Monitoring of the Federal Legislation dated 20.08.2002

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 615 of August 17, 2002 on the Endorsement of the Norms of Expenses at the Sale of State-Owned Land Plots or the Right to Conclude Lease Contracts for Such Land Plots to Citizens and Legal Entities

Lists the composition of expenses of a specialized organization deducted from the resources obtained from the sale of land plots or the right to conclude lease contracts for them. The amount of deducted expenses is calculated proceeding from the accrual expenses and may not be greater than 3%.

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 610 of August 16, 2002 on the Amendments to the Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 1364 of December 9, 1999

Individual commodities (coated paper used for graphic purposes, as well as untreated germanium in powder and other) are exported from the territory of the Russian Federation outside the member-states of the Customs Union agreements duty free.
The Decision is entered into force one month after the day of its official publication.

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 600 of August 14, 2002 on the Endorsement of the Regulation on the Licensing of Non-State (Private) Guard Services and the Regulation on the Licensing of Non-State (Private) Detective Activities

Defines the procedure of licensing of non-state (private) guard activities carried out by legal entities founded especially to render guard services.
Also defines the procedure of licensing of non-state (private) detective activities carried out by legal entities and independent entrepreneurs when this type of activities is their main employment.
The licensing is vested in the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia. The license is granted for 5 years. The earlier issued licenses preserve their force until expiry.

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 595 of August 14, 2002 on the Endorsement of the Regulation on the Licensing of Activities in Operation of Fire-Hazardous Industrial Objects

Defines the procedure of licensing of activities in operation of fire-hazardous industrial objects carried out by legal entities and independent entrepreneurs. The fire-hazardous industrial objects are implied to be the objects using flammable liquids, solid substances and materials capable of burning while interacting with water, oxygen of the air and with each other. These are also objects where mining works are carried out to extract and process mineral resources capable of self-ignition, as well as works on other mining objects with technologies involving fire-hazardous works including those not pertaining to extraction of mineral resources.
The licensing is vested in the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Russia and the State Mining and Industrial Supervision Agency of Russia. The license is granted for 5 years. The earlier issued licenses for activities in the sphere of industrial safety of hazardous industrial objects preserve their force until expiry.

Order of the Ministry of the Railways of the Russian Federation No. 30 of July 26, 2002 on the Endorsement of the Rules of Passenger, Luggage and Cargo Transportation on the Federal Railway Transport

The Rules apply to the passenger, luggage and cargo transportation over the railways forming the uniform network of railways of the Russian Federation and open for public use. The Rules regulate the procedure of selling of travel documents (tickets), money return for unused tickets, procedure of passenger travel and luggage handling on the way, application of tariff rates and other. The Order provides the maximum permissible distances of carrying foodstuffs, plants and seedlings in the luggage cars and the time of their storage.
The Rules are entered into force from November 1, 2002.
Registered in the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation on August 8, 2002. Reg. No. 3675.

Letter of the Ministry of Taxation of the Russian Federation No. FS-6-10/1086@ of July 25, 2002

Explains the procedure of paying the penalties and fines for insurance contributions for obligatory pension insurance, including the procedure of entering of resources received in redemption of the debts of previous years in insurance contributions, penalties and fines to the Pension Fund of the Russian Federation accrued as of January 1, 2001 (before introduction of the uniform social tax).
Since administration of payments in insurance contributions for obligatory pension insurance in the Russian Federation is vested in the tax bodies according to the legislation, any directions of the Pension Fund of the Russian Federation on the procedure of payment of penalties and fines for the mentioned incomes that contradict the established procedure of their payment and entering in the budget of the Pension Fund of the Russian Federation are illegal.