Monitoring of the Federal Legislation dated 19.05.2006

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 286 of May 15, 2006 on the Endorsement of the Regulation on the Coverage of Additional Expenses for Medical, Social and Professional Rehabilitation of the Insured Having Obtained Their Health Impairment through Industrial Accidents and Occupational Diseases

Endorses the Regulation specifying the terms, amounts and procedure of coverage in compliance with the Federal Law on obligatory social insurance against industrial accidents and occupational diseases of additional expenses for medical, social and professional rehabilitation of the insured (except for the convicts and those serving the term) having obtained their health impairment through industrial accidents and occupational diseases being insured cases under obligatory social insurance against industrial accidents and occupational diseases.

The mentioned additional expenses shall include expenses for: medical treatment of the insured on the territory of the Russian Federation directly after the accident before recovery or certification of a stable loss of professional abilities; purchase of medicines, items of medical destination and personal care; outside (special medical and household) care of the insured, including the one provided by family members; medical rehabilitation in organisations rendering sanatorium and resort services, including the one through accommodations, including the payment for treatment, lodging and meals for the insured (and the accompanying person if necessary), paid leave for the insured (in addition to the annual paid leave) for the period of his treatment and travel to the place of treatment and back; making and repair of prosthetic appliances; providing technical means of rehabilitation and their repair; providing transport vehicles and, in the presence of appropriate medical indications, their repair and expenses f or the fuel and lubricants; professional training (re-training); travel to get individual types of medical and social rehabilitation and when being sent by the Social Insurance Fund of the Russian Federation to the bureau of medical and social expert equitation.

The Decision specifies the time limits and procedure for decision-taking for the insurer to cover the mentioned expenses. Specifies the list of documents submitted for taking the mentioned decision. Defines the reasons for suspension or termination of coverage of expenses. The payment is effected by the insurer according to the cashless procedure by transferring money from the bank account of the insurer to the bank accounts of organisations (independent entrepreneurs) rendering appropriate services to the insured.

The earlier available rules endorsed by the Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 332 of April 28, 2001 are invalidated.

Order of the Ministry of Regional Development of the Russian Federation No. 41 of April 13, 2006 on the Average Market Cost of 1 Square Meter of the Total Dwelling Space by the Subjects of the Russian Federation for the II Quarter of 2006

Defines the average market cost of 1 square meter of the total dwelling space (in roubles) by the subjects of the Russian Federation for the II quarter of 2006.

The given figure must be applied by the federal bodies of executive power, bodies of executive power of the subjects of the Russian Federation to calculate the amounts of subsidies allocated according to the plans for the II quarter of 2006 to all categories of citizens getting these subsidies at the expense of resources of the federal budget for the purchase of dwelling space in the framework of implementation of subprogram "State Obligations to Provide Dwelling Space to the Categories of Citizens Specified in the Federal Legislation" of the federal targeted program "Housing" for the years 2002-2010 endorsed by the Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 675 of September 17, 2001.

The normative of the cost of dwelling space for the whole of the Russian Federation is fixed in the amount of Rbl 13,740. In the I quarter, according to the Order of the Ministry of Regional Development of Russia No. 8 of January 26, 2006, the amount of the normative made Rbl 13, 600.

Registered in the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation on May 16, 2006. Reg. No. 7835.

Order of the Ministry of Public Health and Social Development of the Russian Federation No. 286 of April 12, 2006 on the Endorsement of the List of the Types of Works, Professions, Positions Permitting Employment of Citizens Undergoing Alternative Civil Service and Organisations Envisaging Alternative Civil Service

Endorses the list of the types of works, professions, positions permitting employment of citizens undergoing alternative civil service, as well as the list of organisations envisaging alternative civil service.

The given lists are introduced in compliance with the Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 750 of December 11, 2003 on the organisation of alternative civil service.

The mentioned list of the types of works includes 256 professions, including: driver, dish washer, nurse, storekeeper, programmer, lawyer, physician, pilot, as well as other professions.

Alternative civil service is envisaged in organisations supervised by the federal bodies of executive power or the bodies of executive power of the subjects of the Russian Federation.

Registered in the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation on May 15, 2006. Reg. No. 7818.

Order of the Ministry of the Industry and Power Supplies of the Russian Federation No. 64 of March 31, 2006 on the Procedure for Qualifying Industrial Products As the One with a High Degree of Processing

Pursuant to the Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 357 of June 6, 2005 on the endorsement of the rules of reimbursement from the federal budget to Russian exporters of industrial products of part of expenses to pay the interest under credits obtained in Russian credit organisations, defines the terms of qualifying industrial products as the ones with a high degree of processing, which is the one having undergone several stages of technological processing, processing of initial materials, raw materials and semi-finished products.

Industrial products with a high degree of processing includes both items to be used without further processing (medicines, items of apparel, shoes, etc.) and products of industrial consumption (ball and roller bearings, integrated circuits, microassemblies and so on).

The Order provides headings of the Foreign Trade Commodity Nomenclature that are recommended for inclusion in industrial products with a high degree of processing.

Inclusion in this category of products is arranged on the basis of documents received in the Ministry of the Industry and Power Supplies of Russia on condition that industrial products supplied for export meet the mentioned requirements.

Registered in the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation on May 11, 2006. Reg. No. 7800.