Monitoring of the Federal Legislation dated 25.11.2003

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 703 of November 20, 2003 on the Endorsement of the Rules of Rendering Services in the Sphere of Use of the Infrastructure of the Public-Use Railway Transport

Defines the procedure and terms of interaction of the carrier and owner of the infrastructure of the public-use railway transport when rendering services in the sphere of use of the infrastructure in cases of passenger, cargo, luggage transportation including the access procedure to the infrastructure for the carriers when there are no traffic throughput restrictions. The particulars of access procedure to the infrastructure for carriers in cases of restricted throughput capacity are defined in the rules of non-discriminatory access of carriers to the mentioned services.
The services are rendered on the basis of the public contract concluded by the owner of the infrastructure and the carrier according to the attached form. Significant terms of the contract are the volume and time of transportation, the list and cost of the rendered services, procedure and methods of payment for the services, responsibility of the parties for the failure to execute or improper execution of their duties, including the procedure of reimbursement of the damage incurred on third parties by such failure to execute or improper execution, provisions on the car flow organisation, regulation of circulation of cars and locomotives, technical maintenance and operation procedure for the rolling stock, as well as the responsibility of the parties under obligations specified in the contract of shipment by the railway transport.

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 700 of November 20, 2003 on the Subprogram "State Housing Certificates" for the Years 2004-2010 Forming Part of the Tied Federal Program "Housing for the Years 2002-2010"

The new subprogram implies providing housing at the expense of the federal budget to 125,000 families of servicemen, employees of the bodies of internal affairs, bodies and institutions of the criminal execution system and other participants in the period of 2004-2010.
The mentioned categories of citizens shall get subsidies in the amount equal to the estimated cost of the housing space according to the social norm specified for the families of different size. Participation in the subprogram is still arranged on the voluntary basis. The right for the subsidy can be implemented only once. The mechanism of implementation of the subprogram does not change.
Explanations on the procedure of implementation of the program are provided by the State Construction Committee of the Russian Federation.

Letter of the Ministry of Taxation of the Russian Federation No. FS-6-09/1035@ of October 6, 2003 on the Prohibition to Demand from Taxpayers at Registration the Documents Other Than Those Envisaged in the Normative Legal Acts

It is not permitted to demand from taxpayers at registration the orders assigning to their positions the head and chief accountant of the organisation, passport information (passport photocopy) of the head and chief accountant of the organisation (separate division), room leasing contract, information letter handed out by the state statistics bodies. The heads of the inspections of the Ministry of Taxation of the Russian Federation may be called to account in cases of failure to execute the requirements of the normative legal acts and methodology directions of the Ministry of Taxation of the Russian Federation.