Monitoring of the Federal Legislation dated 19.05.2004

Decree of the President of the Russian Federation No. 611 of May 12, 2004 on the Measures to Ensure Information Security of the Russian Federation in the Sphere of International Information Exchange

The subjects of international information exchange in the Russian Federation are ordered to avoid including information systems, communication networks and independent personal computers processing information containing state secret and restricted-access service information, as well as those featuring special rules of access to information resources, in the means of international information exchange including the international association of Internet networks.

The holders of open and publicly available state information resources may include them in the objects of international information exchange only if they use certified means of information protection. Besides, the holders and users of the mentioned resources must place technical means connected to open information systems, networks and communication networks used in the international information exchange, including the Internet network, outside the rooms intended for closed negotiations including discussion of issues containing information comprising the state secret.

The Decree invalidates the Decree of the President of the Russian Federation No. 1189 of October 6, 1998 on the measures to ensure information security of the Russian Federation in the sphere of international information exchange.

Order of the State Customs Committee of the Russian Federation No. 532 of April 29, 2004 on the Amendments to the Order of the State Customs Committee of Russia No. 1193 of October 23, 2003

Provides the new wording for the list of individual types of commodities imported to the customs territory of the Russian Federation by highway transport to recipients located in Moscow and the Moscow Province provided in Appendix 1 to the Order of the State Customs Committee of Russia No. 1193 of October 23, 2003. The places of declaring of the mentioned commodities provided in Appendix 2 to the mentioned Order are extended to include new customs stations.

The present Order is entered into force ninety days after the day of its official publication.

Registered in the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation on May 14, 2004. Reg. No. 5791.