27 november 2008

Government meeting press release (November 27, 2008)

The Government of the Russian Federation at its meeting on November 27, 2008 made the following decisions on the items on its agenda.

1. On measures to improve the situation in the sphere of economics and finance

The Government of the Russian Federation has instructed:

-the heads of the executive power bodies in conjunction with the organizations concerned to take measures to implement the main provisions contained in the speech by the Chairman of the Government of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin to the 10th Congress of the United Russia political party held on November 20, 2008;
-the Ministry of Economic Development in conjunction with the executive power bodies concerned to introduce the relevant adjustments to the Plan of Actions aimed at improving the situation in the financial sector and in some sectors of the economy and submit the Plan to the Government of the Russian Federation within a week.

2. On the results of federal budget implementation in 9 months of 2008

The Government of the Russian Federation has approved a report on the implementation of the federal budget in the 9 months of 2008 and has instructed that it be sent to the houses of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation and the Audit Chamber of the Russian Federation.
The Government of the Russian Federation has instructed:

- the federal executive power bodies in charge of disposing of the federal budget assets to submit to the Finance Ministry within a week, if necessary, proposals on redistributing budget allocations between 2008 and the plan period of 2009 and 2010 accompanied by corresponding documents on introducing amendments to the aggregate budget itemization and the limits of budgetary commitments for 2008 and for the plan period 2009 and 2010;
- the Finance Ministry of Russia submit corresponding proposals to the Government of the Russian Federation before December 15, 2008;
- the Finance Ministry, in conjunction with the federal executive power bodies concerned, the Bank of Russia and organizations to monitor targeted use of federal budget assets allocated to finance measures to support the financial market and the sectors of the Russian economy and report back the results to the Government of the Russian Federation.

3. On the effective use of budgetary allocations from the Investment Fund of the Russian Federation

The Government of the Russian Federation has instructed:

-the Ministry of Regions, the Ministry of Economic Development, the Ministry of Industry and Trade, the Ministry of Transport and the Finance Ministry in conjunction with the executive power bodies concerned to analyze the progress of investment projects being implemented with government support out of the budget allocations from the Investment Fund of the Russian Federation and submit to the Government of the Russian Federation before December 15, 2008 proposals on optimizing the list of projects with due account of available financial resources, the effectiveness of the implementation of the said projects, the amount of co-financing by the regions of the Russian Federation and private investors;
- the Ministry of Regions, the Ministry of Economic Development, the Ministry of Health and Social Development in conjunction with the power bodies concerned to prepare proposals on concentrating the financial resources of the Investment Fund of the Russian Federation for the purpose of examining and adopting decisions on priorities in financing new projects that are at an advanced stage of implementation as well as the projects underway in the regions where problems may arise due to the change of workforce employment structure. Corresponding proposals shall be submitted to the Government of the Russian Federation before December 5, 2008;
-the Ministry of Regions, the Ministry of Economic Development and the Finance Ministry in conjunction with the federal power bodies concerned to prepare a draft decree of the Government of the Russian Federation on introducing amendments to the Rules of the Formation and Use of Budgetary Allocations out of the Investment Fund of the Russian Federation with particular attention to improving the procedure of selecting investment projects and submit the same to the Government of the Russian Federation within two weeks.

4. On introducing amendments to Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation of December 7, 2001 No.866

The Government of the Russian Federation has adopted a draft decree on the above issue.

5. On presenting to the President of the Russian Federation proposals on signing an agreement on the Secretariat of the Customs Union Commission

The Government of the Russian Federation has adopted a draft decree on the above issue.

6. On signing an agreement on the terms and mechanism of the application of tariff quotas

The Government of the Russian Federation has adopted a draft executive order on the above issue.

7. On signing a Protocol on the terms and procedure of application, in exceptional cases of import customs duty rates different from the rates of the Single Customs Tariff

The Government of the Russian Federation has adopted a draft executive order on the above issue.

8. On signing the Protocol on granting tariff benefits

The Government of the Russian Federation has adopted a draft executive order on the above issue.

9. On signing the Protocol on the integrated system of Customs Union tariff preferences

The Government of the Russian Federation has adopted a draft executive order on the above issue.

10. On signing an Agreement on the procedure of declaring the customs value of the goods moving across the customs border of the Customs Union

The Government of the Russian Federation has adopted a draft executive order on the above issue.

11. On signing an Agreement on the procedure of verifying proper determination of the customs value of the goods moved across the customs border of the Customs Union

The Government of the Russian Federation has adopted a draft executive order on the above issue.

The Government of the Russian Federation has instructed:

-The Federal Customs Service, the Finance Ministry, the FSB, the Ministry of Economic Development to take measures to improve customs administration, to rule out possible contraband and understatement of the customs value of goods imported, and report the results to the Government of the Russian Federation in the first quarter of 2009;
-The Foreign Ministry, the Federal Customs Service to step up international cooperation with the countries of the Commonwealth of Independent States, the European Union and the Asia Pacific Region on control of the customs value of goods and submit the relevant information to the Government of the Russian Federation in the first quarter of 2009;
-The Ministry of Economic Development, the Federal Customs Service, Rosgranitsa, the FSB to submit to the Government of the Russian Federation in the first quarter of 2009 proposals on bringing the places of customs clearance of goods closer to the state border of the Russian Federation.

12. On signing the Agreement between the Russian Federation and the European Bank of Reconstruction and Development on the Loan to Finance the Reconstruction of Water Supply and Environmental Protection System of the city of Kaliningrad (a component of central heating supply).

The Government of the Russian Federation has adopted a draft decree on the above issue.

13. On draft federal law On the Ratification of the Convention between the Government of the Russian Federation and the Government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela on avoiding double taxation and preventing evasion of income and capital taxes.

The Government of the Russian Federation has approved the draft federal law On the Ratification of the Convention between the Government of the Russian Federation and the Government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela on avoiding double taxation and preventing evasion of income and capital taxes and has decided to submit it to the State Duma.

14. On annulment of the enactments of the Government of the Russian Federation because the organizing committees have fulfilled the tasks and functions with which they had been charged.

The Government of the Russian Federation has adopted a draft executive order on the above issue.

December 1, 2008
Moscow

*Decisions on the items on the agenda are made with due account of the remarks and proposals expressed at the Government meeting and are issued as official documents of the Government of the Russian Federation