Monitoring of the Federal Legislation dated 16.08.2004

Federal Law No. 99-FZ of August 12, 2004 on the Amendments to Article 82 of the Federal Law on the Main Guarantees of Electoral Rights and the Right to Participate in the Referendum of the Citizens of the Russian Federation and to Article 84 of the Federal Law on the General Principles of Organisation of Local Government in the Russian Federation

Adopted by the State Duma on July 31, 2004.

Approved by the Council of the Federation on August 8, 2004.

Specifies that elections in the bodies of local government, when the period of authority has been prolonged or reduced, must be held before November 1, 2005.

Permits to extend until January 1, 2006 the powers of the bodies of local government of municipal formations existing as of the day of entry into force of Chapter 12 of the Federal Law on the general principles of organisation of local government in the Russian Federation whose borders were changed or that were reorganised according to the procedure specified in Article 84 of the mentioned Federal Law. The prolongation of the period of authority of the mentioned bodies is implemented through the law of the subject of the Russian Federation. Such prolongation of the period of authority of the bodies of local government is reported to the Central Election Commission of the Russian Federation.

The Federal Law is entered into force from the day of its official publication. The text of the Federal Law has been published in Rossiyskaya Gazeta on August 14, 2004, No. 173.

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 408 of August 12, 2004 on the Amendments to the Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 938 of August 12, 1994

Pursuant to the Decision of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation No. GKPI 2003-635 of October 10, 2003, the Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 938 of August 12, 1994 now does not contain the provision obliging the owners of transport vehicles to unregister them before concluding the contract terminating the rights for the transport vehicle.

Order of the Federal Service of the Russian Federation for Control over Circulation of Narcotics No. 231 of August 2, 2004 on the Endorsement of the Instruction on the Organisation of Work to Calculate the Length of Service Permitting to Assign the Length-of-Service Supplement to the Monetary Subsistence for the Employees of the Bodies of Control over Circulation of Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances

Organisation of work to calculate the length of service permitting to assign the length-of-service supplement to the monetary subsistence for the employees of the bodies of control over circulation of narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances is vested in the Personnel Department of the Federal Service of Russia for Control over Circulation of Narcotics together with the Finance and Economics Department of the Federal Service of Russia for Control over Circulation of Narcotics.

The Order specifies that calculation of the length of service permitting to assign the supplement for the employees is arranged according to the rules of calculation of the length of service permitting to assign the length-of-service supplement to the monetary subsistence for the employees of the bodies of control over circulation of narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances endorsed by the Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 258 of May 31, 2004.

Defines the list of the documents confirming the inclusion of the time of service, work and other periods in the length of service permitting to assign the supplement at the previous place of service of the employee having been transferred to the service in the bodies of control over circulation of narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances from the bodies of internal affairs or the federal bodies of the tax police, as well as confirming the time of the previous military service or service in the law enforcement bodies or work in the bodies and institutions of the prosecutor's office included in the length of service permitting to assign the supplement for the employees in the calendar figures or on the beneficial terms depending on the included periods.

Endorses the form of the statement on the length of service permitting to assign the length-of-service supplement to the monetary subsistence.

Registered in the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation on August 11, 2004. Reg. No. 5968.

Order of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation No. 215 of April 2, 2004 on the Measures to Improve the Work of the Temporary Detention Canters of the Bodies of Internal Affairs for the Juvenile Delinquents

Endorses the Instruction on the organisation of work of the temporary detention centres of the bodies of internal affairs for juvenile delinquents to regulate the work of the centres in acceptance and temporary detention of the juvenile delinquents, personal preventive work and further arrangements.

Provides the typical manning table of the temporary detention centres of the bodies of internal affairs for juvenile delinquents.

Registered in the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation on August 10, 2004. Reg. No. 5964.