Monitoring of the Federal Legislation dated 2.09.2002

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 643 of August 30, 2002 on the Amendment to the Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 783 of July 10, 1999

Changes the rates of the customs duties for the imported by natural persons according to the simplified procedure cars regardless of the country of origin classified in Headings 8702 and 8703 of the Foreign Trade Commodity Nomenclature of the Russian Federation. Beginning with October 1, 2002, the uniform rate of customs duties and taxes for cars older than 7 years is fixed to amount to: EURO 2 per 1 cm3 for those with engine capacity up to 2,500 cm3 and EURO 3 per 1 cm3 for those with engine capacity greater than 2,500 cm3. The earlier rates were EURO 0.85 and EURO 1.4 respectively.
The customs rates for new cars and cars 3 to 7 years old did not change.

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 642 of August 30, 2002 on the Amendments to the Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 830 of November 30, 2001

Amends the Customs Tariff of the Russian Federation. From October 1, 2002 through July 1, 2003, introduces increased rates of import customs duties for cars older than 7 year. The amount of the duty is fixed in euros per 1 cm3 (earlier, in percent of the customs cost). For example, the rate of the import customs duty for a car older than 7 years with the engine capacity greater than 1,800 cm3 but not greater than 3,000 cm3 (code according to the Foreign Trade Commodity Nomenclature of the Russian Federation 8703 23 902 1) is fixed to amount to EURO 2.2 per cm3 (earlier, 25% of the customs cost, however, not less than EURO 0.55 per 1 cm3).

Decision of the State Standards Committee of the Russian Federation No. 40 of June 18, 2002 on the Amendments to the Rules of Certification of Perfumery and Cosmetic Items

Changes the procedure of certification of perfumery and cosmetic items, in particular omits the requirements on the issue of the license for the application of the compliance sign by the body of certification. This is because the Rules of issue of licenses for the works in obligatory certification and application of the compliance sign are abandoned, since the Federal Law on August 8, 2001 on the licensing of individual types of activities does not envisage the licensing of works in obligatory certification.
Registered in the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation on August 27, 2002. Reg. No. 3749.

Order of the State Customs Committee of the Russian Federation No. 858 of August 8, 2002 on the Improvement of the Customs Registration and Customs Control of Commodities

When declaring the commodities imported by highway transport or other types of transport with subsequent reloading to automobiles, Column 44 of the cargo customs declaration is used to enter the commodity No. assigned at the registration of the shipment under the customs control after each registration No. of the transport document without spaces after the divider ("/").
The Order is entered into force 30 days after its official publication.
Registered in the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation on August 27, 2002. Reg. No. 3748.

Decision of the State Standards Committee of the Russian Federation No. 42 of June 18, 2002 on the Amendments to the Rules of Certification of Tobacco and Tobacco Items

Changes the procedure of certification of tobacco and tobacco items, in particular, omits the requirements to issue the license for the application of the compliance sign by the body of certification. This is because the Rules of issue of licenses for the works in obligatory certification and application of the compliance sign are abandoned, since the Federal Law of August 8, 2001 on the licensing of individual types of activities does not envisage the licensing of works in obligatory certification.
Registered in the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation on August 27, 2002. Reg. No. 3742.

Order of the Ministry of Taxation of the Russian Federation No. BG-3-21/448 of August 19, 2002 on the Endorsement of the Form of Calculation of the Regular Payments for the Use of Mineral Resources and Its Filling Procedure

In view of the changes introduced by the Federal Law No. 57-FZ of May 29, 2002 to the Tax Code of the Russian Federation, endorses the new form of the estimate of the regular payments for the use of mineral resources and its filling procedure.
Registered in the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation on August 26, 2002. Reg. No. 3739.