Monitoring of the Federal Legislation dated 18.11.2004

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 639 of November 16, 2004 on the Endorsement of the Rate of the Export Customs Duty for Raw Oil and Raw Oil Products from Bituminous Materials Exported from the Territory of the Russian Federation outside the Member-States of the Customs Union Agreements

The rate of the export customs duty for raw oil and raw oil products from bituminous materials (code according to the Foreign-Trade Commodity Nomenclature of the Russian Federation 2709 00) is increased from USD 87.9 to USD 101 per ton.

The Decision is entered into force from December 1, 2004.

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 638 of November 16, 2004 on the Prolongation of the Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 8 of January 14, 2004

For 9 months prolongs the rates of the import customs duties for semi-trailer tractors and for individual types of motor transport vehicles for cargo transportation older than 7 years of age. The rates are of uniform amount: EUR 1 per cubic centimetre of the engine capacity (earlier, 15% of the customs cost).

The Decision is entered into force from November 17, 2004.

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 637 of November 15, 2004 on the Amendments to the Instruction on the Access Procedure for the Officials and Citizens of the Russian Federation to the State Secret

The amendments specify the particulars of access procedure to the state secret for the heads and members of self-regulating organisations of bankruptcy commissioners.

Order of the Federal Tax Service No. SAE-3-24/21@ of November 3, 2004 on the Endorsement of the Procedure of Sending of the Decision on Suspension of Operations on the Taxpayer Accounts to the Banks and the Decision on the Revocation of Suspension of Operations in the Electronic Form over Telecommunication Channels

Specifies the procedure of sending of the decision on suspension of operations on the accounts of the taxpayer (payer of the fees) or tax agent to the banks by the tax bodies and the decision on the revocation of such suspension of operations. From August 1, 2005 the tax bodies shall send to the banks (their branches) the mentioned decisions in the electronic form over telecommunication channels.

The building, sending (receiving), sorting and registration of files containing the mentioned information will be done automatically using the software and hardware platform of the Federal Tax Service of Russia AIS "Nalog".

The software and hardware means of the banks used for the electronic document turnover with the tax bodies must be compatible with the software and hardware means of the tax body, as well as be connected to the telecommunication channels.