Monitoring of the Federal Legislation dated 14.08.2003

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 485 of August 11, 2003 on the List of Social Indications for an Artificial Interruption of Pregnancy

Social indications for an artificial interruption of pregnancy are:
- available court ruling depriving of or restricting parental rights;
- pregnancy as a result of a rape;
- woman imprisonment;
- group I-II disability with the husband or death of the husband during pregnancy.

Order of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation No. 525 of July 7, 2003 on the Amendments to the Normative Legal Act of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation

Changes the manual of the service of the highway inspection and organisation of traffic of the State Highway Inspection of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation.
Refines the functions, rights and duties of the service of the highway inspection and organisation of traffic. In particular, omits the provision stating that the mentioned services may impose sanctions for administrative violations, as well as reveal violations of the license requirements and terms. Defines in more detail the functions in the sphere of control over construction, reconstruction and repair of highways, highway structures, railroad crossings, lines of the urban electric transport. Provides the new form of the act of revealed drawbacks in the maintenance of highways, highway structures and technical means of organisation of traffic.
Registered in the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation on August 8, 2003. Reg. No. 4968.

Order of the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation No. 189 of August 6, 2003 on the Endorsement of the Procedure of Work of Commissions in Organisation of the Theory Examination in the Framework of the Uniform Program of Training of Bankruptcy Commissioners

Specifies the procedures of building and work of commissions in organisation and carrying out of the theory examination for the persons having taken the full course of training in the framework of the uniform program of training of bankruptcy commissioners and for the persons having mastered the program independently (through extramural studies).
Endorses the form of the certificate of the passing of the theory examination in the framework of the uniform program of training of bankruptcy commissioners.
Registered in the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation on August 8, 2003. Reg. No. 4964.

Order of the Ministry of Public Health of the Russian Federation, Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation and the Social Insurance Fund of the Russian Federation No. 316/185/180 of July 14, 2003 on the Endorsement of the Procedure of Carrying out of Expert Evaluation of the Temporary Disability of Detained Convicts Attracted to Paid Labour and Issue of Documents to Them Certifying the Temporary Disability

The document certifying the temporary disability of the convicts attracted to paid labour is the disability slip issued in cases of disease (injury) causing temporary disability, in cases of pregnancy and delivery. The disability slip is issued by the physician of the medical treatment and prevention institution of the criminal execution system or - if he is not available - by a practicing physician of the public health institution of the subject of the Russian Federation.
Disability slips are not handed out to the convicts serving the term in corrective institutions.
Registered in the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation on August 7, 2003. Reg. No. 4961.

Letter of the Ministry of Taxation of the Russian Federation No. 05-1-11/1143 of July 22, 2003 on the Uniform Social Tax

Explains that from January 1, 2003, the new Tax Code of the Russian Federation does not contain the norms defining the particulars of application of the uniform social tax to payments in favour of foreign citizens, i.e. taxation of the given category of citizens must be arranged according to the commonly accepted procedure.
If a foreign organisation carries out activities in the Russian Federation, there emerges the duty with the given organisation to pay the uniform social tax regardless of whether or not there are payments in favour of foreign or Russian citizens abroad or on the territory of the Russian Federation.
If the earnings to a foreign citizen are paid out in a foreign currency, and the tax is paid in roubles, the rate of the given currency should be used as of the day when the payment and other remuneration are calculated in favour of the natural person.

Letter of the Ministry of Taxation of the Russian Federation No. ShS-6-22/738 of July 4, 2003 on the Decision of the State Interagency Expert Commission for Cash Registers of June 24, 2003

Extends the period of use of the strict reporting document, Form 10 "Payment Slip" (OKUD code 0504510), intended to register acceptance of cash from natural persons in budget-supported organisations.
Besides, coordinates with the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation as strict-reporting documents some forms pertaining to the payment for the veterinary services, forms of suburban and travel tickets, as well as the fine slip for administrative violations on the railway transport and other.
The use of strict-reporting documents coordinated by the mentioned Decision of the State Interagency Expert Commission for Cash Registers before they are endorsed by the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation is not fined.