Monitoring of the Federal Legislation dated 9.06.2003

Federal Law No. 64-FZ of June 5, 2003 on the Ratification of the Agreement on the Legal Support for the Customs Union and the Uniform Economic Environment

Ratifies the Agreement on the legal support for the Customs Union and the uniform economic environment signed in Moscow on October 26, 1999.

Decision of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation No. 4125-Sh GD of June 6, 2003 on the Amnesty Pursuant to the Adoption of the Constitution of the Chechen Republic

Adopts the decision not to institute criminal proceedings against persons having committed publicly dangerous acts in the course of the armed conflict and/or antiterrorist operations within the boundaries of the former Chechen-Ingush Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic who abandoned participation in illegal military formations or volunteered to dispose of the weapons and military equipment.
Criminal cases processed by the bodies of investigation and pending trial with regard to the mentioned persons must abandoned. If the mentioned persons have been sentenced already, they are released with the sentence being revoked.
The amnesty does not apply to foreign citizens and stateless persons, as well as the persons having committed especially dangerous deeds (murder, deliberate damage to health, kidnapping and some other).

Decision of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation No. 4127-Sh GD of June 6, 2003 on the Procedure of Application of the Decision of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation on the Amnesty Pursuant to the Adoption of the Constitution of the Chechen Republic

The Decision of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation on the amnesty pursuant to the adoption of the Constitution of the Chechen Republic applies to persons having committed publicly dangerous deeds in the course of the armed conflict and/or antiterrorist operations within the boundaries of the former Chechen-Ingush Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic in the period from December 12, 1993 to the day of entry into force of the mentioned Decision who abandoned participation in illegal military formations or volunteered to dispose of the weapons and military equipment before 00 hours of September 1, 2003.
The Decision explains what is an armed conflict and antiterrorist operation mentioned in Item 1 of the Decision on the amnesty.
Persons covered by the Decision on the amnesty are not released from reimbursement of the damage incurred as a result of committing of publicly dangerous deeds.
The ruling to apply the act of amnesty is taken for each person independently.
The Decision on the amnesty is to be executed within six months from the day of entry into force.
The present Decision is entered into force from the day of its official publication.

Decision of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation No. 4126-Sh GD of June 6, 2003 on the Decision of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation on the Procedure of Application of the Decision of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation on the Amnesty Pursuant to the Adoption of the Constitution of the Chechen Republic

Invites the Government of the Russian Federation to work out and take measures no later than within 10 days from the day of entry into force of the present Decision to ensure the security of the persons having volunteered to abandon armed resistance by reporting themselves to the divisions of internal troops of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation, Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, other troops, military formations and bodies, as well as to the bodies of internal affairs of the Russian Federation, federal security bodies, bodies of the prosecutor's office of the Russian Federation, military commandant offices or military commissariats and disposing of the weapons and military equipment available with them, including the confidentiality of information on them.
Recommends the Prosecutor General of the Russian Federation to order his subordinate prosecutors to enforce the reasons of instituting of criminal proceedings and further criminal prosecution with regard to the persons covered by the act of amnesty.
The present Decision is entered into force from the day of its adoption.

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 331 of June 6, 2003 on the Rates of Import Customs Duties for Motor Vehicles

Specifies that the rates of import customs duties for motor vehicles introduced temporarily for 9 months by the Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 642 of August 30, 2002 remain in effect on the permanent basis from July 4, 2003.

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 324 of June 4, 2003 on the Endorsement of the Rates of Export Customs Duties for Commodities Exported from the Territory of the Russian Federation Outside the Member-States of the Customs Union Agreements

Individual types of fertilisers (codes according to the Foreign Trade Commodity Nomenclature 3105 30 000 0 and 3105 40 000 0) are exported from the territory of the Russian Federation outside the member-states of the Customs Union agreements duty free. For newsprint paper in rolls or sheet (code according to the Foreign Trade Commodity Nomenclature 4801 00 000 0) the rate is fixed in the amount of 5% of the customs cost.
The present Decision is entered into force one month after the day of its official publication.

Decision of the Social Insurance Fund of the Russian Federation No. 46 of April 25, 2003 on the Endorsement of the Form of the Report for Insurance Contributions Paid on the Voluntary Basis to the Social Insurance Fund of the Russian Federation by Individual Categories of Insurers (Form 4a FSS RF)

Endorses the form of the report for insurance contributions paid on the voluntary basis to the Social Insurance Fund of the Russian Federation by individual categories of insurers (Form 4a FSS RF) and its filling procedure.

Letter of the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation No. 16-00-14/177 of May 27, 2003

Explains the procedure of recording in accounting work of the value added tax in export of commodities. VAT amounts to be returned (reimbursed) to the organisation under Article 176 of the Tax Code of the Russian Federation are recorded in accounting work on the debit of Account 51 "Clearing Accounts" (68 "Budget Payments") in correspondence with the credit of Account 68 "Budget Payments", Subaccount "VAT for Reimbursement". If the taxpayer fails to confirm the reasons of application of the zero tax rate, VAT amounts recorded on the debit of Account 68 "Budget Payments", Subaccount "VAT for Reimbursement", are written off to the debit of Account 91 "Other Incomes and Expenses".

Letter of the Ministry of Taxation of the Russian Federation No. OS-6-30/564@ of May 19, 2003

Explains the particulars of registration of the biggest taxpayers.
Registration of the biggest taxpayers at the place of location of separate divisions and, respectively, operative accounting work are carried out according to the commonly established procedure - in the tax bodies at the place of location of the separate divisions.