Monitoring of the Federal Legislation dated 29.01.2010

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 1097 of December 29, 2009 on the Particulars of Registration in the Territorial Bodies of the Pension Fund of the Russian Federation and the Social Insurance Fund of the Russian Federation of Individual Categories of Payers of Insurance Contributions

From 2010, the uniform social tax is replaced with insurance contributions for particular types of social insurance.

Order of the Ministry of Public Health and Social Development of the Russian Federation No. 957n of December 7, 2009 on the Endorsement of the Forms of Documents Used to Control the Payment of Insurance Contributions

From 2010, the uniform social tax is replaced with insurance contributions for particular types of social insurance.

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 1132 of December 30, 2009 on the Authorised Federal Body of Executive Power Specifying the Official Site of the Russian Federation in the Internet to Place Information on the Contests or Auctions for the Right to Conclude Contracts for the Federal Property and the Official Printed Source to Publish Notifications of Contests or Auctions and Amendments to Them, As Well As the Notifications of the Refusal to Carry out Contests or Auctions

From January 1, 2011, this function is vested in the Federal Antimonopoly Service of Russia.

Order of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 2135-r of December 30, 2009

Specifies a new list of vital and most important medicines.

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 1095 of December 29, 2009 on the Endorsement of the Rules of Granting Subsidies in 2010 to Organisations of the Air Transport to Ensure Affordability of Air Travel for Passengers from the Far East to the European Part of the Country and Back

From 2010, allocates subsidies from the federal budget to Russian air carriers delivering passengers from the Far East to the European part of the country and back.

Order of the Ministry of Public Health and Social Development of the Russian Federation No. 1010n of December 22, 2009 on the Endorsement of the List of Professions (Specialities, Positions) for Foreign Citizens out of Skilled Specialists Employed in Their Profession (Speciality) and Exempted from Quotas for the Year 2010

Specifies the list of professions (specialities, positions) exempted from employment quotas in Russia.

Order of the Ministry of Public Health and Social Development of the Russian Federation No. 1008n of December 22, 2009 on the Distribution among the Subjects of the Russian Federation of the Quota for Employment Permissions for Foreign Citizens Endorsed by the Government of the Russian Federation for the Year 2010

The quota for employment permissions for foreigners makes 1,944,356 in 2010.

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 1194 of December 31, 2009 on the Experiment of Promotion of the Purchase of New Automobiles in Replacement of Those Removed from Operation and Handed over for Utilisation, As Well As to Create a System of Collection and Utilisation of Automobiles Removed from Operation in the Russian Federation

Discounts in the amount of Rbl 50,000 are granted to natural persons buying a new automobile in replacement of the old one.

Order of the Ministry of Public Health and Social Development of the Russian Federation No. 951n of December 4, 2009 on the Endorsement of the List of Documents to Be Submitted by the Insurant to Obtain a Decision of the Territorial Body of the Social Insurance Fund of the Russian Federation to Allocate Necessary Resources to Pay out Insurance Support

Temporary disability, maternity, child care and other allowances are implied.

Order of the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation No. 403 of November 19, 2009 on the Endorsement of the Rules of Notary Proceedings

Introduces uniform rules of notary record keeping.

Order of the Ministry of Public Health and Social Development of the Russian Federation No. 871n of November 6, 2009 on the Endorsement of the Form of the Estimate for the Accrued and Paid Insurance Contributions for Obligatory Social Insurance in the Cases of Temporary Disability and Maternity and for Obligatory Social Insurance against Industrial Accidents and Occupational Diseases, As Well As Expenses to Pay out Insurance Support

Endorses a new form - 4 FSS RF.

Order of the Ministry of Public Health and Social Development of the Russian Federation No. 601n of August 20, 2009 on the Amendments to the Methodology Directions on the Implementation by the Bodies of State Power of the Subjects of the Russian Federation of the Handed over Authority of the Russian Federation to License Pharmacy Activities Endorsed by the Order of the Ministry of Public Health and Social Development of the Russian Federation No. 263n of June 6, 2008

The methodology directions are being brought in compliance with the law on the protection of legal entities and individual entrepreneurs in the course of state control.

Letter of the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation No. 03-07-15/01 of January 13, 2010

In October 2009, the Ministry of Finance of Russia endorsed a new form of the tax declaration for the value added tax reflecting the latest changes in the legislation

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 1140 of December 30, 2009 on the Endorsement of the Standards of Disclosing of Information by Organisations of the Communal Complex and Subjects of Natural Monopolies Rendering Services of Transfer of Thermal Energy

Organisations of the communal complex and subjects of natural monopolies must provide information on commodities and services where the prices are relegated by the state.

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 1202 of December 31, 2009 on the Endorsement of the Rules for Making Budget Investments in 2010 in the Objects of Capital Construction Owned by the Russian Federation in the Form of Capital Investments in the Fixed Assets of Federal State Unitary Enterprises

Specifies the procedure for making capital investments in 2010 in the federal objects of capital construction.

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 1193 of December 31, 2009 on the Endorsement of the Rules to Grant Subsidies from the Federal Budget to Legal Entities for Collection, Processing, Utilisation and Storage of Radio Active Waste

Specifies the procedure for granting subsides to reimburse part of expenses for collection, processing, utilisation or storage of radio active waste received from federal enterprises.

Order of the Ministry of Public Health and Social Development of the Russian Federation, Ministry of the Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation and the Federal Customs Service No. 1035n/1203/2377 of December 23, 2009 on the Information on the Actual Prices for the Vital and Most Important Medicines of Foreign Producers and Volumes of Their Import to the Territory of the Russian Federation, As Well As on the Actual Release Prices, Volumes of Production and Dispatching of the Vital and Most Important Medicines of Russian Producers

Endorses the form to submit information on the actual prices for imported vital and most important medicines and volumes of their import to Russia, as well as the actual release prices, volumes of production and dispatching of home-made vital and most important medicines.

Order of the Ministry of Agriculture of the Russian Federation No. 587 of December 16, 2009 on the Limiting Levels of Maximum Prices for Grain in the Course of State Commodity Interventions in 2009-2010.

Specifies the above levels of maximum prices for bread grain in 2009-2010 permitting state commodity interventions.

Order of the Ministry of Public Health and Social Development of the Russian Federation No. 979n of December 11, 2009 on the Endorsement of the Form of Documents Used for Off-Setting or Return of Amounts of Excessively Paid (Collected) Insurance Contributions

From 2010, the uniform social tax is replaced with contributions for particular types of obligatory social insurance.

Order of the Federal Service for Tariff Rates No. 346-e/3 of December 4, 2009 on the Endorsement of Tariff Rates for Electric Energy and Power Sold (Purchased) at the Wholesale Market at Regulated Prices (Tariff Rates) for Import (Export) to Power Supply Systems of Foreign States

Tariff rates for the above purposes are specified by the Federal Service for Tariff Rates of Russia.

Order of the Federal Service for Tariff Rates No. 345-e/2 of December 4, 2009 on the Endorsement of Tariff Rates for Electric Energy (Power) Sold (Purchased) at the Wholesale Market for Technological Support of Joint Operation of the Joint Power Supply System of Russia and Power Supply Systems of Foreign States

Introduces new tariff rates for the above purposes.

Order of the Ministry of Public Health and Social Development No. 908n of November 18, 2009 on the Endorsement of the Procedure of Registration of Insurance Contributions for Obligatory Social Insurance for the Cases of Temporary Disability, Maternity, Penalties and Fines, Expenses to Pay out Insurance Support and Estimates for the Resources of Obligatory Social Insurance in the Cases of Temporary Disability and Maternity

Insurants must keep records for the above cases.

Order of the Ministry of Public Health and Social Development of the Russian Federation No. 906n of November 17, 2009 on the Endorsement of the Procedure of Organisation and Work of the Federal State Institutions of Medical and Social Expert Evaluation

The Ministry of Public Health and Social Development of Russia endorsed a new procedure for such institutions.

Letter of the Federal Tax Service No. ShS-22-3/13@ of January 215, 2010 on the Information Necessary for the Calculation of the Tax on Extraction of Mineral Resources for Oil for December 2009

Provides the above information.

Order of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 2128-r of December 30, 2009 on the Concept of Implementation of the State Policy of Reduction of the Scale of Abuse of Alcoholic Products and Prevention of Alcoholism in the Russian Federation for the Period Until 2020

Specifies the goals, tasks and mechanisms of implementation of the state policy of reduction of the scale of abuse of alcoholic products and prevention of alcoholism in Russia for the period until 2020.

Order of the Ministry of Public Health and Social Development of the Russian Federation No. 959n of December 7, 2009 on the Procedure of Registration and Removal from Records of Insurants and Persons of Similar Status

Specifies the procedure of registration and removal from records as insurants in the bodies of the Social Insurance Fund of Russia.

Decree of the President of the Russian Federation No. 83 of January 19, 2010 on the Deputy Chairman of the Government of the Russian Federation and the Plenipotentiary Representative of the President of the Russian Federation in the North Caucasus Federal District

Assigns the Deputy Chairman of the Government of the Russian Federation who will also be the Plenipotentiary Representative of the President of the Russian Federation in the North Caucasus Federal District.

Decision of the Plenum of the Higher Arbitration Court of the Russian Federation No. 91 of December 17, 2009 on the Procedure of Redemption of Expenses in the Case of Bankruptcy

Prepares new explanations on the issues of redemption of expenses in the case of bankruptcy stipulated by significant changes in the law on bankruptcy.

Direction of the Central Bank of Russia No. 2353-U of December 1, 2009 on the Amendments to the Direction of the Bank of Russia No. 1612-U of August 31, 2005 on the Procedure to Send Requests and Get Information from the Central Catalogue of Credit Histories for the Credit History Subject and Credit History User by Appealing to Credit Organisation

Credit history subject (user) may get information on the credit history bureau keeping his credit history or on the absence of such information.

Letter of the Central Bank of Russia No. 6-T of January 14, 2010 on the Rates of Foreign Currencies to the Rouble That Are Not Fixed by the Bank of Russia

From 2010, the Central Bank of Russia stopped fixing official rates for 100 foreign currencies.

Letter of the Federal Tax Service No. MN-22-3/33@ of January 20, 2010 on the Publication of the Order of the Ministry of Finance of Russia No. 104n of October 15, 2009

On January 20, 2010, the Ministry of Finance of Russia published the order having endorsed a new form of the declaration for VAT which is the last date to accept declarations for the IV quarter using the old form.

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 1148 of December 31, 2009 on the Procedure of Storage of Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances

Specifies the storage procedure for narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances subject to control in Russia.

Order of the Federal Customs Service No. 2233 of December 10, 2009 on the Endorsement of the Procedure for Officials of the Customs Bodies to Carry out Customs Operations in the Course of Declaring and Release of Commodities and Transport Vehicles Placed in the Temporary Storage Warehouses Located in the Vicinity of the State Border of the Russian Federation

Specifies the particulars of the customs registration of commodities and transport vehicles placed in the temporary storage warehouses located in the vicinity of the state border.

Order of the Federal Service for the Regulation of the Alcoholic Market and the Federal Service of Enforcement in the Sphere of Protection of Consumer Rights and Human Well-Being No. 18n/726 of December 9, 2009 on the List of Nutritive and Non-Nutritive Raw Materials Used for Production of Ethyl Alcohol, Including the Denatured One

Specifies the list of nutrient and non-nutrient raw materials for production of ethyl alcohol, including the denatured one.

Order of the Federal Customs Service No. 2183 of December 3, 2009 on the Endorsement of the Form of the Demand to Transfer Customs Payments

Introduces a new form of the demand to transfer customs payments.

Order of the Federal Customs Service No. 2182 of December 3, 2009 on the Endorsement of the Form of the Direct Debit Decision

Introduces a new form of the direct debit decision.

Direction of the Central Bank of Russia No. 2351-U of December 1, 2009 on the Amendments to the Direction of the Bank of Russia No. 1610-U of August 31, 2005 on the Procedure to Send Requests and Get Information from the Central Catalogue of Credit Histories for the Credit History Subject and the Credit History User by Appealing to the Representation of the Bank of Russia in the Internet

Credit history subject (user) may get information on the credit history bureau keeping his credit history.

Order of the Federal Agency for the Use of Subsoil Resources No. 1165 of November 24, 2009 on the Endorsement of the Procedure of Publication and Entry into Force of the Acts of the Federal Agency for the Use of Subsoil Resources Recognised by the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation As Not Needing the State Registration

The acts of the Federal Agency for the Use of Subsoil Resources recognised by the Ministry of Justice of Russia as not needing the state registration must be published in the newspaper Rossiyskiye Nedra and simultaneously placed on the agency Internet site (www.rosnedra.com).

Letter of the Federal Tax Service No. MM-22-3/35@ of January 21, 2010 on the Declaration for the Income Tax from Natural Persons

Explains which form is to be used when submitting the declaration for the year 2009.

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 18 of January 19, 2010 on the Endorsement of the Rules of Rendering Services to Organise the Travel of Transport Vehicles over the Paid Public-Use Highways of Federal Significance, Paid Parts of Such Highways

Works out the above rules.

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 16 of January 19, 2010 on the Amendments to the Regulation on the State Accreditation of Educational Institutions and Scientific Organisations

Refines the procedure of state accreditation of educational institutions.

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 13 of January 19, 2010 on the Procedure of Use of Blank Passports of the Citizen of the Russian Federation, Diplomatic Passport of the Citizen of the Russian Federation and the Service Passport of the Citizen of the Russian Federation Identifying the Citizens of the Russian Federation Abroad and Containing Electronic Media

Amends the forms of blank foreign passports of new generation containing biometric information.

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 1213 of December 24, 2009 on the Endorsement of the Technical Regulation on the Safety of Means of Personal Protection

Introduces the minimum requirements to the safety of means of personal protection.

Order of the Federal Customs Service No. 2184 of December 3, 2009 on the Endorsement of the Form of the Decision to Suspend Operations on the Account (Accounts) of the Payer of Customs Duties, Taxes (Organisations or Individual Entrepreneurs) in the Bank and the Decision to Renew Operations on the Account (Accounts) of the Payer of Customs Duties, Taxes (Organisations or Individual Entrepreneurs) in the Bank on Paper and the Procedure for the Customs Body to Send the Mentioned Decisions to the Bank

The above procedure is introduced by the amendments to the Customs Code of the Russian Federation having entered into force from October 1, 2009.

Order of the Federal Service for Financial Markets No. 09-49/pz-n of November 19, 2009 on the Procedure and Deadlines for Submission of Reports by Professional Participants of the Securities Market

Suggests a new regulation of the procedure of submission of reports by professional participants of the securities market.

Decree of the President of the Russian Federation No. 80 of January 18, 2010 on the Amendments to Some Acts of the President of the Russian Federation Pursuant to the Adoption of the Federal Law on the Anticorruption Expert Evaluation of the Normative Legal Acts and Draft Normative Legal Acts

Pursuant to the adoption of the law on the anticorruption expert evaluation of the normative legal acts and draft normative legal acts introduces amendments to some decrees of the President of the Russian Federation on the issues of work of the Ministry of Justice of Russia.

Letter of the Federal Tax Service No. MN-22-6/50 of January 25, 2010 on the Increase of the Amount of State Duty for the State Registration of Legal Entities and Individual Entrepreneurs

Amendments to the Tax Code of the Russian Federation introduced in December 2009 increased amounts of state duties for the majority of committed legally significant actions, including the state registration of legal entities and individual entrepreneurs.

Order of the Ministry of Public Health and Social Development of the Russian Federation No. 1042n of December 28, 2009 on the Solving of Disputes Emerging in the Course of the State Registration of the Limiting Producer Release Prices for the Vital and Most Important Medicines

A refusal to register the limiting release price may be appealed against in the interagency commission formed by the Ministry of Public Health and Social Development of Russia.

Letter of the Department of the Tax and Customs Tariff Policy of the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation No. 03-05-06-03/02 of January 13, 2010

Explains which exemptions in the payment of the state duty apply to those appealing to courts of general jurisdiction, justices of the peace on issues of violation of consumer rights.

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 32 of January 28, 2010 on the Endorsement of the Rates of Export Customs Duties for Raw Oil and Individual Categories of Commodities of Oil Exported Outside the Territory of the Russian Federation and the Territories of the Member-States of the Customs Union Agreements

Increases the rates of export customs duties for raw oil and individual categories of commodities of oil exported outside the member-states of the Customs Union agreements.

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 29 of January 26, 2010 on the Endorsement of the Technical Regulation on the Requirements to the Safety of Blood and Its Products, Blood Replacing Solutions and Technical Means Used in the Transfusion and Infusion Therapy

Specifies the safety requirements to the blood and its products, blood replacing solutions and technical means used in the transfusion and infusion therapy.

Order of the Federal Tax Service No. MM-7-3/708@ of December 22, 2009 on the Amendments to the Order of the Federal Tax Service of Russia No. SAE-3-04/706@ of October 13, 2006

Refines information of the codes of incomes and exemptions used to fill in the certificate of form 2-NDFL. Reflects the latest changes in the tax and pension legislation.

Order of the Federal Service for Financial Markets No. 09-45/pz-n of November 10, 2009 on the Endorsement of the Regulation on the Reduction (Restriction) of Risks in the Area of Trust Control of Assets of Investment Funds, the Placing of Resources of Pension Reserves, Investing of Resources of Accumulated Pensions and the Savings of the Housing Support for Servicemen, As Well As the Endorsement of the Changes to Some Normative Legal Acts of the Federal Service for Financial Markets

The risks of transactions with derivative financial instruments are implied.