Monitoring of the Federal Legislation dated 26.01.2004

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 30 of January 22, 2004 on the Endorsement of the Rules of Calculation of Indicators for the Specialised Depositary to Control Observation of the Requirements to the Structure of the Investment Portfolio of a Non-State Pension Fund

Specifies the procedure and the method of calculation of indicators for the specialised depositary to control observation of the requirements to the structure of the investment portfolio built at the expense of the accumulated pensions of a non-state pension fund engaged in activities in obligatory pension insurance.

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 26 of January 22, 2004 on the Amendment to the Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 210 of April 11, 2003

Lifts the restriction of the effective period of the Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 210 of April 11, 2003 having reduced 3 times the rates of the import customs duties for some types of paper and paperboard and 2 times for some ceramics items, equipment for washing and drying capacities for the medical industry and for motor vehicles for cargo transportation.
The Decision is entered into force from February 15, 2004.

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 25 of January 21, 2004 on the Endorsement of the List of the Documents Submitted by an Investor under the Product Sharing Agreement to the Customs Bodies of the Russian Federation to Exempt from the Customs Duties for Commodities Imported to the Customs Territory of the Russian Federation for the Purposes of the Agreement, As Well As for the Exported from the Customs Territory of the Russian Federation Products Made under the Agreement

The mentioned list includes application from the investor to exempt him from the customs duty, certified program of works and the estimate of expenses for the appropriate year, copy of the contract between the investor and the contactor, supplier, carrier, copies of transportation and commodity-accompanying documents, as well as the confirmation of the authorised federal body of the fact that the exported products are made under the product sharing agreement.

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 24 of January 21, 2004 on the Endorsement of the Standards of Disclosing of Information by the Subjects of the Wholesale and Retail Trade Markets of Electric Power

Specifies the requirements to the composition of information disclosed by the subjects of the wholesale and retail trade markets of electric power, except for the consumers of electric power, as well as to the procedure, methods and time of its disclosure.
Control over observation of the standards is vested in the Ministry for Antimonopoly Policy of Russia.

Order of the State Customs Committee of the Russian Federation No. 1381 of December 3, 2003 on the Endorsement of the Rules of Customs Registration of and Customs Control over the Commodities Sent across the Customs Border of the Russian Federation in International Postal Dispatches

Defines the procedure of the customs registration of and control over the commodities sent across the customs border in international postal dispatches, as well as the procedure of interaction of the postal services and the customs bodies. The customs registration of the commodities sent in international postal dispatches is arranged according to the priority procedure within the shortest time which may not be greater than three days from the moment of submission of such commodities for the customs registration.
It is not permitted to send commodities prohibited from import or export by the legislation of the Russian Federation, prohibited under the acts of the Universal Postal Union, as well as commodities subject to restrictions under the legislation on the state regulation of the foreign trade activities.
In cases of loss, stealing, damage (damaged or lost enclosures) of the international postal dispatches or their handing out to the recipient without the permission of the customs body, responsibility for the payment of the customs duties, taxes is assumed by the operator of postal communication having permitted the mentioned violations.
Written correspondence, printed matter for the blind and international postal dispatches containing commodities valued at less than Rbl 5,000 are sent by the international postal exchange workers to the recipients without additional presentation to the customs bodies. International postal dispatches containing commodities valued at more than Rbl 5,000 are presented to the officials of the customs body for the customs inspection.
Registered in the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation on January 21, 2004. Reg. No. 5449.

Order of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation No. 1033 of December 26, 2003 on the Endorsement of the List of Officials in the Framework of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia Enjoying the Right of Access to Information Comprising the Taxation Secret

Lists the names of the positions in the framework of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia and the volume of information on taxpayers they have access to.
Registered in the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation on January 21, 2004. Reg. No. 5443.

Order of the State Customs Committee of the Russian Federation No. 1546 of December 26, 2003 on the Endorsement of the Blank Forms of Correction of the Customs Cost and Customs Payments and the Regulation on the Correction of the Customs Cost of Commodities

Defines the procedure of correction of the customs cost of commodities declared by the customs body using the cargo customs declaration, as well as the filling procedure for the written form of correction of the customs cost and customs payments on the blank forms KTS-1 (main sheet) and KTS-2 (additional sheet) when correcting the customs cost and releasing commodities with secured customs payments that may be accrued additionally as a result of control of the customs cost.
The form of correction of the customs cost and customs payments (KTS) is an integral part of the appropriate cargo customs declaration.
KTS-1 and KTS-2 consist of four stitched up sheets of self-copying paper distributed similarly to the sheets of the cargo customs declaration that have special protection elements.
Registered in the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation on January 16, 2004. Reg. No. 5421.

Order of the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation No. 6n of January 21, 2004 on the Procedure for Entering into Force of the Order of the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation No. 115n of December 11, 2003

The Order of the Ministry of Finance of Russia No. 115n of December 11, 2003 on the amendments to the Directions on the procedure of application of the budget classification of the Russian Federation endorsed by the Order of the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation No. 127n of December 11, 2002 is entered into force from January 1, 2004.