Monitoring of the Federal Legislation dated 12.02.2003

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 67 of February 6, 2003 on the Introduction in the Russian Federation of Certificates of Export of Untreated Natural Diamonds

Specifies that all consignments of exported untreated natural diamonds must have the certificate confirming their Russian origin or absence in them of diamonds from conflict zones. The certificate is an obligatory document for the customs purposes.
The Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation is ordered to define the form of the certificate in coordination with the Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation and the State Customs Committee of the Russian Federation and specify its issue procedure during state control over the quality of sorting and assessment of the exported consignments of untreated natural diamonds.

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 64 of February 6, 2003 on the Amendment to the Regulation on the Licensing of Activities in Technical Protection of Confidential Information

Instead of the certificate of state registration, the applicant for the license shall submit to the State Technical Commission of the President of the Russian Federation the document confirming the entry of information on the legal entity in the Uniform State Register of Legal Entities.

Order of the Federal Service of the Tax Police of the Russian Federation No. 426 of September 24, 2002 on the Endorsement of the Instruction on the Procedure of Carrying Out of Operative Investigation Measure - Inquiry in the Form of a Special Psycho-Physiological Examination in the Federal Bodies of the Tax Police

The special psycho-physiological examination is the inquiry carried out using technical means (lie detectors, computer technologies, audio and video records etc.) not affecting the human life and health and not hazardous to the environment to verify information reported by the respondent. The inquiry is an open operative investigation measure.
Registered in the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation on February 10, 2003. Reg. No. 4196.

Order of the State Customs Committee of the Russian Federation No. 1404 of December 25, 2002 on the Lifting of Restrictions on the Use and Control of Transport Vehicles

Endorses the Instruction regulating the actions of the customs bodies in the procedure of removal of restrictions for the use and control of transport vehicles classified in Headings 8702 and 8703 of the Foreign Trade Commodity Nomenclature of the Russian Federation if the customs registration is not over, but the customs payments are transferred by the interested persons.
Any natural person buying the transport vehicle may apply to the customs body covering his region of permanent residence and registration requesting to apply the norms of the Instruction to this transport vehicle. To do it, the buyer shall submit to the customs body application drawn up in free form for the voluntary transfer of the customs payments for the actually possessed transport vehicle attaching the documents for the transport vehicle, as well as the documents pertaining to its import.
Registered in the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation on February 10, 2003. Reg. No. 4195.

Order of the State Customs Committee of the Russian Federation No. 47 of January 21 of 2003 on the Customs Registration of Transport Vehicles of Natural Persons in Moscow and the Moscow Province

Customs registration of transport vehicles moved by natural persons across the customs border of the Russian Federation included in Heading 87 of the Foreign Trade Commodity Nomenclature of the Russian Federation and getting transport vehicle certificates and chassis certificates is carried out for the Moscow region by the Moscow and the Moscow Province Motor Transport Customs Stations of the Central Excise Duty Customs Office, as well as the Butovo Customs Station of the Western Moscow Customs Office.
The Order does not apply to new cars with the places of delivery and customs registration defined in the Order of the State Customs Committee of the Russian Federation No. 1152 of October 30, 2002.
Registered in the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation on February 7, 2003. Reg. No. 4193.

Order of the Ministry of Education of the Russian Federation No. 4304 of December 9, 2002 on the Endorsement of the Procedure of Admission to the State and Municipal Institutions of the Secondary Professional Education (Special Secondary Educational Institutions) of the Russian Federation

Sets forth the new procedure of admission to the state and municipal institutions of the secondary professional education of the Russian Federation for the main programs of the secondary professional education.
Accepting of the documents from applicants to the on-site form of studies (other than art specialities) begins no later than June 15 and ends no earlier than July 31.
The Order defines the procedure of accepting and consideration of appeals as a result of the entrance testing. Specifies that the institution of the secondary professional education shall work out independently on the annual basis no later than June 1 the rules of admission endorsed by its director (principal) and defining the time limits for accepting applications, amount, list, forms of carrying out and the system of marks for the entrance testing, procedure of admission under contracts with natural persons and legal entities envisaging payment for the studies and other.
Registered in the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation on February 3, 2003. Reg. No. 4169.

Letter of the Ministry of Taxation of the Russian Federation No. 03-1-08/204/26-V088 of January 21, 2003 on the Payment of the Value Added Tax for the Property Purchased for Own Needs of the Organisation

When purchasing property for own needs not pertaining to production and sale of commodities (works, services) without subsequent handing over to the structural divisions, there emerges no object of taxation for the value added tax. VAT amounts paid for the property purchased for own needs are not accepted for deduction.