Monitoring of the Federal Legislation dated 17.12.2008

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 950 of December 10, 2008 on the Participation of the Bodies of Executive Power of the Subjects of the Russian Federation in Charge of the State Regulation of Tariff Rates in the State Regulation and Control of Activities of Subjects of Natural Monopolies

Regional bodies of power in charge of the state regulation of tariff rates may participate in the state regulation and control of activities of subjects of natural monopolies.

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 948 of December 10, 2008 on Some Issues of Activities of the Ministry of Sports, Tourism and Youth Policy of the Russian Federation

The functions of the abandoned Federal Agency for Physical Culture and Sports are handed over to the Ministry of Sports, Tourism and Youth Policy of the Russian Federation.

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 941 of December 10, 2008 on the Endorsement of the Regulation on the Patent and Other Duties for Committing Legally Significant Actions Pertaining to the Patent for an Invention, Useful Model, Industrial Prototype, to the State Registration of a Trade Mark and Service Mark, to the State Registration and the Granted Exclusive Right for the Name of the Place of Origin of a Commodity, As Well As to the State Registration of the Transfer of Exclusive Rights to Other Persons and Contracts of Disposal of These Rights

Endorses a new Regulation specifying the amounts and procedure of payment of the above duties, which is associated with the entry into force from January 1, 2008 of Part IV of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 930 of December 8, 2008 on the Amendments to Some Acts of the Government of the Russian Federation in View of the Handing over to the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation of the Functions of the Federal Registration Service

The amendments are stipulated by the enlargement of the sphere of reference of the Ministry of Justice of Russia.