Monitoring of the Federal Legislation dated 28.01.2005

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 40 of January 26, 2005 on the Endorsement of the Regulation on the Ministry of the Regional Development of the Russian Federation and on the Amendments to Some of the Acts of the Government of the Russian Federation

The Ministry of the Regional Development of the Russian Federation is a federal body of executive power in charge of the working out of the state policy and the normative-and-legal regulation in the sphere of socio-economic development of the subjects of the Russian Federation and municipal formations, including the regions of the Far North and Arctic, administrative and territorial arrangement of the Russian Federation, delimitation of authority in the common sphere of reference of the federal and regional bodies of executive power, as well as the sphere of construction, architecture, city planning (except for the state technical registration and inventory taking of the objects of the city-planning activities) and the housing and communal sector, state nationality policy and inter-nationality relations, as well as protection of the rights of national minorities and the native small peoples. The Ministry of the Regional Development shall coordinate and control the Federal Agency for Construction and the Housi ng and Communal Sector supervised by it.

The Ministry of the Regional Development of Russia shall endorse, in particular, the federal city-planning normatives and rules in the sphere of city planning, design works and engineering surveys in the sphere of city planning, specify the procedure of working out, coordination, expert evaluation and endorsement of the city-planning documentation, methods of calculation of prices for the services in the maintenance and repair of the dwelling space, for the leasing of the dwelling space, as well as the tariff rates for communal services.

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 38 of January 26, 2005 on the Service and Civil Arms, Cartridges for Them and Special Means Provided to the Employees of Organisations of the Federal Postal Communication

Provides the norms of arms and cartridges for them provided to the employees of organisations of the federal postal communication entitled to carry and use service and civil arms when fulfilling the tasks of guarding of postal dispatches and money, as well as the special means.

Provides the list of the types and models of service and civil arms, cartridges for them and special means to outfit the organisations of the federal postal communication.

Information Letter of the Presidium of the Higher Arbitration Court of the Russian Federation No. 89 of January 20, 2005 on Some Issues of Processing of Cases According to the Simplified Procedure

Explains individual issues of application by arbitration courts of Chapter 29 of the Code of Administrative Procedures of the Russian Federation "Processing of Cases According to the Simplified Procedure". The given chapter permits arbitration courts to process the cases of proprietary claims emerging in civil, as well as administrative and other public legal relations. Taking into account the particulars of processing of the cases according to the simplified procedure, including the reduced time of their processing, the issue of implementation of particular actions while preparing the case for the court proceedings is solved by the judge. Therefore, the preliminary court hearing for such cases may be avoided. If necessary, the preliminary preparation of the case may occur without the summoning of the parties.