Monitoring of the Federal Legislation dated 10.12.2007

Federal Law No. 336-FZ of December 6, 2007 on the Amendments to Articles 7 and 11 of the Federal Law on the Securities Market

Depositaries created in the form of a non-commercial partnership are permitted to reorganise themselves into joint-stock companies.

Federal Law No. 335-FZ of December 6, 2007 on the Amendments to Article 188 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation and Article 151 of the Code of Criminal Procedures of the Russian Federation

Adjusts some provisions of the Code of Criminal Procedures of the Russian Federation empowering the bodies of control of circulation of narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances with authority of investigation of crimes associated with smuggling of analogues of narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances, as well as the tools and equipment used for production of narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances.

Federal Law No. 333-FZ of December 6, 2007 on the Amendments to the Federal Law on Fishing and Conservation of Aquatic Biological Resources and to Individual Legislative Acts of the Russian Federation

The Federal Law includes a number of new provisions and legal norms in the sphere of fishing enhancing the state regulation of activities of the fishery complex of the Russian Federation, defining the procedure and principles of distribution of quotas of the catch of aquatic biological resources among the users and creating conditions for combating poaching by economic methods.

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 841 of December 4, 2007 on the Cost of Living in Per Capita Figures and for the Main Socio-Demographic Groups of Population for the Whole of the Russian Federation (by Quarters) for the Period from 2005 through the II Quarter of 2007

Fixes the cost of living for the mentioned period.