Monitoring of the Federal Legislation dated 23.08.2010

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 640 of August 18, 2010 on the Endorsement of the Rules of Production, Processing, Storage, Sale, Purchase, Use, Transportation and Destruction of Precursors of Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances

Specifies the above procedure.

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 636 of August 18, 2010 on the Requirements to the Terms of the Contract for Energy Services and on the Particulars of Determination of the Initial (Maximum) Price (Lot Price) of the Contract for Energy Services

A new chapter is included in the law on the placing of state and municipal orders pertaining to contacts for energy services.

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 634 of August 18, 2010 on the Invalidation of the Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 183 of March 18, 2008

Introduces procedural changes pursuant to the changes in the law on the legal status of foreigners.

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 626 of August 17, 2010 on the Amendments to the Regulation on the Form of the Visa, Procedure and Terms of Its Drawing up and Issuance, Prolongation, Restoration in the Cases of Its Loss, As Well As the Procedure of Revocation of the Visa

Specifies the procedure for skilled specialists.

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 624 of August 17, 2010 on the Amendments to the Rules of Allocation of Budget Resources from the Reserve Fund of the Government of the Russian Federation for Prevention and Elimination of Emergency Situations and Consequences of Natural Disasters

Resources of the Fund are allocated to federal and regional bodies of executive power for partial financing of certain measures.

Order of the Federal Service of Enforcement in the Area of Public Health and Social Development No. 6512-PR/10 of July 7, 2010 on the Endorsement of the Forms for Registration of the Limiting Producer Prices for the Vital and Most Important Medicines

Endorses the above forms.

Order of the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation No. 59n of June 11, 2010 on the Endorsement of the Specimen of the Special Stamp for Labelling Tobacco Items, Forms of Documents and the Rules of Storage of Special Stamps Envisaged in the Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 27 of January 26, 2010, As Well As the Procedure of Destruction of the Special Stamps Envisaged in the Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 648 of June 18, 1999

A new procedure of labelling of tobacco items is introduced pursuant to the adoption of the technical regulation.

Order of the Federal Service for Financial Markets No. 10-37/pz-n of June 8, 2010 on the Endorsement of the Rules of Calculation of the Market Value of Assets Used to Place the Resources of Pension Reserves and the Aggregate Market Value of Pension Reserves of a Non-State Pension Fund

Introduces a new such procedure.