Monitoring of the Federal Legislation dated 14.04.2005

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 210 of April 12, 2005 on the Endorsement of the Rates of Import Customs Duties for Hot-Cathode Luminescent Lamps and Individual Types of Filament Lamps

Endorses the rates of the import customs duties for hot-cathode luminescent and individual types of filament lamps. For example, the import rate for double-base lamps (code according to the Foreign Trade Commodity Nomenclature of the Russian Federation 8539 31 100 0) amounts to 15% of the customs cost, however, not less than EUR 0.08 a piece (earlier, 15% of the customs cost).

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

Order of the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation No. 39n of March 15, 2005 on the Amendments to the Order of the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation No. 66n of August 9, 2004

According to the amendments, the time limits for submission of the quarterly reports is set to 30 days within the end of the quarter, and for submission of annual reports - till April 25 of the year following the reported one.

The time limit for submission of reports on lotteries is changed in pursuance of the Decision of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation No. GKPI 04-1436 of December 14, 2004 stating that submission of the quarterly form of the report of a non-state lottery until 25th of the month following the reported quarter is not in compliance with the actual legislation on accounting work.

The Order is entered into force where it pertains to the time limit for submission of the quarterly report from the day of entry into force of the mentioned Decision of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation.

Registered in the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation on April 13, 2005. Reg. No. 6498.

Order of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of the Russian Federation No. 125 of March 3, 2005 on the Endorsement of the Instruction on the Checking and Evaluation of the Condition of the Functional and Territorial Subsystems of the Uniform State System of Prevention and Elimination of Emergency Situations

Specifies the procedure of checking and evaluation of the condition of the functional and territorial subsystems of the Uniform State System of Prevention and Elimination of Emergency Situations created by the bodies of executive power, bodies of local government and organisations to implement the authority in prevention and elimination of emergency situations, provide fire safety and people safety on the water objects.

Registered in the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation on April 8, 2005. Reg. No. 6491.

Order of the Ministry of Public Health and Social Development of the Russian Federation No. 245 of March 31, 2005 on the Amendments to the List of Medicines

Amends the list of medicines handed out to doctor (feldsher) prescriptions in cases of additional free medical aid to individual categories of citizens entitled for the state social aid.

The Order is entered into force from June 1, 2005.

Registered in the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation on April 8, 2005. Reg. No. 6485.

Order of the Federal Tax Service No. SEA-3-01/138@ of April 4, 2005 on the Endorsement of the Forms to Check the Estimates of Taxes, Fees, Contributions, Inform Taxpayers of the State of Estimates of Taxes, Fees, Contributions and Their Filling Methodology Directions

Endorses 4 forms of documents: Form 23 (full) "Act of Checking of Taxpayer Estimates of Taxes, Fees and Contributions", Form 23-a (short) "Act of Checking of Taxpayer Estimates of Taxes, Fees and Contributions", Form 39-1 "Certificate of the State of Estimates of Taxes, Fees and Contributions" and Form 39-1f "Certificate of the State of Estimates of Taxes, Fees, and Contributions". Also provides the rules of filling of the mentioned forms.

Letter of the Central Bank of Russia No. 56-T of April 6, 2005 on the Methodology Recommendations to Arrange the Checking of Observation by Credit Organisations of the Requirements of the Legislation of the Russian Federation and Normative Acts of the Bank of Russia in the Sphere of Combating of Legalisation (Laundering) of Incomes Obtained in a Criminal Way and Financing of Terrorism

According to the new methodology recommendations, credit organisations shall continue to carry out the checks of organisation of internal control of observation of the legislation of the Russian Federation and normative acts of the Bank of Russia in the sphere of combating legalisation (laundering) of incomes obtained in a criminal way and financing of terrorism. Credit organisations shall be checked for compliance of their activities with the provisions of the legislation of the Russian Federation and normative acts of the Bank of Russia in the mentioned sphere, as well as own rules of internal control.

The Letter lists the documents on internal control to be inspected in the credit organisation during the check. The check shall include identification of clients by the credit organisation, finding and identification of beneficiaries. The check shall also include observation of the requirement prohibiting the opening of anonymous accounts (deposits), prohibiting the opening of accounts (deposits) to natural persons without the personal presence of the person opening the account (deposit) or his representative, as well as prohibiting to maintain relations with non-resident banks that do not have permanent management bodies on the territory of the states where they are registered.

Accounting and cash documents are used to select operations of payments under real estate transactions, check the presence of documents permitting to establish the amount of the transaction with immovable property and qualify the given transaction as requiring obligatory control.

The check includes observation by the credit organisation of the requirements of suspension of operations with monetary resources or other property.