Monitoring of the Federal Legislation dated 29.03.2004

Order of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation No. 1833 of February 12, 2004 on the Endorsement of the Rules of Drawing up of Invitations for the Entry in the Russian Federation of Foreign Citizens and Stateless Persons

Defines the procedure of work of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia and its representations on the territory of the Russian Federation in the drawing up and issue of invitations for the entry in the Russian Federation of foreign citizens and stateless persons, registration and storage of blank forms of series KS-2 invitations.

The invitations are drawn up to written applications drawn up in the Russian language according to the provided form within not more than 30 days from the day of applying.

Blank forms of invitations are qualified as strict-reporting documents. The storage of blank forms is arranged in storage rooms meeting the requirements of special regime rooms excluding opportunities of entry for outsiders and providing for preservation of the documents.

Registered in the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation on March 24, 2004. Reg. No. 5687.

Order of the Ministry of Taxation of the Russian Federation No. BG-3-09/178 of March 3, 2004 on the Endorsement of the Procedure and Terms of Assigning, Application, As Well As Changing of the Taxpayer Identification Number and the Forms of Documents Used for Registration, Removal from Records of Legal Entities and Natural Persons

The new procedure is endorsed pursuant to the simplification of the procedure of state registration of legal entities and independent entrepreneurs. The Order provides the new forms of documents used for registration, record keeping, removal from records of legal entities and natural persons.

The earlier endorsed forms of applications of natural persons for registration in the tax bodies and removal from records in the tax bodies shall apply from January 1, 2005 when registering/removing from records natural persons registered as independent entrepreneurs before January 1, 2004.

Registered in the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation on March 24, 2004. Reg. No. 5685.

Order of the State Customs Committee of the Russian Federation No. 236 of February 25, 2004 on the Endorsement of the Procedure of Carrying out of Individual Customs Operations in Cases of the Customs Warehouse Customs Regime and Obligatory Requirements to the Outfit, Equipment and Place of Location of the Rooms and/or Open Sites Intended for Use As the Customs Warehouse

The permission of the customs body to place the commodities under the customs warehouse customs regime is the conditional release of commodities under the customs warehouse customs regime. The Order specifies the particulars of placing of commodities under the customs warehouse customs regime without actually placing the commodities to this warehouse, prolongation of their storage, moving from one warehouse to another, as well as suspension and renewal of the customs regimes.

For commodities stored, moved, sold and/or used under the customs warehouse customs regime, there is and opportunity for the owners of the customs warehouses to get reports drawn up according to the provided forms.

At the decision of the State Customs Committee of Russia, it is permitted to store individual types of commodities in bulk at the customs warehouse without observing the requirements to the outfit, equipment and place of location of the rooms and/or open sites intended for use as the customs warehouse.

Registered in the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation on March 15, 2004. Reg. No. 5677.