Monitoring of the Federal Legislation dated 13.02.2003

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 82 of February 7, 2003 on the Procedure and Terms of Partial Financing in 2003 of Preventive Measures to Reduce Industrial Injuries and Occupational Diseases of Employees at the Expense of Insurance Contributions in Obligatory Social Insurance against Industrial Accidents and Occupational Diseases

The Ministry of Labour of the Russian Federation is ordered to endorse in coordination with the Social Insurance Fund of the Russian Federation the mentioned list having included in it periodic medical examinations and preventive sanatoria and resort rehabilitation of the workers employed in works involving adverse and hazardous industrial factors.
The amount of resources allocated for partial financing of preventive measures may not be greater than 20% of the amount of insurance contributions transferred for the year 2002.
Decision on the financing and its amount is taken by the Social Insurance Fund of the Russian Federation within 15 days from the date of submission of the application by the insurer indicating preventive measures for the year 2003, plan of their partial financing and necessary substantiation. Applications of insurers are accepted by the Social Insurance Fund of the Russian Federation until July 1, 2003.
The insurer shall submit on the quarterly basis the report of the use of the received resources to the Fund.

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 79 of February 7, 2003 on the Endorsement of the Regulation on the Preparation and Signing of International Intergovernmental Acts Not Being International Treaties of the Russian Federation

Sets forth the procedure of preparation, adoption of decisions on the signing and the signing on behalf of the Government of the Russian Federation with the governments of foreign states or international organisations or their bodies of international intergovernmental acts not being international treaties of the Russian Federation.
The mentioned procedure does not apply to the acts of international organisations, intergovernmental commissions and other international bodies.
Suggestions on the signing of international acts are submitted to the Government of the Russian Federation by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation or other federal bodies of executive power together with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation or in coordination with it.
The international act is signed as a rule by the Chairman of the Government of the Russian Federation or, at his order, one of his deputies or federal minister. The power to sign the international act is not being drawn up.

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 72 of February 6, 2003 on the Endorsement of the Rules of Rendering Services in Passenger, Luggage, Cargo Transportation for Personal (Household) Needs on the Internal Water Transport

The endorsed rules regulate the relations between executors of services and their consumers in view of the rendering of services on internal water transport when transporting passengers and their luggage, as well as the cargo for personal, family, domestic and other needs not pertaining to the carried out entrepreneurial activities.

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 71 of February 6, 2003 on the Endorsement of the Regulation on the Special Conditions of Use of the Coast Strip of Internal Water Ways of the Russian Federation

The special conditions of use of the coast strip envisage restrictions of economic activities within this strip fixed to ensure the safety of navigation. The Decision specifies that the use of the coast strip for economic and other activities without ensuring the safety of navigation is not permitted. The mentioned portion may be granted to legal entities and natural persons for temporary use in the presence of the permission of the basin body.

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 70 of February 6, 2003 on the Endorsement of the Rules of Granting Subventions to Organisations Carrying Out Individual Types of Works in the Sphere of Standardisation, Metrology and Certification

Defines the procedure of granting of subventions at the expense of the federal budget to organisations regardless of the organisational and legal form carrying out individual works in the sphere of standardisation, metrology and certification other than budget-supported organisations. Recipients of the subventions are defined by the State Standards Committee of the Russian Federation on the contest basis.

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 68 of February 6, 2003 on the Amendments to the Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 439 of June 19, 2002

The list of the forms of documents used in the state registration of legal entities is extended to include form R16002 "Application for the State Registration of the Termination of the Unitary Enterprise Because of the Sale of Its Property Complex".

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 66 of February 6, 2003 on the Amendments to the Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 211 of April 2, 2002

The changes introduced in the Regulation on the Committee of the Russian Federation for Financial Monitoring are stipulated by the entry into force from January 2, 2003 of the amendments to the Law on the countermeasures against legalisation (laundering) of incomes obtained in a criminal way and financing of terrorism. The Committee is entitled to issue decisions on suspension of operations with monetary resources or other property if at least one of the parties is an organisation or natural person known to be participating in the terrorist activities or a legal entity directly or indirectly owned or controlled by such originations or persons, or natural person or legal entity acting on behalf of or at the order of such organisations or person.

Letter of the Ministry of Taxation of the Russian Federation No. SA-6-05/89@ of January 23, 2003 on the Procedure of Filling Out by the Tax Bodies of the Tax Notification of Advance Payments for the Uniform Social Tax

The tax notification sent to the taxpayer by registered mail is considered to be received by the taxpayer six days after the date of sending of the registered mail. The field "Received…" is used to enter the date of reception of the registered mail by the taxpayer, and the line "Taxpayer Signature" is not filled out.

Decision of the Presidium of the Higher Arbitration Court of the Russian Federation No. 488/01 of December 17, 2002

Unilateral altering of the procedure of redemption of the short-term state bonds by entering the resources on the special investment bank account with operations suspended at present before the end of the restructuring of the short-term state bonds is not permitted. The Decision does not exclude opportunities to satisfy the demands of the holders of the short-term state bonds to collect monetary debts for them. It is not permitted to novate the obligations on the unilateral basis, since the replacement of the initial obligation with another according to Item 1 of Article 414 of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation is permitted only at the agreement between the parties.
Earlier, arbitration courts proceeded from the fact that legal relations of the parties in cases of state loan contracts are regulated not only by the civil, but also by the budget legislation. The legality of the unilateral refusal of the state to execute assumed obligations on initial terms was stipulated by the norms of the budget legislation regardless of the provisions of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation.