Monitoring of the Federal Legislation dated 2.09.2005

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 542 of August 30, 2005 on the Endorsement of Rules of Financing of Expenditure Obligations of the Russian Federation to Reimburse the Damage and Provide Social Protection to Citizens Envisaged in the Law of the Russian Federation on the Social Protection of Citizens Having Been Exposed to Radiation because of the Disaster at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Station and in the Federal Law on the Social Guarantees to Citizens Having Been Exposed to Radiation because of the Nuclear Tests at the Semipalatinsk Test Grounds

Territorial bodies of the Federal Treasury shall transfer resources to accounts opened for citizens in credit organisations or organisations of the federal postal communication.

The financing to grant social support pertaining to pension support and other types of insurance support in obligatory social insurance is vested in the Ministry of Finance of Russia to be effected through monthly transfers of appropriate resources to the budgets of the Pension Fund of Russia and the Social Insurance Fund.

Order of the Federal Service for Tariff Rates No. 326-t/1 of July 26, 2005 on the Fixing of the Exclusive Tariff Rate for Export Deliveries of Liquefied Hydrocarbon Gas by the Railway Transport from the Station of Tobolsk of the Sverdlovsk Railway through the Borderline Transfer Stations to More than 2,600 km

The exclusive tariff rate is fixed in the form of the factor of 0.4 to the actual tariff rates of the Price List No. 10-01 for the shipment of liquefied hydrocarbon gases in own (leased) cars from the station of Tobolsk of the Sverdlovsk Railway for export through the borderline transfer stations to the distance of travel over the Russian railways greater than 2,600 km and for the return of empty own (leased) cars during such transportation.

The tariff rate shall apply until December 31, 2005 inclusive.

Registered in the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation on August 30, 2005. Reg. No. 6957.

Order of the Ministry of Agriculture of the Russian Federation No. 145 of August 11, 2005 on the Publication of the Acts of the Ministry of Agriculture of Russia Recognised by the Ministry of Justice of Russia As Not Needing the State Registration

The legal act of the Ministry of Agriculture of Russia recognised by the Ministry of Justice of Russia as not needing the state registration shall be sent within one day from the day of receiving form the Ministry of Justice of Russia for publication on the site of the Ministry of Agriculture of Russia (www.mcx.ru) and in the Information Bulletin of the Ministry of Agriculture, except for the act or individual provision thereof containing information comprising the state secret or information of confidential nature.

Registered in the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation on August 25, 2005. Reg. No. 6945.