Monitoring of the Federal Legislation dated 22.01.2004

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 20 of January 20, 2004 on the Amendments to the Regulation on the Military Medical Expert Evaluation

The amendments are stipulated by the abolishment from July 1, 2003 of the Federal Service of the Tax Police and the forming of the State Committee for Control over Circulation of Narcotic and Psychotropic Substances.

Order of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation No. 1047 of December 31, 2003 on the Amendments to the Order of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia No. 310 of May 26, 1997 on the Endorsement of the Instruction on the Procedure of Drawing up and Issue of Passports to the Citizens of the Russian Federation for the Exit from the Russian Federation and Entry to the Russian Federation

From April 1, 2004, the issued passports will have a sewed in, laminated film and will be drawn up with obligatory filling of the machine-readable zone. Available blank passports without the laminated film will be used until fully spent. The Order provides the rules of building the machine-readable zone of the passport.
The Order provides the new wording for the rules of filling of the blank passports bearing the symbols of the Russian Federation. Now, information on the holder of the passport is entered using special printers and appropriate software and hardware. The seals on the photographs are put only in the passports without the laminated film. If there is a motivated application from the citizen, his name in the passport may also be shown in the French language.
Registered in the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation on January 20, 2004. Reg. No. 5436.

Direction of the Central Bank of Russia No. 1373-U of January 15, 2004

From January 15, 2004, the interest rate for the overnight payment credit is fixed in the amount of 14% annual (earlier, 16%), and the interest rate for the credits of the Bank of Russia provided in compliance with the Regulation of the Bank of Russia No. 122-P of October 3, 2000 on the procedure of providing credits secured with a loan or bail to the banks by the Bank of Russia, in the amount of 10% annual (earlier, 11%).