

Letter of the Committee of the Russian Federation for Financial Monitoring No. 02-1-27/714 of May 30, 2002

Conveys the new forms of information on operations with monetary resources or other property, as well as information on the persons carrying out operations subject to obligatory control in compliance with the Law on the countermeasures against the legalization (laundering) of incomes obtained in a criminal way. The forms are adjusted for typing and manual filling.

      The Letter also conveys the requirements to the procedure of filling out the mentioned forms including the guides of the types of operations information on which is submitted to the Committee of the Russian Federation for Financial Monitoring, guide of the codes of regions and the guide of participants of operations.