Monitoring of the Federal Legislation dated 18.01.2007

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 13 of January 16, 2007 on the Interim Rates of Import Customs Duties for Individual Types of Chemical Commodities

Endorses for 9 months the rates of import customs duties for individual types of chemical commodities.

The Decision is entered into force one month after the day of its official publication.

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 12 of January 16, 2007 on the Interim Rate of the Import Customs Duty for Tungsten Ores and Concentrates <br>

Introduces for 9 months the zero rate of the import customs duty for tungsten ores and concentrates (code according to the Foreign Trade Commodity Nomenclature 2611 00 000 0). At present, the rate of the import customs duty for the mentioned commodities makes EUR 5 per kg.

The Decision is entered into force one month after the day of its official publication.

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 10 of January 15, 2007 on the Amount of Payment for the Services of Organizations of the Federal Postal Communication to Accept Notifications of Arrival of the Foreign Citizen or Stateless Person to the Place of Stay on the Territory of the Russian Federation <br>

The amount of payment for the services of organizations of the federal postal communication for accepting the notification of the arrival of the foreign citizen or stateless person to the place of stay on the territory of the Russian Federation delivered by registered mail makes Rbl 118.

The Decision applies to legal relations emerging from January 15, 2007.

Direction of the Central Bank of Russia No. 1778-U of December 26, 2006 on the Signs of Solvency and the Rules of Exchange of Banknotes and Coins of the Bank of Russia <br>

Specifies the signs of solvency of banknotes and coins of the Bank of Russia, as well as the rules of exchange of the damaged banknotes and coins of the Bank of Russia.

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

Registered in the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation on January 16, 2007. Reg. No. 8748.

Order of the Federal Migration Service of the Russian Federation No. 370 of December 25, 2006 on the Endorsement of the Form of the Application for the Permission for Employment to a Foreign Citizen or Stateless Person and the Form of the Permission for Employment to a Foreign Citizen or Stateless Person <br>

From January 15, 2007, there are new rules of issue of permissions for temporary employment on the territory of the Russian Federation for foreign citizens.

Registered in the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation on January 15, 2007. Reg. No. 8736.

Order of the Federal Migration Service No. 369 of December 25, 2006 on the Endorsement of the Form of the Application for the Permission to Attract and Use Foreign Work Force to the Employer or the Party Ordering Works (Services) and the Form of the Permission to Attract and Use Foreign Work Force <br>

From January 15, 2007, there is a new procedure of issue of permissions for temporary employment of foreign work force in the Russian Federation.

Registered in the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation on January 15, 2007. Reg. No. 8735.

Order of the Federal Tax Service No. SAE-3-09/861@ of December 13, 2006 on the Endorsement of the Forms of the Bank's Reports of the Opening (Closing) of the Account, of the Change of Account Details <br>

Item 1 of Article 86 of the Tax Code of the Russian Federation introduced the duty of the banks to report the opening or closing of accounts, change of details of the account of the organization (independent entrepreneur) on paper or in the electronic form to the tax body at the place of location within five days from the day of the appropriate opening (closing) or change of details of such account.

The Order of the Ministry of Taxation of Russia No. SAE-3-24/441@ of July 27, 2004 is invalidated.

Registered in the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation on January 15, 2007. Reg. No. 8730.