Monitoring of the Federal Legislation dated 26.10.2006

Order of the Federal Customs Service No. 862 of September 8, 2006 on the Amendments to the Procedure of Committing Individual Customs Operations When Using the Customs Regime of the Customs Warehouse Endorsed by the Order of the State Customs Committee of Russia No. 236 of February 25, 2004 on the Endorsement of the Procedure of Committing of Individual Customs Operations When Using the Customs Regime of the Customs Warehouse and Obligatory Requirements to the Outfit, Equipment and Place of Location of the Rooms and/or Open Sites Intended for Use As a Customs Warehouse

The amendments introduced in the procedure of committing of individual customs operations when using the customs regime of the customs warehouse are stipulated by the entry into force from January 1, 2007 of the new blank forms of the cargo customs declaration and the new procedure of their filling to improve the procedure of declaring of commodities moved across the customs border of the Russian Federation and make the customs documents uniform.

From 2007, the declaring of commodities under the customs regime of the customs warehouse will be arranged by submission by the declaring party to the customs body authorised to accept the customs declaration the cargo customs declaration filled out according to the rules of filling of the cargo customs declaration when declaring foreign-made commodities imported to the customs territory of the Russian Federation and/or released for free circulation. Thus, when the commodities are placed under the customs warehouse regime, the same rules of filling of the cargo customs declaration will be used for both the cases of declaring of foreign-made commodities and the Russian-made commodities. At present, the cargo customs declaration is filled out for the Russian-made commodities according to the rules of filling of the cargo customs declaration for commodities exported from the customs territory of the Russian Federation, and for the foreign-made commodities, according to the rules of filling of the cargo customs declaration for the foreign-made commodities imported to the customs territory of the Russian Federation or released for free circulation.

From January 1, 2007, there will also be a uniform procedure of issue of the permission by the customs body to move commodities from one customs warehouse to another. The permission will be issued in the form of a separate form of control of commodities placed under the customs regime of the customs warehouse to each party holding the rights for the moved commodities. At present, the procedure of issue of the permission is different depending on the whether the whole consignment is moved or only a part of it.

Registered in the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation on October 24, 2006. Reg. No. 8395.

Order of the Federal Customs Service No. 858 of September 8, 2006 on the Endorsement of the Method of Carrying out of the Contest for the Vacant Position of the State Civil Service, Procedure and Time Limits of Work of the Contest Commissions in the Customs Bodies of the Russian Federation

Endorses the method defining the procedure of organisation and carrying out of the contest for the vacant position of state civil service in the customs bodies of the Russian Federation.

The contest in the customs body for the vacant position of civil service to be occupied on the contest basis is announced at the decision of the chief of the customs body or his deputy, who is the Chairman of the Contest Commission, no later than within three days from the day when the vacancy becomes available, which is indicated in the appropriate order of the customs body.

The method defines the list of cases when the contest is not carried out or may not be carried out.

Thus, in particular, opportunities to arrange a contest are not envisaged when assigning for a certain period of time to positions of state civil service in the categories heads and assistants (advisors); when the service contract is concluded for a certain period of time.

The right for participation in the contest rests with the citizens of the Russian Federation having reached 18 years of age, having command of the state language of the Russian Federation and meeting the qualification requirements for the vacant position of civil service specified in the legislation on the state civil service.

The contest is carried out in two stages.

The announcement of the acceptance of documents for participation in the contest is published in the official and other periodicals of the bodies of state power of the subject of the Russian Federation, placed on the site of the customs body in the public-use information and telecommunication network (if available). The announcement is also placed on the information stand in the customs body.

The Order lists the documents submitted by the person for participation in the contest.

The Order defines the procedure of creation of the contest commission in the customs bodies, procedure and time limits of its work.

The commission is a collegiate body formed in each customs body. Its decision may be appealed against by the candidate.

If the results of the contest did not reveal candidates meeting the qualification requirements, a repeated contest is arranged.

Registered in the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation on October 24, 2006. Reg. No. 8394.

Decision of the Management Board of the Pension Fund of Russia No. 192p of July 31, 2006 on the Forms of Documents of the Individual (Personified) Records in the System of Obligatory Pension Insurance and Their Filling Instruction

Endorses the new forms of the documents of the individual (personified) records in the system of obligatory pension insurance and their filling Instruction.

The documents of the individual (personified) records shall also include application for the choice of the investment portfolio (management company), application for the transfer from the Pension Fund to a non-state pension fund providing obligatory pension insurance and application for the transfer from the non-state pension fund providing obligatory pension insurance to the Pension Fund.

The previous forms of documents of the individual (personified) records in the system of the state pension insurance and their filling Instruction endorsed by the Decision of the Management Board of the Pension Fund No. 122p of October 21, 2002 are invalidated.

Registered in the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation on October 23, 2006. Reg. No. 8392.

Direction of the Central Bank of Russia No. 1735-U of October 20, 2006

From October 23, 2006, the interest rate for the overnight payment credit is fixed in the amount of 11% annual.