Monitoring of the Federal Legislation dated 31.07.2002

Federal Law of the Russian Federation No. 73-FZ of June 25, 2002 on the Objects of Cultural Heritage (Monuments of History and Culture) of the Peoples of the Russian Federation

Adopted by the State Duma on May 24, 2002.
Approved by the Council of the Federation on June 14, 2002.
The text of the Federal Law is published in Rossiyskaya Gazeta on June 29, 2002, Nos. 116-117.
The objects of cultural heritage include monuments of history and culture, places of interest, historical settlements and other large territorial complexes.
The Law specifies the procedure of creation and keeping of the State Register of Objects of Cultural Heritage (Monuments of History and Culture), essence of the right of ownership for such objects, particulars of ownership, use and management of such objects qualified as federal property. Defines the procedure of qualifying immovable property as revealed objects of cultural heritage and their protection requirements. Specifies the authority of the federal bodies in the sphere of preservation, protection, use and popularisation of the objects of cultural heritage.
The Law envisages a number of provisions regulating the issues of privatisation of the immovable property qualified as objects of cultural heritage. Institutes restrictions for privatisation of the monuments and for their alienation from the federal property, as well as introduces restrictions for the use of the immovable property qualified as objects of cultural heritage and envisages the special procedure of registration of the deals with the mentioned property. Religious monuments may only be handed over to religious organizations.
The Law envisages introduction of historical and cultural expert evaluation, positive statement of which serving as the basis for adoption of the decision of the state body in charge of the protection of the heritage qualifying the objects of immovable property as cultural heritage of the Russian Federation, as well as to permit any economic and construction activities.
Various benefits are envisaged for natural persons or legal entities having invested their resources in the works to preserve the objects of cultural heritage, in particular, beneficial rent.
The Federal Law is entered into force from the day of its official publication.

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 465 of June 26, 2002 on the Measures to Protect Russian Producers of Compressors for Refrigeration Equipment

As such measure endorses for the term of 2 years the rates of the special duty for compressors for refrigeration equipment imported to the customs territory of the Russian Federation. The special duty is not collected for compressors for refrigeration equipment originating in the member-countries of the Eurasia Economic Community, as well as when such commodities are imported to the territory of the Russian Federation from the territory of the Republic of Belarus if these commodities are released for free circulation in the Republic of Belarus without collection of the special duty or without transfer of the paid duty to the federal budget according to established procedure.

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 467 of June 26, 2002 on the Endorsement of the Regulations on the Licensing of Activities in the Sphere of Ammunition and Pyrotechnical Devices

Defines the procedure of licensing of development, production, utilization of ammunition, production of pyrotechnical devices, as well as distribution of Class IV and V pyrotechnical devices according to the state standard carried out by legal entities. The licensing is vested in the Russian Agency for Ammunition. The licenses are issued for the term of 5 years. The licenses issued before the adoption of the present Decision preserve their force before expiry.

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 468 of June 26, 2002 on the Endorsement of the Regulations on the Licensing of Activities in the Sphere of Explosive Materials of Industrial Destination

Defines the procedure of licensing of production, storage, distribution and use of explosive materials of industrial destination carried out by legal entities. The licensing is vested in the Russian Agency for Ammunition and the Federal Mining and Industrial Supervision Agency of Russia. The licenses are issued for the term of 5 years. The licenses issued before the adoption of the present Decision preserve their force until expiry.

Order of the Ministry of Taxation of the Russian Federation No. BG-3-23/275 of June 3, 2002 on the Endorsement of the Instruction on the Filling Out of the Form of the Tax Estimate (Information) of the Amounts of Incomes Paid Out to Foreign Organizations and Collected Taxes

Sets forth the procedure of filling out by the tax agents of the tax estimate of the amounts of incomes paid out to foreign organizations and collected taxes, the form being endorsed by the Order of the Ministry of Taxation of Russia No. BG-3-23/31.
Provides the table of codes of the types of incomes used while filling out the estimate.
The text of the Order is published in Rossiyskaya Gazeta on June 29, 2002, Nos. 116-117.

Order of the State Customs Committee of the Russian Federation No. 567 of June 3, 2002 on the Endorsement of the Form of the Decision on the Suspension of Operations on Bank Accounts and the Procedure of Suspension of Operations on Bank Accounts

Defines the procedure of suspension of operations on the bank accounts of debtor organizations (debtor independent entrepreneurs) by the customs bodies being one of the measures of ensuring execution of obligations in the transfer of customs payment and penalties.
In cases of the failure to pay or incomplete transfer of customs payments and penalties by the debtor organization, the customs body may decide to suspend operations on the bank accounts of the given debtor organization before they are actually paid.
The penalties for the amount of arrears that the taxpayer could not redeem because of the suspension of the taxpayer bank operations at the decision of the customs body or court are not accrued.
The decision on the suspension of operations on bank accounts must be revoked no later than within one operative day following the day of submission of the documents confirming the execution of the decision on the collection of the customs duties.
The text of the Order is published in Rossiyskaya Gazeta on June 29, 2002, Nos. 116-117.

Letter of the Ministry of Taxation of the Russian Federation and the Pension Fund of Russia Nos. MZ-16-25/5221, BG-6-05/835 of June 11, 14, 2002 on the Transfer of Insurance Contributions by Organizations Incorporating Separate Divisions

To apply Item 8 of Article 24 of the Federal Law No. 167-FZ, the taxpayer organizations incorporating separate divisions without the separate balance, clearing account and not paying remuneration to natural persons shall pay out insurance contributions in obligatory pension insurance on the centralized basis at the place of their location. Declarations and estimates of advance payments of insurance contributions for obligatory pension insurance are submitted by the organizations at their place of location.
Separate divisions with the separate balance, clearing account and paying out remuneration to natural persons shall execute the duties of organizations in the payment of insurance contributions, as well as submit declarations and estimates of advance payments of insurance contributions at the place of their location.

Federal Law No. 78-FZ of June 30, 2002 on the Monetary Subsistence to Personnel of Some of the Federal Bodies of Executive Power, Other Payments to This Personnel and Terms of Transfer of Individual Categories of Employees of the Federal Bodies of the Tax Police and the Customs Bodies of the Russian Federation to Other Service (Work) Conditions

Adopted by the State Duma on June 19, 2002.
Approved by the Council of the Federation on June 26, 2002.
The text of the Federal Law is published in Rossiyskaya Gazeta on July 2, 2002, No. 118.
Specifies monetary subsistence to personnel of the bodies of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation, institutions and bodies of the criminal execution system, State Fire Service, federal bodies of the tax police and the customs bodies of the Russian Federation, as well as the terms of transfer of the employees of the federal bodies of the tax police and the customs bodies to other service (work) conditions.
The monetary subsistence of the mentioned persons consists of the salary (for the position and rank), percent supplements for the length of service, scientific grade, and other additional payments (monthly supplement for the complexity, intensity and special service regime, bonuses for outstanding execution of service duties, lumpsum monetary allowance in the end of the calendar year, material aid and other payments). The Law guarantees the payment of the monthly monetary foodstuffs compensation, the amount being at least the amount of the monetary compensation paid out instead of the foodstuff ration envisaged for the contract servicemen.
If the amount of the monetary subsistence of the state federal servants is increased, the amounts of the monetary subsistence of the employees are indexed in the same proportion.
The Law also specifies the right for the 50% monetary compensation of expenses in the payment for the housing space, communal services, user payment for the telephone for the members of the family (widows), underage children, children younger than 18 years of age having become invalids before this age, children undergoing studies in the general educational institutions, dependants of the persons having been killed (deceased) as a result of the wound or disease because of the execution of service duties.

Decision of the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation No. 11-P of June 19, 2002 on the Case of Constitutionality of a Number of Provisions of the Law of the Russian Federation of June 18, 1992 on the Social Protection of Citizens Exposed to Radiation because of the Disaster at Chernobyl Nuclear Power Station (in the Wording of November 24, 1995 and February 12, 2001), Federal Laws of February 12, 2001 on the Amendments to the Law of the Russian Federation on the Social Protection of Citizens Exposed to Radiation because of the Disaster at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Station, of June 19, 2000 on the Minimum Amount of Labour Remuneration and of August 7, 2000 on the Procedure of Fixing the Amount of Stipends and Social Payments in the Russian Federation Pursuant to the Requests of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation and the Oktyabrsky Regional Court of the City of Krasnodar, Appeals of Citizens and Public Organizations of Chernobyl Victims

The text of the Decision is published in Rossiyskaya Gazeta on July 2, 2002, No. 118.
The Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation has recognized as not complying with the Constitution of the Russian Federation the provisions of the Law of the Russian Federation on the social protection of citizens exposed to radiation because of the disaster at Chernobyl Nuclear Power Station with amendments of February 12, 2001 specifying the annual indexing of the amounts of compensation for the damage proceeding from the growth of the cost of living on the whole of the Russian Federation because these provisions do not envisage such mechanism of indexing that would provide for its unconditional payment in due time and therefore being of indefinite nature.
The Decision recognises as unconstitutional the provisions of the mentioned Law inasmuch as it pertains to the restriction to the maximum amount (Rbl 10,000) of the earlier assigned compensation for the damage to the invalid Chernobyl victims calculated from the earnings, and in case of their death - dependent disabled members of the family. The norm of the Law envisaging compensation for the damage to citizens having suffered as a result of the Chernobyl disaster (without specifying the disability) in the same fixed amount for all (Rbl 250), inasmuch as it permits to reduce the earlier fixed amount of the monthly monetary compensation, is also recognised as unconstitutional.
The Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation has ordered the Government of the Russian Federation to introduce in the State Duma in execution of the present Decision no later than within three months the draft amendments to the federal legislation, and the State Duma to examine them as a priority order.

Decree of the President of the Russian Federation No. 663 of June 25, 2002 on the Amendments to the Decree of the President of the Russian Federation No. 265 of March 6, 1998 on the Monetary Subsistence to the State Federal Servants of the Territorial Bodies of the Federal Bodies of Executive Power, Representations of the Russian Federation and Representations of the Federal Bodies of Executive Power Abroad, Diplomatic Representations and Consular Institutions of the Russian Federation, Offices of the Federal Courts and the Bodies of the Prosecutor's Office of the Russian Federation

The text of the Decree has not been published officially as of the moment of placing on the site.
Fixes the amount of the monthly supplement to the salary for the special conditions of the state service. In particular, the monthly supplement now amounts from 120% to 150% of the salary for the main state positions, from 90% to 120% for the leading state positions, from 60% to 90% for the senior state positions and up to 60% of the salary of the state servant for the junior state positions.
Amends the procedure of endorsement of the labour remuneration funds for the employees of the state federal bodies. As before, resources for the monthly supplement for the special conditions of the state service are envisaged in excess of the amounts allocated for the payment of salaries. Resources allocated for the mentioned supplement now amount to fourteen salaries per year. The Decree is entered into force from June 25, 2002.

Direction of the Central Bank of Russia No. 1171-U of June 24, 2002 on the Amendments to the Direction of the Bank of Russia No. 1001-U of July 17, 2001 on the Correction Coefficients of the Bank of Russia Used to Adjust the Market Cost of Securities Accepted As Collateral for the Credits of the Bank of Russia

The text of the Direction is published in the Herald of the Bank of Russia on June 28, 2002, No. 37.
Changes the amounts of correction coefficients used to adjust the market cost of securities accepted as collateral for the credits of the Bank of Russia. Omits the norms on correction coefficients used to assess the sufficiency of the security of the daily credits and estimate the price of securities accepted as collateral of the daily credits.
The Direction does not apply to the correction coefficients used for the market cost of securities accepted as collateral for the credits of the Bank of Russia granted before the present Direction was entered into force.
The Direction is entered into force from the day of publication in the Herald of the Bank of Russia.

Direction of the Central Bank of Russia No. 1170-U of June 24, 2002 on the Terms of Granting of the Daily Credits and Overnight Credits of the Bank of Russia

The text of the Direction is published in the Herald of the Bank of Russia on June 28, 2002, No. 37.
The interest rate for the overnight credits is fixed by the Bank of Russia and is entered into force from the following working day, if otherwise is not defined by the Bank of Russia. The report of it is transmitted on the daily basis over Reuter information system and is placed on the Internet site of the Central Bank of Russia. The payment for the right of use of the daily credits is fixed to amount to zero.
The Direction is entered into force from the day of publication in the Herald of the Bank of Russia.

Direction of the Central Bank of Russia No. 1169-U of June 24, 2002 on the Amendments to the Regulation of the Bank of Russia No. 19-P of March 6, 1998 on the Procedure of Granting Credits by the Bank of Russia to Banks Backed with State Securities

The text of the Direction is published in the Herald of the Bank of Russia on June 28, 2002, No. 37.
The changes pertain to the particulars of granting and redemption of pawnshop credits and procedure of carrying out the pawnshop credit auctions.
The Direction is entered into force from the day of publication in the Herald of the Bank of Russia.

Direction of the Central Bank of Russia No. 1168-U of June 24, 2002 on the Amendments to the Regulation of the Bank of Russia No. 36 of March 13, 1996 on the Procedure of Providing a Pawnshop Credit to Banks by the Bank of Russia

The text of the Direction is published in the Herald of the Bank of Russia on June 28, 2002, No. 37.
Amends the rules of granting of the pawnshop credit, the procedure of carrying out of pawnshop credit auctions, in particular. Invalidates a number of Directions of the Central Bank of Russia on the granting of pawnshop credits.
The Direction is entered into force from the day of publication in the Herald of the Bank of Russia.

Letter of the Ministry of Taxation of the Russian Federation and the Central Bank of Russia Nos. BG-16-09/86, 01-33/2202 of June 26, 2002 "The Rules of Interaction of the Ministry of Taxation of the Russian Federation and the Central Bank of the Russian Federation in the Issues of State Registration of Credit Organizations"

Specifies the procedure of exchange of documentation between institutions of the Bank of Russia and the tax bodies in issues of entry of information on the registered credit organizations in the Uniform State Register of Legal Entities, introduction of changes to the constituent documents, on issue of licenses for bank operations to credit organizations.
The transfer to the tax bodies of the registration files of credit organizations registered before July 1, 2002 (stored in the territorial institutions of the Bank of Russia) will be carried out according to the additional rules worked out by the Ministry of Taxation of Russia and the Bank of Russia after adoption by the Government of the Russian Federation of the procedure and time limits for the transfer of the mentioned registration files.

Appeal of the Ministry of Taxation of the Russian Federation of July 1, 2002 on the State Registration of Legal Entities

Explains the main aspects of the new procedure of registration of legal entities and the Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation on the appropriate authority of the Ministry of Taxation of Russia. Emphasises, in particular, that the switchover to the applying principle simplifies significantly the very procedure of state registration of legal entities bringing about the opportunities to combine the two directions of work of the executive power: state registration of legal entities and their registration in the tax bodies.
Also reports the addresses, telephone numbers and Internet sites of the departments of the Ministry of Taxation of Russia in the subjects of the Russian Federation.

Federal Law No. 77-FZ of June 28, 2002 on the Amendments to Articles 43.4 and 44 of the Federal Law on the Prosecutor's Office of the Russian Federation

Adopted by the State Duma on June 6, 2002.
Approved by the Council of the Federation on June 14, 2002.
The list of payments included in the monetary subsistence of the workers of the Prosecutor's Office, as well as the list of payments preserved with the workers of the Prosecutor's Office when admitted to the day-time post-graduate studies, now does not include the cost of the foodstuff ration. The Law abandons the exemption of the monetary subsistence of the workers of the Prosecutor's Office from the income tax from natural persons, abandons the 50% discount for the payment for the housing, property tax and payment for the communal services granted to the workers of the Prosecutor's Office and members of their families. Introduces the servicing of the workers of the Procurator's Office getting pension and members of their families in the medical institutions where they were registered.
The Federal Law is entered into force from the 1st of the month following the month of its official publication.
The text of the Federal Law is published in Rossiyskaya Gazeta on July 3, 2002, No. 119.

Federal Law No. 76-FZ of June 28, 2002 on the Amendments to the Federal Law on Additional Guarantees of Social Protection of Judges and Workers of the Offices of the Courts of the Russian Federation

Adopted by the State Duma on June 13, 2002.
Approved by the Council of the Federation on June 14, 2002.
The list of payments included in the earnings of judges does not include now the cost of the foodstuff ration. The Law abandons the 50% discount in the payment for the housing, property tax and the payment for the communal services granted to judges and members of their families.
The Law changes the rules of calculation of the length of service qualifying for the retirement and benefits: the minimum necessary length of service as a judge is fixed to amount to 5 years.
The Law changes the appendix fixing the percent correlation of the salaries of judges and the salary of the Chairman of the Supreme Court and the Chairman of the Higher Arbitration Court: the salaries of the judges of the federal arbitration courts of districts are increased.
Provisions fixing the composition of the earnings of the judge and abandoning the benefits in the payment for the housing and communal services are entered into force from July 1, 2002, those changing the procedure of calculation of the length of service of the judge - from the moment of publication, the rest of the provisions - from January 1, 2003.
The text of the Federal Law is published in Rossiyskaya Gazeta on July 3, 2002, No. 119.

Federal Law No. 75-FZ of June 28, 2002 on the Amendments to the Federal Law on the Military Duty and the Military Service and the Federal Law on the Status of Servicemen

Adopted by the State Duma on June 7, 2002.
Approved by the Council of the Federation on June 14, 2002.
Changes the procedure of the early dismissal form the military service. It shall be obligatory, regardless of the will of the dismissed, to dismiss because of being recognized as partly fit for the military service by the military medical commission of the contract serviceman occupying a military position with the rank up to ensign and warrant office inclusive or the draft serviceman.
The text of the Federal Law is published in Rossiyskaya Gazeta on July 3, 2002, No. 119.

Decree of the President of the Russian Federation No. 656 of June 25, 2002 on the Amendments to the Decree of the President of the Russian Federation No. 310 of April 9, 1997 on the Monetary Subsistence of the State Federal Servants

The text of the Decree has not been published officially as of the moment of placing on the site.
Fixes the amount of the monthly supplement to the salary for the special conditions of the state service. In particular, the monthly supplement now amounts from 150% to 200% of the salary for the higher state positions, from 120% to 150% for the main state positions, from 90% to 120% for the leading state positions, from 60% to 90% for the senior state positions and up to 60% of the salary of the state servant for the junior state positions.
Amends the procedure of endorsement of the labour remuneration funds of the workers of the state federal bodies. As before, resources to pay the monthly supplement for the special conditions of the state service are envisaged in excess of the amount of resources allocated for the salaries. Resources for the mentioned supplement now amount to fourteen salaries per year.
The Decree is entered into force from June 30, 2002.

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 490 of July 1, 2002 on the Experiment on the Use of the Economic Model of Reformation of the Housing and Communal Services

Endorses the terms of participation of the subjects of the Russian Federation in the experiment on the use of the economic model of reformation of the housing and communal services. For the time of the experiment, on the territory of municipal formations taking part in the experiment, the citizens will not get cashless subsidies in the form of reduction of their payment for the housing and communal services.
Expenses pertaining to the building and use of the system of personified social accounts to implement the tied social support of the population in the payment for the social and communal services will be compensated at the expense of consolidated budgets of the subjects of the Russian Federation, as well as the resources of the fund of co-financing of the social expenses received according to the procedure specified by the Government of the Russian Federation.

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 489 of July 1, 2002 on the Endorsement of the Regulation on the Licensing of Pharmaceutical Activities

Pharmaceutical activities are carried out by organizations of wholesale trade of medicines and by apothecary institutions and includes the wholesale and retail trade of medicines, as well as production of medicines. The licensing of pharmaceutical activities 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 empowered for the licensing of the mentioned activities by the Ministry under the agreement with them.
The Decision specifies the licensing requirements and conditions, the list of documents submitted by the applicant.
The license holder carrying out activities on the basis of the license granted to it by the licensing body of the subject of the Russian Federation may carry out these activities on the territory of other subjects of the Russian Federation under the condition of preliminary notification of the appropriate licensing bodies.
The licenses for the pharmaceutical activities issued before the adoption of the Decision preserve their force until expiry.

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 472 of June 28, 2002 on the Amendments to the Traffic Rules of the Russian Federation

Specifies that the temporary driving permissions issued before July 1, 2002 preserve their force until October 1, 2002.
The driver must carry the temporary permission only if the driver's license is removed. The driver (including those going abroad) must carry not only registration documents for the vehicle but also for the trailer (if available), as well as the documents confirming the right of possession, use or disposal of the trailer if the driver is not the owner of the trailer, and in specified cases also the license card.
Besides, the driver going abroad must carry on the trailer registration and identification signs of the state where it is registered.

Order of the Ministry of Natural Resources of the Russian Federation and the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation No. 355/50n of June 10, 2002 on the Invalidation of the Normative Acts of the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation and the Ministry of Protection of the Environment and Natural Resources of the Russian Federation

Registered in the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation on July 2, 2002. Reg. No. 3544.
Invalidates the procedure of allocation of resources to the state non-budgetary ecological funds by the legal entities and citizens endorsed by the Ministry of Finance of Russia (No. 9-5-12 of December 22, 1992) and the Ministry of Natural Resources of Russia (No. 04-04/72-6344 of December 21, 1992) with amendments of May 23, 1995.
The text of the Order is published in Rossiyskaya Gazeta on July 3, 2002, No. 119.

Order of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation No. 550 of June 10, 2002 on the Invalidation of Individual Normative Provisions of the Instruction on the Use of the Rules of Registration and Removal from Records of the Citizens of the Russian Federation at the Place of Stay and Place of Residence within the Russian Federation Endorsed by the Order of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia No. 393 of October 23, 1995

Registered in the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation on July 2, 2002. Reg. No. 3543.
Invalidates Item 5.15 of the Instruction stating that the students of the day-time divisions of institutions of the secondary professional and higher professional education must have been registered at the place of residence with the relatives (as a tenant) or in the hostels of the educational institutions for one year followed by subsequent prolongation of the registration for the same time period at the requests of the administrations of the educational institutions.
The text of the Order is published in Rossiyskaya Gazeta on July 3, 2002, No. 119.

Order of the Federal Commission for Securities Market No. 693/r of June 17, 2002 on the Endorsement of the Qualification Minimum for the Specialized Examination for the Managers, Controllers and Specialists of Organizations Engaged in Activities in the Management of Securities, Activities in the Management of Investment Funds, Shared Investment Funds and Non-State Pension Funds

Provides the lists of subjects and normative legal acts to be mastered on obligatory basis when taking the specialized examination. Invalidates the Order of the Federal Commission for Securities Market of Russia No. 1029-r of November 27, 2000.

Order of the Federal Commission for Securities Market No. 691/r of June 17, 2002 on the Endorsement of the Qualification Minimum for the Specialized Examination for the Managers and Specialists of the Specialised Depositaries of Investment Funds, Shared Investment Funds and Non-State Pension Funds

Provides the lists of subjects and normative legal acts to be mustered on obligatory basis when taking the specialized examination. Invalidates the Order of the Federal Commission for Securities Market of Russia No. 1031-r of November 29, 2000 on the endorsement of the program of certification of the specialists of the specialized depositaries of investment, shared investment funds and other forms of collective investments and the Order No. 827-r of September 14, 2001 on the endorsement of the standard of the examination test of the additional qualification examination for the specialists of the specialized depositaries of investment funds and shared investments funds.

Burdov vs. Russia (Appeal 59498/00). Decision of the European Human Rights Court of May 7, 2002

The Decision in A.T.Burdov case is the first one against the Russian Federation on the substance of the matter.
The essence of A.T.Burdov's claims against the Russian Federation is that the decisions of the Russian courts in his favour on the collection from the Department of Social Protection of Population of the city of Shakhty of the Rostov Province of money in compensation of the damage to the claimant's health incurred as a result of his participation in the works to eliminate the accident at Chernobyl Nuclear Power Station have not been executed for a long time.
The European Court has decided that prolonged (for two years) failure to execute the court rulings is in violation of the provisions of Item 1 of Article 6 of the European Convention on Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (right for the fair examination of the case by the court) and Article 1 of Protocol 1 to this Convention (right for respect of property) and obliged the Russian Federation to pay out to A.T.Burdov the "fair compensation" for the incurred moral damage in the amount of EURO 3,000.
Pursuant to the provisions of the above European Convention, the Russian Federation must execute the decision of the European Court. Simultaneously, the authorities of our country must take necessary measures to eliminate the consequences of the available violation of the given Convention and prevent similar situations in the future.
The text of the Decision is published in Rossiyskaya Gazeta on July 4, 2002, No. 120.

Ruling of the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation No. 108-O of May 14, 2002 on the Refusal to Accept for Consideration of the Appeal of the Open-Type Joint-Stock Company Kemerovospetsstroy against the Violation of the Constitutional Rights and Freedoms by the Provision of Paragraph 1 of Item 2 of Article 45 of the Tax Code of the Russian Federation

In case of a failure to get tax payments in the budget, the tax bodies may carry out the necessary check to establish the taxpayer unfairness and ensure the balance of state and private interests and submit claims to the courts of arbitration to ensure the receipt of taxes in the budget including the claims to invalidate the deals and collect everything obtained from them as incomes of the state as envisaged, in particular, in Article 169 of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation.

Decree of the President of the Russian Federation No. 679 of July 2, 2002 on the Amendments to the Decree of the President of the Russian Federation No. 711 of June 15, 1998 on Additional Measures to Ensure the Traffic Safety and the Regulation on the State Traffic Inspection of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation Endorsed by This Decree

Introduces the short name of the State Traffic Inspection of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation.
The State Traffic Inspection shall register and keep records of the trailers to vehicles intended for use on public highways. The earlier existing records included all trailers without exceptions.
Instead of the organization of the state technical examination of vehicles and trailers to them, the State Traffic Inspection shall carry out the technical examination.
The Decree omits the provision empowering the State Traffic Inspection with the function of issue of permissions for the travel of vehicles transporting oversize and overweight cargo, as well as hazardous cargo.
In cases of prohibition to operate the vehicles with hidden, faked, changed unit numbers or state registration plates, the State Traffic Inspection may withhold the state registration plates before the elimination of the reasons having caused such prohibition.
The traffic inspector may not now certify the fact of alcoholic or narcotic impairment independently. He may only send a person for medical examination.
The Decree is entered into force from the day of its signing.
The text of the Decree is published in Rossiyskaya Gazeta on July 4, 2002, No. 120.

Order of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 885-r of June 28, 2002

Approves the concept of the restructuring of organizations of the federal postal communication and endorses the plan of measures in its implementation.
The main goals of the restructuring is the guaranteed universal services of the postal communication on the whole territory of the Russian Federation, expansion of the range of services of postal communication and creation of up-to-date postal infrastructure.
To achieve the fixed goals, all existing organizations of the federal postal communication are expected to be united to create the state federal unitary enterprise Post of Russia on the basis of the economic management with subsequent conversion into the joint-stock company while preserving the control of the state (hereinafter referred to as the federal operator of postal communication). Coordination of activities of the federal operator of postal communication in the mentioned directions is expected to be carried out on the federal, district and regional levels.
It is envisaged to preserve the network of post offices necessary to ensure the availability of the universal services. The concept does not envisage the changing of the procedure of licensing, certification and regulation of activities at the market of postal services and does not imply the restriction of competition.
In the process of building of the federal operator of postal communication, an inventory of the federal and other property used by the organizations of the federal postal communication will be taken and objects of disputable transfer from federal to another property that may be challenged according to legal proceedings will be defined.

Order of the Ministry for Antimonopoly Policy of the Russian Federation No. 437 of May 14, 2002 on the Endorsement of the Procedure of Calculation of Tariff Rates for the Local Telephone Connections (Traffic) with the Pay-by-Time System of Payment for the Telephone Communication Services

Registered in the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation on July 2, 2002. Reg. No. 3545.
The procedure defines the principles and indicators of calculation of tariff rates for the local telephone connections (traffic) with the pay-by-time system of payment for the telephone services.
The payment for the local telephone connection (traffic) to permanent users with the pay-by-time system of payment for the telephone services includes the user fee for the user line provided for permanent use regardless of its type and the time rates for the local telephone connection (traffic) depending on its length in the units of tariffication. Regulation applies to both of the payments calculated according to the present Procedure.
Introduction of the pay-by-time system should not be accompanied by the increase in the tariff rates for the local telephone services, as well as reduction of incomes of communication operators obtained from local connections. Tariff rates per unit of time for the local telephone connection must be the same for all categories of users of the given network and must not depend on the connection type (duplex or not), type of user line and user remoteness.
The text of the Order is published in Rossiyskaya Gazeta on July 4, 2002, No. 120.

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 493 of July 4, 2002 on the Temporary Measures to Protect Russian Producers of Zinc-Coated Rolled Metal

Fixes the temporary antidumping duty for commodities originating in the Ukraine and imported to the customs territory of the Russian Federation under Heading 7210 49 900 0 of the Foreign Trade Commodity Nomenclature of Russia (flat-rolled products of iron or non-alloy steel, measuring in width 600 mm or more, otherwise plated or coated with zinc, other) in the amount of 31.8 percent of their customs cost and for commodities originating in the Republic of Kazakhstan and imported to the customs territory of the Russian Federation under Heading 7210 49 900 0 of the Foreign Trade Commodity Nomenclature of Russia (flat-rolled products of iron or non-alloy steel, measuring in width 600 mm or more, otherwise plated or coated with zinc, other) in the amount of 36.9 percent of their customs cost.
The Decision is entered into force one month after the day of its official publication.

Decision of the State Construction Committee of the Russian Federation No. 31 of May 30, 2002 on the Average Market Cost of 1 Square Meter of the Total Dwelling Space for the III Quarter of 2002 for Calculation of the Amount of Free Subsidies and Loans for the Purchase of Dwelling Space by all Categories of Citizens Getting the Mentioned Subsidies and Loans at the Expenses of the Resources of the Federal Budget

The average market cost of 1 square meter of the total dwelling space for calculation of the amount of free subsidies is increased approximately Rbl 200-300 as compared to the II quarter of 2002.

Decree of the President of the Russian Federation No. 671of June 30, 2002 on the Amendments to the General Manuals of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation

Beginning with July 1, 2002, the Disciplinary Manual of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation and the Manual of the Garrison and Sentrygo Services of the Armed Force of the Russian Federation do not envisage the punishment of servicemen in the form of confinement in the guardhouse. It shall also be prohibited to arrest a person without indicating the term of the arrest.
The Decree is entered into force from the day of its official publication.
The text of the Decree is published in Rossiyskaya Gazeta on July 3, 2002, No. 119.

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 500 of July 4, 2002 on the Endorsement of the Regulation on the Licensing of Production of Medicines

Defines the procedure of licensing of production of medicines carried out by legal entities. The licensing of the mentioned type of activities is vested in the Ministry of the Industry, Science and Technology of the Russian Federation. The licenses are issued for five years. The earlier issued licenses preserve their force until expiry.

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No 499 of July 4, 2002 on the Endorsement of the Regulation on the Licensing of Medical Activities

Defines the procedure of licensing of medical activities carried out on the territory of the Russian Federation by legal entities and independent entrepreneurs. The medical activities include the carrying out of medical works and rendering services in preliminary, first, clinical, sanatoria-and-resort, stationary (including specialized expensive) medical aid in appropriate medical specialities including preventive medical, diagnostic and treatment measures and medical expert evaluations, methods of traditional medicine, as well as procurement of organs and tissues for medical purposes. The licensing is vested in the Ministry of Public Health of the Russian Federation or bodies of executive power of the subjects of the Russian Federation empowered by the Ministry of Public Health of the Russian Federation with the authority to license the mentioned activities under agreements with them.
The licenses are issued for five years. The earlier issued licenses preserve their force until expiry.

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 498 of July 4, 2002 on the Endorsement of the List of Seasonal Industries Where the Work for the Whole Season Is Counted In the Length of Service As a Full Year in the Appropriate Calendar Year

The mentioned list includes the peat, forest harvesting industries, rafting, various forestry works, butter-and-cheese, dairy, meat, fish, sugar and vegetable making industries.
The Decision specifies that the work for the whole season in organizations of the seasonal industries of the fish, dairy, and sugar industries, including production of canned foodstuffs, in the calculation of the length of service qualifying for the pension is taken into account so as to make a full year in the appropriate calendar year beginning with the season of 1967.
Explanations on the use of the mentioned list and the terms of calculation of the length of service shall be provided by the Ministry of Labour and Social Development of the Russian Federation in coordination with the Pension Fund of the Russian Federation.

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 495 of July 4, 2002 on the Endorsement of the Regulation on the Licensing of Activities in the Management of Investment Funds, Shared Investment Funds and Non-State Pensions Funds

Specifies the procedure of licensing of activities in the management of investment funds, shared investment funds and non-state pension funds carried out by legal entities.
The licensing of the mentioned activities is vested in the Federal Commission for Securities Market. The license is issued for five years. The licenses issued before the adoption of the present Decision preserve their force until expiry. The mentioned licenses may be redrawn before expiry against the application of the license holders to be replaced for the licenses for the activities in the management of investment funds, shared investment funds and non-state pension funds in compliance with the present Decision.

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 504 of July 5, 2002 on the Endorsement of the Regulation on the Licensing of the Veterinary Activities

Defines the procedure of licensing of the veterinary activities carried out by legal entities and independent entrepreneurs.
The veterinary activities include veterinary treatment-and-prevention and laboratory-and-diagnostic works and electronic animal tagging.
The licensing of the veterinary activities is vested in the bodies of executive power of the subjects of the Russian Federation at the place of registration of the legal entity or independent entrepreneur.
The license is issued for five years. The earlier issued licenses preserve their force until expiry.

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 496 of July 4, 2002 on the Endorsement of the Regulation on the Licensing of Activities in Accepting and Transportation of the Catch of Aquatic Biological Resources, Including Fish, As Well As Other Aquatic Animals and Plants, Carried Out in the Sea

Defines the procedure of licensing of activities in accepting and transportation of the catch of aquatic biological resources, including fish, as well as other aquatic animals and plants, carried out in the sea by legal entities regardless of the organizational and legal form and independent entrepreneurs.
The licensing body is the State Committee of the Russian Federation for Fishing. The license is issued for five years. The earlier issued licenses preserve their force until expiry.

Letter of the Ministry of Taxation of the Russian Federation No. MM-6-09/922@ of July 2, 2002 on the Reports to the Tax Bodies of the Opening (Closing) of Bank Accounts in Compliance with Article 23 of the Tax Code of the Russian Federation

The taxpayer organization must report the opening (closing) of accounts to the tax body where it is registered both at the place of its location and the place of location of its separate divisions, as well as the place of location of its owned immovable property and transport vehicles subject to taxation. If the taxpayer organization violates the given duty, tax sanctions apply envisaged in Article 118 of the Code (collection of fine in the amount of Rbl 5,000).

Order of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 927-r of July 9, 2002

Beginning with July 1, 2002, the rates of the internal Russian price list 10-01 shall apply to the export and import cargo transportation on the railway transport between the railways of the Russian Federation and the Republic of Belarus.
OAO Gazprom, beginning with May 1, 2002, is recommended to define the price for the natural gas supplied to the Republic of Belarus in compliance with the legislation of the Russian Federation on the free on the border of the Republic of Belarus terms at the level of wholesale prices for gas sold to industrial consumers of the Russian Federation of the fifth price zone.

Order of the Ministry of Transport of the Russian Federation No. 55 of April 24, 2002 on the Endorsement of the Regulation on the Supervisory Control of the Movement of Vessels in Internal Water Ways of the Russian Federation

Sets froth the procedure of supervisory control of the movement of vessels to ensure the safety of navigation in internal water ways of the Russian Federation.
The supervisory control shall apply to self-propelled and tow vessels used for cargo and passenger transportation.
Supervisory control shall be obligatory on the rivers with erected man-made water backing and navigation structures having changed the natural flow regime, channels, as well as parts of internal water ways with navigation restrictions.
The Order defines the functions of the traffic controller, procedure of interaction of the vessel captain with control services, transfer of vessels over the regulated parts of water ways.
Registered in the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation on July 8, 2002. Reg. No. 3551.

Order of the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation No. 180 of June 27, 2002 on the Endorsement of the Procedure of Submission and Consideration of the Documents in the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation to Regulate the Issues of Legal Protection of the Results of Scientific Research, Design and Technological Works of Military, Special and Dual Use with the Rights Belonging to the Russian Federation When Exporting Controlled Products, Works and Services

Defines the list of documents sent by a participant of foreign trade activities to the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation to regulate the issues of legal protection of the results of scientific research, design and technological works of military, special and dual use with the rights belonging to the Russian Federation when exporting controlled products, works and services.
The documents are sent to the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation with the cover letter signed by the head of the applicant organization.
The overall time of consideration of applicant appeals may not be greater than 10 days.
Registered in the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation on July 4, 2002. Reg. No. 3549.

Order of the State Customs Committee of the Russian Federation No. 644 of June 24, 2002 on the Customs Registration of Commodities and Transport Vehicles Imported for the Bodies of Executive Power of the Chechen Republic

Defines the places of customs registration of commodities and transport vehicles imported for the bodies of executive power of the Chechen Republic.
The Order is entered into force thirty days after official publication.
Registered in the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation on July 4, 2002. Reg. No. 3548.

Federal Constitutional Law No. 4-FKZ of July 9, 2002 on the Amendments to the Federal Constitutional Law on the State Flag of the Russian Federation

Specifies that the state flag of the Russian Federation must be present on the buildings of the bodies of the local government permanently. The copy of the standard (flag) of the President of the Russian Federation is used over the residence of the President of the Russian Federation in the capital of the Russian Federation, the city of Moscow.
The Federal Constitutional Law is entered into force from the day of its official publication.

Federal Constitutional Law No. 3-FKZ of July 9, 2002 on the Amendment to Article 4 of the Federal Constitutional Law on the State Flag of the Russian Federation

According to introduced amendments, the state flag of the Russian Federation is to be placed permanently in the halls of the sessions of the legislative (representative) bodies of state power of the subjects of the Russian Federation, higher executive bodies of state power of the subjects of the Russian Federation, as well as representative bodies of the local government.
The Federal Constitutional Law is entered into force from the day of its official publication.

Federal Constitutional Law No. 2-FKZ of July 9, 2002 on the Amendment to Article 5 of the Federal Constitutional Law on the State Emblem of the Russian Federation

The state emblem of the Russian Federation is placed in the offices of the legislative, (representative) bodies of state power of the subjects of the Russian Federation, higher executive bodies of state power of the subjects of the Russian Federation, courts of the subjects of the Russian Federation, as well as the halls of sessions of the representative bodies of the local government.
The Federal Constitutional Law is entered into force from the day of its official publication.

Federal Law No. 81-FZ of July 9, 2002 on the Amendment to Article 37 of the Federal Law on the Status of the Member of the Council of the Federation and the Status of the Deputy of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation

The changes pertain to the number of aids of the members of the Council of the Federation and the Deputies of the State Duma working as free lancers. Now, the member of the Council of the Federation, Deputy of the State Duma may have up to forty such aids.
The Federal Law is entered into force from the day of its official publication.

Federal Law No. 80-FZ of July 9, 2002 on the Amendment to the Federal Law on the Total Number of the Justices of the Peace and the Number of Court Districts in the Subjects of the Russian Federation

Defines the number of the justices of the peace and appropriate number of court districts in the Karachayevo-Cherkess Republic.
The Federal Law is entered into force from the day of its official publication.

Federal Law No. 79-FZ of July 9, 2002 on the Irbit Regional Court of the Sverdlovsk Province

Abandons the Irbit Regional Court of the Sverdlovsk Province and the Irbit City Court of the Sverdlovsk Province. Creates on their basis the Irbit Regional Court of the Sverdlovsk Province taking over the issues of the abandoned courts.
The authority of the newly created Irbit Regional Court of the Sverdlovsk Province covers the territory of the same region and the city of Irbit within the boundaries as of the moment of entry into force of the present Federal Law.
The Federal Law is entered into force six months after the day of its official publication.

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 510 of July 8, 2002 on the Endorsement of the Regulation on the Procedure of Payment of Pensions to the Citizens Leaving (Having Left) for Permanent Residence Outside the Russian Federation

The present Regulation applies to the citizens of the Russian Federation, foreign citizens and stateless persons leaving (having left) for permanent residence outside the Russian Federation who had their labour pension (part of the labour pension) and/or pension under the state pension support (other than the social pension) assigned according to the legislation of the Russian Federation.
Before leaving, if the citizen wishes so, he gets the pension in Russian roubles for six months in advance.
Recalculation, indexing, correction of the amount of the pension to be transferred outside the Russian Federation shall be carried out according to the procedure and in cases envisaged in the legislation of the Russian Federation.
The transfer of the pension outside the Russian Federation is carried out in the foreign currency at the rouble rate fixed by the Central Bank of the Russian Federation as of the day of committing the operation.

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 509 of July 8, 2002 on the Measures to Protect the Russian Producers of Rods to Reinforce Concrete Structures

The compensation duty in the amount of 21 percent of the customs cost is introduced for 3 years for commodities originating in the Ukraine and imported to the customs territory of the Russian Federation (rods for reinforcement of concrete structures).
The Decision is entered into force one month after the day of its official publication.

Order of the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation No. 182 of June 28, 2002 on the Endorsement of the List of Officials of the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation Authorized to Draw Up the Protocols of Administrative Violations

Endorses the list of officials of the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation authorized to draw up the protocols of administrative violations.
Registered in the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation on June 28, 2002. Reg. No. 3542.
The text of the Order is published in Rossiyskaya Gazeta on July 11, 2002, No. 125.

Direction of the Central Bank of Russia No. 1175-U of July 5, 2002 on the Amendments to the Direction of the Bank of Russia No. 1051-U of November 15, 2001 on the Published Reports of Credit Organizations and Bank Groups

Changes the procedure of drawing up and submission by credit organizations of the published forms of the balance report, report of profits and losses, information on the flow of monetary resources, information on the execution of the main requirements fixed in the normative acts of the Bank of Russia.
Provides the new wording for the forms of the "Balance Report of the Credit Organization", "Information on the Flow of the Monetary Resources", "Consolidated Balance Report". Amends the "Report of Profits and Losses" and the "Consolidated Report of Profits and Losses".
The Direction is entered into force from the day of publication in the Herald of the Bank of Russia.
The text of the Direction is published in the Herald of the Bank of Russia on July 10, 2002, No. 38.

Telegram of the Central Bank of Russia No. 86-T of July 3, 2002

The rouble equivalent of the registered capital of a created bank for the third quarter of 2002 is at least Rbl 154,711,500, registered capital of a non-bank credit organization - at least Rbl 15,471,150, registered capital of a branch credit organization of a foreign bank - at least Rbl 154,711,500, own resources (capital) of a bank requesting the general license for bank operations - at least Rbl 154,711,500, own resources (capital) of a credit organization requesting the change of the type from the non-bank credit organization into the bank - at least Rbl 154,711,500.
The text of the telegram is published in the Herald of the Bank of Russia on July 10, 2002, No. 38.

Letter of the Central Bank of Russia No. 84-T of July 2, 2002 on the Code of Administrative Violations of the Russian Federation

Reports that the Bank of Russia continues to apply to credit organizations measures envisaged in the Federal Laws on the Central Bank of the Russian Federation (Bank of Russia), on the banks and bank activities, on insolvency (bankruptcy) of credit organizations.
Explains the procedure of application of Article 15.26 of the Code of Administrative Violations of the Russian Federation envisaging the special violation - violation of the legislation on banks and bank activities, as well as the procedure of calculation of the period of limitation of administrative responsibility.
The text of the Letter is published in the Herald of the Bank of Russia on July 10, 2002, No. 38.

Letter of the Ministry of Taxation of the Russian Federation and the Central Bank of Russia Nos. 24-2-02/252, 85-T of July 1, 2, 2002 on the Issues of Cash Payments between Legal Entities

The Direction of the Central Bank of Russia No. 1050-U of November 14, 2001 fixed the maximum amount of cash payments in the Russian Federation between legal entities under one deal. The present Letter explains that the mentioned amount refers to payments under one contact concluded between the legal entities. The cash payments between the legal entities using one or several payment documents under one contract may not be greater than the maximum amount of cash payments.
The text of the Letter is published in the Herald of the Bank of Russia on July 10, 2002, No. 38.

Federal Law No. 83-FZ of July 9, 2002 on the Financial Rehabilitation of Agricultural Producers

Defines the terms of restructuring of the debts of agricultural producers to improve their financial standing before the bankruptcy procedure is applied.
The restructuring of the debts of agricultural producers is arranged on the basis of free will and equality, ensuring uniform conditions for it, confidentiality and participation in the program only once.
The Federal Law is entered into force from the day of its official publication.

Federal Law No. 82-FZ of July 9, 2002 on the Amendments to the Law of the Russian Federation on the Legal Protection of Layouts of Integrated Microcircuits

The Federal Law amends a number of Articles to bring them in compliance with the provisions of the agreement on the trade aspects of the rights for intellectual property to ensure the obligatory terms of entry of the Russian Federation in the World Trade Organization. The Law also envisages the granting of the rights to the state for the integrated microcircuit layouts created when fulfilling the works under the state contract for the state federal needs and the state needs of the subject of the Russian Federation. The functions of the agency in charge of the legal protection of computer programs, databases and layouts of integrated microcircuits are vested in the federal body of executive power in charge of the intellectual property (at present, this is the Russian Agency for Patens and Trade Marks).

Order of the Ministry of Education of the Russian Federation and the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation No. 1597/39n of April 29, 2002 on the Endorsement of the Method of Planning and Financing of Expenses of the Federal Budget for Higher Professional Education on the Basis of the State Registered Financial Debentures for Persons Participating in the Experiment of the Higher Educational Institutions

The experiment introducing financial debentures implies implementation of the rights of citizens for the higher professional education, as well as the rights of the higher educational institutions. Citizens enjoying benefits in admission to higher educational institutions are admitted taking into account the mentioned benefits. In 2002, the experiment will involve the higher educational institutions subordinate to the Ministry of Education of Russia.
Financial debentures shall be differentiated according to the category. For the period of the experiment, five categories of financial debentures are adopted. The 1st category is the highest corresponding to the highest results of the uniform state examination. Subsequent 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th categories are those in descending order. Financial debentures are designed for those having passed the uniform state examination in all subjects necessary for admission to the higher educational institution.
Registered in the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation on July 9, 2002. Reg. No. 3561.

Decision of the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation No. 12-P of July 9, 2002 on the Case of Constitutionality of Provisions of Item 5 of Article 18 and Article 30.1 of the Federal Law on the General Principles of Organization of Legislative (Representative) and Executive Bodies of State Power of the Subjects of the Russian Federation, Article 108 of the Constitution of the Republic of Tatarstan, Article 67 of the Constitution (Fundamental Law) of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) and Part 3 of Article 3 of the Law of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) on the Election of the President of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia)

The Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation has recognized the provision of Article 30.1 of the Federal Law on the general principles of organization of the legislative (representative) and executive bodies of state power of the subjects of the Russian Federation as not contradicting the Constitution of the Russian Federation.
The Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation has recognized the norm of Article 108 of the Constitution of the Republic of Tatarstan, as to the meaning it had after the entry into force of the mentioned Law and before adoption on April 19, 2002 of the new Constitution of the Republic of Tatarstan, as not contradicting the Constitution of the Russian Federation.
The Decision is entered into force immediately after the annunciation.

Federal Law No. 87-FZ of July 10, 2002 on the Amendment to Article 6 of the Federal Law on the Fundamentals of Social Servicing of the Population in the Russian Federation and Amendment to Article 2 of the Law of the Russian Federation on Standardization

Changes the procedure of setting forth the state standards of social services. Earlier, the mentioned standards were endorsed by the Government of the Russian Federation, now, according to the procedure defined by the Government of the Russian Federation. It is supposed that the Government of the Russian Federation will endorse this procedure including the development of state standards of social servicing on the contest basis and their subsequent endorsement by the Ministry of Labour of Russia.
The sphere of reference of the Law on standardization does not include now relations pertaining to the state standards of social services.
The Federal Law is entered into force from the day of its official publication.

Federal Law No. 86-FZ of July 10, 2002 on the Central Bank of the Russian Federation (Bank of Russia)

The new Law replaces the one adopted in 1990 on the Central Bank of the Russian Federation (Bank of Russia) and summarizes the experience of operation of the given body for the passed period of time. The new Law preserves independence of the Bank of Russia, refines its status, functions, authority, as well as the management structure. The given measures are aimed to improve the transparency of the activities of the Bank of Russia.
The main changes pertain to the ownership regime of the property and the registered capital of the Bank of Russia. The registered capital and other property of the Bank of Russia are federally owned, the possession, use and management of which is carried out by the Bank of Russia on behalf of the Russian Federation. The Law has formulated the main function of the Bank of Russia - protection of and providing for the stability of the rouble, which is specified in Article 75 of the Constitution of the Russian Federation. The Law formulates more specifically the exclusive authority and functions of the Bank of Russia refines the notion of the accountability of the Bank of Russia to the State Duma. Also refines that the Bank of Russia participates in the capitals of the Savings Bank, Foreign Trade Bank and Russian banks abroad.
Besides, the Law refines the functions of the Board of Directors of the Bank of Russia and the National Banking Council.
The Federal Law is entered into force from the day of its official publication with exceptions.

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 519 of July 12, 2002 on the Amendments to the Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 939 of December 9, 2000

Beginning with August 1, 2002, increases the rate of the export customs duty for raw oil and oil products from bituminous materials (code according to the Foreign Trade Commodity Nomenclature 2709 00) exported from the territory of the Russian Federation outside the member-states of the Customs Union agreements from USD 20.7 to USD 21.9 per 1,000 kg.

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 516 of July 11, 2002 on the Endorsement of the Rules of Calculation of the Periods of Work Qualifying for an Early Labour Old-Age Pension in Compliance with Articles 27 and 28 of the Federal Law on the Labour Pensions in the Russian Federation

Lists the works the periods of which are summed up for the early assignment of the labour old-age pension to the citizens. The length of service qualifying for the early labour old-age pension includes, in particular, the periods of work fulfilled on a permanent basis within the whole of the working day under the condition of transfer of insurance payments to the Pension Fund of the Russian Federation for these periods. Of similar status to the payment of insurance contributions to the mentioned fund is considered to be the payment of contributions for the state social insurance before January 1, 1991, the uniform social tax (contribution) and the uniform imputed income tax for certain types of activities.

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 514 of July 11, 2002 on the Endorsement of the Regulation on Coordination and Endorsement of the Land Planning Documentation, Creation and Keeping of the State Fund of Information Obtained As a Result of Land Planning Measures

The general land planning scheme of the territory of the Russian Federation, documentation on land planning issues worked out in compliance with the decisions of the bodies of state power, as well as the documentation pertaining to the lands in the federal ownership is to be coordinated with the Federal Service of the Land Cadastre of Russia and its territorial bodies, bodies of sanitary and epidemiological enforcement, bodies of protection of the monuments of culture, bodies of local government. Legal entities and independent entrepreneurs engaged in land planning activities must hand over to the state fund free of charge 1 copy of the land planning documentation prepared by them within one month from the day of its endorsement.

Order of the Ministry of Taxation of the Russian Federation No. BG-3-03/342 of July 4, 2002 on Article 145 of Part 2 of the Tax Code of the Russian Federation

Endorses the form of the notification of the use of the right of exemption from the taxpayer duties pertaining to calculation and payment of the value added tax. According to Article 145 of the Tax Code of the Russian Federation, the mentioned right emerges with organizations and independent entrepreneurs if the amount of receipts from the sale of commodities (works, services) without the VAT and the sales tax for the three preceding calendar months in a row was not greater than one million roubles in total.
Registered in the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation on July 15, 2002. Reg. No. 3573.

Order of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 954-r of July 11, 2002

Approves the concept of development of tourism in the Russian Federation for the period until 2005 aimed to provide for the legal, organizational and economic environment in the country necessary to form up-to-date tourist industry. The tourism in the concept is implied to be temporary trips of the citizens of the Russian Federation, foreign citizens and stateless persons from the permanent place of living for recreational, educational, business-and-professional, sports, religious and other purposes without engagement in paid activities in the country (place) of temporary stay.
The main goal of the development of tourism in the Russian Federation is recognized to be the creation of the up-to-date, high-efficiency and competitive tourist complex providing for broad opportunities to satisfy the demands of Russian and foreign citizens in various tourist services. The Order envisages an extensive list of measures to achieve this goal, in particular, introduction of financial responsibility for tourist operator activities, creation of favourable investment climate, improvement of visa policies and other.

Order of the Ministry of Natural Resources of the Russian Federation No. 115 of March 11, 2002 on the Endorsement of the Methodology Directions for the Development of the Draft Normatives for Waste Generation and Limits for Their Deployment

Institutes the uniform approach to the development of the draft normatives for waste generation and limits for their deployment. The endorsed methodology directions are designed for independent entrepreneurs and legal entities engaged in activities in waste handling. They do not apply to the handling of radioactive waste.
The Order provides the form of the draft normatives of waste generation and limits for their deployment worked out by independent entrepreneurs and legal entities.
Registered in the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation on July 9, 2002. Reg. No. 355

Direction of the Central Bank of Russia No. 1177-U of July 5, 2002 on the Amendments to the Instruction of the Bank of Russia No. 75-I of July 23, 1998 on the Procedure of Application of the Federal Laws Regulating the Procedure of Registration of Credit Organizations and Licensing of Banking Activities

The amendments are introduced pursuant to the entering into force from July 1, 2002 of the Federal Law on the state registration of legal entities and changing of the procedure of registration of credit organizations.
The Direction provides the new forms of the charter of the credit organization, amendments introduced in the constituent documents and other. Lists the reasons of the refusal of the Bank of Russia to agree for the purchase of more than 20% of shares (stocks) of a credit organization by the buyers being branches or dependent on each other. In particular, such reason may be the case when a court has established earlier the fault of the person buying the shares (stocks) of a credit organization incurring the losses on a credit organization.
The Direction is entered into force from the moment of publication in the Herald of the Bank of Russia.

Direction of the Central Bank of Russia No. 1176-U of July 5, 2002 on Business Plans of Credit Organizations

Defines the requirements to the content of the business plan of a credit organization and its submission to the Bank of Russia. The business plan is a document for the nearest two calendar years containing the suggested program of actions of the credit organization including the parameters (indicators) and expected results of activities. The business plan is submitted at the moment of creation of the credit organization, its extension by getting additional licenses for bank operations, changing of the type of the credit organization, as well as its reorganization.
The Direction is entered into force from the moment of publication in the Herald of the Bank of Russia.

Decision of the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation of July 17, 2002 on the Case of Constitutionality of Individual Provisions of Articles 342, 371, 373, 378, 379, 380 and 382 of the Criminal Procedural Code of the RSFSR, Article 41 of the Criminal Code of the RSFSR and Article 36 of the Federal Law on the Prosecutor's Office of the Russian Federation Pursuant to the Request of the Podolsk City Court of the Moscow Province and Appeals of a Number of Citizens

The Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation has decided to recognize as not complying with the Constitution of the Russian Federation the provisions of Items 1 and 2 of Part 1 of Article 342, Part 1 and Item 1 of Part 2 of Article 371, Item 2 of Part 1 of Article 378, Part 1 of Article 379 and Part 3 of Article 380 of the Criminal Procedural Code of the RSFSR, as well as Items 1 and 2 of Article 36 of the Federal Law on the prosecutor's office of the Russian Federation inasmuch as they permit to review and revoke as an enforcement measure pursuant to the prosecutor's protest the acquittal having entered into legal force because of the one-sided nature or incomplete investigation, as well as court judgement inconsistency with the actual circumstances in cases when the preceding investigation did not contain any violations meeting the criteria envisaged in Item 2 of Article 4 of Protocol 7 to the Convention of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms.
The Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation has recognized as not contradicting the Constitution of the Russian Federation the provisions of Article 41 of the Criminal Code of the RSFSR, Article 373, Part 3 of Article 380 and Part 2 of Article 382 of the Criminal Procedural Code of the RSFSR inasmuch as they empower the enforcement instance with authority to revoke within one year after entering into legal force the conviction because of the failure to add the unserved portion of the pervious sentence and hand over the case for revision to correct the violation in the first instance court.
The Decision is entered into force immediately after the annunciation.

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 526 of July 15, 2002 on the Endorsement of the Regulation on the Licensing of Activities in Development, Production, Selling and Purchase for Selling of the Special Technical Means of Secret Collection of Information Carried Out by Independent Entrepreneurs and Legal Entities Engaged in Entrepreneurial Activities

The licensing of the mentioned types of activities is vested in the Federal Security Service of Russia and the territorial security bodies. The license is issued for 5 years. The earlier issued licenses preserve their force until expiry.

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 525 of July 15, 2002 on the Licensing of Activities in Organization and Maintenance of Sweepstakes and Gambling Institutions

Defines the procedure of licensing of activities in organization and maintenance of sweepstakes (mediation services of legal entities and independent entrepreneurs in organization of collection of stakes from participants of mutuel paris and paying out of gains) and gambling institutions including bookmaker organizations (bookmakers) being participant organizers of the games of chance. The licensing is vested in the State Sports Committee of Russia. The license is issued for 5 years.

Order of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation and the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation No. 612/61n of June 28, 2002 on the Fixing from 2002 of the Amount of Payment for the Confirmations of the Right of Employment of Foreign Citizens in Cases Not Requiring the Drawing Up of the Permission to Attract Foreign Workforce

Beginning with the year 2002, the payment of the employers for the issue of confirmations of the right of employment of foreign citizens in cases not requiring the drawing up of the permissions to attract foreign workforce is fixed to amount to Rbl 580. 20% of this amount is transferred as incomes to the federal budget, 80%, to the account of the Federal Migration Service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation.
Registered in the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation on July 15, 2002. Reg. No. 3572.

Decision of the State Standards Committee of the Russian Federation No. 46 of June 24, 2002 on the Invalidation of the Normative Documents on Obligatory Certification

In view of the reduction of the list of commodities, works and services subject to obligatory certification, invalidates the rules of certification of the hairdresser services and the rules of certification of the services in passenger transportation by highway transport.
Registered in the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation on July 11, 2002. Reg. No. 3568.

Letter of the Ministry of Taxation of the Russian Federation No. 03-1-09/1558/16-H194 of June 10, 2002

Explains the procedure of calculation of the value added tax in cases of land lease. The payments collected by the territorial bodies of the Federal Service of the Land Cadastre of Russia (Moscow Land Planning Committee) for the right to conclude the lease contracts and received in the appropriate budget levels are not subject to the value added tax.
When paying the rent for the lands in the state or municipal property, the invoice is issued by the tax agent (lessee) with the note "Without VAT" and appropriate registration in the book of purchase and book of sales.

Letter of the Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation No. ASh-1347/05 of May 20, 2002 on the Coordination of the Placing of the Orders with the Sole Sources (Suppliers) for Commodities, Works and Services for State Needs

Explains that the argument that the organizations have fulfilled a certain amount of works in the previous years and that they enjoy the reputation of high-qualification experts may not serve as the reason for choosing them as the sole executors of design, contractor, restoration, as well as scientific research and experimental design works. Also inconclusive is the fact of the choice of the organization on the contest basis in the previous years. The Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation will not take a positive decision coordinating the orders in the above cases. The actual legislation envisages the placing of the orders on the contest basis as the main method of state purchase when choosing the suppliers of products and services, as well as executors of works.

Ruling of the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation No. 116-O of June 6, 2002 on the Refusal to Accept for Consideration the Appeal of Citizen G.Y.Pritula against Violation of Her Constitutional Rights by Provisions of Paragraph 4 of Item 2 of Article 11, Articles 39, 143 and 235 of the Tax Code of the Russian Federation

The claimant challenged the provision of Paragraph 4 of Item 2 of Article 11 of the Tax Code of the Russian Federation stating that independent entrepreneurs are natural persons registered according to established procedure and engaged in entrepreneurial activities without the forming of the legal entity, as well as private notaries, private guards, private detectives. According to the claimant, the cited provision assigning the same status to private notaries and independent entrepreneurs stipulates also equal duties in the payment of taxes and execution of other tax duties, which ignores the specific nature of the notary's activities.
The appeal was refused for consideration because it does not meet permissibility criteria. Qualifying private notaries as independent entrepreneurs is of conditional significance for tax legislation and does not create indefiniteness for the subjects of taxation and, therefore, does not affect constitutional rights and freedoms of the claimant.

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 530 of July 16, 2002 on the Application of the Export Customs Duties for Some Commodities Exported from the Customs Territory of the Russian Federation to the Customs Territory of the Member-States of the Customs Union

The rates of export customs duties shall apply to commodities exported to the customs territory of the member-states of the Customs Union on the basis of the agreement (contract) between a resident of the Russian Federation (in the meaning envisaged in the rules of determination of the country of origin of the commodities) and a non-resident of the member-state of the Customs Union.
The Decision is entered into force one month after the day of its official publication.

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 529 of July 16, 2002 on the Amendments to the Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 248 of February 26, 1998

The maximum amounts of payment for the state registration of the rights for immovable property and deals with it, as well as for the information on the registered rights are adopted in fixed amounts in roubles (earlier, depending on the minimum amount of labour remuneration).
The maximum amount of payment for the state registration of the property right of the Russian Federation, subject of the Russian Federation, municipal formation for the land plot that emerges during delimitation of the state property right for land is Rbl 100.

Decision of the Federal Commission for Securities Market No. 17/ps of May 31, 2002 on the Endorsement of the Regulation on Additional Requirements to the Procedure of Preparation, Convocation and Holding of the General Meeting of Stock-Holders

Specifies additional requirements to the procedure of preparation, convocation and holding of annual and extraordinary general meetings of stock-holders. In particular, specifies additional requirements to the procedure of presenting of proposals for the agenda of the general meeting of stock-holders, including those pertaining to the nomination of candidates to the management bodies and other bodies of the company.
Defines the procedure of presenting the demands to hold an extraordinary general meeting of stock-holders, procedure of registration of stock-holders or their representatives, as well as the voting procedure for the issues of the agenda. The Regulation also contains additional requirements to the content of the voting tickets.
The Decision specifies the list of additional information to be presented on obligatory basis to the persons entitled to participate in the general meeting. Defines the requirements to the content of the annual report of the joint-stock company to be endorsed by the annual general meeting of stock-holders. Also defines the requirements to the voting procedure at the general meeting of stock-holders on the agenda and issues put forward for the vote by stock-holders or their representatives.
The Regulation contains additional requirements to the content of the documents drawn up as a result of the meeting.
The Regulation is entered into force one month after the day of its official publication.
Registered in the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation on July 16, 2002. Reg. No. 3578.

Order of the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation No. 199 of July 12, 2002 on the Endorsement of the Forms of Documents Used in the State Registration of a Trade and Industry Chamber, Public Association and Religious Organization As a Legal Entity

Endorses such forms as application for the state registration, information on the applicants, information on the founders, application for the state registration of amendments to the charter and other.
Registered in the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation on July 15, 2002. Reg. No. 3576.

Order of the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation No. 888 of June 4, 2002 on the Endorsement of the Regulation on the Procedure of Collection and Criteria of Determination of the Amount of Payment for the State Expert Evaluation of Cultural Values

The amount of payment for the expert evaluation of cultural values is determined taking into account direct expenses for the expert evaluation, indirect (overhead) expenses to ensure the mentioned activities, as well as taxes calculated and paid according to the procedure and in amounts specified in the legislation of the Russian Federation.
The amount of payment for the expert evaluation of cultural values is calculated separately for each client. The calculation of the expenses is drawn up for the expert evaluation of cultural values.
Resources received as payment for the expert evaluation of cultural values are registered on personal accounts for resources obtained from entrepreneurial and other profitable activities opened for the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation and its territorial bodies in the federal treasury bodies.
Registered in the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation on July 11, 2002. Reg. No. 3570.

Decision of the Social Insurance Fund of the Russian Federation No. 71 of June 20, 2002 on the Endorsement of the Forms of Reports of the Use of the Amounts of Insurance Contributions for Obligatory Social Insurance against Industrial Accidents and Occupational Diseases to Finance Preventive Measures to Reduce Industrial Accidents and Occupational Diseases

Provides the forms of reports endorsed by the Decision. Insurers submit the report drawn up according to the specified form to the executive body of the Social Insurance Fund of the Russian Federation at the place of its registration together with the estimate sheet of the resources of the Fund. Regional divisions of the Fund shall submit summary report together with the financial report of the execution of the budget of the Fund.
Registered in the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation on July 11, 2002. Reg. No. 3569.

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 536 of July 15, 2002 on Tariff Regulation of Import of Raw Sugar and White Sugar in 2003

From January 1 through June 30, 2003, the rate of import customs duty for raw sugar is fixed to amount to EURO 0.2 per 1 kg (codes according to the Foreign Trade Commodity Nomenclature 1701 11 100 1, 1701 11 900 1, 1701 12 100 1, 1701 12 900 1, 1701 91 000 1), and for white sugar, to EURO 0.24 per 1 kg (codes according to the Foreign Trade Commodity Nomenclature 1701 99 100 1 and 1701 99 900 1). From July 1 through December 31, 2003, the rate of import customs duty for raw sugar is fixed to amount to EURO 0.23 per 1 kg (codes according to the Foreign Trade Commodity Nomenclature 1701 11 100 9, 1701 11 900 9, 1701 12 100 9, 1701 12 900 9, 1701 91 000 9) and for white sugar, to EURO 0.27 per 1 kg (codes according to the Foreign Trade Commodity Nomenclature 1701 99 100 9 and 1701 99 900 9). In 2002, the import customs duties for the mentioned commodities were fixed in percent of the customs cost.
In 2003, raw sugar originating in developing countries using the national system of preferences of the Russian Federation enjoys a tariff preference in the form of tariff quota for the import to the territory of the Russian Federation of 3.95 million tons of raw sugar. The rate of import customs duty for raw sugar imported in the framework of the customs quota is fixed to amount to EURO 0.095 per 1 kg.
The Decision is entered into force from the day of its official publication.

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 535 of July 18, 2002 on the Endorsement of the Indexing Coefficients of the Basic and Insured Parts of the Labour Pension from August 1, 2002

The indexing coefficients of the basic and insured parts of the labour pension from August 1, 2002 are fixed to amount to 1.09. Earlier (from February 1, 2002), the indexing coefficients were fixed to amount to 1.065.

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 531 of July 17, 2002 on the Amendments to the Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 939 of December 9, 2000

The rates of export customs duties for oil products (light and medium distillates, gas oils) exported from the territory of the Russian Federation outside the member-states of the Customs Union agreements are increased from EURO 25 to EURO 35 per 1,000 kg.
The Decision is entered into force one month after the day of its official publication.

Order of the State Customs Committee of the Russian Federation No. 661 of June 25, 2002 on the Declaring of Commodities

When declaring the commodities with the customs cost not greater than EURO 500 (except for commodities subject to excise duty taxes that must be labelled with excise duty and/or special stamps and or licensed at import) moved under the customs regime of release for free circulation and export under one transport document (way-bill, luggage slip, other) from one shipper to one recipient, the person moving the commodities, if he wishes so, may use customs declaration in the form of the written application drawn up in free from and containing certain information for customs purposes. In this case, the customs bodies do not collect duties for the customs registration, with the customs duties and taxes collected using the customs paying-in slip.
The Order is entered into force 10 days after its official publication.
Registered in the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation on July 17, 2002. Reg. No. 3589.

Order of the Committee of the Russian Federation for Financial Monitoring No. 41 of July 1, 2002 on the Endorsement of the Regulation on the Territorial Bodies of the Committee of Russia for Financial Monitoring and Schemes of Their Deployment

The territorial bodies of the Committee of Russia for Financial Monitoring are interregional departments taking countermeasures against legalization (laundering) of incomes obtained in a criminal way on their covered territory within their sphere of authority. The Order lists the main tasks, functions and rights of the interregional departments.
Registered in the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation on July 17, 2002. Reg. No. 3588.

Decision of the Federal Commission for Securities Market No. 21/ps of June 7, 2002 on the Invalidation of the Decision of the Federal Commission for Securities Market of Russia No. 3 of June 7, 1999 on the Endorsement of the Regulation on the Procedure of Consideration of Cases and Imposing Fines for the Violation of the Legislation of the Russian Federation on the Protection of the Rights and Legal Interests of Investors at Securities Market

The mentioned Decision is invalidated because administrative violations in the sphere of securities market and proceedings in such cases are specified in the new Code of Administrative Violations having entered into force from July 1, 2002.
Registered in the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation on July 17, 2002. Reg. No. 3586.

Decision of the Federal Commission for Securities Market No. 18/ps of June 7, 2002 on the Amendments to the Regulation on the Requirements to Organizers of Trade at Securities Market Endorsed by the Decision of the Federal Commission for Securities Market No. 1-ps of January 4, 2002.

Introduces the requirements to the release for circulation and removal from circulation of investment shares at the exchange. Also envisages a more flexible mechanism of stopping the tenders. In particular, adds the norms envisaging tender suspension on the whole and for a separate security of a particular issue included in the quoting list A. If the tenders are stopped, they may be renewed only at the order of the Federal Commission for Securities Market.
Registered in the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation on July 16, 2002. Reg. No. 3579.

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 537 of July 18, 2002 on the Lists of Production Facilities, Works, Professions and Positions Qualifying for the Early Old-Age Labour Pension in Compliance with Article 27 of the Federal Law on the Labour Pensions in the Russian Federation and Endorsement of the Rules of Calculation of the Periods of Work Qualifying for the Early Old-Age Labour Pension to the Crews of Civil Aviation in Compliance with Article 27 of the Federal Law on the Labour Pensions in the Russian Federation

Lists production facilities, works, professions and positions endorsed by the Cabinet of Ministers of the USSR, Council of Ministers of the RSFSR and the Government of the Russian Federation used for the early assignment of the old-age labour pension.
Also endorses the procedure of calculation of the periods of work qualifying for the early assignment of the old-age labour pension to the crews of the civil aviation.

Order of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 983-r of July 17, 2002

Endorses recommendations on the development by organizations carrying out operations with monetary resources or other property of the rules of internal control to counteract the legalization (laundering) of incomes obtained in a criminal way. The recommendations define the uniform approach to the development of the rules of internal control by professional participants of securities market, insurance and leasing companies, organizations of the federal postal communication and other non-credit organizations engaged in money transfers, as well as pawnshops.
The rules are endorsed within one month from the day of entry into force of the recommendations or registration of the newly created organization by the head of the appropriate organization who defines also the official of the organization in charge of the observation and refinement of the rules and implementation of the programs of internal control worked out on their basis.

Order of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 978-r of July 16, 2002

Approves the concept of development of the automotive industry of Russia for the period until 2010. The concept defines the goals, tasks, and priorities of development of this industry to satisfy the demands of the internal market, development of productive forces, increase of export of the automotive equipment and ensuring national security.
One of the conditions of the implementation of the concept is the raising of the rates of import customs duties for the imported automotive equipment having been in operation for more than 7 years (the rates will be similar to those for the new automobiles). Another condition is the reduction of the customs duties for technological equipment for automotive industry not produced in the Russian Federation.
The rates of import customs duties for the new and less than 7 years old foreign-made automotive equipment are planned to be left unchanged for 7 years.
For home-made automotive equipment with the period of operation greater than 7 years, there will be increased amounts of insurance fees from the owners to create unfavourable economic conditions for the maintenance and operation of such vehicles.

Order of the State Customs Committee of the Russian Federation No. 512 of May 23, 2002 on the Endorsement of the Regulation on the Adjustment of the Customs Cost

The Regulation defines the procedure of adjustment of the customs cost of commodities moved across the customs border of the Russian Federation, their temporary (conditional) assessment, as well as the procedure of filling out the form of adjustment of the customs cost and customs payments.
Lists the cases of temporary (conditional) assessment of the commodities. The grounds to carry out such assessment is the written application of the declaring party requesting to release the commodity under the declared customs regime, as well as obligation to present within the time period specified by the customs body additional documents and information necessary to determine the customs cost of the commodity.
The adjustment is carried out in the provided form of the written application on the form of adjustment of the customs cost and customs payments. The mentioned forms are an integral part of the cargo customs declaration.
When adjusting the customs cost, the form of adjustment of the customs cost and customs payments is filled out by the person (declaring party or official of the customs body) that determined and declared in the declaration the adjusted (refined) customs cost adopted by the customs body.
Registered in the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation on July 16, 2002. Reg. No. 3583.

Letter of the Ministry of Taxation of the Russian Federation No. ShS-6-14/793 of June 5, 2002

Submission of the separate tax declaration and documents stipulating the use of the 0 percent tax rate and VAT reimbursement for export operation serves as grounds for the customs body to take the decision on the legality of use of the tax rate and reimbursement of the tax for the fair taxpayers only.
If the facts confirming the taxpayer unfairness are revealed, the tax bodies must prove the taxpayer unfairness by presenting appropriate documents

Order of the Ministry of Taxation of the Russian Federation No. BG-3-03/338 of July 3, 2002 on the Endorsement of the Forms of Declarations for the Value Added Tax

The new forms of declarations for the value added tax take account of the changes introduced in the Tax Code of the Russian Federation by the Federal Law No. 57-FZ of May 29, 2002. The new form of the declaration has the new VAT estimate rate and some new appendices.
Registered in the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation on July 19, 2002. Reg. No. 3597.

Order of the Ministry of Taxation of the Russian Federation No. BG-3-05/344 of July 5, 2002 on the Endorsement of the Methodology Recommendations for the Procedure of Calculation and Payment of the Uniform Social Tax

The new Methodology Recommendations take account of the changes introduced in the Tax Code of the Russian Federation by the Federal Law No. 57-FZ of May 29, 2002, as well as the changes pertaining to the adoption of the Federal Law No. 167-FZ of December 15, 2001 on the obligatory pension insurance in the Russian Federation.

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 543 of July 19, 2002 on the Endorsement of the Regulation on the Restructuring of the Debt of the Budgets of the Subjects of the Russian Federation and Credit Organizations to the Federal Budget

Defines the procedure and terms of restructuring of the debt of organizations of the agroindustrial complex, consumer cooperatives and organizations engaged in deliveries (storage and sale) of products (commodities) to the regions of the Far North and similar localities under centralized credits granted in 1992-1994 and accrued interest for them, as well as interest for the servicing of this debt, that has been converted into the state internal debt of the Russian Federation.
The restructuring applies to the debt accrued as of January 1, 2002 as a result of inventory taking of objects of registration to be recorded in the balance report of execution of the federal budget for the year 2001.
The restructuring is carried out by reducing it by the amount of accrued and unpaid interest as of January 1, 2002 for the servicing of the state internal debt of the Russian Federation under the centralized credits, as well as by the amount of the debt under the centralized credits that does not have the sources of redemption because of the liquidation of organizations.
Accrual of interest for the servicing of the state internal debt of the Russian Federation under the centralized credits is stopped from January 1, 2002.

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 541 of July 19, 2002 on the Amendments to the Procedure of Granting Leaves to Employees Having Adopted a Child and to the Regulation on the Social Insurance Fund of the Russian Federation

To get the child-care leave, the employee having adopted the child submits application at the place of work indicating the length of the leave (while presenting the decision or a copy of the decision of the court on the adoption of the child). The application is submitted together with the copy of the certificate of birth of the child (children).
If the child (children) has been adopted by both of the spouses, the employee submits in addition the certificate from the place of work (service, study) of the spouse stating that the mentioned leave has not been granted to him or that the spouse is not being in the maternity leave.

Order of the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation No. 51n of June 11, 2002 on the Endorsement of the Rules of Building of Insurance Reserves for Other Than Life Insurance

Sets forth the composition and procedure of building of insurance reserves (estimate (assessment) of the amount of insurance reserves being the assessment of insurer obligations to ensure forthcoming insurance payments expressed in the monetary form) under insurance, coinsurance and reinsurance contracts for other than life insurance.
Insurers before December 31, 2002 must bring regulations on the building of insurance reserves for other than life insurance in compliance with the endorsed Rules. Estimation of insurance reserves according to the new Rules must be arranged beginning with January 1, 2003.
The Rules do not apply to medical insurance organizations in operations of obligatory medical insurance.
Registered in the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation on July 16, 2002. Reg. No. 3584

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 549 of July 22, 2002 on the Endorsement of the Regulations on the Organization of Sale of State or Municipal Property through Public Tenders without Price Quoting

Organization of sale of the property is vested in the Russian Federal Property Fund or other specialized state institutions entitled for this. The mentioned sellers shall organize accepting of applications according to the endorsed form. The Decision lists obligatory requisites of the application. After full payment, the sellers hand over the property to the buyer and provide documentation necessary for the state registration of the purchase-and-sale deal and transfer of the property right.

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 548 of July 22, 2002 on the Licensing of Activities in Production of Tobacco Items

Defines the procedure of licensing of activities in production of tobacco items carried out by legal entities and independent entrepreneurs. The licensing is vested in the Ministry of Taxation of the Russian Federation. The license is issued for 5 years.

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 546 of July 22, 2002 on the Endorsement of the Regulation on the Licensing of Activities of Non-State Pension Funds

The licensing applies to the activities of non-state pension funds including accumulation of pension contributions, placing of pension reserves, registration of pension obligations of the funds and paying out of non-state pensions to fund participants. The licensing is vested in the Ministry of Labour of the Russian Federation. The issued license is unlimited. If the license holder has separately located divisions and objects used for the licensed type of activities, certified copies of licenses according to the number of such divisions and objects are issued together with the license.

Decision of the Federal Commission for Securities Market No. 16/ps of April 30, 2002 on the Issue of Stocks and Bonds Converted into Stocks

Endorses the standards of issue of additional stocks, stocks placed through conversion, bonds converted into additional stocks and their emission prospectuses. According to the Standards, the placing of the stocks may be arranged by way of distribution of additional stocks among stock-holders of the joint-stock company, as well as by way of subscription or conversion.
The placing of the bonds maybe only be by way of subscription.
Registered in the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation on July 19, 2002. Reg. No. 3600.

Regulation of the Central Bank of Russia and the State Customs Committee of the Russian Federation Nos. 189-P, 01-100/4 of June 26, 2002 on the Amendments to the Instruction of the Bank of Russia and the State Customs Committee of Russia No. 91-I and 01-11/28644 of October 4, 2000 (Respectively) on the Procedure of Carrying Out of the Currency Control over the Reasonableness of Payment for Imported Commodities by Residents

The amendments are introduced pursuant to the changing of the procedure of the customs registration of commodities imported to the Russian Federation and originating in the CIS member-states. In particular, the Regulation omits the item specifying the particulars of the customs registration of commodities imported from CIS. The given measure is aimed at the implementation of the principle of collection of indirect taxes in the mutual trade with the CIS countries "according to the country of origin".
The Regulation is entered into force from the day of publication in the Herald of the Bank of Russia.
Registered in the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation on July 19, 2002. Reg. No. 3599.

Order of the State Construction Committee of the Russian Federation No. 88 of May 24, 2002 on the Organization of Work in Professional Retraining, Professional Development and Professional Certification of Personnel

Specifies the reasons for arranging the checks of information on the qualification, professional development and qualification certification of the workers of a legal entity and independent entrepreneurs of the design and construction sphere according to the types of activities subject to licensing by the State Construction Committee of the Russian Federation. Professional development measures must be carried out at least once in five years during the whole period of work.
Registered in the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation on July 19, 2002. Reg. No. 3595.

Decision of the Social Insurance Fund of the Russian Federation No. 74 of July 1, 2002 on the Amendments to the Decision of the Social Insurance Fund of the Russian Federation No. 10 of February 1, 2002 on the Endorsement of the Methodology Recommendations on the Procedure of Assigning and Carrying Out of the Documentary On-Site Checks of Insurers in the State Social Insurance and Taking Measures As a Result of Them

Amends the procedure of checking of the correctness of covering of the four additional paid days-off per month to one of the working parents (trustee) to take care of the invalid children and invalids from childhood until they reach 18 years of age, as well as the procedure of checking of the purchase of accommodations for sanatoria-and-resort treatment and rehabilitation of employees and members of their families and expenses for rehabilitation of children.
Registered in the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation on July 19, 2002. Reg. No. 3604.

Order of the State Customs Committee of the Russian Federation No. 659 of June 25, 2002 on the Amendments to the Order of the State Customs Committee of Russia No. 848 of December 16, 1998

Changes the Order of the State Customs Committee endorsing the Instruction on the procedure of filling out of the cargo customs declaration.
Invalidates the item stating that commodities placed under the customs regime of release for free circulation and export regime are declared by submission to the customs bodies of the written application drawn up in free form if the customs cost of commodities under one application is not greater than 100 euros, if they are not being the object of taxation and their export and import are not subject to quantity restrictions.
Registered in the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation on July 19, 2002. Reg. No. 3601.

Regulation of the Central Bank of Russia and the State Customs Committee of the Russian Federation Nos. 190-P, 01-100/5 of June 24, 26, 2002 on the Amendments to the Instruction of the Bank of Russia and the State Customs Committee of Russia No. 86-I and No. 01-23/26541 of October 13, 1999 (Respectively) on the Procedure of Currency Control over the Receipts from Export of Commodities in the Russian Federation

Changes the procedure of bank control over the receipts and pertain to the correction of information in the registration card on the amounts of receipts earlier distributed according to dispatches.
Also reduces two times the control time period for the return of the registration cards to the State Customs Committee of the Russian Federation.
The Regulation is to be published in the Herald of the Bank of Russia and is entered into force ten days after the day of the publication.
Registered in the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation on July 19, 2002. Reg. No. 3598.

Order of the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation No. 55n of June 14, 2002 on the Procedure of Publication of the Orders of the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation on the Restriction, Suspension, Renewal and Revocation of the Licenses of Insurers

The Orders of the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation on the restriction, suspension, renewal and revocation of the licenses of insurers are to be published within seven days from the day of their signing. The official publication of the mentioned Orders is considered to be the publication in Finansovaya Gazeta.
Registered in the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation on July 19, 2002. Reg. No.3596.

Order of the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation No. 191 of July 8, 2002 on the Amendments to the Internal Rules of Correction Institutions

Sets forth that responses as a result of consideration of proposals, applications and appeals are announced and handed over to the convicts against the signature no later than within three days of the receipt. If the applicant refuses to keep the response, it is attached to the personal file of the convict.
Registered in the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation on July 18, 2002. Reg. No. 3591.

Order of the Ministry of Taxation of the Russian Federation No. BG-3-02/358 of July 12, 2002 on Amendments 1 to the Order of the Ministry of Taxation of Russia No. BG-3-02/542 of December 7, 2001

Changes the form of the declaration for the profit tax from organizations and provides the new wording for individual appendices to this form.
The amendments are introduced pursuant to the entering into force of the Federal Law No. 57-FZ of May 29, 2002 on the amendments to Part 2 of the Tax Code of the Russian Federation and individual legislative acts of the Russian Federation.
Registered in the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation on July 24, 2002. Reg. No. 3614.

Federal Law No. 96-FZ of July 24, 2002 on the Entering into Force of the Arbitration Procedural Code of the Russian Federation

The Arbitration Procedural Code of the Russian Federation is entered into force from September 1, 2002. Paragraph 1 "Sphere of Reference " of Chapter 4 of the Arbitration Procedural Code of the Russian Federation is entered into force ten days after the day of its official publication. The Law specifies the procedure of handing over of the cases processes by the courts of general jurisdiction and qualified as the jurisdiction of the courts of arbitration to the courts of arbitration. If the claimant does not agree to the transfer of his case by the court of general jurisdiction to the court of arbitration, the court of general jurisdiction stops the proceedings because the case does not fall in its sphere of reference.
The cases processed by the courts of arbitration and unresolved before September 1, 2002 are to be considered in compliance with the new Code.
Chapter 36 "Revision of the Acts of Courts According to Enforcement Procedure" is entered into force from January 1, 2003.
The Federal Law is entered into force from the day of its official publication.

Arbitration Procedural Code of the Russian Federation No. 95-FZ of July 24, 2002

The new Arbitration Procedural Code of the Russian Federation replaces the one being in effect since 1995. The new Code does not change the main concept of arbitration proceedings based on the principles of the existing system of the courts of arbitration, its structural elements, number of court instances, authority of the courts of arbitration of each level and other provisions of organizational nature envisaged in the Federal Constitutional Law on the courts of arbitration of the Russian Federation.
The Arbitration Procedural Code of the Russian Federation sets forth the general principles and particulars of proceedings in the courts of arbitration resolving economic disputes and other cases in the sphere of entrepreneurial and other economic activities.
The Law enhances the role of the courts of arbitration in resolving the disputes between the subjects of entrepreneurial activities outside the framework of the court session. The role of accord is enhanced, opportunities to resolve the conflict between the parties using a mediator is envisaged, which is quite new for our process.
The Law changes the rules of determination of the case admissibility which excludes opportunities of case examination by different courts in the future.
The Law regulates in detail the case support institute envisaging the widely used in the world procedure of ensuring property interests before the submission of the case, as well as the countersurety institute.
The Law envisages differentiation of procedures for various categories of cases: Section II of the Code is dedicated to fist instance cases of civil relations; Section III, to issues of administrative and other public relations; Section IV, issues of special nature (facts of legal significance; rulings of foreign courts and other). The Law preserves the existing system of revision of the court rulings.
Provisions of Section VI "Proceedings in Cases Pertaining to Execution of the Acts of the Courts of Arbitration" are being brought in complacence with the Federal Law on execution proceedings.

Federal Law No. 109-FZ of July 24, 2002 on the Amendments to the Federal Law on the State Regulation of Production and Circulation of Ethyl Alcohol, Alcohol and Alcohol-Containing Products

It is not necessary to install the counters of alcohol-containing liquids to measure the concentration and volume of absolute alcohol in the finished products on equipment producing wines (including sparkling wines). However, such equipment must be outfitted with the means of measuring of the volume of the finished product.
The Federal Law is entered into force from the day of its official publication.

Federal Law No. 107-FZ of July 24, 2002 on the Amendments to Article 4 of the Federal Law on the General Principles of Organization of Legislative (Representative) and Executive Bodies of State Power of the Subjects of the Russian Federation

Specifies that at least 50% of the deputies of the legislative (representative) body of state power of the subject of the Russian Federation (at least 50% of the deputies of one of the chambers in a two-chamber legislative (representative) body of state power of the subject of the Russian Federation) must be elected in the single electoral district in proportion to the number of votes in favour of the lists of deputy candidates nominated by the electoral associations, blocks in compliance with the legislation on elections.

Federal Law No. 106-FZ of July 24, 2002 on the Amendment to Article 7 of the Law of the Russian Federation on the Property Tax for Enterprises

The amendment envisages the transfer of the tax for the property forming part of the Uniform Systems of Gas Supplies to the budgets of the subjects of the Russian Federation proceeding from the cost of this property actually available on the territory of the appropriate subject of the Russian Federation followed by its subsequent distribution by the subject of the Russian Federation by the levels of the budgets according to fixed proportions. In the cities of federal significance - Moscow and St.Petersburg - the tax is transferred to the budgets of this subjects of the Russian Federation without the mentioned distribution.
The Federal Law is entered into force from January 1, 2003, however, not earlier than one month after the day of its official publication.

Federal Law No. 103-FZ of July 24, 2002 on the Amendments to the Legislative Acts of the Russian Federation

The Criminal Code of the Russian Federation is extended to include the new crime - responsibility for engaging in crimes of terrorist nature or assisting them in other ways. (Article 205.1).
The changes introduced in the Criminal Procedural Code of the Russian Federation define these cases as the sphere of reference of investigators of the bodies of the Federal Security Service.
The Federal Law is entered into force from the day of its official publication.

Federal Law No. 100-FZ of July 24, 2002 on the Amendments to Article 3 of the Federal Law on the State Commodity Liabilities

Envisages priority redemption of the state commodity liabilities to the residents of individual regions of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) being the victims of the flooding in the spring of 2001 on the Lena River. Monetary compensations are paid out under the target payment checks permitting to buy a car in 1993-1995 and target deposits available with the mentioned citizens and opened for them directly in the branches of the Savings Bank of the Russian Federation.
The Federal Law is entered into force one month after the day of its official publication.

Federal Law No. 98-FZ of July 24, 2002 on the Amendments to the Criminal Procedural Code of the Russian Federation

Refusal of the Council of the Federation or the State Duma to satisfy the request of the Prosecutor General of the Russian Federation to hand over the criminal case of a member of the Council of the Federation or Deputy of the State Duma to court is excluded from the list of reasons for stopping the criminal proceedings (Article 27 of the Criminal Procedural Code of the Russian Federation).
The Council of the Federation or the State Duma may refuse to agree to lift the immunity and institute proceedings for the mentioned persons only in cases when it is established that proceedings are stipulated by the voiced opinion or expressed position during the vote in the Council of the Federation or the State Duma or pertain to other legal actions of the parliamentarians.
The Law extends the arrest procedure for the suspect under a criminal case: a meeting with a lawyer must be provided to him before the interrogation if he wishes - confidentially without evidence. The length of the meeting may not be less than 2 hours.
The Article regulating the duration of arrest is extended to include the provision permitting to prolong this time for all accused under the same criminal case including those who have read the materials of the case.
The Law refines the norms of Articles 450 and 451 of the Code regulating investigation and other proceedings for individual categories of persons.
The Federal Law is entered into force from the day of its official publication.

Federal Law No. 97-FZ of July 24, 2002 on the Amendments to Article 96 of the Labour Code of the Russian Federation

Invalids are permitted to work during the night time only with their written consent under the condition that such work is not contraindicated for them according to the health condition as specified in the medical statement. Earlier, invalids were not permitted for night-time work.

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 555 of July 24, 2002 on the Endorsement of the Rules of Calculation and Confirmation of the Insured Length of Service Qualifying for the Labour Pensions

Lists the periods to be certified in the calculation of the insured length of service. Provides the lists of documents necessary for such confirmation. Specifies the procedure of confirmation of the periods of work before the citizen was registered as an insured person on the basis of testimony and the final procedure of calculation of the insured length of service.

Order of the Ministry of Transport of the Russian Federation No. 92 of July 9, 2002 on the Licensing of Passenger and Cargo Transportation by Highway Transport

Endorses the blank form of the license for commercial passenger transportation by cars, automobiles outfitted for carrying more than 8 persons, for cargo transportation by vehicles with capacity greater than 3.5 tons. Also endorses the blank form of the license card for the vehicle attached to the license.
Provides the list of information submitted to the Ministry of Transport of the Russian Federation on the vehicles declared for licensed type of activities.
Registered in the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation on July 23, 2002. Reg. No. 3609.

Federal Law No. 110-FZ of July 24, 2002 on the Amendments to Part 2 of the Tax Code of the Russian Federation and Some Other Acts of the Legislation of the Russian Federation

Part 2 of the Tax Code of the Russian Federation is extended to include the new Chapter 28 "Transport Tax". The object of taxation under the transport tax is automobiles, motorcycles, scooters, buses and other self-propelled machines and mechanisms - pneumatic and track-laying, airplanes, helicopters, ships, yachts, sail boats, cutters, snowmobiles, motor sleigh, motor boats, hydrocycles, non-self-propelled tow vessels and other water and air transport vehicles registered appropriately. The transport tax is introduced by the laws of the subjects of the Russian Federation defining the rates of the tax within the limits specified in Chapter 28, procedure and time of payment, forms of reports under the given tax. When introducing the tax, there may also be envisaged tax benefits and grounds for using them by the taxpayer.
The same Law abandons the tax on the owners of transport vehicles, highway user tax and increases excises for automobiles, gasoline, motor oils. It also introduces amendments to Article 10 of the Federal Law No. 110-FZ of August 6, 2001 defining the taxable base of the transient period for the profit tax.
The Federal Law is entered into force one month after the day of its official publication, except for the norms entered into force according to the special procedure. The majority of the provisions of the Federal Law are entered into force from January 1, 2003.

Federal Law No. 104-FZ of July 24, 2002 on the Amendments to Part 2 of the Tax Code of the Russian Federation and Some Other Acts of the Legislation of the Russian Federation and on Invalidation of Individual Acts of the Legislation of the Russian Federation on Taxes

Part 2 of the Tax Code of the Russian Federation is extended to include the new Chapter 26.2 "Simplified System of Taxation" and Chapter 26.3 "System of Taxation in the Form of the Uniform Imputed Income Tax for Individual Types of Activities".
Use of both systems of taxation by both organizations and independent entrepreneurs envisages replacement of:
profit tax (with the natural persons - income tax from natural persons for incomes obtained from entrepreneurial activities)
VAT,
sales tax,
property tax (with the natural persons - for the property used to carry out entrepreneurial activities),
uniform social tax.
Use of both systems of taxation does not exempt the taxpayers from insurance contributions for obligatory pension insurance.
The same Law exempts the payers of the uniform imputed income tax from the uniform social tax. The norm applies to relations emerging from January 1, 2002.
Special tax regimes envisaged in the new chapters of the Tax Code are entered into force from January 1, 2003.

Federal Law No. 102-FZ of July 24, 2002 on the Arbitrages in the Russian Federation

Regulates the procedure of creation and activities of arbitrages on the territory of the Russian Federation. In the Russian Federation, there may be permanent arbitrages and the ones for solving a particular dispute. The arbitrage, at the decision of the parties, may examine any dispute in civil relations if otherwise is not established in the Federal Law.
The Federal Law does not apply to international commercial arbitrage.
The Federal Law is entered into force from the day of its official publication.

Federal Law No. 101-FZ of July 24, 2002 on the Turnover of Lands of Agricultural Use.

Regulates relations pertaining to possession, use and management of the land plots of agricultural use, specifies the rules and restrictions that apply to turnovers of such land plots and shares in the right of common property, defines the terms of granting land plots in the state or municipal property and their withdrawal.
The use and turnovers of such land plots are regulated largely by the general rules of land and civil legislation and the Law actually specifies the system of restrictions and particulars of such rules.
The Law introduces, in particular, the norms aimed at prevention of forming of land plots not meeting the land planning requirements when the deals are concluded, at prevention of concentration of too large agricultural lands in the property of a single person, with the maximum area of agricultural lands possessed by a single person on the territory of a single administrative region of the subject of the Russian Federation being proposed to amount to at least 10% of the total area of the agricultural lands within the boundaries of the mentioned administrative region.
A special regime is fixed for foreign citizens, foreign legal entities, stateless persons, as well as legal entities with the share of a foreign person in the registered capital being greater than 50%. The Law envisages strict enough and consistent sanctions against the violation of the mentioned regime. Land plots (shares in the common property right for the land plot) of agricultural use purchased earlier in violation of the requirements of the Law are to be alienated from the proprietor within one year from the day of emergence of the right for this land plot (share in the common property right for the land plot) or within one year from the day when the body of the legal entity learned or was to learn of the circumstances resulting in the violation of the Law. Otherwise, such land plots are to be sold in public tenders.
The Law does not apply to land plots of agricultural use provided to citizens for housing, garage construction, countryside cottages, gardens, animal breeding, as well as to land plots occupied by buildings and structures.
The Federal Law is entered into force six months after its official publication.

Federal Law No. 99-FZ of July 24, 2002 on the Amendments to the Federal Law on the Federal Budget for the Year 2002

Refines and amends the provisions of the Law specifying the legal fundamentals of ensuring the restructuring of the debts (main debt and interest, penalties and fines) for organizations (enterprises) being the chief executors ( executors) of the state defence order.
The new wording is provided for the program of state internal borrowings of the Russian Federation for the year 2002.
The Federal Law is entered into force from the day of its official publication.

Decision of the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation No. 14-P of July 22, 2002 on the Case of Constitutionality of a Number of Provisions of the Federal Law on the Restructuring of Credit Organizations, Items 5 and 6 of Article 120 of the Federal Law on Insolvency (Bankruptcy) Pursuant to Appeals of Citizens, Appeal of the Regional Public Organization "Association of Protection of the Rights of Stock-Holders and Investors" and Appeal of the OAO "Voronezh Design Bureau of Antenna and Feeder Devices"

The applicants challenged the provisions of the Federal Laws on the restructuring of credit organizations, on insolvency (bankruptcy) and on execution proceedings pertaining to the procedure and terms of conclusion and endorsement of the accord and satisfaction when restructuring the credit organizations, as well as the provisions of the Federal Law on the restructuring of credit organizations specifying the procedure and terms of reduction of the registered capital of a credit organization at its restructuring.
The Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation recognized as not contradicting the Constitution of the Russian Federation the challenged provisions of the Federal Laws on the restructuring of credit organizations and on insolvency (bankruptcy) inasmuch as they pertain to the procedure and terms of conclusion and endorsement of the accord and satisfaction at the restructuring of the credit organization.
The Decision is entered into force immediately after the annunciation.

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 553 of July 23, 2002 on the Endorsement of the Regulation on the Licensing of Purveying, Processing and Sale of the Waste and Scrap of Ferrous Metals

The licensing applies to the collection, purchase (purveying) of the waste and scrap of non-ferrous metals from natural persons and legal entities carried out by legal entities and independent entrepreneurs, the sorting, storage, selection, extraction, shredding, cutting, handling, pressing, briquetting, melting, as well as the sale or handing over of the waste and scrap of ferrous metals on the paid or free basis. The Regulation does not apply to the sale of waste and scrap building up as result of own production and to wholesale trade.
The licensing is vested in the bodies of state power of the subjects of the Russian Federation. The license is issued for 5 years. The earlier issued licenses preserve their force until expiry.

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 552 of July 23, 2002 on the Endorsement of the Regulation on the Licensing of Purveying, Processing and Sale of Waste and Scrap of Non-Ferrous Metals

The licensing applies to the collection, purchase (purveying) of the waste and scrap of non-ferrous metals from natural persons and legal entities carried out by legal entities and independent entrepreneurs, the sorting, storage, selection, extraction, cutting, handling, pressing, briquetting, melting, as well as the sale or handing over of the waste and scrap of non-ferrous metals on the paid or free basis. The Regulation does not apply to the sale of waste and scrap building up as result of own production.
The licensing is vested in the bodies of state power of the subjects of the Russian Federation. The license is issued for 5 years. The earlier issued licenses preserve their force until expiry.

Federal Law No. 117-FZ of July 25, 2002 on the Amendment to Article 20 of the Federal Law on Foreign Investments in the Russian Federation

Amends the provision stating that legal entities being commercial organizations with foreign investments were subject to state registration in the justice bodies. At present, the Federal Law on the state registration of legal entities sets forth the uniform procedure of registration.
The Federal Law is entered into force from the day of its official publication.

Federal Law No. 116-FZ of July 25, 2002 on the Amendments to Some of the Legislative Acts of the Russian Federation in View of the Improvement of State Management in the Sphere of Fire Safety

Amends legislative acts of the Russian Federation pursuant to the reformation of the State Fire Service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation into the State Fire Service of the Ministry for Emergency Situations of the Russian Federation.
The Law fixes the issues of legal regulation of the activities of the State Fire Service in the framework of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of the Russian Federation including the procedure and terms of service of the employees of the State Fire Service - both transferred and newly admitted to the Ministry of Emergency Situations of the Russian Federation, as well as preserves the earlier fixed benefits and social guarantees.
Employees of the State Fire Service are subject to the Regulation on the service in the bodies of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation, a number of articles of the Laws of the Russian Federation on the militia service and on additional guarantees and compensations to servicemen undergoing military service on the territory of Trans-Caucasian, Baltic states and the Republic of Tajikistan, as well as fulfilling the tasks of protection of constitutional rights of citizens in emergency situations and in armed conflicts.

Federal Law No. 114-FZ of July 25, 2002 on the Countermeasures Against Extremist Activities

Defines the legal and organizational fundamentals of countermeasures against extremist activities and specifies responsibility for them.
Extremist activities (extremism) are implied to be the activities of public and religious associations, other organizations, mass media, natural persons in the planning, organization, preparation and committing of actions aimed at forcible change of the fundamentals of the constitutional regime, undermining the security of the Russian Federation, assumption of power, creation of illegal armed formations, engaging in terrorist activities, diminishing national dignity; propaganda and public demonstration of nazi attributes or symbols or similar ones that may be confused; public calls to carry out such activities or financing of it.
The Law lists the main principles and directions of countermeasures against extremist activities, emphasises the significance of preventive measures. The bodies of the Prosecutor's Office are empowered with authority to warn public, religious and other organizations of the inadmissibility of extremist activities. Preventive measures are envisaged for mass media. The Law prohibits the use of public networks for extremist activities.
In cases of extremist activities of a public or religious association, the activities of such association may be suspended and prohibited by a court ruling, with the association itself being dissolved. Citizens of the Russian Federation, foreign citizens and stateless persons bear criminal, administrative and civil responsibility for extremist activities

Federal Law No. 113-FZ of July 25, 2002 on the Alternative Civil Service

Regulates the relations pertaining to the implementation by the citizens of the Russian Federation of the constitutional right to replace the draft military service with alternative civil service (labour in the interests of the society and the state). The citizen may replace the draft military service with alternative civil service if the military service is against his convictions or belief or if he is one of the small native peoples, carries out a traditional way of life, is engaged in traditional economies.
Exemption from alternative civil service applies to citizens liable for exemption from the draft military service or respite for the draft military service.
The term of the alternative civil service is 1.75 times higher than the term of the draft military service and generally amounts to 42 months. The term of the alternative civil service for citizens undergoing it in the organizations of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, other forces, military formations and bodies is 1.5 times greater than the one fixed for the draft military service and amounts generally to 36 months.
The citizen is assigned to the alternative civil service on the basis of the submitted application. Persons undergoing alternative civil service are entitled for the leave according to the procedure specified in the Labour Code of the Russian Federation. The Law specifies also other rights, duties and responsibility of those undergoing alternative civil service, as well as the reasons and procedure of dismissal.
The Federal Law is entered into force from January 1, 2004.

Federal Law No. 112-FZ of July 25, 2002 on the Amendments to the Legislative Acts of the Russian Federation Pursuant to the Adoption of the Federal Law on the Countermeasures Against Extremist Activities

To implement legislative countermeasures against extremist activities, amendments are introduced in a number of federal laws.
These are, in particular, the laws on public associations and on mass media. The procedure of suspension of activities of public associations is refined. The changes in the Federal Law on the Prosecutor's Office of the Russian Federation pertain to additional authority of the Prosecutor to prevent unlawful actions. To eliminate financial basis of extremist activities, an amendment is introduced in the Federal Law on the countermeasures against legalization (laundering) of incomes obtained in a criminal way aimed to qualify the financial deals of extremist organizations as the ones requiring special control. The Criminal Code is extended to include the new crimes - organization of an extremist community and organization of activities of an extremist organization.
The Code of Administrative Violations of the Russian Federation is extended to introduce administrative responsibility for the organization of activities of a public or religious association subject to the decision on the suspension of its activities and for propaganda and public demonstration of nazi attributes or symbols.

Federal Law No. 111-FZ of July 24, 2002 on the Investing of Resources to Finance the Accumulated Portion of the Labour Pension in the Russian Federation

Specifies the legal fundamentals of relations to build and invest the resources of pension savings intended to finance the accumulated portion of the labour pension.
Defines the particulars of the legal status of the subjects and participants of these relations (including the Pension Fund of the Russian Federation, special depositaries, managing companies, insured persons and insurers, brokers, credit organizations, non-state pension funds).
According to the Law, the resources of the pension savings are the property of the Russian Federation, they may not be withdrawn to the budgets of any levels, may not serve as a security or other collateral of the obligations of the owner of the mentioned resources and subjects of relations pertaining to the building and investment of the resources of pension savings, as well as other participants of the process of investment of the resources of the pension savings.
The Law fixes the functions of the authorized federal body of executive power in the regulation, control and enforcement in the sphere of building and investment of the resources of pension savings, the legal fundamentals of public control over the building and investment of the resources of pension savings.
For the period of 2003-2009, the following maximum restrictions of the resources in investment portfolio placed in securities of foreign issuers are adopted:
2003 - 0%;
2004-2005 - 5%;
2006-2007 - 10%;
2008-2009- 15%.
Except for individual provisions, the Federal Law is entered into force from the day of its official publication.

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 575 of July 27, 2002 on the Amendments to the Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 914 of December 2, 2000

Since the procedure of use of invoices specified in Article 169 of the Tax Code of the Russian Federation changed, the Government of the Russian Federation brings in compliance with these changes its Decision No. 914 of December 2, 2000 endorsing the rules of keeping the logbooks of invoices, books of purchase and books of sales. The form of the invoice has also changed. The note to this form does not contain now the phrase stating that the invoices are not valid without the seal.

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 561 of July 25, 2002 on the Endorsement of the Rules of Restructuring of the Debts of the Budgets of the Subjects of the Russian Federation in Budget Loans Granted in 1995 under the Commodity Credit to Purchase Oils and Lubricants

The restructuring applies to the debt of the budgets of the subjects of the Russian Federation to the federal budget as of January 1, 2002. The restructuring is carried out by way of reduction of the debt of the budgets of the subjects of the Russian Federation to the federal budget by the amount of accrued and unpaid as of January 1, 2002 interest for the use of the budget loans.
Accruing of interest for the use of the budget loans is stopped from January 1, 2002.

Order of the State Customs Committee of the Russian Federation No. 690 of July 1, 2002 on the Amendments to the Order of the State Customs Committee of Russia No. 392 of April 22, 2002

Changes the rules of keeping of the register of banks and other organizations acting as guarantors to the customs bodies. The rules are supplemented with transient provisions to be applied before the expiry of the term of the permission to act as guarantor to the customs bodies. For the mentioned banks and other organizations, the State Customs Committee of the Russian Federation fixes the maximum permissible amount of a single bank guarantee and all bank guarantees in effect simultaneously.
Registered in the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation on July 24, 2002. Reg. No. 3612.

Decision of the State Standards Committee of the Russian Federation No. 54 of July 5, 2002 on the Endorsement of Amendment 2 to the Rules of Application of the Compliance Sign in Obligatory Certification of Products with Amendments

Amendments are introduced because the Federal Law on the licensing of individual types of activities does not envisage the licensing of activities in obligatory certification.
Registered in the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation on July 24, 2002. Reg. No. 3611.

Decision of the State Standards Committee of the Russian Federation No. 56 of July 5, 2002 on the Endorsement of Amendment 1 to the Rules of Certification of Works and Services in the Russian Federation

Amendments are introduced because the Federal Law on the licensing of individual types of activities does not envisage the licensing of works in the application of the compliance sign.
Registered in the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation on July 23, 2002. Reg. No. 3610.

Order of the State Customs Committee of the Russian Federation No. 648 of June 25, 2002 on the Bringing of the Normative Legal Acts of the State Customs Committee of Russia in Compliance with the Code of the Russian Federation on Administrative Violations

Amendments are introduced pursuant to the entry into force from July 1, 2002 of the Code of Administrative Violations of the Russian Federation containing administrative violations in the customs sphere and the proceedings in cases of such violations.
Registered in the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation on July 23, 2002. Reg. No. 3608.

Federal Law No. 115-FZ of July 25, 2002 on the Legal Status of Foreign Citizens in the Russian Federation

Defines the legal status of foreign citizens in the Russian Federation, as well as regulates the relations of foreign citizens with the bodies of state power, bodies of local government and officials of the bodies of power pertaining to the stay (living) of foreign citizens and their carried out labour, entrepreneurial and other activities.
The legislator includes the notion of stateless person in the notion of the foreign citizen except for the cases when the Federal Law institutes special rules for stateless persons different from those specified for the foreign citizens.
The new Law defines three legal regimes of stay of foreign citizens on the territory of the Russian Federation: temporary stay on the territory of the Russian Federation, temporary residence on the territory of the Russian Federation, permanent residence on the territory of the Russian Federation.
The period of temporary stay of a foreign citizen in the Russian Federation is determined by the period of the visa issued to him. If the foreign citizen has arrived according to procedure that does not require getting the visa, the period of his temporary stay may not be greater than 90 days with exceptions. In particular, if such person has concluded a labour contract or civil contract to carry out works (render services), the period of his temporary stay is extended for the term of the concluded contract, however, not more than for one year from the moment of entry.
Permission for the temporary residence is issued to a foreign citizens within the limits of the quota endorsed by the Government of the Russian Federation. The term of the permission for the temporary residence is three years. Beyond the quota, the permission for the temporary residence may be issued only to individual categories of foreign citizens.
The Law lists the reasons of refusal to issue the permission for the temporary residence or revocation of the permission. Within the term of the permission for the temporary residence in the presence of legal grounds, the foreign citizen, at his application, may get the residence permit for permanent residence in the Russian Federation. To get the residence permit, the foreign citizen must have lived in the Russian Federation for at least one year on the basis of the permission for temporary residence. The residence permit is issued to a foreign citizen for five years. The grounds for refusal to issue (or revocation of) the residence permit are the same as for the permission for temporary residence.
The Federal Law regulates also the procedure of drawing up invitations for the entry to the Russian Federation, procedure of registration of foreign citizens having entered the Russian Federation, procedure of travel of foreign citizens within the Russian Federation, electoral rights of foreign citizens, terms of labour relations for foreign citizens, procedure for occupying state positions, relation to the military service.

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 572 of July 27, 2002 on the Amendment to the Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 939 of December 9, 2000

The rate of export customs duty for liquid fuels (code according to the Foreign Trade Commodity Nomenclature 2710 19 510 0 - 2710 19 690 0) exported from the territory of the Russian Federation outside the member-states of the Customs Union agreements is increased 2 times and is fixed to amount to EURO 20 per 1,000 kg.
The Decision is entered into force one month after the day of its official publication.

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 570 of July 26, 2002 on the Interim Procedure of Registration of Foreign Citizens Being a Party to the Contract for the Foreign Commodities Placed under the Customs Regime of Processing on the Customs Territory That Are Imported to the Customs Territory of the Russian Federation

Sets forth that the application of the Russian person for the issue of the license to process the commodities on the customs territory of the Russian Federation must be supplemented with the application of the foreign person in Russian. Registration of the foreign person is carried out within 5 working days from the date of receipt of the application by the customs body issuing the license while putting the stamp on the license: "Foreign Person is Registered by the Customs Body of the Russian Federation" and indicating the registration number.

Report of the State Statistics Committee of the Russian Federation of July 31, 2002

Consumer price index for the whole of the Russian Federation for the first six months of 2002 amounts to 109.0% and for the II quarter this year, to 103.4%.
Consumer price index (without non-mandatory commodities and services) calculated in compliance with the Law of the Russian Federation on the indexing of the monetary incomes and savings of the citizens of the RSFSR amounted to 109.4% in the first six months of 2002 and to 103.3% in the II quarter.