Monitoring of the Federal Legislation dated 22.07.2002

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