Monitoring of the Federal Legislation dated 17.01.2007

Order of the Federal Customs Service No. 1243 of November 29, 2006 on the Amendments to the Order of the State Customs Committee of Russia No. 395 of March 30, 2004

From January 1, 2007 introduces new sets of blank forms of the customs declaration and the transit declaration endorsed by the Order of the Federal Customs Service No. 724 of August 3, 2006, as well as the new instruction on the procedure of filling of the cargo customs declaration and the transit declaration endorsed by the Order of the Federal Customs Service of Russia No. 762 of August 11, 2006.

Appropriate changes are introduced in the instruction on the customs operations carried out in the cases of declaring of commodities in the electronic form endorsed by the Order of the State Customs Committee of Russia No. 395 of March 30, 2004.

The Order is entered into force 90 days after the day of its official publication.

Registered in the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation on January 10, 2007. Reg. No. 8725.

Order of the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation No. 363 of December 14, 2006 on the Endorsement of the Administrative Regulation on the Execution by the Federal Registration Service of the State Function of Drawing up of the Apostille on the Official Documents for Bringing Them Abroad

Endorses the administrative regulation defining the time limits and sequence of actions (administrative procedures) for the Federal Registration Service, procedure of interaction between its structural divisions and officials, as well as interaction with other state bodies, bodies of local government and organizations when executing the state function of drawing up of the apostille on the official documents for bringing them abroad.

The Federal Registration Service shall draw up the apostille on the official documents issued by the federal bodies of executive power, natural persons and legal entities notary certified according to established procedure except for the cases envisaged in the legislation. The territorial bodies of the Federal Registration Service shall draw up the apostille on the official documents issues by the territorial bodies of the federal bodies of executive power, bodies of state power of the subjects of the Russian Federation, notaries, bodies of local government issued in the subjects of the Russian Federation covered by the appropriate bodies of the Federal Registration Service except for the cases envisaged in the legislation.

Registered in the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation on December 29, 2006. Reg. No. 8718.

Regulation of the Central Bank of Russia No. 300-P of December 25, 2006 on the Procedure of Administration by the Bank of Russia of Individual Types of Incomes Received in the Budget System of the Russian Federation

The Bank of Russia is the administrator of the following types of incomes received from credit organizations in the budget system of the Russian Federation: fines for the violation of the legislation on the banks and banking activities, currency legislation, legislation on export control, combating legalization (laundering ) of incomes obtained in a criminal way and financing of terrorism, legislation on the circulation of narcotic and psychotropic substances; state duty for the issue of licenses and certification, state registration of legal entities (liquidation), independent entrepreneurs, changes in the constituent documents, as well as the state registration of issues of emission securities.

The regulation is entered into force 10 days after the day of its official publication in the Herald of the Bank of Russia.

Registered in the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation on December 29, 2006. Reg. No. 8716.

Letter of the Central Bank of Russia No. 2-T of January 11, 2007 on the Rouble Equivalents of the Figures Specified in the Direction of the Bank of Russia No. 1755-U of December 11, 2006

The rouble equivalent of the minimum amount of the registered capital of the newly registered bank makes Rbl 173,124.5 thousand, and the newly registered non-bank credit organization - 10 times lower.

The rouble equivalent of the minimum amount of own resources (capital) of the bank (including the one requesting the general license) and non-bank credit organization requesting the status of a bank makes Rbl 173,124.5 thousand.