Monitoring of the Federal Legislation dated 8.02.2010

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 56 of February 4, 2010 on the Subsidies Granted in 2010 from the Federal Budget to Russian Credit Organisations to Reimburse the Shortfall in Incomes for the Credits Provided by Russian Credit Organisations in 2009-2010 to Natural Persons for the Purchase of Cars

Continues subsidising of Russian credit organisations providing credits to citizens for the purchase of cars.

Decision of the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation No. 2-P of January 28, 2010 on the Case of Constitutionality of Provisions of Paragraph 2 of Item 3 and Item 4 of Article 44 of the Federal Law on Joint-Stock Companies Pursuant to Appeals of Open-Type Joint-Stock Companies Gazprom, Gazprom Neft, Orenburgneft and the Joint-Stock Commercial Savings Bank of the Russian Federation (OAO)

The applicants challenged the norms stating that the issuer joint-stock company bears responsibility for the actions of the recorder pertaining to the keeping and storage of the register of stock-holders and having incurred losses on the stock-holder.

Order of the Ministry of Public Health and Social Development of the Russian Federation No. 1014n of December 23, 2009 on the Endorsement of the Form of the Decision to Refuse Offsetting of Expenses of Paid out Insurance Support for Obligatory Social Insurance in the Cases of Temporary Disability and Maternity and the Form of the Demand of Their Reimbursement

Amendments have entered into force from January 1, 2010 to the law on obligatory social insurance in the cases of temporary disability and maternity.

Order of the Federal Service for Financial Markets No. 09-58/pz-n of December 15, 2009 on the Endorsement of the Regulation on the Procedure to Reimburse Mortgage Certificates of Participation

Specifies the above procedure.

Order of the Ministry of Public Health and Social Development of the Russian Federation No. 604n of August 20, 2009 on the Amendments to the Administrative Regulation of the Federal Service of Enforcement in the Area of Public Health land Social Development on the Execution of the State Function of Licensing of Pharmacy Activities Endorsed by the Order of the Ministry of Public Health and Social Development of the Russian Federation No. 897 of December 31, 2006

The Federal Service of Enforcement in the Area of Public Health and Social Development licenses pharmacy activities of organisations of wholesale trade and apothecaries of federal public health organisations.