Monitoring of the Federal Legislation dated 3.02.2004

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 44 of January 30, 2004 on the State Commodity Interventions at the Grain Market in 2004

Commodity interventions at the grain market shall be arranged by selling to organisations of the flour and groats industry of the harvest of 2002 purchased during state purchase interventions in 2002-2003.
The state commodity interventions at the grain market shall be arranged through tenders at exchanges. To compensate for the tender expenses of commodity exchanges, the exchange fee is fixed in the amount of not greater than 0.3% of the cost of the grain of the intervention fund sold at the tenders. The exchange fee is paid by the buyers of the grain and is not included in the grain selling price. The Decision fixes the starting prices to begin the state commodity interventions.

Regulation of the State Customs Committee of the Russian Federation and the Central Bank of Russia Nos. 01-100/1, 243-P of December 22, 2003 on the Application of the Instruction of the Bank of Russia and the State Customs Committee of Russia No. 86-I and No. 01-23/26541 of October 13, 1999 on the Procedure of Currency Control over the Receipts Obtained by the Russian Federation from the Export of Commodities and the Instruction of the Bank of Russia and the State Customs Committee of Russia No. 91-I and No. 01-11/28644 of October 4, 2000 on the Procedure of Currency Control over the Reasonableness of Payment for the Imported Commodities by Residents

The mentioned Instructions shall apply to all deals between residents and non-residents envisaging currency operations subject to currency control regardless of the declared on the basis of these deals commodity customs regime, except for the customs regimes of international customs transit, moving of supplies and other special customs regimes specified under Article 268 of the Customs Code of the Russian Federation.

      The deal certificate (import deal certificate) is presented to the customs bodies when placing the commodities under the declared customs regime according to the procedure defined in the Customs Code of the Russian Federation and adopted in compliance with other legal acts of the Russian Federation and legal acts of the State Customs Committee of Russia.

      The Regulation is entered into force 10 days after the day of its official publication.

      Registered in the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation on February 2, 2004. Reg. No. 5517.

Decision of the Federal Commission for Securities Market No. 03-53/ps of December 26, 2003 on the Endorsement of the Forms of Reports of the Management Companies in Charge of the Trust Control of the Resources of Accumulated Pensions

Endorses the forms of reports of the management companies in charge of the trust control of the resources of accumulated pensions: of the deals of sale of securities at prices below/higher than the market ones, of investing of resources of accumulated pensions, of incomes from investing of resources of accumulated pensions.

      Registered in the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation on January 29, 2004. Reg. No. 5498

Order of the Ministry of Taxation of the Russian Federation No. VG-3-22/9@ of January 9, 2004 on the Endorsement of the Recommended Form of the Certificate of Registration of the Object (Objects) of Taxation for the Gambling Tax

Endorses the recommended Form 29-3 "Certificate of Registration of the Object (Objects) of Taxation for the Gambling Tax".

Letter of the Ministry of Taxation of the Russian Federation No. VG-6-02/1358@ of December 25, 2003 on the Submission of the Declaration for the Profit Tax

Explains that for the year 2003, the declaration for the profit tax from organisations is submitted by the taxpayers according to the form endorsed by the Order of the Ministry of Taxation of Russia No. VG-3-02/542 of December 7, 2001 (registered in the Ministry of Justice of Russia on December 17, 2001, No. 3084) taking into account the amendments introduced by the Order of the Ministry of Taxation of Russia No. VG-3-02/358 of July 12, 2002 (registered in the Ministry of Justice of Russia on July 24, 2002, No. 3614).