Monitoring of the Federal Legislation dated 28.06.2013

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 449 of May 28, 2013 on the mechanism for promotion of use of renewable sources of energy at the wholesale market of electric energy and power

Order of the Ministry of Transport of the Russian Federation No. 402 of November 16, 2012 on the endorsement of the classification of works of capital repair, repair and maintenance of motor roads

Order of the Ministry of Labour and Social Protection of the Russian Federation No. 147n of April 12, 2013 on the endorsement of the model professional standard

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 454 of May 30, 2013 on the amendments to and invalidation of certain decisions of the Government of the Russian Federation on the issues of state registration of legal entities and individual entrepreneurs – forms of documents for registration of legal entities and individual entrepreneurs

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 451 of May 29, 2013 on the amendment to Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 860 of October 29, 2009 – gas fuel to be sold at service stations

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 444 of May 28, 2013 on the transfer of days-off in 2014

Order of the Federal Service for Financial Markets No. 13-31/pz-n of April 18, 2013 on the endorsement of the Regulation on the requirements to the volume, procedure, deadlines and form of notifications for persons specified in Paragraph 1 of Part 1 of Article 7 of the Federal Law on organised tenders submitted to the federal body of executive power in charge of financial markets

Order of the Federal Service for Financial Markets No. 13-30/pz-n of April 16, 2013 on the endorsement of the Requirements to the composition of own resources of organisers of trade, as well as to the procedure and deadlines of their calculation

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 446 of May 28, 2013 on the amendments to Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 1137 of December 26, 2011 – amendments to electronic invoices

Order of the Federal Antimonopoly Service No. 711/12 of November 23, 2012 on the endorsement of the Administrative Regulation of the Federal Antimonopoly Service on the execution of the state function of processing of cases initiated because of signs of violation of the legislation of the Russian Federation on advertising

Order of the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation No. 36n of April 2, 2013 on the entry in force and invalidation of documents of International Accounting Standards on the territory of the Russian Federation

Order of the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation No. 15n of January 31, 2013 on the endorsement of the procedure of registration and saving by the registration body of all documents submitted to the registration body, as well as a procedure and period of storage by the registration body of documents available in the Joint State Register of Legal Entities and the Joint State Register of Individual Entrepreneurs and a procedure for their transfer for permanent storage to state archives

Order of the Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation No. 211 of April 17, 2013 on the terms of authorisation for the goods originating in foreign states for the purpose of placing of orders for supplies of goods for the needs of ordering parties

Order of the Federal Service for Financial Markets No. 13-11/pz-n of February 21, 2013 on the endorsement of the Administrative Regulation of the Federal Service for Financial Markets on the provided state service of coordination of model terms of repurchase agreements and/or agreements being derivative financial instruments and/or agreements of another type where the object is securities and/or foreign currencies and amendments introduced in the mentioned terms of agreements endorsed by a self-regulating organisation of professional participants of the securities market

Resolution of the Board of the Eurasian Economic Commission No. 121 of June 4, 2013 on the amendments to Section 2.12 of the Joint List of goods subject to prohibitions or restrictions in the cases of import or export by the member-states of the Customs Union in the framework of the Eurasian Economic Community in trade with third countries

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 469 of June 3, 2013 on the endorsement of the Regulation on the licensing of activities of production and technical maintenance of medical equipment (except for the case when the technical maintenance is fulfilled for the own needs of the legal entity or individual entrepreneur)

Order of the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation No. 32n of March 19, 2013 on the endorsement of the Regulation on the procedure for carrying out a qualification examination for certificate of auditor and on invalidation of orders of the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation – updated rules

Order of the Federal Migration Service No. 390 of November 30, 2012 on the endorsement of the Administrative Regulation of the Federal Migration Service on the provided state service of drawing up and issuance of permissions to enter the Russian Federation for foreign citizens and stateless persons

Federal Law No. 123-FZ of June 7, 2013 on the amendments to the Land Code of the Russian Federation and Article 3 of the Federal Law on the entry in force of the Land Code of the Russian Federation – refines the grounds and procedure for withdrawal of land plots in the cases of their careless use

Federal Law No. 118-FZ of June 7, 2013 on the amendment to Article 26.3 of the Federal Law on the general principles of organisation of legislative (representative) and executive bodies of state power of subjects of the Russian Federation – state regional supervision pertaining to water objects

Federal Law No. 109-FZ of June 7, 2013 on the ratification of the Agreement between the Government of the Russian Federation and the Government of Mongolia on the temporary employment of citizens of one state on the territory of the other

Federal Law No. 126-FZ of June 7, 2013 on the amendments to Articles 29 and 191 of the Code of Arbitration Procedures of the Russian Federation – refines jurisdiction of arbitration courts

Federal Law No. 107-FZ of June 7, 2013 on the ratification of the Agreement between the Government of the Russian Federation and the Government of the United Arab Emirates on taxation of incomes from investments of the contracting states and their financial and investment institutions

Federal Law No. 115-FZ of June 7, 2013 on the amendment to Article 1 of the Federal Law on the purchase of goods, works, services by individual types of legal entities – adjusts the area of application

Federal Law No. 131-FZ of June 7, 2013 on the amendments to Chapters 21 and 25 of Part 2 of the Tax Code of the Russian Federation – insurance of export credits

Federal Law No. 130-FZ of June 7, 2013 on the amendment to Article 150 of Part 2 of the Tax Code of the Russian Federation – the list of medical items exempted from VAT in the cases of import will be endorsed by the Government of the Russian Federation

Federal Law No. 124-FZ of June 7, 2013 on the amendments to the Air Code of the Russian Federation – transportation of passengers with disabilities

Federal Law No. 117-FZ of June 7, 2013 on the amendments to Article 26.3 of the Federal Law on the general principles of organisation of legislative (representative) and executive bodies of state power of subjects of the Russian Federation and Articles 23.22 and 23.22.1 of the Code of Administrative Violations of the Russian Federation – regional bodies supervise the use of subsoil resources of local significance only

Federal Law No. 114-FZ of June 7, 2013 on the amendments to the Federal Law on the placing of orders for supplies of goods, carrying out works, rendering services for state and municipal needs – a unilateral refusal from execution of the state contract is now possible

Federal Law No. 113-FZ of June 7, 2013 on the amendments to individual legislative acts of the Russian Federation on the issues of information openness of self-regulating organisations – activities of self-regulating organisations must be more transparent

Federal Law No. 110-FZ of June 7, 2013 on the amendments to Article 9 of the Law of the Russian Federation on the state border of the Russian Federation and individual legislative acts of the Russian Federation – particulars of crossing the border for water vessels and persons on them

Federal Law No. 106-FZ of June 7, 2013 on the ratification of the Safety and Health in Mines Convention of 1995 (No. 176)

Federal Law No. 105-FZ of June 7, 2013 on the ratification of the Agreement between the Government of the Russian Federation and the Federal Council of the Swiss Confederation on the mutual recognition of official marks on watches of precious metals

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 482 of June 6, 2013 on the length of additional annual paid leave for the work in adverse and/or hazardous conditions granted to individual categories of employees

Information of the Bank of Russia of June 10, 2013 on the rate of refinancing and the interest rates for operations of the Bank of Russia

Decision of the Higher Arbitration Court of the Russian Federation No. VAS-3797/13 of June 6, 2013 on the challenge to Order of the Federal Tax Service No. MMV-7-8/238@ of April 16, 2012 – signature of official of tax body on the payment demand

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 477 of June 6, 2013 on the state monitoring of condition and pollution of the environment

Order of the Ministry of Labour and Social Protection of the Russian Federation No. 143n of April 10, 2013 on the procedure of publication and entry into force of orders of the Ministry of Labour and Social Protection of the Russian Federation recognised by the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation as not needing the state registration

Budget Message of the President of the Russian Federation of June 13, 2013 on the budget policy in 2014-2016

Order of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 953-r of June 11, 2013 – removal of excessive state regulation by using IT technologies

Order of the Ministry of Labour and Social Protection of the Russian Federation No. 182n of April 30, 2013 on the endorsement of the form and procedure to issue a certificate of earnings, other payments and rewards for the two calendar years preceding the year of termination of work (service, other activities) or the year of applying for the certificate of earnings, other payments and rewards and the current calendar year used to accrue insurance contributions and on the number of days falling in the mentioned period on the periods of temporary disability, maternity, child-care leaves, period of employee dismissal from work while preserving fully or partly the earnings in compliance with the legislation of the Russian Federation, if insurance contributions to the Social Insurance Fund of the Russian Federation were not accrued for the preserved earnings in this period

Order of the Ministry of Transport of the Russian Federation No. 107 of March 28, 2013 on the endorsement of the Administrative Regulation of the Federal Highway Agency on the provided state service of issuance of special permission for the travel over highways of transport vehicle carrying heavy and/or oversize cargo, if the route, part of the route of this vehicle passes along highways of federal significance, parts of such highways or over the territory of two and more subjects of the Russian Federation or in international transportation

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 492 of June 10, 2013 on the licensing of operation of explosion, fire and chemically hazardous production objects of class I, II and III hazards

Order of the Federal Service for Financial Markets No. 12-98/pz-n of November 20, 2012 on the endorsement of the Administrative Regulation of the Federal Service for Financial Markets on the provided state service of licensing of activities of investment funds, activities of management of investment funds, shared investment funds and non-state pension funds, activities of specialised depositories of investment funds, shared investment funds and non-state pension funds, as well as activities of pension support and pension insurance

Order of the Federal Service for Financial Markets No. 13-20/pz-n of March 21, 2013 on the endorsement of the Administrative Regulation of the Federal Service for Financial Markets on the provided state service of registration of pension and insurance rules of non-state pension funds and amendments to them

Information Message of the Federal Service on Alcohol Market Regulation of June 14, 2013 on keeping record of the volume of the various kinds of spirits carried by motor road transport and new rules for the companies engaged therein which are required to provide data to the automated system intended to monitor the carriage of ethanol and alcohol-containing products and to the comprehensive state-run system monitoring the volume of such products produced and handled. To do so they have to get connected to these systems

Information Message of the Federal Service on Alcohol Market Regulation of June 14, 2013 according to which, effective from July 1, 2013, the motor-road carriage of ethanol and alcohol-containing products requires a licence

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 504 of June 14, 2013 on how much and in what manner payment for the use of federal public highways is to be made after November 1, 2014 for lorries over 12 tons to compensate for the damage caused by them to roads. A satellite route tracking system will be involved, and lorries will have to feature on-board devices for the purpose of connecting thereto

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 493 of June 11, 2013 endorsing regulations on state housing supervision which define the objectives and means of supervision and designate entities and persons as responsible for the implementation thereof. Methodological support will be rendered by the Ministry of Regional Development of the Russian Federation. The decision supersedes the governmental decision on the state housing inspectorate

Order of the Federal Customs Service No. 228 of February 11, 2013 on the procedure for destroying goods in a special economic zone and for taking goods from it for the purposes of destruction, when they have been placed under the customs procedure of free customs zone, and on the paperwork required in such cases

Order of the Ministry of Labour and Social Protection of the Russian Federation No. 52n of February 11, 2013 on the organisation of paid public works for the unemployed

Offsetting Financial Assets and Financial Liabilities (amendments to the International Accounting Standard (IAS) 32) on the details of application of IAS 32

Amendments to the International Financial Reporting Standard (IFRS) 7 on new requirements governing the disclosure of information concerning financial instruments

The International Financial Reporting Standard (IFRS) 9 "Financial Instruments" on the principles of preparation and filing of financial statements in as much as they concern financial assets and liabilities. The standard supersedes clarification of IFRIC 9 and IFRS 9 (2009)

Decision of the Council of the Eurasian Economic Commission No. 36 of May 16, 2013 on setting the rates of import customs duties of the Uniform Customs Tariff of the Customs Union on processed-fruit products. Temporarily, from July 1, 2013 through December 31, 2014, canned apricots, peaches and nectarines will be subject to zero rate

Decision of the Council of the Eurasian Economic Commission No. 35 of May 16, 2013 on amending the uniform commodity classification and the uniform customs tariff of the Customs Union in respect of some plastic articles for instance contact lenses

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 503 of June 14, 2013 on the extension until January 1, 2019 of the period during which Vnesheconombank manages the accumulated pension funds of the persons who have not chosen private companies for that purpose

Order of the Ministry of Labour and Social Protection of the Russian Federation No. 230n of May 29, 2013 on broadening the list of territories where labour market situation is tense

Information Message of the Federal Service on Alcohol Market Regulation of June 18, 2013 - alcohol-containing products packed in accordance with the technical regulations TS "On Package Safety" are not subject to the licensing required for motor road carriage purposes

Decision of the Board of the Eurasian Economic Commission No. 129 of June 11, 2013 on putting into force the provisions of the technical regulations TS "On the Safety of Foodstuffs" (TR TS 021/2011) as of July 1, 2013 with some exceptions

Decision of the Board of the Eurasian Economic Commission No. 128 of June 11, 2013 on amendments to the Comprehensive List of the Products Subject to Compulsory Assessment (Confirmation) within the Framework of the Customs Union with the Issuance of Uniform Documents Concerning the Products Being the Subject Matter of Technical Regulation under the Technical Regulations of the Customs Union "On the Safety of Foodstuffs"

Order of the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation No. 50 of May 7, 2013 on putting into force in Russia one more international financial reporting standard document, "Investment Entities" (amendments to IFRS 10, IFRS 12 and IAS 27)

The Standard of the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation and the IFRS Foundation No. 50n of May 7, 2013 "Investment Entities (Amendments to IFRS 10, IFRS 12 and IAS 27)" - these amendments concerning the financial statements of businesses will become effective for compulsory use from the annual periods starting January 1, 2014, and for voluntary application from their publication

Order of the Federal Financial Markets Service No. 13-21/pz-n of March 26, 2013 on the endorsement of the Administrative Rules for the Federal Financial Markets Service to Provide the State Service of Registering Rules for the Trust Management of a Mortgage Collateral. Conditions and procedure are defined for the Service to register trust management rules on applications of the credit and commercial entities holding appropriate licences

Order of the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation No. 3n of January 11, 2013 on endorsing the Administrative Rules for the Federal Service for Fiscal Supervision to Carry out the State Function of External Monitoring of the Quality of Operation of the Audit Organisations Defined by the Federal Law on Auditing. It is concerning the organisations which audit financial statements of certain entities, like credit organisations, credit referencing offices, companies being professional participants in the securities market, insurance and clearing firms, non-state pension funds, investment companies and trusts etc.

Letter of the Federal Tax Service No. ED-4-3/11038@ of June 19, 2013 on the Data Required for the Calculation of Mining Tax on Oil for the Month of May 2013. Due to oil price growth tax rate had increased as compared with the preceding tax period. The data applicable to the month of April 2013 are available in Letter of the Federal Tax Service No. ED-4-3/8998@ of May 20, 2013

Order of the Federal Security Service No. 675 of December 25, 2012 on Endorsing the Administrative Rules for the Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation to Carry out the State Function of Exercising State Control in the Area of Conservation of Maritime Biological Resources - the rules apply to the operation of the Service's border-guard bodies in the inland sea waters, territorial sea, exclusive economic zone and continental shelf of Russia, the Sea of Azov, the Caspian Sea and high seas

Order of the Ministry of Transport of the Russian Federation No. 170 of May 6, 2013 on Endorsing the Administrative Rules for the Federal Air Transport Agency to Provide the State Service of State Registration of Rights to Aircraft and Transactions Involving Aircraft

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 516 of June 20, 2013 on Amending the Rules for Filing Notices of Commencement of Specific Kinds of Entrepreneurial Activities and for Keeping Record of Said Notices - it concerns the production of the various foodstuffs, animal feeds and personal protection means

Order of the Federal Financial Monitoring Service No. 101 of April 26, 2013 on the modification of the procedure for the organisations involved in transactions in amounts of money and other property to transmit electronic messages to the Service in line of countering money laundering and the financing of terrorism, as well as the forms of such messages

Order of the Social Insurance Fund of the Russian Federation No. 202 of June 13, 2013 - the electronic document exchange for the purposes of social insurance is modified. Procedure for making compulsory payments towards insurance for temporary disability, maternity, on-the-job accidents and occupational diseases is affected

Decision of the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation No. 14-P of June 25, 2013 on compensation for breach of the right to completion of legal proceedings within a reasonable term in criminal cases where no suspect or accused is identified. A compensation application filed by an aggrieved person in such case may be dismissed if all due measures had been taken in the preliminary investigation to timely identify suspects (accused). The legislator is to update the procedure and conditions for filing such applications

Order of the Federal Service for Defence Orders No. 27 of March 12, 2013 on the rules for the Service to consider complaints against actions (omissions) occurring when orders being are placed

Order of the Federal Financial Markets Service No. 13-16/pz-n of March 6, 2013 - a list of the documents which are to be preserved by insurers and appropriate procedures and requirements pertaining thereto are provided

Oder of the Federal Anti-Monopoly Service and the Ministry of Energy of the Russian Federation No. 313/13/225 of April 30, 2013 defining the conditions on which the prices of petroleum products sold by an entity dominating the market are not deemed monopolistic high

Decision of the Board of the Eurasian Economic Commission No. 143 of June 25, 2013 - a special duty, effective from the date of official publication of the decision through March 14, 2016, is introduced on grain harvesters and modules thereof brought into the single customs territory of the Customs Union

Decision of the Board of the Eurasian Economic Commission No. 139 of June 25, 2013 on Amending the Comprehensive Commodity Classification for Foreign Economic Activities of the Customs Union and the Uniform Customs Tariff of the Customs Union in Respect of Specific Types of Merchandise - the rates of duty on a broad range of goods are reduced, effective from September 1, 2013

Decision of the Board of the Eurasian Economic Commission No. 138 of June 25, 2013 on Establishing the Rates of Import Customs Duties of the Uniform Customs Tariff of the Customs Union on Some Types of Merchandise in Keeping with the Obligations of the Russian Federation within the Framework of the WTO and on Approving a Draft Decision of the Council of the Eurasian Economic Commission

Order of the Federal Financial Markets Service № 13-24/pz-n of March 28, 2013 on endorsing administrative rules for the Service to provide the state service of issuing a permit to acquire the status of self-regulating organisation of professional participants on the securities market

Information of the Federal Service on Alcohol Market Regulation of June 25, 2013 on the Declaration of Low-Alcohol Products (Cider, Poire and Mead)