Monitoring of the Federal Legislation dated 4.02.2004

Direction of the Central Bank of Russia No. 1368-U of January 9, 2004 on the List of Securities Forming the Lombard List of the Bank of Russia

The Lombard List of the Bank of Russia includes the following securities:

- state short-term couponless bonds;
- bonds of the federal loan with a permanent coupon income;
- bonds of the federal loan with a fixed coupon income;
- bonds of the federal loan with debt amortisation;
- bonds of the federal loan with a variable coupon income;
- bonds of the external bond loans of the Russian Federation;
- bonds of the state currency bond loan of 1999;
- bonds of the Bank of Russia.

The Direction is entered into force 10 days after the day of its official publication in the Herald of the Bank of Russia.

      Registered in the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation on February 2, 2004. Reg. No. 5519.

Direction of the Central Bank of Russia No. 1366-U of December 30, 2003 on the Simultaneous Inspection of Investments of Authorised Banks and Their Resident Clients (Other Than Credit Organisations) into Securities Issued by Non-Residents as of January 1, 2004

No later than February 25, 2004, authorised banks are ordered to submit to the territorial institution of the Bank of Russia information according to the attached Form 0409404 "Information on Investments of Authorised Banks and Their Resident Clients (Other Than Credit Organisations) into Securities Issued by Non-Residents as of January 1, 2004".

      The Direction is entered into force 10 days after the day of its official publication in the Herald of the Bank of Russia.

      Registered in the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation on January 29, 2004. Reg. No. 5506.

Regulation of the Central Bank of Russia and the State Customs Committee of the Russian Federation Nos. 244-P, 01-100/2 of December 25, 2003 on the Procedure of Transfer of the Contracts Envisaging Export or Import of Commodities from the Authorised Banks Having Signed the Deal Certificates for These Contracts to Other Authorised Banks

To transfer the contract envisaging export or import of commodities from the authorised bank having singed the deal certificate for it in compliance with the requirements of Instruction No. 86-I or Instruction No. 91-I for settlement services in another authorised bank, the resident having concluded the contract shall close the earlier signed deal certificate and draw up the new deal certificate for the given contract in the other authorised bank.

      The Regulation specifies the procedure of closing of the deal certificate and handing over of the documents to transfer the contract for settlement services. Defines the particulars of the contract transfer in cases of reorganisation of the bank.

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

      Registered in the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation on January 29, 2004. Reg. No. 5499.

Operative Direction of the Central Bank of Russia No. 8-T of January 22, 2004 on the Specimens of the Forms of Orders of the Head of the Interim Administration Managing a Credit Organisation

Provides the forms of orders on the assigning to the position, right of signature, distribution of duties, revision, inventory taking of the fixed assets and material assets, change of structure and endorsement of the manning table, responsibility for the keeping of the monetary resources, values, property, organisation of keeping of work-books, checking available unpaid documents and other.