Monitoring of the Federal Legislation dated 23.12.2005

Federal Law No. 170-FZ of December 21, 2005 on the Amendments to Article 61 of the Fundamentals of the Legislation of the Russian Federation on Public Health

Providing information comprising medical secret without the consent of the citizen or his legal representative is permitted in cases of military medical expert evaluation according to the procedure specified in the regulation on the military medical expert evaluation.

Federal Law No. 169-FZ of December 21, 2005 on the Amendment to the Federal Law on the Monetary Subsistence of Employees of Some of the Federal Bodies of Executive Power, Other Payments to These Employees and Terms of Transfer of Individual Categories of Employees of the Federal Bodies of the Tax Police and the Customs Bodies of the Russian Federation to Other Service (Working) Conditions

The amendments are of corrective nature and provide for the mentioning of the leading officials of the Federal Messenger Service in the preamble.

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 793 of December 21, 2005 on the Designated Federal Body of Executive Power in Charge of the Working out of the State Policy and Normative and Legal Regulation in the Sphere of Organisation of Games of Chance and Sweepstakes

The Ministry of Finance of Russia shall be the designated federal body of executive power in charge of the working out of the state policy and normative and legal regulation in the sphere of organisation of games of chance and sweepstakes.

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 791 of December 21, 2005 on the Measures to Protect Economic Interests of Russian Producers of Bars for Reinforcement of Concrete Structures

Introduces a compensation duty for the Ukrainian-made bars for reinforcement of the concrete structures in the amount of 21% of the customs cost. The duty is introduced until August 14, 2007. Earlier, a similar duty was introduced by the Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 504 of August 11, 2005 for 4 months.

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

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 789 of December 21, 2005 on the Endorsement of the Rate of the Export Customs Duty for Paper Pulp

The rate of the export customs duty for paper pulp of hardwood, soda or sulphate, other than dissolvable grades, semi-bleached or bleached (code according to the Foreign Trade Commodity Nomenclature of Russia 4703 29 000 0), is fixed in the amount equal to zero (earlier, 5% of the customs cost).

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

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 784 of December 21, 2005 on the Creation of the Special Economic Zone of Industrial Production Type on the Territory of the Yelabuga Region of the Republic of Tatarstan

Creates a special economic zone of industrial production type on the territory of the Yelabuga Region of the Republic of Tatarstan. Any types of activities are permitted on the territory of the special economic zone except for those prohibited in the Federal Law on the special economic zones in the Russian Federation. Industrial production types of special economic zones are created on the parts of territories with the area not greater than 20 square kilometres.

The maximum amount of the rent for the land plots provided to the resident of the special economic zone on the basis of the agreement for the industrial production activities makes 2% of their cadastral cost per year.

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 783 of December 21, 2005 on the Creation of the Special Economic Zone of the Technical Innovation Type on the Territory of the City of Tomsk

Creates a special economic zone of the technical innovation types on the territory of the city of Tomsk. The maximum amount of rent for the land plots provided to the resident of the special economic zone on the basis of the agreement on the technical innovation activities makes 2% of their cadastral cost per year.

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 782 of December 21, 2005 on the Creation of the Special Economic Zone of Industrial Production Type on the Territory of the Gryazi Region of the Lipetsk Province

Creates a special economic zone of industrial production type on the territory of the Gryazi Region of the Lipetsk Province. Any types of activities are permitted on the territory of the special economic zone except for those prohibited in the Federal Law on the special economic zones in the Russian Federation. Industrial production types of special economic zones are created on the parts of territories with the area not greater than 20 square kilometres.

The maximum amount of the rent for the land plots provided to the resident of the special economic zone on the basis of the agreement for industrial production activities makes 2% of their cadastral cost per year.

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 781 of December 21, 2005 on the Creation of the Special Economic Zone of Technical Innovation Type on the Territory of the City of Dubna (Moscow Province)

Creates a special economic zone of technical innovation type on the territory of the city of Dubna (Moscow Province). Technical innovation special economic zones are created on not more than two parts of the territory with the total area making not greater than 2 square kilometres.

The maximum amount of rent for the land plots provided to the resident of the special economic zone on the basis of the agreement on technical innovation activities makes 2% of their cadastral cost per year.

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 779 of December 21, 2005 on the Creation of the Special Economic Zone of Technical Innovation Type on the Territory of the City of Moscow

Special economic zones of the technical innovation type are created on not more than two parts of the territory with the total area making not greater than 2 square kilometres. The special economic zone is created for twenty years. The period of existence of the special economic zone may not be prolonged.

Any types of activities are permitted on the territory of the special economic zone in Moscow except for extraction and processing of mineral reserves, metallurgy production, as well as production and processing of excisable goods (other than cars and bikes). Specific types of activities permitted on the territory of the special economic zone shall be defined by the Government of the Russian Federation.

Maximum amount of rent for the land plots provided to the resident of the special economic zone on the basis of the agreement on technical innovation activities makes 2% of their cadastral cost per year.

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 780 of December 21, 2005 on the Creation of the Special Economic Zone of the Technical Innovation Type on the Territory of St.Petersburg

Any types of activities are permitted on the territory of the special economic zone of the technical innovation type except for extraction and processing of mineral reserves, metallurgy production, as well as production and processing of excisable goods (other than cars and bikes). Specific types of activities permitted on the territory of the special economic zone in St.Petersburg shall be defined by the Government of the Russian Federation.

Maximum amount of rent for the land plots provided to the resident of the special economic zone on the basis of the agreement on the technical innovation activities makes 2% of their cadastral cost per year.

Order of the Federal Service for Tariff Rates No. 615-t/3 of December 13, 2005 on the Indexing of Tariff Rates of Payments and Fees for the Railway Cargo Transportation

Specifies mark-ups to the basic tariff rates, payments and fees envisaged in the Price List No. 10-01 "Tariff Rates for Cargo Transportation and the Services of the Infrastructure Provided by the Russian Railways", Tariff Guide 2 "Rules of Application of the Rates of Payment for the Use of Cars and Containers of the Federal Railway Transport", Tariff Guide 3 "Rules of Application of the Fees for Additional Operations Pertaining to Cargo Transportation on the Federal Railway Transport". Mark-ups do not apply to tariff rates for transportation of military cargo drawn up using the military invoice orders, Form N2.

Registered in the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation on December 20, 2005. Reg. No. 7290.

Order of the Federal Service for Tariff Rates No. 608-t/7 of December 13, 2005 on the Amendments to the Order of the Federal Service for Tariff Rates of Russia No. 296-t/5 of December 16, 2004 on the Exclusive Tariff Rate for Railway Cargo Transportation for the Year 2005

Exclusive tariff rates in the form of coefficients for the delivery of furnace oil and power-supply black coal to the stations of the Far-Eastern Federal District and the Arkhangelsk Province to organisations providing power and heat supplies to these regions are prolonged till June 30, 2006 inclusive.

Registered in the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation on December 20, 2005. Reg. No. 7289.

Order of the Ministry of Public Health and Social Development of the Russian Federation No. 670 of November 10, 2005 on the Organisation of Work to Accommodate Children and Children with Parents in Sanatoria of the Federal Agency of Public Health and Social Development

Accommodation of children 3 to 18 years of age for sanatorium and resort treatment shall be arranged on the basis of the medical selection provided by the medical treatment and prevention institutions at the place of residence of children. In the presence of medical indications and absence of contraindications for sanatorium and resort treatment with the child, the doctor of the medical treatment and prevention institution shall issue a certificate to get the accommodation and the filled out sanatorium card. On the basis of these documents, the body of executive power of the subject of the Russian Federation in charge of the public health shall take the decision to accommodate the child in a sanatorium of the Federal Agency of Public Health and Social Development and issue an appropriate accommodation order. In the presence of contraindications for sanatorium and resort treatment, a decision is taken to return the documents to the medical treatment and prevention institution with a motivated refusal. If it is impossible to use the accommodation, it is returned to the body of executive power of the subject of the Russian Federation in charge of public health having issued the accommodation no later than 14 days in advance of the date of arrival to the sanatorium.

The body of executive power of the subject of the Russian Federation in charge of the public health shall keep records of the received and issued accommodation orders, and in the absence of necessary accommodations shall build a waiting list. A separate list is also created for sanatoria of the Federal Agency of Public Health and Social Development where accommodations are provided free of charge to children and children with parents.

Registered in the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation on December 16, 2005. Reg. No. 7278.

Order of the Ministry of Public Health and Social Development of the Russian Federation No. 701 of November 28, 2005 on the Birth Certificate

In 2006, the Social Insurance Fund will make payments for the services of medical aid to women during pregnancy and delivery rendered by state and municipal public health institutions using the so-called birth certificates. The Ministry of Public Health and Social Development endorses the form of the birth certificate.

To organise the work with birth certificates, endorses the filling instruction for the certificates. The right to fill the birth certificates is granted to state and municipal public health institutions rendering medical aid services to women during pregnancy and delivery and licensed for medical work and specialising in obstetrics and gynaecology.

Providing birth certificates to the mentioned state and municipal public health institutions, as well as their registration and storage, shall be regulated by the procedure of providing certificates to state and municipal public health institutions, their registration and storage to be endorsed by the order. The making of the birth certificates shall be vested in the Social Insurance Fund. Executive bodies of the Social Insurance Fund shall provide birth certificates to prenatal care dispensaries as soon as necessary on the basis of requests prepared for the appropriate quarter of the year.

Since birth certificates are the documents of strict accountability, the rules of their storage and registration are specified.