Monitoring of the Federal Legislation dated 26.01.2006

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 31 of January 23, 2006 on the Creation, Keeping and Use of the Joint Databank on Issues of Circulation of Narcotic Drugs, Psychotropic Substances and Their Precursors, As Well As the Combating of Their Illegal Circulation

The joint databank is a specialised agency automatic information system containing information built as information resources pertaining to circulation of narcotic drugs, psychotropic substances and their precursors, as well as to combating of their illegal circulation and is intended for joint use by the federal bodies of executive power and the Prosecutor General. The joint databank is a federal information resource and is supervised by the Federal Service for Control over Circulation of Narcotics of Russia.

Generation and submission of information to the Federal Service for Control over Circulation of Narcotics of Russia to include it in the joint databank shall be arranged at the expense of the federal budget.

Operation of the joint databank must be provided by the Federal Service for Control over Circulation of Narcotics of Russia from 2007.

Order of the Ministry of Public Health and Social Development of the Russian Federation No. 2 of January 10, 2006 on the Amendments to the Instruction on the Organisation of Dietary Meals in the Medical Treatment and Preventive Institutions Endorsed by the Order of the Ministry of Public Health of the Russian Federation No. 330 of August 5, 2003

The amendments permit to personify the chemical composition and calories of standard diets used in medical treatment and preventive institutions, including dietary supplements and ready-made specialised mixtures in dietary and enteral feeding.

Introduces an addition permitting to include 20%-50% of protein of ready-made specialised mixtures to adjust the nutrient ration. The Instruction is extended to include a table of correlation of natural foodstuffs and specialised nutrients in the daily ration of a patient.

Registered in the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation on January 24, 2006. Reg. No. 7411.

Order of the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation No. 153n of December 23, 2005 on the Endorsement of the Form of the Tax Declaration for the Income Tax from Natural Persons (Form 3-NDFL) and Its Filling Procedure

Endorses a new form of the tax declaration for the income tax from natural persons (Form 3-NDFL) and provides its filling procedure. The declaration is submitted by taxpayers to the territorial bodies of the Federal Tax Service of Russia at the place of their registration no later than April 30 of the year following the expired tax period. Persons that do not have to submit the declaration may submit it to the tax body at the place of residence.

Registered in the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation on January 24, 2006. Reg. No. 7409.

Order of the Federal Service for Financial Markets No. 05-82/pz-n of December 15, 2005 on the Endorsement of the Procedure of Calculation of the Market Cost of Assets and the Cost of Net Assets Used to Invest the Savings of the Housing Support for Servicemen

The market cost of assets forming the investment portfolio is determined proceeding from the amount of monetary resources in roubles and in foreign currencies on accounts in credit organisations, deposits in credit organisations, market cost of securities forming the investment portfolio and the amount of receivables.

The procedure defines the particulars of assessment of the cost of deposits, individual types of securities (bonds of external loans of the Russian Federation, state securities, shares (stocks) in the foreign indexed investment fund and other), receivables.

The estimate of the market cost of assets forming the investment portfolio shall not include: accumulated interest (coupon) incomes on bonds in cases of publication of information in compliance with the legislation of the Russian Federation on the delay of execution of the duty to pay the mentioned income by the issuer or information of application of the bankruptcy proceedings to the issuer; declared but not received dividends on stocks forming the investment portfolio; accrued but not received payments under mortgage certificates of participation forming the investment portfolio.

The cost of net assets forming the investment portfolio is determined as a difference between the market cost of assets and obligations in payables due for execution at the expense of these assets.

The procedure specifies the forms of calculation of the market cost of assets forming the investment portfolio and the cost of net assets forming the investment portfolio.

Registered in the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation on January 24, 2006. Reg. No. 7407.

Order of the Ministry of Public Health and Social Development of the Russian Federation No. 643 of October 20, 2005 on the Endorsement of the Forms of Documents on the Loss of Professional Abilities in Percent As Identified by the Federal State Institutions of Medical and Social Expert Evaluation and Their Filling Recommendations

Endorses the forms of the documents on the results of identification by the federal state institutions of medical and social expert evaluation of the loss of professional abilities in percent. These documents include: excerpt from the act of certification in the federal state institution of medical and social expert evaluation of the results of identification of the loss of processional abilities in percent and the certificate of the results of identification of the loss of professional abilities in percent.

The mentioned documents shall be handed out by the federal state institutions of medical and social expert evaluation from April 1, 2006. The Order simultaneously invalidates the Decision of the Ministry of Labour and Social Development of the Russian Federation No. 75 of October 15, 2001 on the endorsement of the forms of documents on the results of determination by the bureaus (chief bureaus) of medical and social expert evaluation of the loss of professional abilities in percent and their filling instructions.

Registered in the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation on January 20, 2006. Reg. No. 7402.

Order of the Federal Forestry Agency No. 323 of December 7, 2005 on the Rates of Forest Fees for the Use of the Parts of the Forestry Fund for Cultural, Recreational, Tourist and Sports Purposes

The rates of the forest fees for the use of the forestry fund for cultural, recreational, tourist and sports purposes are determined by multiplication of the basic rates by the amount of coefficients taking account of the category or protection of forests, distance to the part of the forestry fund from the public-use highways and the coefficient taking account of the area of the part of the forestry fund.

Registered in the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation on January 20, 2006. Reg. No. 7400.

Order of the Ministry of Information Technologies and Communication of the Russian Federation No. 4 of January 11, 2006 on the Endorsement of the Typical Regulation on the Territorial Body of the Federal Service of Enforcement in the Sphere of Communication

Territorial bodies of the Federal Service of Enforcement in the Sphere of Communication are departments of the Service in the subjects of the Russian Federation. The departments are state bodies directly subordinate to the Federal Service of Enforcement in the Sphere of Communication.

The typical regulation describes the authority of the territorial bodies of the Federal Service of Enforcement in the Sphere of Communication implemented on the territory of one or several subjects of the Russian Federation according to the scheme of their location. The tasks of the territorial bodies are: organisation and implementation of state enforcement and control in the sphere of communication, information technologies; control of observation of license terms of the licenses for activities in the sphere of communication; organisation and implementation of inspection control of activities of the bodies in charge of certification, testing laboratories (centres); processing requests of communication operators on the issues of connection of telecommunication networks and interaction of communication operators etc.

The Order specifies organisational fundamentals of activities of the territorial bodies. The territorial bodies shall be formed, reorganised and abandoned by the head of the Federal Service of Enforcement in the Sphere of Communication through decisions based on the scheme of location of the territorial bodies. The head of the territorial body shall be appointed to this position and dismissed form it by the Minister of Information Technologies and Communication of the Russian Federation at the presentation of the head of the Federal Service of Enforcement in the Sphere of Communication. The head of the territorial body and his deputies shall be ex officio senior state inspectors of the Russian Federation for enforcement in communication and informatisation.

Registered in the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation on January 20, 2006. Reg. No. 7394.

Order of the Ministry of Public Health and Social Development of the Russian Federation No. 809 of December 28, 2005 on the Endorsement of the List of Sanatoria and Resort Institutions Providing Accommodations to the Insured Having Become Victims of Industrial Accident and Occupational Diseases

The mentioned list includes 274 sanatoria and resort institutions.

Registered in the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation on January 16, 2006. Reg. No. 7366.

Order of the Prosecutor General of the Russian Federation, Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation, Ministry of Emergency Situations of the Russian Federation, Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation, Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation, Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation and the Federal Service of the Russian Federation for Control over Circulation of Narcotics No. 39/1070/1021/253/780/353/399 of December 29, 2005 on the Joint Register of Crimes

Introduces a new procedure of registration of crimes, as well as acceptance and registration of the checks of reports of crimes. From January 1, 2006, enters into force appropriate documents: typical regulation on the uniform procedure of organisation of acceptance, registration and checking of reports of crimes; regulation on the uniform procedure of registration of criminal cases and registration of crimes; instruction on the procedure of filling and submission of registration documents. Endorses all forms necessary for the implementation of the new rules.

Reports of crimes now will be accepted by courts, bodies of the prosecutor's office, bodies of internal affairs, Federal Security Service, Federal Service of Execution of Punishments, Federal Bailiff Service, State Fire Service, as well as the customs bodies and the bodies of control over circulation of narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances. The duty to accept the reports of crimes is vested in all bodies of investigation.

According to the typical regulation on the uniform procedure of acceptance of reports of crimes to be used to work out appropriate agency instructions, the official having accepted the report of a crime must hand out to the applicant against signature the token of acceptance of this report indicating information on the person having accepted it, as well as the date and time of accepting it. The duty of the official is also envisaged to take immediately measures to register the accepted report.

Information on crimes entered in the registration documents (logbooks, statistical cards and other) are included in statistical reports by information centres of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, directorates of internal affairs, departments of internal affairs of the subjects of the Russian Federation, Department of Internal Affairs on Transport, Department of Law Enforcement in Closed Territories and Regime Objects of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia, Chief Military Prosecutor. Collection and revision of statistical information submitted by information centres shall be vested in the Chief Information Analytical Centre of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia.

The Order invalidates the Instruction on the joint register of crimes that was in effect from January 1, 1995. Also invalidates other normative legal acts having regulated the procedure of registration of crimes earlier.

Registered in the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation on December 30, 2005. Reg. No. 7339.