Monitoring of the Federal Legislation dated 20.06.2005

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 380 of June 16, 2005 on the Interim Rates of Import Customs Duties for Certain Types of Technological Equipment for the Light and Textile Industries

Introduces for nine months the rates of import customs duties for individual types of machines used in the light and textile industries. The amount of the import duty makes 0% of the customs cost except for "other" machines where the rate is fixed in the amount of 5% of the customs cost.

The Decision is entered into force two months after the day of its official publication.

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 379 of June 16, 2005 on the Amendments to the Customs Tariff of the Russian Federation for Individual Types of Vegetables

The Foreign Trade Commodity Nomenclature of the Russian Federation is extended to assign separate codes to white cabbages and red cabbages, carrots, turnips and salad beetroots. The import duty for the mentioned vegetables makes 15% of the customs cost.

The Decision is entered into force two months after the day of its official publication.

Order of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of the Russian Federation No. 362 of April 29, 2005 on the Amendments to the Order of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Russia No. 141 of March 23, 2001

From January 1, 2005, civil personnel of individual bodies of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Russia shall get salaries for the occupied positions regardless of the average salary fund provision.

Changes the list of individual bodies of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Russia fulfilling the tasks in the sphere of defence, law enforcement activities and state security. According to these amendments, the mentioned bodies are divided into three groups according to the labour remuneration of their heads.

Increases amounts of salaries for the occupied position to employees of individual bodies of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Russia.

Changes the rules of calculation of the length of work permitting to get the monthly percent mark-up for the length of service. The mentioned length of work may include now the work in: the State Fire Service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia, as well as divisions of the fire services of other ministries and other federal bodies of executive power, divisions of the State Inspection for Small Vessels regardless of the agency subordination.

Registered in the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation on June 15, 2005. Reg. No. 6718.

Order of the Ministry of Information Technologies and Communication of the Russian Federation No. 57 of May 19, 2005 on the Invalidation of Some of the Acts of the State Committee of the Russian Federation for Communication and Informatisation and the Ministry of the Russian Federation for Communication and Informatisation Registered in the Ministry of Justice of Russia

Pursuant to the changes in the sphere of reference of the federal bodies of state power pertaining to issue of normative legal acts in the sphere of communication, invalidates individual orders of the State Committee of the Russian Federation for Communication and Informatisation and the Ministry of the Russian Federation for Communication and Informatisation on tariff rates for communication services, licensing, certification, use of financial resources.

Registered in the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation on June 14, 2005. Reg. No. 6717.