Monitoring of the Federal Legislation dated 14.02.2003

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 96 of February 12, 2003 on the Endorsement of the Regulation on the Licensing of Activities in Restoration of the Objects of Cultural Heritage (Monuments of History and Culture)

Defines the procedure of licensing of scientific research, design and production works carried out to reveal and preserve objects of cultural heritage by legal entities and independent entrepreneurs. The licensing is vested in the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation. The license is issued for 5 years.
The earlier issued licenses for the works in investigation of the condition, conservation, restoration and repair of the monuments of history and culture of the federal (for the whole of Russia) significance preserve their force until expiry.

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 90 of February 11, 2003 on the Amendments to the Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 988 of December 21, 2000 and No. 262 of April 4, 2001

Introduction of the state registration of the new foodstuffs, materials and items, as well as individual types of products potentially hazardous for the human being and individual types of products imported for the first time to the territory of the Russian Federation is transferred from January 1, 2003 to January 1, 2004.

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 89 of February 11, 2003 on the Amendments to the Rules of Restructuring of the Debts of the Subjects of the Russian Federation in the Bonds of the Subjects of the Russian Federation Owned by the Russian Federation Endorsed by the Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 619 of August 22, 2001

The restructuring of the debts of the subjects of the Russian Federation in the bonds of the subjects of the Russian Federation owned by the Russian Federation is prolonged for the year 2003.
Agreement on the restructuring of the debt in the bonds is concluded under the condition of the preliminary payment by the subject of the Russian Federation to the federal budget before December 15, 2003 of the lumpsum of at least 20% of the debt.

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 85 of February 10, 2003 on the Measures to Implement the Federal Law on the Federal Budget for the Year 2003

Ministries and agencies of the Russian Federation get instructions in execution of the federal budget for the year 2003. The Decision sets the limit of the granted tax credits, respites, extension schedules in the payment of the federal taxes and fees (except for the cases pertaining to the moving of commodities across the customs border of the Russian Federation ) in the amount not greater than Rbl 850 million during the year 2003. For the cases of moving of commodities across the customs border, the limit is also fixed in the amount not greater than Rbl 850 million during the year 2003.

Order of the Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation, Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation, Ministry of the State Property Management of the Russian Federation and the State Statistics Committee of the Russian Federation No. 25/bn/14/7 of January 25, 2003 on the Endorsement of the Procedure of Carrying Out of the Reassessment of the Fixed Assets and Non-Material Assets of the Budget-Supported Institutions

The reassessment is carried out for the purposes of periodic recalculation of the value of fixed assets and non-material assets in mixed prices of various years that were used to register them in accounting works into the uniform prices as of the date of the reassessment and reflection of the results of this recalculation in accounting and statistic records.
The reassessment as of January 1, 2003 is carried out in the first six months of 2003.
Registered in the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation on February 12, 2003. Reg. No. 4212.

Order of the Ministry of Taxation of the Russian Federation No. BG-3-03/38 of January 31, 2003 on the Procedure of Placing the Marks of the Tax Bodies on Invoice Registers Submitted by Taxpayers Carrying Out Operations with Oil Products

The marks on invoice registers are placed by the tax bodies where the taxpayers buying (receiving) oil products and possessing certificates of the registration of the persons carrying out operations with oil products are registered for taxation purposes. The invoice registers drawn up according to the attached form are filled out by the buyer separately for each supplier. Each page of the invoice register is certified with the signature of the head of the organisation or independent entrepreneur and the seal (if available).
The Order is entered into force from January 1, 2003.
Registered in the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation on February 12, 2003. Reg. No. 4208.

Order of the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation No. 9n of January 28, 2003 on the Procedure of Entering of Associations of Insurers in the Uniform State Register of Insurers and Associations of Insurers

Lists the documents submitted by associations of insurers registered as legal entities to the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation to enter them in the Uniform State Register of Insurers and Associations of Insurers.
Registered in the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation on February 11, 2003. Reg. No. 4206.

Order of the Committee of the Russian Federation for Financial Monitoring No. 9 of January 31, 2003 on the Endorsement of the Form of the Card of Registration in the Committee for Financial Monitoring of Russia of Organisations Carrying Out Operations with Monetary Resources and Other Property Where the Enforcement Bodies Are Not Available

Endorses the form of the card of registration in the Committee of the Russian Federation for Financial Monitoring submitted to the mentioned body by leasing companies, pawnshops, organisations maintaining totalizators and bookmaker offices, as well as arranging lotteries and other games and organisations carrying out operations with precious metals and stones.
Registered in the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation on February 11, 2003. Reg. No. 4202.

Decision of the Plenum of the Higher Arbitration Court of the Russian Federation No. 2 of January 27, 2003 on Some Issues Pertaining to the Entering into Force of the Code of Administrative Violations of the Russian Federation

Explains the issues pertaining to the entering into force from July 1, 2002 of the Code of Administrative Violations of the Russian Federation. When considering the cases, the courts must proceed from the fact that the norms of the federal laws specifying responsibility in the sphere of public legal relations that were not abandoned by the Code of Administrative Violations of the Russian Federation must be applied after June 30, 2002 where they do not contradict it.
Suing of officials of organisations for administrative violations in the tax sphere does not exclude opportunities to sue organisations for responsibility specified in the Tax Code of the Russian Federation.
If the Code of Administrative Violations of the Russian Federation specifies a milder responsibility as compared to the one in the earlier legislation for the violation committed before July 1, 2002, the responsibility specified in the Code of Administrative Violations of the Russian Federation shall apply. Collection of the earlier imposed fines for such violation after June 30, 2002 may not exceed the maximum amount of fines envisaged in the Code of Administrative Violations of the Russian Federation for such violation.