Monitoring of the Federal Legislation dated 17.07.2003

Decision of the Management Board of the Pension Fund of Russia No. 90p of June 21, 2003 on the Endorsement of the Explanation on the Procedure of Application of the Rules of Calculation and Payment of Insurance Contributions for Obligatory Pension Insurance in the Form of the Fixed Payment in the Amount Exceeding the Minimum Amount of the Fixed Payment Endorsed by the Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 148 of March 11, 2003

The voluntary engagement in the legal relations in obligatory pension insurance is permitted for the citizens of the Russian Federation working outside it, having received the right for private entrepreneurial activities or other activities outside the Russian Federation in compliance with the legislation of the state where such activities are carried out.
The mentioned persons may pay insurance contributions for the period from January 1, 2002 if they engage in legal relations in obligatory pension insurance before the end of 2003.
Registered in the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation on July 15, 2003. Reg. No. 4900.

Direction of the Central Bank of Russia No. 1292-U of June 19, 2003 on the Procedure of Submission of the Documents to the Bank of Russia by a Non-Bank Credit Organisation for the Bank of Russia to Take the Decision to Assign the Status of a Bank to the Non-Bank Credit Organisation

Obtaining the status of a bank by a non-bank credit organisation is possible under the condition of observation by this organisation of the requirements regulating the procedure of licensing of bank activities for credit organisations expanding by getting additional licenses.
The time limit for examination in the Bank of Russia of the documents submitted to take the decision to assign the status of a bank to the credit organisation and issue the license for bank operations must not be greater than 90 calendar days from the date of arrival of the documents in the territorial institution of the Bank of Russia.
Consideration of the issue of the license for bank operations to a non-bank credit organisation is charged with the license fee in the amount of 0.01% of the amount of the registered capital of the credit organisation as shown in its charter.
The Direction is entered into force 10 days after its publication in the Herald of the Bank of Russia.
Registered in the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation on July 15, 2003. Reg. No. 4899.

Order of the Ministry of Transport of the Russian Federation No. 145 of June 17, 2003 on the Amendments to the Order of the Ministry of Transport of the Russian Federation No. 3 of January 9, 1997

Enhances control over observation of the regime requirements in the transfer points of transport vehicles across the state border of the Russian Federation.
Complex checks of the observation of the regime shall be arranged in the transfer point at least once in a quarter. The complex checks shall be carried out by the assigned for this purpose representatives of the border guard control body.
In the transfer points, it shall be prohibited to be present on the regime territory without specified documents, with expired, incorrect documents, bring out material values, cargo, commodities and animals without appropriate accompanying documents, approach the places of the border guard control without the permission of the bodies of the border guard control, as well as hand over from the arriving in the Russian Federation and exiting the Russian Federation transport vehicles anything before the end of the border guard formalities and the end of the customs registration and control and other.
Registered in the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation on July 11, 2003. Reg. No. 4893.

Letter of the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation No. 28-05-01/1439/AP of July 14, 2003

Pursuant to the entering into force from September 9, 2003 of the provision stating that there must be at least five auditors on the payroll of the audit organisation, explains that in cases of failure to observe the mentioned license requirements, sanctions will apply to the license holders envisaged in the Federal Law on the licensing of individual types of activities.
Audit organisations must report within 15 days to the licensing body the changes of information in the register of licenses, including the information on the auditors on the payroll.