Monitoring of the Federal Legislation dated 21.08.2006

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 507 of August 17, 2006 on the Monetary Payments in 2006 to Doctors, Feldshers and Medical Nurses of Emergency Medical Aid of the Federal State Institutions of Public Health Supervised by the Federal Medical and Biological Agency

Extra financing from the federal budget for the year 2006 envisaged for the Federal Medical and Biological Agency of Russia are allocated to introduce monetary payments to the employees of emergency medical aid stations (divisions) of public health institutions supervised by the Federal Medical and Biological Agency of Russia.

The monetary payments shall be made from July 1, 2006 in the following amounts: Rbl 5,000 a month to doctors; Rbl 3.500 a month to feldshers (obstetricians); Rbl 2,500 a month to medical nurses.

The mentioned payments shall be made taking into account the regional coefficients to earnings specified for individual regions and localities.

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 504 of August 15, 2006 on the Licensing of Activities in Technical Protection of Confidential Information

Endorses a new Regulation on the licensing of activities in technical protection of confidential information. The technical protection of confidential information implies a complex of services rendered by legal entities and independent entrepreneurs to protect the mentioned information against unauthorised access, as well as against special impacts on such information to destroy it, change or block access to it.

The new Regulation extends the list of requirements to the candidates and the documents submitted to get the license. Defines the list of major violations of the license requirements. Reduces from 60 to 45 days the time limit for decision taking to issue or refuse to issue the license.

The licensing body as before is the Federal Service of Technical and Export Control. Effective period of the license is the same - 5 years.

The earlier available procedure of licensing of activities of technical protection of confidential information endorsed by the Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 290 of April 30, 2002 is invalidated. The licenses for activities in technical protection of confidential information issued before the adoption of the given Decision shall remain in force until expiry.

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 497 of August 13, 2006 on the Licensing of Activities in the Sphere of Hydrometeorology and Adjacent Spheres, As Well As the Works of Active Interventions in Hydro Meteorological and Geophysical Processes and Phenomena

Endorses the new Regulations on the licensing of activities in the sphere of hydrometeorology and adjacent spheres, works in active interventions in hydro meteorological and geophysical processes and phenomena.

The Regulations provide the notions of the licensed types of activities, adjust requirements to candidates, define the list of major violations of the license requirements, specify the procedure of checking of completeness and authenticity of the documents submitted to get the license on the part of the licensing body.

The licensing body as before is the Federal Service of Hydrometeorology and Monitoring of the Environment. The previous effective period of the issued licenses - 5 years - is preserved.

The pervious Regulations on the licensing of activities in the sphere of hydrometeorology and adjacent spheres, as well as the works of active interventions in hydro meteorological and geophysical processes and phenomena endorsed by the Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 324 of May 20, 2002 are invalidated.

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 493 of August 13, 2006 on the Endorsement of the Regulation on the Licensing of Activities in Production and Repair of the Means of Measurement

Defines the procedure of licensing of activities in production and repair of the means of measurement carried out by legal entities and independent entrepreneurs, as well as specifies the license requirements and terms for the candidates.

The licence for this type of activities is granted by the Federal Agency of Technical Regulation and Metrology for 5 years. Its effective period may be prolonged according to the procedure envisaged for the redrawing of the document confirming the presence of the license. Consideration of the application for licence, as well as its issue or redrawing of the document confirming the presence of the license is fee-paying.

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 490 of August 13, 2006 on the Licensing of Individual Types of Activities on the Sea and Internal Water Transport

Endorses the Regulations on the licensing of cargo and passenger transportation by the sea transport, internal water transport, on the licensing of activities in towage on the sea transport (except for the cases when such activities are carried out for own needs of the legal entity or independent entrepreneur), on the licensing of loading and unloading of hazardous cargo in sea ports and on the internal water transport defining the procedure of issue of licenses to legal entities and independent entrepreneurs for the mentioned types of activities, as well as the requirements to license holders.

The licensing is vested in the Federal Service of Enforcement in the Sphere of Transport. The licenses are granted for 5 years. They may be prolonged according to the procedure envisaged for the redrawing of the license.