Monitoring of the Federal Legislation dated 29.10.2003

Federal Law No. 132-FZ of October 23, 2003 on the Amendments to Some of the Legislative Acts of the Russian Federation on Rehabilitation of Invalids

Defines the notion of "technical and other means of rehabilitation of invalids" and provides classification of these means. Refines criteria permitting to get the mentioned means by adding social criteria to medical indications (specified according to the procedure defined by the Government of the Russian Federation). Technical maintenance and repair of the technical means of rehabilitation of invalids is provided on the priority basis free of charge or on beneficial terms.
The Law differentiates the sources of financing of expenses pertaining to rehabilitation equipment provided to different categories of invalids between the federal budget, budgets of the subjects of the Russian Federation and the resources of the Social Insurance Fund of Russia.
The bodies of executive power of the subjects of the Russian Federation are empowered with authority to define the procedure of rendering services in technical maintenance and repair of the technical means of rehabilitation.

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 646 of October 27, 2003 on the Adverse or Hazardous Industrial Factors and Works Requiring Preliminary and Periodic Medical Examinations and the Procedure of Carrying out of These Examinations

Adverse and/or hazardous industrial factors and works requiring preliminary and periodic medical examinations, as well as the procedure of carrying out them must be endorsed by the Ministry of Public Health of Russia before March 1, 2004.

Order of the State Customs Committee of the Russian Federation No. 539-r of September 29, 2003 on the Places of Temporary Import (Export) of Commodities to (from) the Customs Territory of the Russian Federation Using ATA Carnets

Provides the new wording for the list of the places of customs registration of commodities using ATA carnets.
Registered in the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation on October 27, 2003. Reg. No. 5200.

Decision of the Board of the Ministry of Taxation of the Russian Federation of September 24, 2003 "Practice of Application of the Provisions of Chapter 25 "Profit Tax from Organisations" of Part 2 of the Tax Code of the Russian Federation and the Main Directions of Improvement of Profit Taxation" (Protocol No. 6-1)

Emphasises that the system of keeping of tax records is not defined on the centralised basis, and the taxpayers keep independently worked out tax registers which makes tax control more complicated. In view of the revealed drawbacks in the available practice of application of Chapter 25 of the Tax Code of the Russian Federation "Profit Tax from Organisations" the Decision specifies the list of measures to improve profit taxation and the time limits for their implementation.