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Monitoring of the Federal Legislation dated 4.12.2006

Federal Law No. 198-FZ of December 1, 2006 on the Amendment to Article 32 of the Federal Law on the General Principles of Organisation of Local Government in the Russian Federation

According to the introduced amendments, appeals of citizens to the bodies of local government must be processed according to the procedure and within the time limits specified in the Federal Law No. 59-FZ of May 2, 2006 on the procedure of processing of appeals of citizens. Earlier, the procedure and time limits of processing of appeals of citizens to the bodies of local government were specified in the laws of the subjects of the Russian Federation.

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

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 738 of December 2, 2006 on the Procedure to Make Deductions to Form the Insurance Reserve of the Non-State Pension Fund

To implement Article 296 of the Tax Code, making deductions to form the insurance reserve of a non-state pension fund is arranged according to the procedure specified in the normative legal acts of the Federal Service for Financial Markets.

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 737 of December 1, 2006 on the Special Light and Sound Signals

Defines the list of the state bodies permitted to install on their cars devices to produce special light and sound signals in the absence of colour patterns on these vehicles. Only 977 cars outfitted with special signals must be left from February 1, 2007. Before this date, the vehicles must be re-registered, and state registration plates must be replaced.

The Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia is ordered to control the prohibition to apply special colour patterns, lettering and insignia of operative, special and other services on the outer surface of transport vehicles other than those envisaged in the normative legal acts.

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 724 of November 28, 2006 on the Amendment to the Regulation on the Federal Antimonopoly Service Endorsed by the Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 331 of June 30, 2004

In pursuance of the Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 529 of August 31, 2006, from September 1, 2006 changes the procedure of functioning of the market of electric power in the transient period of reformation of the electric power industry.

A system of determination of cases of manipulation of prices for electric power taking account of differentiated by the types of power stations levels of maximum economically substantiated expenses for production of electric power regardless of the power source.

Control of observation of the procedure of determination of cases of manipulation of prices for electric power at the wholesale market is vested in the federal antimonopoly body.

In this connection, the sphere of reference of the Federal Antimonopoly Service of Russia includes in addition the authority of control and enforcement of the actions of the subjects of the wholesale market pertaining to cases of manipulation of prices at the wholesale market.

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 719 of November 27, 2006 on the Endorsement of the Regulation on the Registration for the Military Purposes

The Federal Law No. 159-FZ of October 2, 2006 amends the Federal Law on the military duty and the military service refining the procedure of registration for military purposes of citizens dismissed from the military service. In this connection, a new Regulation on the registration for military purposes has been prepared replacing the Regulation earlier endorsed by the Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 1541 of December 25, 1998.

The Regulation defines the procedure of organisation of the registration for military purposes of pertinent citizens of the Russian Federation, describes the main tasks of the military registration system and the requirements to it.

The military registration system is stipulated by the military duty of citizens and is based on the state system of registration of draft servicemen and mobilisation resources providing for the complex of measures of collection, summarising and analysis of information on their quantity and quality.

The personal registration of citizens at the place of residence or the place of stay (for more than 3 months) is arranged by the military commissariats or the bodies of local government in the residential settlements (urban districts) that do not have military commissariats.

The Decision specifies the norms defining the number of employees in charge of the military registration in the military commissariats and in the bodies of local government. Regulates the procedure of initial registration in the bodies of local government. The bodies of local government submit appropriate reports to the military commissariats on the annual basis before February 1. Defines the list of information to be contained in the documents of initial registration. Specifies the authority of officials in charge of the military registration.

Registration for military purposes is arranged in organisations using personal cards of employees (Form T-2, Section 2) and/or personal cards of the state (municipal) servants (Form T-2 GS (MS), Section 2).

The Decision specifies the particulars of initial registration of citizens for military purposes, as well as the registration of citizens serving in the bodies of internal affairs, State Fire Service, institutions and bodies of the criminal execution system, bodies of control of circulation of narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances.

Registration of citizens for military purposes at the place of stay is arranged by the military commissariats and the bodies of local government according to the procedure defined by the Ministry of Defence of Russia.

The Decision provides the list of professions and occupations permitting women to register for military purposes and acquire a military specialisation.

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 717 of November 27, 2006 on the Amendments to the Regulation on the Federal Forestry Agency

The Regulation on the Federal Forestry Agency is being brought in compliance with amendments introduced in the Forest Code by the Federal Law No. 154-FZ of July 27, 2006.

The term "use of forest fund" is replaced with the term "implementation of use of forests".

Since the authority of issue of permissions for the works of regional geological surveys, except for the drilling works, are handed over to the subjects of the Russian Federation, the Federal Forestry Agency shall arrange the issue of permissions within their sphere of reference for the use of the parts of the forest fund for the mentioned works.

The Federal Law No. 154-FZ of July 27, 2006 introduced in the Forest Code the provision specifying that the rent for the use of the parts of the forest fund for the purposes other than forest management and forest use is fixed proceeding from the rates of payment per hectare of the parts of the forest fund being in use endorsed by the federal body of executive power. The sphere of reference of the Federal Forestry Agency shall include the duty to fix the mentioned rates.

The sphere of reference of the Federal Forestry Agency shall include also decision taking on the leasing of the parts of the forest fund for the purposes other than forest management and forest use.

Order of the Ministry of Agriculture of the Russian Federation No. 422 of November 16, 2006 on the Endorsement of the Rules of Organisation of Work to Issue Veterinary Accompanying Documents

The rules shall regulate the procedure of drawing up, issue and registration of the veterinary accompanying documents for all types of animals, products of animal origin, fodders and additives intended for stockpiling, transportation, processing, storage, sale.

The veterinary accompanying documents (veterinary certificates) contain information on the territory and type of origin, sanitary condition of the accompanied cargo, epizootic condition of the place of origin and permit to identify the given cargo.

The documents must be drawn up on the forms of specified type registered in the joint automatic system. The blank form have typed series number consisting of the code and the ordinal number.

The Order invalidates the Instruction having defined earlier the procedure of issue of the veterinary accompanying documents. However, the blank forms of the veterinary accompanying documents are valid until they are used up.

Registered in the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation on November 24, 2006. Reg. No. 8524.

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