Monitoring of the Federal Legislation dated 16.01.2006

Federal Law No. 17-FZ of January 10, 2006 on the Ratification of the Agreement between the Government of the Russian Federation and the International Telecommunications Union on Institution of the Regional Representation of the International Telecommunications Union in the Russian Federation

Ratifies the Agreement signed in Geneva on December 15, 2003 envisaging institution in the Russian Federation of the regional representation of the International Telecommunications Union - international inter-governmental organisation being a specialised UN institution uniting 189 countries at present. The regional representation of the International Telecommunications Union is instituted to render a real aid to the Russian Federation and other CIS member-states in the sphere of development of telecommunication, as well as to render assistance in development of telecommunication networks and services.

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 866 of December 31, 2005 on the Labelling of Alcoholic Products with Excise Duty Stamps

Introduces the rules of labelling of alcoholic products with new excise duty stamps, as well as the rules of entering information on the labelled alcoholic products in the excise duty stamps.

Importer organisations of alcoholic products shall purchase excise duty stamps in the customs bodies at the place of their state registration on condition that they pay for them in advance and the customs body accepts reports from organisations on the use of the earlier issued excise duty stamps.

The Ministry of Economic Development of Russia is ordered to endorse within one month the rules of purchase of excise duty stamps and control of their use, define the format of entered information permitting to read it with technical means.

The labelling and entry of information in excise duty stamps on the labelled alcoholic products shall be arranged by the importer before importing the commodity to the Russian Federation. The importer must submit a request in the electronic form to the customs bodies to fix information on the labelled alcoholic products in the joint information system and enter information in excise duty stamps only after getting a confirmation from the customs bodies. 11 types of excise duty stamps are envisaged depending on the strength and type of alcoholic products.

The Decision is entered into force from the day of its official publication.

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 864 of December 31, 2005 on the Certificate to the Way-Bill for Ethyl Alcohol, Alcoholic and Alcohol-Containing Products

Endorses the form of the certificate to the way-bill for ethyl alcohol, alcoholic and alcohol-containing products and its filling procedure.

The certificate is filled out in accordance with information of the way-bill in each of subsequent whole-sale transaction for ethyl alcohol, alcoholic and alcohol-containing products by the most recent owner (consignor) for each consignment of dispatched commodity.

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 863 of December 31, 2005 on the Amendment to the Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 785 of December 21, 2005

When buying special federal stamps, the organisation producing alcoholic products on the territory of the Russian Federation must present documents mentioned in Article 12 of the Federal Law No. 171-FZ of November 22, 1995 on the state regulation of production and circulation of ethyl alcohol, alcoholic and alcohol-containing products. The producer in this case must confirm the legality of use of the trade-mark on the alcoholic products protected in the Russian Federation.

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 833 of December 29, 2005 on the Tied Federal Program "Russian Language (2006-2010)"

The goal of the program is creation of conditions for a full implementation of the functions of the Russian language as a state language of the Russian Federation and the language of international communication to strengthen the national status, national security and prestige of the country, develop integration processes in the CIS member-states, full participation of the Russian Federation in the world political, economic, cultural and educational environment.

The program is scheduled for the years 2006-2010 and will be implemented in three stages: I stage (2006-2007) - working out and creation of the methodology basis to implement the program (set of enlightenment, scientific and educational measures); II stage (2008-2009) - application in practice of conceptual fundamentals and new technologies in the process of implementation of the program; III stage (2010) - termination of implementation of the program and analysis of its results.

Expected results of the program include: increase of the share of regional mass media observing the norms of the Russian literary language; increase of the number of persons getting education in the Russian language in CIS member-states and Baltic countries; access to the Russian language and culture for the population of foreign states, as well as other results.

Necessary volume of financing makes Rbl 1,580.5 million (resources of the federal budget, budgets of the subjects of the Russian Federation and extra-budgetary sources).

The state orderers of the program are the Federal Agency of Education and the Federal Agency for Science and Innovations, and the state coordinator - the Ministry of Education and Science of Russia.

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 832 of December 29, 2005 on the Tied Federal Program "Social Support of Invalids for the Years 2006-2010"

The program shall include: creation of a system of rehabilitation and expert organisations providing for rehabilitation of invalids and their integration in the society; development of the rehabilitation industry; outfitting rehabilitation organisations with equipment; providing a free access for the invalids to objects of social infrastructure.

The program will be implemented in three stages. The first stage (2006) will include a scientific investigation of the main directions of the program, implementation of a number of measures. The second stage (2007-2008) will include pilot and experimental projects, as well as assessment of the course of execution, efficiency and results. The third stage (2009-2010) will include an analysis, summing up and dissemination of the worked out innovation technologies of rehabilitation of invalids, working out of the following stages of improvement of the system of social protection of invalids.

The volume of financing of the mentioned measures makes Rbl 3,842.9 million.

Results of the program implementation expected by 2010 include an increase to 6.5% of the annual figure characterising the correlation of invalids of combat actions after rehabilitation and the number of persons having undergone re-certification. In 2005, this figure amounted to 5.9%. The program is expected to return to professional, public and household activities more than 20,000 invalids. Economic effect of subprogram implementation for the state will amount to Rbl 67-91 million annually.

The functions of the state coordinator of the program are vested in the Ministry of Public Health and Social Development of Russia.