Monitoring of the Federal Legislation dated 5.01.2004

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 800 of December 31, 2003 on the Amendments to the Customs Tariff of the Russian Federation Pertaining to Tin and Items of It

Changes the rate of the import customs duty for tin alloys, waste and scrap, rods, shapes and wire, plates, sheets, strips or tapes with thickness greater than 0.2 mm, foil with thickness not greater than 0.2 mm, tubes, pipes and fittings for them and other items of tin. The import duty amounts to 5% of the customs cost, however, not less than EUR 0.2 per kg (earlier, 5% of the customs cost).
The Decision is entered into force one month after the day of its official publication.

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 788 of December 29, 2003 on the Amendment to the Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 121 of February 25, 2003

Lifts the restriction on the time of application of the rates of the import customs duties for individual types of other tobacco (code according to the Foreign Trade Commodity Nomenclature 2403 99), oilcake and other solid waste from soybean oil production (code according to the Foreign Trade Commodity Nomenclature 2304 00).
The Decision is entered into force from January 1, 2004.

Decision of the Federal Power Supply Commission of the Russian Federation No. 112-t/2 of December 30, 2003 on the Changes to the Levels of Tariff Rates, Payments and Fees for Cargo Railway Transportation

Indexes 1.12 times the limiting levels of the tariff rates, payments and fees being in effect according to the Price List No. 10-01. Also indexes 1.12 times the basic rates of payment for the use of cars and containers and the amounts of reduction of the actual tariff rates specified in the "Rules of Application of the Rates of Payment for the Use of Cars and Containers of the Federal Railway Transport" (Tariff Guide No. 2). Besides, indexes 1.12 times the actual rates of fees specified in the "Rules of Application of the Fees for Additional Operations Pertaining to Cargo Transportation on the Federal Railway Transport" (Tariff Guide No. 3).
Registered in the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation on December 30, 2003. Reg. No. 5371.

Decision of the Federal Power Supply Commission of the Russian Federation No. 112-t/3 of December 30, 2003 on the Fixing of Exclusive Tariff Rates for Cargo Railway Transportation for the Year 2004

Specifies exclusive tariff rates in the form of coefficients to the actual tariff rates for the return of the empty own (leased) cars according to the Price List No. 10-01 for the calculation of the cost of cargo transportation on the routes of specified weight and length from own (leased) multi-purpose cars.
Effective period of the mentioned tariff rates is fixed till December 31, 2004 inclusive.
Registered in the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation on December 30, 2003. Reg. No. 5370.

Order of the Committee of the Russian Federation for Financial Monitoring No. 139 of October 23, 2003 on the Amendments to the Regulation on the Territorial Bodies of the Committee of the Russian Federation for Financial Monitoring and the Scheme of Deployment of the Territorial Bodies of the Committee of the Russian Federation for Financial Monitoring Endorsed by the Order of the Committee for Financial Monitoring of Russia No. 41 of July 1, 2002

Expands the list of functions of the interregional departments of the Committee for Financial Monitoring of Russia. Specifies that the mentioned departments shall control operations (deals) with monetary resources or other property, as well as control execution by legal entities and natural persons of the requirements of the legislation pertaining to the procedure of financing, storage and submission of information on these operations (deals). Besides, interregional departments shall collect and process information on the mentioned operations (deals) at the order of the Committee for Financial Monitoring of Russia.
A new wording is provided for the scheme of deployment of the territorial bodies of the Committee for Financial Monitoring of Russia.
Registered in the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation on December 26, 2003. Reg. No. 5366.

Direction of the Central Bank of Russia No. 1363-U of December 25, 2003 on the Drawing up and Submission of the Financial Reports by Credit Organisations

From January 1, 2004, credit organisations shall prepare financial reports according to the international standards for two periods: ending on September 30, 2004 and on December 31, 2004.
The financial reports shall be drawn up on the basis of the Russian accounting reports by regrouping the items of the accounting balance report and the report of profits and losses, entering necessary adjustments and application of professional judgement, i.e. using the method of transformation.
Non-consolidated financial reports must be submitted before November 30, 2004 for the reporting period from January 1 through September 30, 2004.
The annual financial reports drawn up according to the international standards must be certified by an audit organisation and submitted to the territorial institutions of the Bank of Russia before October 1, 2005.
The procedure of preparation, endorsement, storage of financial reports must be displayed in the record-keeping policy of the credit organisation and the schedule of drawing up of financial reports.
Registered in the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation on December 25, 2003. Reg. No. 5365.

Order of the Ministry of Taxation of the Russian Federation No. BG-3-09/664 of December 3, 2003 on the Endorsement of the Forms of Documents Used for the State Registration of Peasant (Farmers') Enterprises

Endorses 13 forms of documents used for the state registration of peasant (farmers') enterprises.
Registered in the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation on December 24, 2003. Reg. No. 5363.