Monitoring of the Federal Legislation dated 23.07.2003

Decree of the President the Russian Federation No. 793 of July 21, 2003 "Issues of Organisation of Alternative Civil Service"

The specially designated federal bodies of executive power in charge of organisation of alternative civil service are the Ministry of Labour of the Russian Federation (at the suggestion of the Government of the Russian Federation) and the Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation.
The mentioned bodies shall provide within their sphere of reference for the execution of the legislation in the sphere of alternative civil service, fulfil normative regulation and other functions.
Since the Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation is empowered with the functions of the specially designated federal body of executive power in charge of the organisation of alternative civil service, amendments are introduced in a number of normative acts defining the status of the given Ministry.
The Decree is entered into force from January 1, 2004.

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 444 of July 22, 2003 on the Writing off in 2003 of the Restructured Debts of Credit Organisations to the Federal Budget in Penalties and Fines

Defines the terms observation of which permits for the restructuring of the debts of credit organisations to the federal budget in penalties and fines. The debts to the budget may be written off only with credit organisations having concluded an accord and satisfaction agreement in compliance with the Federal Law on the restructuring of credit organisations under the condition of full and timely transfer by them of all current tax payments. In this case, it is necessary to redeem in advance the restructured debt and the debt in taxes and fees to the federal budget not only with credit organisations but also with their clients. In case of transfer of half of the debt within 2 years after conclusion of the accord and satisfaction agreement, half of the debt in penalties and fines is written off. In case of transfer of the whole of the restructured debt within 4 years after conclusion of the accord and satisfaction agreement, the debt in penalties and fines is written off completely.

Order of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation No. 521 of July 5, 2003 on the Amendments to the Instruction Endorsed by the Order of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia No. 605 of September 15, 1997

Until December 31, 2004, at the desire of the citizen travelling by the railway transport to the Kaliningrad Province in transit through the territory of Lithuania and back, photographs of children under 14 years of age being the citizens of the Russian Federation are pasted in his passport. The pasting of the photographs is vested in the body of internal affairs at the place where the citizen applies for it if he presents the documents confirming the citizenship of the Russian Federation with the child.
In cases of withdrawal by the body of internal affairs of the passport issued in violation of the specified procedure or drawn up on the lost (stolen) blank passport, the citizen gets the act of withdrawal of the passport. The act indicates the date, place, position and name of the persons having drawn up the act, full name of the person holding the passport, series and No. of the withdrawn passport and the reason of the withdrawal.
Registered in the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation on July 21, 2003. Reg. No. 4912.

Order of the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation No. 55n of June 30, 2003 on the Endorsement of the Regulation on the Procedure of Calculation of the Net Financial Result Obtained from the Temporary Placing of the Amounts of Insurance Contributions to Finance the Accumulated Part of the Labour Pension Received in the Pension Fund of the Russian Federation During the Fiscal Year and Not Yet Handed over in Trust Control of the Management Companies Selected in Contests and the State Management Company

Defines the principles, procedure and figures of the estimated net financial result obtained from the temporary placing of the amounts of insurance contributions to finance the accumulated part of the labour pension received in the Pension Fund of the Russian Federation during the fiscal year and not yet handed over in trust control of the management companies selected in contests and the state management company.
The net financial result is calculated as the difference between the incomes and expenses of the Pension Fund of the Russian Federation pertaining to the obligatory accumulated financing of the labour pension.
Registered in the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation on July 21, 2003. Reg. No. 4911.

Order of the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation No. 58n of July 4, 2003 on the Organisation of Work in Redemption of the Promissory Notes of the Ministry of Finance of Russia Series I-APK, II-APK, III-APK, IV-APK, V-APK and VI-APK

The mentioned promissory notes are presented by legal entities and natural persons for redemption to the Federal Treasury Department of the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow and the Moscow Province. The Order lists the documents to be presented together with the promissory notes and provides their forms.
For the purposes of taxation of the natural persons holding the promissory notes, the Federal Treasury Department presents to the tax bodies information on the amounts of payments made to the natural persons under the promissory notes indicating the passport data and the taxpayer identification No of the holder of promissory notes (if available), as well as the copies of the payment documents to transfer the resources to the holder of the promissory notes.
Registered in the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation on July 18, 2003. Reg. No. 4907.

Decision of the Ministry of Labour of the Russian Federation No. 42 of June 30, 2003 on the Endorsement of the List of Especially Important and Especially Challenging Works Permitting Expert Workers of Organisations of the Ministry of the Russian Federation for Civil Defence, Emergency Situations and Elimination of Consequences of Natural Disasters to Enjoy Monthly Tariff Rates (Salaries) of Grades 11 and 12 of the Uniform Tariff

The mentioned list now includes vehicle drivers, divers and firemen.
Registered in the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation on July 18, 2003. Reg. No. 4906.