Monitoring of the Federal Legislation dated 4.05.2005

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 275 of April 30, 2005 on the Control over the Quality of Grain and Products of Its Processing When Importing to the Russian Federation and Exporting form the Russian Federation

The federal state institution "Federal Centre of Assessment of Safety and Quality of Grain and Products of Its Processing" supervised by the Federal Service of Veterinary and Phytosanitary Enforcement is empowered for three months with the function of issue of certificates of quality of grain and products of its processing at import and export.

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 273 of April 30, 2005 on the Endorsement of the Rules of Paying out of Additional Monthly Material Support to Some Categories of Citizens of the Russian Federation in View of the 60th Anniversary of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-45

Additional monthly material support in the amount of Rbl 1,000 shall be paid out to the invalids of the Great Patriotic War, former underage prisoners of concentration camps, ghettos and other places of imprisonment created by the fascists and their allies during World War II.

Additional monthly material support in the amount of Rbl 500 shall be paid out to servicemen having undergone military service from June 22, 1941 to September 3, 1945 for at least 6 months in military units, institutions, military educational institutions other than those involved in action, servicemen awarded with the orders or medals of the USSR for the service in the mentioned period.

Widows of servicemen killed during the war with Finland, Great Patriotic War and war with Japan, widows of diseased invalids, persons awarded with the badge "Resident of Blockaded Leningrad", as well as the former grown up prisoners of nazi concentration camps, prisons and ghettos shall get additional support in the amount of Rbl 500.

Applying for the additional monthly material support, its assigning and paying out is arranged according to the procedure specified for the assigning and paying out of the appropriate pension or monthly permanent alimony of judges.

Additional monthly material support shall be assigned and paid out from May 1, 2005.

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 267 of April 28, 2005 on the Amendment to the Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 72 of February 10, 2004

The time limit for the entry into force of the amendments stating that medicines are excluded from the list of commodities subject to obligatory certification and included in the list of commodities requiring compliance declaration is shifted from May 1, 2005 to May 1, 2006.

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 266 of April 28, 2005 on the Endorsement of the Form of the Application for the Rearrangement of the Dwelling Space and the Form of the Document Confirming Adoption of the Decision Coordinating the Rearrangement of the Dwelling Space

Endorses the form of the application for the rearrangement of the dwelling space to be submitted to the body of local government together with the documents of title for the dwelling space, rearrangement project, technical certificate, agreement of the leaseholder family members and the statement of the body in charge of protection of monuments of architecture, history and culture.

Also endorses the form of the documents confirming the adoption of the decision coordinating the rearrangement of the dwelling space.

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 237 of April 19, 2005 on the Exemption from the Customs Fees for the Customs Registration of Professional Equipment Moved Across the Customs Border of the Russian Federation to Cover the Celebration of the 60th Anniversary of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-45

Exemption from the customs fees for the cases of temporary import and back export (re-export) applies to the professional equipment moved from April 20, 2005 to May 15, 2005 by representatives of foreign mass media accredited to cover the official and other events in view of the celebration of the 60th Anniversary of the victory in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-45.

Letter of the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation No. 03-03-02-02/50 of March 18, 2005

Independent entrepreneurs applying the system of taxation for agricultural producers, before amendments are introduced in Chapter 26.1 of the Tax Code of the Russian Federation, may apply the procedure of keeping records of incomes, expenses and economic operations similar to the one used by taxpayers applying the simplified system of taxation.