Monitoring of the Federal Legislation dated 7.10.2004

Federal Law No. 123-FZ of October 3, 2004 on the Amendments to the Land Code of the Russian Federation, Federal Law on the Entry into Force of the Land Code of the Russian Federation and the Federal Law on the Circulation of Lands of Agricultural Destination

Religious organisations (together with citizens and public organisations) are entitled to participate in the solving of issues pertaining to their rights for land. For the purpose of construction of buildings, structures of religious and charitable destination, religious organisations may get free of charge for a certain period of time land plots - for the period of construction of these buildings, structures.

Religious organisations possessing as property or on the terms of gratuitous use the buildings and structures of religious and charitable destination located on the land plots available in the federal or municipal property shall get these land plots as property free of charge or for gratuitous use for the period of use of these buildings and structures.

Land plots of the lands of agricultural destination provided to religious organisations for permanent (unlimited) use may be granted to religious organisations as property free of charge in cases envisaged in the laws of the subjects of the Russian Federation.

Religious organisations must re-register the right of the permanent (unlimited) use for the land plots for the right of leasing of the land plots or the right of gratuitous use for a definite period of time or purchase these lands as property before January 1, 2006.

The text of the Federal Law is published in Rossiyskaya Gazeta on October 7, 2004. No. 220.

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 518 of October 5, 2004 on the Endorsement of the Rules of Compensation of Expenses Pertaining to the Implementation of the Right for Free Travel for the Citizens Undergoing Alternative Civil Service

Endorses the rules of compensation at the expense of the resources of the federal budget of expenses pertaining to the implementation of the right of citizens undergoing alternative civil service for free travel to the place of alternative civil service and to the place of living when dismissed from the alternative civil service and the rules of compensation at the expense of the resources of the employer of expenses for the free travel to the place of living when using the annual paid leave and back.

The present Decision applies to legal relations emerging from January 1, 2004.