Monitoring of the Federal Legislation dated 20.05.2010

Federal Law No. 100-FZ of May 19, 2010 on the Ratification of the Agreement of the Customs Union on the Sanitary Measures

Ratifies the above agreement.

Federal Law No. 99-FZ of May 19, 2010 on the Ratification of the Agreement of the Customs Union on the Plant Quarantine Measures

Ratifies the above agreement.

Federal Law No. 98-FZ of May 19, 2010 on the Ratification of the Protocol on the Procedure of Collection of Indirect Taxes and the Mechanism of Control of Their Payment in the Cases of Export and Import of Goods in the Customs Union

Adjusts the procedure of collection of indirect taxes and control of their payment in the above cases.

Federal Law No. 97-FZ of May 19, 2010 on the Ratification of the Agreement on the Mutual Recognition of Accreditation of the Bodies of Certification (Assessment (Confirmation) of Compliance) and Testing Laboratories (Centres) Carrying out Works of Assessment (Confirmation) of Compliance

Ratifies the agreement introducing uniform approaches in the issues of accreditation in the sphere of technical regulation on the territory of the Customs Union.

Federal Law No. 96-FZ of May 19, 2010 on the Ratification of the Agreement on the Circulation of Goods Subject to Obligatory Assessment (Confirmation) of Compliance on the Customs Territory of the Customs Union

Ratifies the agreement on the circulation of goods subject to obligatory assessment (confirmation) of compliance on the customs territory of the Customs Union.

Federal Law No. 95-FZ of May 19, 2010 on the Ratification of the Protocol on the Amendments to the Agreement on the Principles of Collection of Indirect Taxes in the Cases of Export and Import of Goods, Carrying out Works, Rendering Services in the Customs Union of January 25, 2008

Ratifies the protocol on the amendments to the agreement on the principles of collection of indirect taxes in the cases of export and import of goods, carrying out works, rendering services in the Customs Union.

Federal Law No. 94-FZ of May 19, 2010 on the Ratification of the Protocol on the Procedure of Collection of Indirect Taxes When Carrying out Works, Rendering Services in the Customs Union

Ratifies the protocol on the procedure of collection of indirect taxes when carrying out works, rendering services in the Customs Union.

Federal Law No. 93-FZ of May 19, 2010 on the Ratification of the Agreement of the Customs Union on the Veterinary and Sanitary Measures

The ratified agreement offers a number of documents uniform for the Customs Union.

Federal Law No. 92-FZ of May 19, 2010 on the Amendments to Articles 14.13 and 14.14 of the Code of Administrative Violations of the Russian Federation and Article 195 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation

Introduces administrative and criminal responsibility for the illegal disturbance of work of the interim administration of the financial organisation.

Federal Law No. 90-FZ of May 19, 2010 on the Amendments to Article 12 of the Federal Law on the Obligatory Social Insurance against Industrial Accidents and Occupational Diseases

Restores some abandoned procedures.

Federal Law No. 89-FZ of May 19, 2010 on the Amendments to the Law of the Russian Federation on Subsoil Resources and Article 13 of the Federal Law on Production Sharing Agreements

Abandons payment for the use of geological information.

Federal Law No. 87-FZ of May 19, 2010 on the Amendments to Individual Legislative Acts of the Russian Federation on the Issues of Cultivation of Plants Containing Narcotic or Psychotropic Substances or Their Precursors

All such plants are included in a separate list.

Federal Law No. 86-FZ of May 19, 2010 on the Amendments to the Federal Law on the Legal Status of Foreign Citizens in the Russian Federation and Individual Legislative Acts of the Russian Federation

Provides some preferences to skilled specialists out of foreign citizens.

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 340 of May 15, 2010 on the Procedure of Introduction of Requirements to the Programs in the Area of Energy Saving and Improvement of Energy Efficiency of Organisations Engaged in Regulated Types of Activities

Programs of organisations must be brought in compliance with available requirements within 3 months.