Monitoring of the Federal Legislation dated 3.08.2004

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 394 of July 30, 2004 on the Endorsement of the Rates of the Export Customs Duties for Commodities of Oil Exported from the Territory of the Russian Federation outside the Member-States of the Customs Union Agreements

The rates of the export customs duties for individual commodities of oil exported outside the member-states of the Customs Union agreements are increased from USD 31.7 to USD 45.4 per ton.

The Decision is entered into force one months after the day of its official publication.

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 386 of July 29, 2004 on the Endorsement of the Regulation on the Federal Agency of Geodesy and Cartography

The Federal Agency of Geodesy and Cartography is a federal body of executive power in charge of the rendering of state services and state property management in the sphere of geodesy and cartography activities, as well as the names of geographic objects. The Federal Agency is supervised by the Ministry of Transport.

The Federal Agency shall license on the temporary basis the geodesy and cartography activities, as well as provide for the geodesy enforcement of the geodesy and cartography activities.

Order of the Ministry of Taxation of the Russian Federation No. SAE-3-05/443@ of July 27, 2004 on the Endorsement of the Forms of Personal and Summary Cards of Registration of Accrued Payments and Other Rewards, Amounts of Accrued Uniform Social Tax, Insurance Contributions for Obligatory Pension Insurance (Tax Exemption) and Their Filling Procedure

Endorses the forms of the personal and summary cards of registration of the amounts of accrued payments and other rewards, amounts of the accrued uniform social tax, insurance contributions for obligatory pension insurance (tax exemption) and their filling procedure. Since there are specific features in the calculation and payment of the uniform social tax and insurance contributions for obligatory pension insurance for taxpayers applying special taxation regimes, different forms of personal cards are recommended for introduction by taxpayers depending on the applied taxation regimes or combination thereof.

Personal cards are being kept both in the presence of the right for the application of regressive tax rates and tariff rates of insurance contributions for obligatory pension insurance with the taxpayer and in the absence of this right.

The forms of individual and summary cards are of recommended nature, which implies an opportunity of making changes to them by the taxpayers, in particular, in the form of additions, uniting or separating individual columns proceeding from the practical needs, or of keeping the records in another form.