Monitoring of the Federal Legislation dated 25.08.2003

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 516 of August 22, 2003 on the Maximum Levels of Tariff Rates for Electric and Thermal Power

The maximum levels of tariff rates for electric and thermal power supplied by power-supply organisations to consumers, including the maximum levels of tariff rates for population, for the subjects of the Russian Federation are fixed by the Federal Power Supply Commission of the Russian Federation until the first reading of the draft federal law on the federal budget for the subsequent fiscal year.
The Federal Power Supply Commission of the Russian Federation is ordered to fix the maximum levels of tariff rates for the year 2004 before August 27, 2003.

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 513 of August 21, 2003 on the Endorsement of the Regulation on the Creation and Activities of the Expert Commissions for Technical Regulation

The main task of the expert commissions created by the State Standards Committee of the Russian Federation is the expert evaluation of the draft technical regulations and preparation of appropriate statements.
Expert commission includes specialists of the federal bodies of executive power, scientific organisations, self-regulated organisations, public associations of entrepreneurs and consumers taking into account proposals of these bodies, organisations and associations. The sessions of the expert commission are considered to be valid if more than half of its members take part. However, if a technical regulation containing state secrets is examined, the experts must have appropriate access to such information.

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 512 of August 20, 2003 on the List of the Types of Incomes Taken into Account When Calculating the Average Per Capita Incomes of the Family and the Incomes of the Single Citizen for the Purposes of Rendering State Social Aid to Them

Calculation of the average per capita incomes of the family and incomes of the single citizen for the purposes of rendering state social aid to them take into account all kinds of incomes obtained by them in the monetary form and in kind. The incomes do not include state social aid in the form of monetary payments and in kind, lumpsum insurance payments made in reimbursement of the damage incurred on the life and health, his property, as well as the monthly amounts pertaining to additional expenses for medical, social and professional rehabilitation.
Amounts of paid alimony are also excluded from the incomes.