At the meeting, the commission members approved in principle the proposals of the Ministry of Economic Development aimed at cutting the list of products subject to mandatory certification and the list of products for which compliance is documented in a declaration, which were approved by Government Resolution No. 982 of December 1, 2009.

Currently, pursuant to said resolution, there are 2,340 types of products for which compliance must be documented. Of these, 1,076 (46%) must have a certificate of compliance and the compliance of the remaining 1,264 types of products (54%) is documented in a declaration.

The commission voted to task the Ministry of Industry and Trade and the Ministry of Economic Development with drafting proposals on further cuts to said lists and with preparing their proposals for consideration by the subcommission on technical regulation and preventing violations of intellectual property rights.

The commission has instructed the Ministry of Industry and Trade to draft by July 1, 2010 a government resolution on amending Government Resolution No. 982 of December 1, 2009, "Approving the Single List of Products that Must Be Certified and the Single List of Products For Which Compliance Is Documented in a Declaration of Compliance."

It is expected that these efforts will cut the list of products that must be certified in half.

The commission has also approved proposals on improving government management of customs administration of high-tech exports in order to encourage companies' innovative work and to stimulate non-commodity exports.

The measures planned in this sphere require that the following documents and actions be formalised:
• An exhaustive list of documents needed for the customs clearance of high-tech products that are exempt from customs duties;
• Cutting to four hours the time required for the customs clearance of duty-free high-tech products governed by the regulations on export and the temporary movement of products out of the country;
• Prohibiting customs authorities from demanding additional documents and information for customs clearance of products governed by export regulations;
• The one-time provision of statutory and other documents, which certify the legal capacity of the individual, to the customs agency authorised to accept customs declarations.

These decisions will take effect on July 1, 2010, simultaneously with the enactment of the Customs Code of the Customs Union of Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan.

In addition, the commission approved the following actions:
• Specifying the list of duty-free high-tech products subject to simplified administrative procedures during their export;
• Prohibiting customs agencies from demanding information about the customs value of products exempted from export duties if they are subject to the regulations on the temporary movement of such products out of the country.

It is also necessary to streamline the procedure for currency control during the export of non-commodity products exempted from customs duties, including by:
• Prohibiting the customs authorities from requesting the transaction certificate for deals worth less than $20,000 in rouble equivalent for the purposes of registering currency transactions;
• Prohibiting the customs authorities from requesting transaction certificates for the declaration of products, while upholding the requirement that the number of the transaction certificate be entered in the customs declaration;
• Organising the electronic transfer of transaction certificates in real time from authorised banks to the Federal Customs Service.

It has also been proposed that the Code of Administrative Offences be amended to reduce punishments for minor breaches of the requirements on transferring revenue from the export of products to bank accounts, and to approve a scale of possible sanctions.

The implementation of these measures will create a clear legal basis for simplifying the customs clearance of high-tech export products.

The Ministry of Economic Development reported to the commission on the progress in implementing Government Resolution No. 478 of June 15, 2009 on the information and reference support service for people and organisations that interact with executive agencies and local government bodies over the Internet.

The consolidated register of federal government and municipal services (functions) on the integrated web portal includes information on 362 federal government services (functions) and 530 services (functions) provided by regional executive bodies. The register includes comprehensive information on the services (functions) provided by the Federal Agency for State Property Management and the Federal Agency for Water Resources.

The commission reviewed the paid services provided by federal executive bodies, including those for which a state fee is charged. Most agencies submitted the lists of paid services provided by subordinate organisations as well as information on other organisations hired to provide government services.

The Ministry of Economic Development set up an interdepartmental working group to review this information and to develop proposals to improve paid government services, including those subject to a state fee.

New methods of calculating payment rates for government services will be considered at a government meeting in May 2010, as required by Government Resolution No. 984 of December 2, 2009 on the paid services provided by organisations within the framework of federal government services.

The commission approved the general schedule for the preparation of regulatory acts to improve government supervisory and regulatory policies and government services in the sphere of healthcare, social security, disease control and the consumer market.

The Ministry of Healthcare and Social Development prepared a draft plan to implement the decisions taken at the meeting held by Prime Minister Vladimir Putin on March 2, 2010.

The draft plan calls for the Ministry of Healthcare and Social Development, the Ministry of Economic Development and other relevant federal government bodies to develop seven draft federal laws and six draft government resolutions. This new legislation will facilitate the implementation of the government decisions to replace licensing requirements for new businesses with a requirement that they submit a notification to regional government bodies. This applies to the pharmaceutical industry, healthcare, medical equipment manufacturing and servicing, as well as the manufacture of prosthetic and orthopaedic devices. The new legislation will also reduce the number of consumer goods that require health and epidemiological certificates, which are to be replaced by compliance certificates.