PRESS RELEASE*
The Government Presidium of the Russian Federation, at its August 23, 2011 meeting, adopted the following decisions for the items on its agenda:
1. Progress in the implementation of the Federal Budget in the first half of 2011
The Government has approved the report on the issue and will submit it to the State Duma, the Federation Council and the Audit Chamber.
2. Concerning certain aspects of state regulation of the financial market in the Russian Federation
The Government has adopted the draft resolution on the above issue.
3. Submitting to the President of the Russian Federation for subsequent introduction for ratification the Agreement between the Russian Federation and the Republic of South Ossetia on Cooperation and Mutual Assistance in Customs Affairs
The Government has adopted the draft resolution on the above issue.
4. Signing the protocol for introducing amendments to The Agreement on the Procedure of Payment and Collection of Export Customs Duties (Other Equivalent Duties, Taxes and Levies), when Exporting from the Territory of the Republic of Belarus beyond the limits of the Customs Area of the Customs Union, of Crude Oil and Certain Categories of Petroleum Goods, dated December 9, 2010
The Government has adopted the draft resolution on the above issue, within discussion.
5. Signing the Treaty on Interaction between Authorised Currency Control Bodies of the Member States of the Agreement on Coordinated Principles of Currency Policy, dated December 9, 2010
The Government has adopted the draft resolution on the above issue.
6. Draft Federal Law On Introducing Amendments to Article 5 of the Federal Law On Introducing Amendments to the Budget Code of the Russian Federation Concerning the Regulation of Budget Process and Harmonising with the Budget Legislation of the Russian Federation of Certain Legislative Acts of the Russian Federation and the Federal Law On Introducing Amendments to the Budget Code of the Russian Federation and Other Legislative Acts of the Russian Federation
The Government has approved the draft federal law and will submit it to the State Duma.
7. Introducing amendments to certain acts of the Government of the Russian Federation
The Government has adopted the draft resolution on the above issue.
8. Introducing amendments to the Statute on the Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation
The Government has adopted the draft resolution on the above issue.
9. Introducing amendments to certain acts of the Government of the Russian Federation
The Government has adopted the draft resolution on the above issue.
10. Concerning the annulment of Subparagraph 5.6.3 of the Statute on the Ministry of Agriculture
The Government has adopted the draft resolution on the above issue.
* Decisions on the items on the agenda are taken with due account of the remarks and proposals made at the Government meeting and are issued as official documents of the Government of the Russian Federation.
