The following issues are scheduled for discussion at the May 14, 2010 Meeting of the Presidium of the Government of the Russian Federation:
1. Improvement of government administration in the North Caucasus Federal District
The draft resolution On Improvement of Government Administration in the North Caucasus Federal District has been prepared by Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation, Plenipotentiary Representative of the President of the Russian Federation to the North Caucasus Federal District, Alexander Khloponin
The draft resolution has been prepared to ensure effective government administration in the North Caucasus Federal District and envisages the creation on the territory of the district of a special system of governance in the framework of the federal executive bodies under the supervision of the Government of the Russian Federation
The draft resolution proposes:
- to name the Regional Development Ministry as the authorised federal executive body that coordinates the activities of federal executive bodies and the territorial branches in developing and implementing the measures aimed at sustained social and economic development of the North Caucasus Federal District;
- to establish a new procedure for appointing and dismissing executives, approving the structure of territorial federal executive bodies, the staff chart and the scheme of the location of the territorial bodies by agreement with the Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation in charge of coordinating the activities of the federal executive bodies in the North Caucasus Federal District;
introduce amendments to:
- the standard regulations on the interaction of federal executive bodies;
- the Statute on the Regional Development Ministry of the Russian Federation;
- the standard regulations on internal organization of federal executive bodies.
If adopted, the resolution will ensure effective coordination by the Government of the Russian Federation of the exercise of administrative and managerial functions and the making of key decisions, increase the personal responsibility of the heads of territorial federal executive bodies under the jurisdiction of the Government of the Russian Federation in the North Caucasus Federal District, ensure timely and proper fulfillment of the decisions of the President and the Government of the Russian Federation and accelerate the handling of paperwork by the federal executive bodies.
2. The current state of the machine-tool industry and measures to develop it
The materials on the issue have been submitted by the Trade and Industry Ministry jointly with the Economic Development Ministry, the Finance Ministry, the Defence Ministry and the State Corporation Rostekhnologii
The machine-tool industry comprises: the 46 key producers that manufacture metal-cutting machine tools, 25 forge and press equipment producers, 29 cutting, measuring, fitting and assembly tool producers, as well as seven research institutes, and 45 industry design offices. In 2009 the industry employed 96,000 workers, of whom 68,000 were engaged in the production of metal-cutting equipment and machine-tools, according to Rosstat.
Machine tool production accounts for 0.1% of GDP and 0.18% of industrial output, its share in machine building is 2.3%.
The machine-tool industry is one of the key industries that create basic assets. Its technical status goes a long way to determine the level of economic development in general. The machine-tool industry creates the technological equipment which accounts for the main share of the active part of basic production assets in machine-building and metal working, in the first place in strategically important sectors of industry, it thus determines the level of productive forces in society, is one of the main components of scientific and technological progress and the level of material and labour consumption in the country's economy.
Machine-tool building everywhere in the world is noted for its low profit margins, which deters potential investors. In developed countries machine-tool building is supported by the state because it is interested in the development of science-intensive sectors, ensuring technological independence which in turn is the basis of defence capability. In addition to developed countries (Japan, Germany, Italy, the US) China, India and Brazil are rapidly developing their production, investing heavily in the creation of an independent technological base.
The production of machine tools registered another big fall in 2009. The cost of products delivered in 2009 (in comparable prices) amounted to 60% of the 2008 level. The biggest drop has been in the production of machine tools. During 2009 a mere 1774 metal cutting machine tools (36.6% of the 2008 level), 1094 forging and press machines (39.8%), 1700 woodworking machine tools (41.2%), and 36,000 electrical welding kits (41.0%) were produced.
The share of export is fairly high: 35.5% in 2008 and 44.2% in 2009. This shows that some Russian machines and tools are competitive. About 50% of the Russian export of machine tools goes to the CIS countries.
The machine-tool market is among the markets most dependent on imports. In 2008 the machine tool industry depended on imports for 82.5% of products, and in 2009 the figure was 85.9%. The largest quantity of machine-tools is imported into Russia from Germany, China and Italy, the three countries which between them accounted for about 55% of total Russian imports in 2008. 65% of imported equipment are multipurpose types of equipment which have analogues manufactured in Russia. The share of modern machine tools and digital controlled presses is only 25%.
To stimulate the development of the sector, the Trade and Industry Ministry, after consultations with the Economic Development Ministry, the Finance Ministry, the Education and Science Ministry and the State Corporation Rostekhnologii, has submitted a draft plan of measures to develop the machine-tool industry in 2010-2011.
The plan comprises eight measures aimed at stimulating investment and innovation activities of the enterprises, boosting demand for machine tools, the development of the sector's export potential, etc.
3. Draft Federal Law On Introducing an Amendment to Article 71 of the Law of the Russian Federation On the Status of Judges in the Russian Federation
The draft law has been submitted by the Justice Ministry.
The draft law is aimed at implementing the Ruling of the Constitution Court of the Russian Federation in the case on assessing the constitutionality of Article 71 of the Law of the Russian Federation On the Status of Judges of the Russian Federation, Part 1 of Article 1, Part 3 of Article 8 and Article 297 of the Criminal Procedural Code of the Russian Federation.
The above Ruling declares unconstitutional Article 71 of the Law of the Russian Federation On the Status of Judges in the Russian Federation in that it allows a retired judge whose powers have been terminated upon the expiry of the initial term and who has not been appointed to the same position for an indefinite period, to administer justice as a Federal Court judge.
Under the draft law a retired judge may be engaged in administering justice in the capacity of a judge only if he has served as a judge for not less than ten years and is an Honorary Judge under Article 11 of the Federal Constitutional Law on the Justice System in the Russian Federation.
4. Draft Federal Law On Introducing Amendments to Certain Legislative Acts of the Russian Federation as Part of Improvement of Control and Supervisory Functions and Optimisation of the Delivery of Government Services In the Education Sphere
The draft federal law has been submitted by the Education and Science Ministry.
The draft law is aimed at improving the procedures of licencing education activities, state accreditation of education institutions and research organizations, confirmation of education documents, documents on scientific degrees and academic ranks, their greater transparency and effectiveness, reducing the administrative barriers and costs for applicants and liquidating conditions for unfair competition and corruption.
The part of the draft law dealing with licencing of education activities stipulates:
- a ban on the conduct of expert examination in licencing educational activities;
- a ban on the payment by the applicant of the cost of expert examination while preserving state duty for the actions of authorised licencing bodies;
- granting of an indefinite licence for education activities; the issue of permits for the implementation of new educational programmes, professional training programmes, educational activities in a new branch or at a new address of education activities not indicated in the supplement to the document confirming the licence by renewing the document confirming the possession of a licence;
- reducing the time of making a decision on granting or withholding a licence to 45 days;
- the possibility of interaction between the licence seeker and the licencing agency including the submission by the licence seeker of the application and the necessary documents by electronic means;
- interaction during the consideration of the issue of granting a licence between the licencing agency and other executive bodies to obtain the necessary opinions and confirmation of the data submitted by the licence seeker (licencee);
- the conduct by the licencing agency of a scheduled on-site check of compliance by the licencee with the licence requirements and terms a year after the licence has been granted;
- putting in order the system of measures taken when violations of licence requirements or education legislation of the Russian Federation is exposed.
The draft law, in its part dealing with licencing, has been developed with due account of the special features of licencing education activities, which makes it necessary to include in the laws of the Russian Federation on the licencing of certain types of activities the provisions envisaging special features of licencing of educational activities by federal laws regulating the relations in the sphere of education.
The part dealing with the state accreditation of education institutions and research organizations envisages the following:
- a more precise definition of the aim and object of state accreditation, establishment (confirmation) of the government status of an education institution, confirmation of the quality of education provided by the education institution or a research organisation;
- expert examination by accreditation agencies with the participation of independent experts who meet qualification requirements;
- state accreditation of the main professional educational programmes implemented by the education institution or a research organisation divided into large groups of areas of training and specialities to which education programmes are referred (with due account of the level of education and the qualification (degree) it leads to);
- a ban on the compensation by the applicant of the cost of state accreditation while preserving the state duty for the issue and renewal of state accreditation certificate and (or) supplement to the state accreditation certificate differentiated by type of education institution (levels of educational programmes);
- allowing interaction between the applicant and the accreditation agency, including the submission by the applicant of the application and the necessary documents by electronic means;
- the formation, upkeep and use by accreditation agencies of federal and regional state accreditation information systems;
- educational institutions and research organisations may obtain public (public-professional) accreditation with Russian, foreign and international educational, scientific, non-governmental and other organisations. Information on public accreditation is taken into account by the accreditation agencies in the process of state accreditation.
Amendments introduced under the law to education legislation concerning confirmation of education documents, scientific degrees and academic ranks are as follows:
- ruling out expert examination of the document submitted for confirmation;
- a ban on the compensation by the applicant for the cost of confirming the document with the charge of state duty for providing an apostille, with the cost incurred by the Federal Budget for the delivery of the state service to be reimbursed;
- making the availability of the state service for confirming education documents, documents of scientific degrees and academic ranks more accessible geographically by delegating the said authority to the executive bodies of the constitutional entities of the Russian Federation;
- the formation and upkeep by the federal executive education control and supervisory body, of a federal register of standard documents on education, scientific degrees and academic ranks ensuring retrieval of information on the documents submitted for confirmation and the federal database on apostilles submitted.
The draft law will also streamline legislation on the confirmation of documents on education, scientific degrees and academic ranks by including in the law On Education a new article, 271, introducing amendments to Articles 28 and 281 of the said law as well as Articles 23 and 24 of the Federal Law On Higher and Post-Graduate Professional Education.
Because monitoring the quality of education is closely connected with issues of state accreditation, the draft law introduces amendments to Article 38 of the law On Education aimed at improving supervision of compliance with legislation in the field of education and control of the quality of education as well as the system of measures taken when corresponding violations are revealed. The draft law stipulates that the relations arising in the course of supervision and control in the education sphere are covered by the provisions of the Federal Law On Protecting the Rights of Legal Entities and Individual Entrepreneurs in the Process of State Control (Supervision) and Municipal Control.
The draft law also introduces amendments to Article 19.20 of the Code of the Russian Federation on Administrative Offences aimed at enhancing the responsibility of licencees for compliance with the licence requirements.
In addition, the draft law envisages amendments to Article 33333 of the Tax Code of the Russian Federation to define more precisely the licencing-related actions of the authorised bodies, for which actions state duty is charged, as well as introducing state duty for the actions of authorised agencies connected with state accreditation of education institutions and research organisations.
In connection with the proposed measures to improve the control and supervisory functions and delivery of state services in the field of education, the draft law introduces amendments to Articles 28 and 281 of the Law On Education and Article 24 of the Federal Law On Higher and Post-Graduate Professional Education to update the corresponding powers of the Russian Federation, including those delegated to the executive bodies of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation as well as the procedure of funding the delegated authorities. Financial support for the authorities delegated to the executive bodies of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation, with the exception of the authority to confirm documents on education, scientific degrees and academic ranks, is provided by subventions from the Federal Budget and by state duty connected with the exercise of delegated authorities which is entered in the budgets of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation. The delegated powers to confirm documents on education, scientific degrees and academic ranks are financed from the proceeds from the payment of the corresponding state duty connected with the delivery of delegated services entered in the budgets of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation in accordance with the Budget Code of the Russian Federation.
For the purpose of creating legal grounds for the implementation of the proposed procedure of financing the authorities of the Russian Federation delegated to the executive bodies of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation, in terms of the possibility of entering in the budget of the constituent entity of the Russian Federation of state duty for the performance of corresponding legally significant actions, the draft law envisages corresponding amendments to Clause 2, Article 56 of the Budget Code of the Russian Federation and Clause 7 of Article 263 of the Federal Law on the General Principles of Organisation of Legislative (Representative) and Executive Power Bodies of the Constituent Entities of the Russian Federation.
Under the draft law the amendments introduced are to come into force as of January 1, 2011. Article 8 of the draft law contains provisions that contribute to an orderly transition to a new procedure of the regulation, control and supervisory activities, including the procedure of renewing current licences and state accreditation certificates.
The adoption of the Federal Law would involve additional outlays from the Federal Budget to finance the exercise of the function of the federal executive body for the control and supervision in the education sphere and the powers of the Russian Federation delegated to the executive bodies of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation:
- for licencing education activities (effective licence control required to ensure compliance with licence requirements and terms);
- state accreditation of education institutions and research organisations (as regards accreditation tests and the introduction of information systems);
- confirmation of documents on education, scientific degrees and academic ranks and provision of an apostille for such documents, the formation and maintenance of a federal register of state documents on education, scientific degree and academic ranks and the federal data base on apostilles provided.
The Federal Budget costs are to be financed by the state duty for the performance of legally significant actions.
5. Draft Federal Law On Introducing Amendments to Certain Legislative Acts of the Russian Federation Concerning the Size And Procedure For Delivering Subsidies of the Cost of Holidays And Health Facilities For the Children of Servicemen And Employees of Some Federal Executive Bodies
The draft Federal Law has been submitted by the Finance Ministry.
In accordance with the Federal Law on the Status of Servicemen (Para 5, Clause 4, Article 16) servicemen under contract were entitled to subsidies of the cost of having their school age children in recreation and holiday facilities only if such subsidies could not be provided out of the Social Insurance Fund of the Russian Federation. Similar provisions are contained in the federal laws affecting servicemen of interior affairs bodies and customs agencies. The size of payment was established depending on the cost of accommodation of the children of ensured citizens at health facilities established by the Federal Law on the Budget of the Social Insurance Fund for the corresponding year.
The Federal Law No.213-FZ of July 24, 2009 excludes from insurance coverage under mandatory social insurance the payment for accommodation at sanatoria and holiday resorts of workers and members of their families. That means that beginning from 2010 the cost of accommodation at children's sanatoria and holiday facilities is not fixed by the Social Insurance Fund of the Russian Federation.
Accordingly, the size of the payments referred to above may not be determined under established procedure and the provisions of the said federal laws do not fully correspond to current legislation.
The draft law updates the size and procedure for providing said payments to servicemen and employees and brings the corresponding provisions of federal laws in line with current legislation.
6. Draft Federal Law On Introducing an Amendment to Article 150, Part 2 of the Tax Code of the Russian Federation
7. The Financial Contribution of the Russian Federation to the Implementation of the World Bank Initiative on South-South Knowledge Exchange
8. Submitting to the President of the Russian Federation a proposal on signing the Agreement on the Establishment and Application In the Customs Union of a Procedure for Entering and Distribution of Import Customs Duties (and other similar taxes and levies)
The draft resolution has been submitted by the Finance Ministry.
The draft resolution approves the submitted draft Agreement and recommends submitting it to the President of the Russian Federation for the purpose of signing.
The draft agreement has been developed in accordance with the Action Plan for the Formation of the Customs Union within the Eurasian Economic Community.
The aim of the Agreement is to determine the procedure for entering into accounts and distribution between the Republic of Belarus, the Republic of Kazakhstan and the Russian Federation of the sums of import duties which become payable on goods brought into the customs territory of the Customs Union as of the effective date of the procedure for entering and distributing import customs duties established by the Agreement in accordance with a decision of the Customs Union Commission.
Under the Agreement, import customs duties are to be entered in the national currency in the single account of the authorised agency of the Party in which they are payable in accordance with the customs legislation of the Customs Union. The authorised agency is the government agency of the Party that provides cash services of the implementation of that Party's budget.
The norms of the distribution of the sums of import customs duties for each Party are to be as follows: the Republic of Belarus, 4.7%; the Republic of Kazakhstan, 7.33%; the Russian Federation, 87.97%.
The agreement is subject to ratification in accordance with Subclause "a", Clause 1, Article 15 of the Federal Law On International Treaties of the Russian Federation.
9. Submitting to the President of the Russian Federation a proposal on signing the Treaty on the Basic Principles of Criminal and Administrative Liability for Violating the Customs Legislation of the Customs Union and the Member States of the Customs Union
The draft resolution has been submitted by the Federal Customs Service of Russia.
The draft resolution would approve the draft Treaty on the Basic Principles of Criminal and Administrative Liability for Violating Customs Legislation of the Customs Union and the Member States of the Customs Union and would submit to the President of the Russian Federation a proposal on signing the same.
The draft Treaty has been developed for the purpose of implementing the Treaty On the Creation of the Common Customs Territory and the Customs Union and the Treaty on the Customs Code of the Customs Union.
The draft Treaty lays down the principles and procedure of the criminal and administrative punishment for violating the customs legislation of the Customs Union and the legislation of the member states of the Customs Union, with which compliance is monitored by the Customs Agencies, makes it incumbent on the member states of the Customs Union to take measures to introduce amendments to the legislation of the Parties envisaging criminal and administrative liability for violating the customs legislation of the Customs Union and the laws of the Parties and to harmonise the definition of the illegality of such actions.
10. Submitting to the President of the Russian Federation a proposal on signing the Agreement Between the Member States of the Customs Union on Legal Assistance and Interaction of Customs Agencies on Criminal Cases and Administrative Offence Cases
The draft resolution has been submitted by the Federal Customs Service of Russia.
The draft resolution would approve the draft Agreement Between the Member States of the Customs Union on Legal Assistance and the Interaction of Customs Bodies on Criminal Cases and Administrative Offences and would submit to the President of the Russian Federation a proposal on signing the same.
The draft Agreement has been developed for the purpose of cooperation among the customs agencies of the member states of the Customs Union in combating violations of the customs legislation of the Customs Union and the legislation of the member states of the Customs Union which carry administrative or criminal liability.
The draft Agreement determines the forms of interaction, the scopes of authority of the customs agencies in sending queries and instructions on criminal and administrative offences with due account of the special features of criminal and administrative process. The draft Agreement envisages a more effective and simple procedure of interaction among the customs bodies compared with the Convention on Legal Assistance and Legal Relations on Civil, Family and Criminal Cases of January 22, 1993 and other international legal acts concluded by the CIS countries as well as recognition of the documents received as evidence in the process of interaction.
11. Signing the Agreement on Mutual Administrative Assistance Between the Customs Agencies of the Member States of the Customs Union
The draft executive order to the effect has been submitted by the Federal Customs Service of Russia.
The draft executive order would approve the draft Agreement, previously agreed with Belarusian and Kazakhstan, on mutual administrative assistance of the customs agencies of the member states of the Customs Union and recommends signing the said Agreement at a meeting of the Interstate Council of the Eurasian Economic Community at the level of heads of government.
The draft agreement has been developed pursuant to Chapter 17 of the Customs Code of the Customs Union and determines the principles of exchange of information that contributes to compliance with the customs legislation of the Customs Union and the legislation of the member states of the Customs Union, harmonising certain forms of customs control on the instructions of the customs agency of another member state of the Customs Union as well as mutual recognition of the decisions made by the customs agencies of the member states of the Customs Union.
12. Signing the Agreement on Requirements to the Exchange of Information Between Customs and Other Government Bodies of the Member States of the Customs Union
The draft executive order has been submitted by the Federal Customs Service of Russia.
The draft Agreement has been developed in accordance with the Action Plan to introduce the Customs Code of the Customs Union approved by decision of the interstate EurAsEC Council and is based on the provisions of the Treaty on the Customs Code of the Customs Union.
The draft Agreement has been developed for the purpose of creating a legal framework for exchange of information between the customs agencies of the member states of the Customs Union as well as between the customs agencies of one member state of the Customs Union and the other government bodies of another member state of the Customs Union.
The Agreement is to be signed at the next meeting of the Interstate Council of the Eurasian Economic Community at the level of heads of government on May 21, 2010.
13. Signing the Agreement On the Provision and Exchange of Advance Information On the Goods and Transport Means Moved Across the Customs Border of the Customs Union
The draft executive order has been submitted by the Federal Tax Service of Russia.
The draft Agreement On the Provision and Exchange of Advance Information on the Goods and Transport Means Moved Across the Customs Border of the Customs Union is based on the provisions of the Treaty on the Customs Code of the Customs Union and the Framework Standards of Security and World Trade Facilitation of the World Trade Organization.
The draft Agreement sets the procedure, terms and timeframe of the provision of the customs agencies of the member states of the Customs Union with advance information on the goods to be moved across the customs border, the transport means carrying such goods, the time and place of arrival of goods in the customs territory of the Customs Union or leaving such territory as well as determining the concrete actions of customs officials when receiving advance information.
14. Signing the Agreement Between the Government of the Republic of Belarus, the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan and the Government of the Russian Federation On Specific Features of Customs Transit of Goods Moved by Rail Through the Customs Territory of the Customs Union
The draft executive order has been submitted by the Federal Customs Service of Russia.
The draft Agreement on Specific Features of Customs Transit of Goods Moved by Rail Across the Customs Territory of the Customs Union has been developed in accordance with the list of measures to implement the Action Plan to form the legal framework of the Customs Union within the Eurasian Economic Community.
The Agreement determines the specific features of customs transit of goods carried by rail across the customs territory of the Customs Union and does not cover the legal relations arising from the movement of goods and vehicles by individuals for their personal use. The Agreement uses the terms of the Agreement on International Goods Traffic by Railway of November 1, 1951.
The Agreement is to be signed at the next meeting of the Interstate Council of the Eurasian Economic Community at the level of heads of government on May 21, 2010.
15. Signing the Agreement On the Grounds, Terms and Procedure for Changing the Deadlines For the Payment of Customs Duties
The draft has been submitted by the Federal Customs Service of Russia.
The draft Agreement on the Grounds, Terms and Procedure for Changing the Deadlines for the Payment of Customs Duties has been developed in accordance with the list of measures to implement the Action Plan to form the legal basis of the Customs Union within the Eurasian Economic Community to ensure coordinated policies in calculation and payment of customs duties.
The Agreement determines the grounds, terms and procedure of changing the deadlines for the payment of customs duties in the form of deferment or instalment payment, with lump sum or installment payment by the payer of the deferred (phased) sum respectively.
The Agreement names the customs agencies authorised to decide on granting deferment or an instalment plan for the payment of customs duties, the deadlines for decisions and the information contained therein.
The Agreement determines the time periods of deferments or instalment plan of the payment of customs duties as well as the procedure of calculating and paying interest on the sums of the customs duty for which the deadline has been changed.
The Agreement is to be signed at the next meeting of the Interstate Council of the Eurasian Economic Community at the level of heads of government on May 21, 2010.
16. The Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation
17. Introducing amendments to the Statute on the Federal Service for the Regulation of the Alcohol Market approved under Government Resolution No.154 of February 24, 2009 On the Federal Service for the Regulation of the Alcohol Market
The draft resolution has been submitted by Federal Service for the Regulation of the Alcohol Market (Rosalkogolregulirovaniye).
At present Rosalkogolregulirovaniye is the authorised federal executive body in the sphere of the production and sale of ethylated alcohol, alcoholic and alcohol-containing products.
In accordance with Subclause "c", Clause 4 of the Decree of the President of the Russian Federation On the System and Structure of Federal Executive Bodies, the Federal Supervision Service has no right to manage state property and render pay services in the said sphere. This provision is contained in Clause 7 of the Regulations which state that Rosalkogolregulirovaniye has no right to exercise state property management functions in the said sphere of activity unless otherwise provided for by the decrees of the President of the Russian Federation and the resolutions of the Government of the Russian Federation.
At the same time, in order to fulfill its functions and to coordinate the activities of the organizations in the field of production and marketing of ethylated alcohol, alcoholic and alcohol-containing products, the Federal Service for the Regulation of the Alcohol Market must have authorisation to manage state property.
Such authorisation is also necessary to exercise the functions of commissioning, on behalf of the state, of work to develop and modernise the software for the Unified State Automated Information System of Registering the Volume of Production and Sale of Ethylated Alcohol, Alcoholic and Alcohol-Containing Products and the Proper Maintenance of the Unified State Automated Information System of the Volume and Turnover of Ethylated Alcohol, Alcoholic and Alcohol-Containing Products.
On the strength of the above, corresponding amendments have been prepared to the Statute On the Federal Service for the Regulation of the Alcohol Market.
In addition, under Article 5 of the Federal Law On State Regulation of the Production and Sale of Ethylated Alcohol, Alcoholic and Alcohol-Containing Products, approving (clearance) of the technical specifications in the field of production and sale of ethylated alcohol, alcoholic and alcohol-containing products is within the scope of authority of state power bodies of the Russian Federation in the field of production and sale of ethylated alcohol, alcoholic and alcohol-containing products.
The function of approving (clearing) the said technical specifications has up until now been performed by the Federal Agriculture Agency.
After reorganisation of that agency, the above functions have not been assigned to any federal executive body.
Proceeding from the above, the Federal Service for the Regulation of the Alcohol Market deems it necessary to submit amendments to the Statute on the Federal Service for the Regulation of the Alcohol Market that would vest the Service with the powers to manage the state property, to designate Rosalkogolregulirovaniye in the Statute as the federal executive body that coordinates the activities of organisations in the sector and the functions of approving the technical specifications in the production and sale of ethylated alcohol, alcoholic and alcohol-containing products.
18. The issue to the Government of the Chechen Republic of State Housing Certificates to be distributed among citizens who have lost their homes as a result of the earthquake on the territory of the Chechen Republic on October 11, 2008
19. Allocation to the Government of the Karachayevo-Circassian Republic of assets from the Reserve Fund of the Government of the Russian Federation for the Prevention and Liquidation of Emergency Situations and the Consequences of Natural Disasters for the purpose of eliminating the consequences of the torrential rains on the territory of the Karachayevo-Circassian Republic in August, 2009
20. Allocation to the Government of the Ulyanovsk Region and the federal executive bodies of money from the Reserve Fund of the Government of the Russian Federation for the Prevention and Liquidation of Emergency Situations and the Consequences of Natural Disasters for the purpose of eliminating the consequences of the fire and explosions at the Russian Defence Ministry's Federal Unitary Enterprise 31 Arsenal on November 13, 2009
Moscow, May 13, 2010
* Press releases by the Department of Press Service and Information contain the materials submitted by the executive federal bodies for discussion by the Presidium of the Government of the Russian Federation.