Monitoring of the Federal Legislation dated 21.03.2003

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 161 of March 18, 2003 on the Amendment to the List of User-Countries of the Preference Chart of the Russian Federation Endorsed by the Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 1057 of September 13, 1994

The mentioned list now includes Republic of South Africa.
The Decision is entered into force from April 1, 2003.

Order of the Ministry of Taxation of the Russian Federation No. BG-03-04/88 of February 27, 2003 on the Amendments to the Instruction of the Ministry of Taxation of Russia No. 54 of November 2, 1999 on the Application of the Law of the Russian Federation on the Property Tax from Natural Persons

Pursuant to the introduction of the transport tax and abrogation of the tax on the water and air transport vehicles, the Instruction of the Ministry of Taxation of the Russian Federation No. 54 of November 2, 1999 on the application of the Law of the Russian Federation on the property tax from natural persons was cramped to exclude provisions defining the procedure of collection of the mentioned tax.
Registered in the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation on March 19, 2003. Reg. No. 4286.

Order of the Ministry of Taxation of the Russian Federation No. BG-3-22/87 of February 27, 2003 on the Amendments to Appendices 1 and 2 to the Order of the Ministry of Taxation of Russia No. BG-3-22/648 of November 12, 2002 on the Endorsement of the Form of the Tax Declaration for the Uniform Imputed Income Tax for Individual Types of Activities and Its Filling Procedure

Pursuant to the introduction of amendments to Chapter 26.3 of the Tax Code of the Russian Federation by the Federal Law No. 191-FZ of December 31, 2002, amends the tax declaration for the uniform imputed income tax for individual types of activities and its filling Instruction. In particular, provides the new wording for the: cover sheet of the declaration, Sheet C (information on the natural person) and Sheet G (calculation of the total amount of the uniform imputed income tax to be paid in the tax period).
Registered in the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation on March 19, 2003. Reg. No. 4285.

Order of the State Customs Committee of the Russian Federation No. 175 of February 19, 2003 on the Rates to Calculate the Backing of the Customs Payments for Excisable Commodities

In view of the changing of the list of excisable commodities subject to excise duty taxes when imported to the territory of the Russian Federation and the level of rates of the customs payments, increases the rates for the estimation of the amounts of the backing of the customs payments.
In particular, the backing rate for ethyl alcohol is increased from EUR 11.5 to EUR 11.8 per litre, for edible alcohol from EUR 5.8 to EUR 11.8 per litre, for cognac, brandy, whiskey, rum, vodka and liqueurs from EUR 7.6 to EUR 8 per litre, for champagne - from EUR 6.1 to EUR 13 per litre. The backing rate for beer and cars did not change.
The Order also increases the backing rate for the automobile gasoline - from EUR 0.2 to EUR 0.3 per kg.
Registered in the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation on March 19, 2003. Reg. No. 4279.

Order of the Russian Patent Agency No. 24 of February 25, 2003 on the Rules of Drawing Up, Submission and Consideration of the Request for Registration and Right of Use of the Name of the Place of Origin of the Commodity and Request for the Right of Use of the Already Registered Name of the Place of Origin of the Commodity

Endorses the new wording of the rules of drawing up, submission and consideration of the request stipulated by the adoption of the Federal Law No. 166-FZ of December 11, 2002 amending the Law on trade marks, service marks and the names of the places of origin of commodities. Provides the new wording for the form of request for the registration and right of use in the Russian Federation of the name of the place of origin of the commodity and other forms.
Registered in the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation on March 18, 2003. Reg. No. 4276.

Order of the State Customs Committee of the Russian Federation No. 166 of February 17, 2003 on the Amendments to the Order of the State Customs Committee of Russia No. 848 of December 16, 1998

The changes introduced to the Instruction on the filling procedure for the cargo customs declaration are of technical nature stipulated by the entry into force from April 1, 2003 of the Order of the State Customs Committee of the Russian Federation No. 900 of August 23, 2002 on the classifiers and lists of the normative and reference information used for the customs purposes.
Registered in the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation on March 18, 2003. Reg. No. 4275.

Order of the Committee of the Russian Federation for Financial Monitoring No. 15 of February 7, 2003 on the Endorsement of the Regulation on the Coordination of the Rules of Internal Control of Organisations Carrying Out Operations with Monetary Resources or Other Property Where the Enforcement Bodies Are Not Available

Coordination in the Committee for Financial Monitoring of the Russian Federation applies to the rules of internal control of leasing companies, pawnshops, organisations maintaining sweepstakes and bookmaker offices, as well as arranging lotteries and other games, as well as organisations engaged in the buying-up and selling of precious metals and precious stones, items and scrap of them.
The mentioned rules are submitted to the Committee for Financial Monitoring of the Russian Federation within 5 days from the date of their endorsement together with the application of coordination (drawn up in free form) singed by the head and certified with the seal of the organisation.
Registered in the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation on March 18, 2003. Reg. No. 4274.

Order of the State Customs Committee of the Russian Federation No. 125 of February 7, 2003 on the Endorsement of the Regulation on the Procedure of Adoption of Preliminary Decisions on the Country of Origin of Commodities

Defines the procedure of adoption of preliminary decisions for particular commodities made within certain period of time by one and the same producer in one and the same organisation using one and the same production process.
The preliminary decision on the country of origin of the commodity may be taken by the State Customs Committee of the Russian Federation, its regional departments and individual customs offices to the written application of the interested party before presenting the commodity to the customs body. Provides the form of the presented request.
Preliminary decision preserves its force within one year from the day of adoption. The charge for it is Rbl 500.
The Order is entered into force 30 days after the day of its official publication.
Registered in the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation on March 18, 2003. Reg. No. 4273.

Order of the Russian Patent Agency No. 23 of February 25, 2003 on the Rules of Prolongation of the Effective Period of the Certificate for the Right of Use of the Name of the Place of Origin of the Commodity and Amending the Registration and the Certificate

Endorses the new wording of the rules of prolongation of the effective period stipulated by the adoption of the Federal Law No. 166-FZ of December 11, 2002 amending the Law on trade marks, service marks and the names of the places of origin of the commodity.
Specifies that the effective period of the certificate may be prolonged to the application of the holder of the certificate for ten years each time, provided he presents the statement of the competent body confirming that the holder of the certificate produces within the boundaries of the appropriate geographical object commodity possessing the properties mentioned in the State Register of the Names of the Places of Origin of the Commodities of the Russian Federation.
Registered in the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation on March 13, 2003. Reg. No. 4262.

Letter of the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation No. 05-05-09/04 of March 17, 2003 on the Licensing of Activities in the Making of the Printed Items Protected Against Forgery Including the Blank Forms of Securities, As Well As the Selling of the Mentioned Products

Provides the form of information on the presence on the applicant payroll of specialists in production of protected printed items, as well as the form of information on the presence with the applicant of technological equipment for the carried out licensed type of activities.

Letter of the Ministry of Taxation of the Russian Federation No. 04-4-09/1267-B901 of January 20, 2003 on the Determination of the Rate of the Inherited Property Tax

Explains that the Law No. 2020-1 of December 12, 1991 on the tax for the inherited or donated property does not differentiate the tax rates depending on the osculatory formula in cases of testamentary succession.