Monitoring of the Federal Legislation dated 3.07.2002

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.