Monitoring of the Federal Legislation dated 14.06.2005

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 364 of June 9, 2005 on the Endorsement of the Regulations on the Licensing in the Sphere of Foreign Trade of Commodities and on the Building and Keeping of the Federal Databank of Issued Licenses

Defines the administrative procedure of regulation of foreign trade operations implemented through the issue of the document permitting the export and/or import of individual types of commodities. The licensing applies to the cases of introduction of temporary quantity restrictions for the export or import of individual types of commodities, granting of exclusive right for the export and/or import of individual types of commodities, as well as fulfilling of international obligations of the Russian Federation. Besides, the licensing of export and/or import of commodities applies to individual types of commodities that may affect the security of the state, life and health of citizens, property of natural persons or legal entities, state or municipal property, environment, life and health of animals and plants.

The licences are issued by the Ministry of Economic Development of Russia and may be of the following types: single (for up to one year, issued for the export or import of individual type of commodity in a certain amount), general (for up to one year, issued on the basis of the Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation) and exclusive (grants exclusive right of export and/or import of individual type of commodity defined in the Federal Law). The earlier issued licenses for the export and import of commodities preserve their force until expiry.

Specifies the procedure of building and keeping by the Ministry of Economic Development of Russia of the federal databank of issued licenses.

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

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 363 of June 9, 2005 on the Endorsement of the Regulation on the Monitoring of Export and/or Import of Individual Types of Commodities

Defines the procedure of monitoring of the export and/or import of individual types of commodities in cases of introduction of special protective, antidumping and compensation measures or application of the customs tariff regulation pertaining to introduction or changing of import or export customs duties or introduction of prohibitions and restrictions in foreign trade of commodities. The list of such commodities is specified by the Government of the Russian Federation. The monitoring is implemented through issue by the Ministry of Economic Development of Russia through its territorial bodies of permissions for the export and/or import of these commodities without restrictions to any participant of foreign trade activities. Application to obtain the permission is submitted according to the form endorsed by the Ministry of Economic Development of Russia. Absence of the permission serves as grounds to refuse release of commodities by the customs body of the Russian Federation.

The monitoring is a temporary measure and is implemented to assess application of measures of state regulation of foreign-trade activities.

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

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 362 of June 8, 2005 on the Handing over of Federal State Institutions to the Subjects of the Russian Federation, Spending and Registration of Resources to Grant Subventions from the Federal Budget to the Subjects of the Russian Federation to Implement the Right of Possession, Use and Disposal of Forests Earlier Owned by Agricultural Organisations, Their Protection and Reproduction, As Well As Distribution of the Resources of the Federal Budget Handed over in 2005 to the Bodies of State Power of the Subjects of the Russian Federation in the Form of Subventions

Lists federal state institutions that must be handed over to the subjects of the Russian Federation. Also amends the method of distribution of subventions from the Federal Fund of Compensations among the subjects of the Russian Federation for the year 2005. The amendments pertain to the procedure of distribution of subventions among the subjects of the Russian Federation for the implementation of the right of possession, use and disposal of forests earlier owned by agricultural organisations, their protection and reproduction.

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 361 of June 7, 2005 on the Amendments to the Method of Distribution of Subventions from the Federal Fund of Compensations among the Subjects of the Russian Federation for the Year 2005

The amendments pertain to the procedure of distribution of subventions from the Federal Fund of Compensations to finance expenses to implement the authority of the bodies of state power of the subjects of the Russian Federation to extinguish forest fires in the forestry fund of the Russian Federation.

Order of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 748-r of June 9, 2005

Approves the concept of creation of the system of personal records of the population of the Russian Federation. The concept defines the role and place of the system of personal records in the structure of the state information systems and resources, goals, principles, structure, functions and main stages of creation and development of the system of personal records, as well as the sources of financing.

The document envisages introduction of a uniform identifier of personal data providing for opportunities of unambiguous identification of correspondence of personal data placed in various automatic systems of records with a particular natural person. The personal information will be used by the bodies of state power and local government, in particular, to ensure collection of taxes, implementation of the main structural reforms and combating of terrorism.

The state register of population will be created containing vital initial identification information of citizens and their corresponding personal information identifiers. The identifier of the personal information will be assigned once when a child is born, when a natural person applies to the bodies of state power, when a foreign citizen or stateless person gets Russian citizenship, when foreign citizens or stateless persons are registered at the place of stay on the territory of the Russian Federation.

Expected period of creation of the system makes seven years.