Monitoring of the Federal Legislation dated 25.06.2002

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 438 of June 19, 2002 on the Uniform State Register of Legal Entities

Sets forth the procedure of keeping by the Ministry of Taxation of the Russian Federation and its territorial bodies of the Uniform State Register of Legal Entities, as well as the composition of documents included in the registration file, composition of information included in the records of the state register, ways of submission of information on the licenses obtained by the legal entity by the licensing body, composition of the used classifiers and guides.
Also sets forth the procedure of providing information contained in the state register. Defines the form, procedure and time limits of providing of the mentioned information, as well as the amount of payment for it, cases and procedure of granting free information, list of state bodies getting information on the state registration on the obligatory basis and composition of this information, procedure and time limits for providing information on it to the legal entity.
Sets forth, in particular, that information on the particular legal entity contained in the register is provided to it free to the request once a year in one copy. Whenever information from the register is provided on a paid basis, the amount of payment is 2 minimum amounts of labour remuneration for each document (4 minimum amounts of labour remuneration in case of emergency). The rules apply from July 1, 2002.

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 439 of June 19, 2002 on the Endorsement of the Forms of Documents Used in the State Registration of Legal Entities and Requirements to Them

Endorses 15 forms of documents used during the state registration of legal entities and requirements to them. In particular, endorses the from of the application for the state registration of the legal entity at creation, as well as in case of its liquidation, application for registration of changes introduced in the constituent documents, certificate of registration and other. Applications, notifications and other documents are presented on paper media and, if possible, in the electronic form. Applicant's signature on the application, notification and report is certified by a notary.
On the basis of information of the state registration of the legal entity, territorial bodies of the Ministry of Taxation of the Russian Federation register it in the tax body at the place of location of the newly created legal entity.

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 440 of June 19, 2002 on the Endorsement of the Procedure of Interaction of the Bodies of Registration in Cases of State Registration of Legal Entities Created Through Reorganization

Defines the procedure of interaction of the bodies of registration in cases of state registration of legal entities created by reorganization, if the place of location of the legal entities created through reorganization is different from the place of location of the reorganized legal entity.
The procedure of interaction of the body of registration at the place of location of the reorganized legal entities with the body of registration at the place of location of the newly created legal entity is deferent depending on the form of the reorganization: conversion, merger, separation, isolation and incorporation.

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 441 of June 19, 2002 on the Endorsement of the Procedure and Time Limits for the Transfer of the Registration Files of the Registered Earlier Legal Entities Stored in the Bodies in Charge of the State Registration of Legal Entities before the Federal Law on the State Registration of Legal Entities Is Entered into Force

Defines the general principles of interaction of the bodies in charge of the state registration of legal entities before July 1, 2002 and the departments of the Ministry of Taxation of the Russian Federation in the subjects of the Russian Federation and inspections of the Ministry of Taxation of the Russian Federation.
The transfer of registration cases of the earlier registered legal entities will be carried out within 6 months.
The Decision is entered into force from the day of entry into force of the Federal Law on the state registration of legal entities, i.e. from July 1, 2002.

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 442 of June 19, 2002 on the Procedure of Interaction of the Federal Judicial Body and the Federal Body of Executive Power Authorized to Carry Out the State Registration of Legal Entities

Defines the procedure of interaction of the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation and its territorial bodies with the Ministry of Taxation of the Russian Federation and its departments over the issues of state registration of legal entities (their creation, reorganization, liquidation, changing of constituent documents and other), the special procedure and time limits of registration of which being specified in the federal laws. Such interaction is implemented in cases of state registration of trade-and-industry chambers, political parties, public organizations, movements, funds, public self-acting institutions and bodies, as well as religious organizations.
The Decision provides the list of documents submitted to the federal judicial body and its territorial bodies to take the decision on the state registration of the trade-and-industry chambers, public associations and religious organizations created through reorganization.

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 449 of June 21, 2002 on the Amendments to the Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 1364 of December 9, 1999

The rates of export customs duties for individual types of paper products (codes according to the Foreign Trade Commodity Nomenclature 4804 21 100 0, 4819 30 000 1, 4819 30 000 2) exported from the territory of the Russian Federation outside the member-states of the Customs Union agreements are reduced to amount to 5% (earlier, 10%) of the customs cost.
The Decision is entered into force one month after the day of its official publication.

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 454 of June 21, 2002 on the Licensing of Activities Pertaining to Circulation of Narcotic Agents and Psychotropic Substances

The licensing applies to the development, production, making, processing, storage, transportation, supply, selling, distribution, purchase, use and destruction of narcotic agents and psychotropic substances included in Lists II and III.
The licensing is vested in the Ministry of Public Health of the Russian Federation or the bodies of executive power of the subjects of the Russian Federation (if such authority is handed over by the Ministry of Public Health of the Russian Federation). The license is issued for 5 years. The earlier issued licenses preserve their force until expiry.