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 ANNEX I  
Table 1: Exchange Restrictions on Current Currency Operations  
 
(Based on the information received from the International Monetary Fund with regard to the IMF Executive 
Board meeting of 2 May 2003 to conduct the 2003 Article IV Consultation with the Russian Federation) 
 
Background The Russian Federation accepted the oblig ations of Article VIII, Sections 2, 3, and 
4 of the IMF Articles of Agreement with effect from 1 June 1996. Since then, 
however, the Russian authorities have imposed a number of exchange measures that are subject to approval under Article VIII because they give rise to exchange 
restrictions on the making of payments and transfers for current international 
transactions and/or multiple currency pr actices. Most of these measures were 
imposed in August 1998, in order to stem capital flight and stabilize the exchange 
rate in the wake of the financial crisis. Over time, the scope and impact of these 
restrictions have been reduced, and a nu mber have been eliminated altogether. 
 
The Russian authorities recently submitted a new draft Foreign Exchange Law to 
parliament. If adopted in its current form , this law would open the capital account 
significantly, and IMF staff expects that this would have a positive effect on 
economic performance and trade. Fund staff will monitor developments in order to 
advise the authorities and the Board on the implications of the new law and related regulations with regard to exchange restrictions and multiple currency practices.  
Remaining exchange 
restrictions Russia’s exchange restrictions  subject to approval under Article VIII of the Fund’s 
Articles are as follows: 
 Conversion operations th rough non-residents’ S accounts. These are special 
accounts for non-residents used for GK O-OFZ-related transactions. Before 
balances arising from such transactions can be repatriated, funds have to be 
transferred to a non-interest bearing tran sit account for a fixed period. As a result, 
the repatriation of interest earnings and other current pr oceeds from GKO/OFZ 
investments would be made with delay and at unfavourable terms. 
Repatriation restrictions on ruble balances of non-residents not participating in the 
GKO/OFZ novation. The rules governing th e repatriation of ruble balances are 
similar to those described above with respect to the S-accounts. They apply to ruble 
balances arising from GKO/OFZ investments, which matured before 31 December 
1998.  Restrictions on advance import payments. The authorities do not freely permit the 
making of all advance payments that are required under valid import contracts.  
Use of a more depreciated exchange rate  for repatriation of S-account balances. 
Non-residents who participated in the GKO/OFZ novation are allowed to repatriate 
part of the proceeds by purc hasing foreign currency in sp ecial auctions arranged by 
the CBR at a depreciated exchange rate.  Restrictions on non-residents’ N-accounts. These are non-resident bank accounts 
used for trade and some bond-related tran sactions. Existing restrictions limit the 
ability of non-residents to effect m oderate amounts of amortization from the 
proceeds of bond transactions.  WT/ACC/SPEC/RUS/25/Rev.3 
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 Economic significance The above remaining exchange restrictions and multiple currency practices subject 
to approval under Article VIII of the Fund’s Articles affe ct relatively few 
transactions, and do not have a signifi cant impact on the ba lance of payments: 
 
1. The limits on repatriation of interest payments affect modest amounts as the 
stocks in these accounts have declined, while the holding period has also been 
reduced.  
 
2. The percentage of deposits that is required for advance payments on imports 
has been reduced to 20 per cent and applies to advance payments of more than 90 days. This affects only a small percentage of payments.   
 
3. The number of special auctions that give rise to the multiple currency practice 
has been reduced and they affect rela tively modest amounts (several million 
dollars in the recent auctions, with a premium of under 1 per cent).  
IMF Executive Board 
discussion Under Fund policy, the Executive Board generally may approve exchange 
restrictions and multiple currency practices if it is satisfied that they are imposed for balance of payments reasons, are not discriminatory, and their use will be 
temporary while the member is seeking to eliminate the need for them (i.e. 
including a timeframe for removal).  
The Executive Board did not grant approval of the exchange restrictions and/or 
multiple currency practices listed above when it concluded the 2003 Article IV consultation with the Russian Federation on 2 May 2003. In fact, the Executive 
Board, in concluding the consultation, encouraged the Russian authorities to 
remove the remaining exchange restrictions and multiple currency practices subject to Article VIII. The Executive Board welcomed the new legislative proposals to 
liberalize foreign exchange transactions and urged the authorities to ensure that a 
strengthening of the financial system and better enforcement of prudential norms go 
hand in hand with liberalization. It considered that, in the current environment of 
sizable capital inflows, the authorities should avoid introducing new controls. 
 
 
 
  
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 Table 2:  Progress in Privatization of Enterprises of State  
and Municipal Ownership Within 1993-2001  
 
Year 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 
No. of privatized 
enterprises of 
state and 
municipal 
ownership 42,924 21,905 10,152 4,997 2,743 2,129 1,536 2,274 2,287 
Including those by the form of property 
Federal 7,063 5,685 1,875 928 374 264 104 170 125 
Subjects of the 
Russian 
Federation  9,521 5,112 1,317 715 548 321 298 274 231 
Municipal 26,340 11,108 6,960 3,354 1,821 1,544 1134 1830 1,931 
 
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 Table 3:  Progress in Privatization of Enterprises of State 
 
and Municipal Ownership Concerning Specific Areas of Activity Within 1993-2001  
 
Area of activity 1993-2001 
Industry 
- electric energy 21,915 
194 
Agricultural Sector 1,842 
Transport  
- railway  
- auto road  - pipeline  
- maritime transport 
- internal waterways  - air transport  
- loading, unloading and expeditious services 3,242 
57 
2,529 
5 
44 
104 
67 
93 
Communications  Construction  
Wholesale trade 
Retail  trade 
Public catering Housing and related services  
Services to the population  
Health care and other types of social care  Public education  
Culture and art  
Science  Other areas of economy 206 
8,182 
1,653 
25,505 
5,137 3,037 
1,940 
356 278 
331 
654 
16,669 
Total 90,947 
Source : Annual Report On Development of State sector of Economy in the Russian Federation in 2001, 
Goskomstat. 
 
 
Table 3.1  Figures on Methods of Priva tization of Federal Property in 2000  
Number of shares packages of Fede ral property enterprises sold 320 
On auction 248 
On particularized auction 13 
On tender 32 
In other ways 27 
US$11 billion.  WT/ACC/SPEC/RUS/25/Rev.3 
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 Table 3.2:  Volume of Production of Goods and Services,   
produced by State-Owned Enterp rises in specific areas in 2000  
2000  
Share of production by state enterprises in total volume of 
production (goods and services), produced in a sector of economy, 
% 
Industry 10.1 
Agriculture 13.6 
Communication services  14.9 
Construction 10.6 
Retail trade 2.3 
Catering 10.0 
Services, offered to the population 16.0 
In that number: 
Services of passenger transport 40.4 
Communication services 7.7 
Consumer services 2.4 
Culture services 1.7 
Health services 4.1 
Education services 13.6 
Printing 52.5 
 
 
Table 3.3:  Most Important Types of Agricultural Products Produced by  
State-Owned Enterprises in Specific Areas in 2000  
Products Share of production by state enterprises in total volume of 
production by agriculture enterprises, % 
Grain 6.9 
Sugar beet (factory) 4.1 
Oil-bearing crops 4.2 
    Including sunflower 3.6 
Potatoes 11.8 
Vegetables 13.6 
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 Table 4:  List of Goods and Services for Internal Consumption for Which Prices are 
 
Regulated by the Government of the Russ ian Federation and Federal Executive Bodies  
 
 
HS code/ 
CPC Description of goods and 
services Regulating body Principles of setting of the 
prices 
271121 Natural gas (excluding as sold 
to the population) The Federal Energy Commission 
271111 
271129 
 Accompanying oil gas and 
stripped dry gas, casing-head 
gas (sold to gas processing 
plants for further processing), liquefied gas for household 
needs (excluding as sold to the 
population) The Ministry of Economic 
Development and Trade of the 
Russian Federation on 
agreement with the Ministry of Energy and the Ministry of 
Finance of the Russian 
Federation Setting of fixed prices of 
the limit level  
2844 Nuclear fuel cycle products  The Ministry of Industry and 
Power Engineering of the 
Russian Federation2  
271600 Electric power and heat po wer the Federal Service for Tariffs  Fixed tariffs or their limit 
levels 
9301 
9307 871000 Products for defence purposes The Ministry of Economic 
Development and Trade of the Russian Federation 
 Setting of fixed or 
approximate prices 
7101- 
7103 
 Raw diamonds and precious 
stones The Ministry of Finance of the 
Russian Federation on 
agreement with the Federal 
Service for Tariffs of the 
Russian Federation Setting of the fixed price 
9021 Prosthetic and orthopedic 
appliances The Federal Service for Tariffs 
on submission of the Ministry o Health and Social Development 
and the Ministry of Finance of 
the Russian Federation  Setting of the profitability 
limit level 
2208 Vodka, liquor products and 
other alcohol products 
stronger than 28 proof, 
produced in the territory of the Russian Federation or 
imported into the customs 
territory of the Russian Federation. The Federal Service for Tariffs 
on submission of the Ministry of 
Agriculture of the Russian 
Federation Setting of the minimum 
price 
2208 Ethyl alcohol from raw 
eatables produced on the 
territory of the Russian Federation The Federal Service for Tariffs 
on submission of the ministry of 
Agriculture of the Russian Federation Setting of the minimum 
price 
7131 Transportation of crude oil 
and oil derivatives by trunk 
pipelines the Federal Service for Tariffs  Setting of the maximum 
limit level 
7112 
741 Transportation of cargoes, 
railway loading and unloading operations The Federal Service for Tariffs Setting of tariffs and fees 
for loading and unloading services 
                                                      
2 Amendments were introduced pursuant to Decr ee of the President of the Russian Federation of 
9 March 2004 No. 314 introducing changes to the syst em, structure and competen ce of the Federal Executive 
Bodies.  WT/ACC/SPEC/RUS/25/Rev.3 
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 HS code/ 
CPC Description of goods and 
services Regulating body Principles of setting of the 
prices 
71111 7112 Transportation of passengers, 
baggage, cargoes and mail by 
railway transport (except 
suburban traffic) The Federal Service for Tariffs Setting of tariffs and fees 
for loading and unloading 
services 
741 Loading and unloading 
operations in ports, port duties The Federal Service for Tariffs 
on submission of the Ministry of 
Transport of the Russian 
Federation Setting of the coefficient 
limit of raising of tariffs or 
profitability limit level 
745 Charges for passage through 
internal waterways by vessels flying foreign flags The Ministry of Transport of the 
Russian Federation on agreement with The Ministry of 
Finance of the Russian 
Federation Setting of the coefficient 
limit of raising of tariffs or profitability limit level 
74610 74110 
4190 Aircraft, passengers and 
cargoes services in airports The Federal Service for Tariffs   Setting of the coefficient 
limit of raising of tariffs or 
profitability limit level 
74590 Ice-breaking fleet service The Federal Service for Tariffs 
on submission of the Ministry of Transport of the Russian 
Federation and on agreement 
with the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation  Setting of the coefficient 
limit of raising of tariffs or profitability limit level 
74620 Aeronavigation services of 
aircraft on the routes and on 
airfields The Ministry of Transport of the 
Russian Federation  Setting of the coefficient 
limit of raising of tariffs or 
profitability limit level 
7511 
752 7524 Certain postal and electronic 
communication services, communication services in 
respect of broadcasting of 
programmes of Russian state TV and radio organizations The Federal Service for Tariffs  Setting of a fixed tariff  
75111 
75112 Domestic postal items: letters, 
post cards, parcels (only for 
State Post office) The Federal Service for Tariffs  Setting of a fixed tariff 
7522 
75232 Domestic telegram (only for 
State Post office) The Federal Service for Tariffs  Setting of a fixed tariff 
75211 Provision of a local telephone 
link (connection) to registered 
subscribers The Federal Service for Tariffs  Setting of a fixed tariff 
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 Table 5: List of Goods and Services for Internal Consumption for Which Prices are 
 
Regulated by the Government of the Russia n Federation and Sub-Fe deral Executive Bodies  
 
 
HS code/ 
CPC Description of goods and 
services Regulating body Principles of setting of the 
prices 
271112 Natural gas distributed to the 
population and building cooperative societies The Executive Bodies of the 
Subjects of the Russian Federation 
271111 Liquiefied gas distributed to 
the population for household 
purposes (except gas to refuel motor vehicles) The Executive Bodies of the 
Subjects of the Russian 
Federation 
271600 Electric power and heat 
power (exept for thermal 
energy, produced by the 
organizations and supplying it 
to the wholesale market)  
 Regional Power Commissions 
on agreement with the Federal 
Energy Commission 
 Premium to a price (extra 
charges), fixed by organisations, carrying out 
regulated activity and who 
should provide of the retail (consumer's) markets of 
electric energy with suppliers 
of energy.  Regional Power Commissions 
2701 
2704 Solid fuel, furnace fuel for 
household use and kerosene 
distributed to the population The Executive Bodies of the 
Subjects of the Russian 
Federation Setting of fixed prices or 
their limit level 
3001- 3006 Mercantile markups on prices 
for medicines and goods of medical designation The Executive Bodies of the 
Subjects of the Russian Federation Setting of the amount of 
mercantile mark-ups 
931 933 Social services supplied to 
the population of the Russian 
Federation The Executive Bodies of the 
Subjects of the Russian 
Federation Setting of the amount limit 
of the mercantile mark-ups 
931 933 Social services guaranteed by 
the State and supplied to elderly citizens and invalids 
of the Russian Federation The Executive Bodies of the 
Subjects of the Russian Federation  
71211 Transportation of passengers 
and baggage by all types of public transport, including 
urban, subway and suburban 
transport (except railway transport) The Executive Bodies of the 
Subjects of the Russian Federation Setting of tariffs and fees 
for loading and unloading operations 
9703 Funeral services The Executive Bodies of the 
Subjects of the Russian 
Federation 
9401 18000 Water supply and sewage 
systems services The Executive Bodies of the 
Subjects of the Russian Federation 
82101 
82201 Payments for public utilities 
by the population The Executive Bodies of the 
Subjects of the Russian 
Federation Determining the amount of 
mercantile mark-ups 
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 Table 6:  List of Services for Internal Consumption for Which the  
Sub-Federal Executive Bodies Have the Right to Introduce  
Regional Regulations Over Prices (tariffs) and Markups  
  
CPC Description of goods and 
services Regulating body Principles of setting of the 
prices 
622 Marketing and 
mercantile markups on 
prices for products and 
commodities distributed in the Far North areas or 
territories of equivalent 
status with limited cargo delivery periods The Executive Bodies of the 
Subjects of the Russian 
Federation 
6310 642 Markups for products 
(commodities), 
distributed to public catering enterprises 
affiliated with secondary 
schools, vocational schools, secondary 
specialized and higher 
educational institutions The Executive Bodies of the 
Subjects of the Russian 
Federation Setting of the amount limit 
of the mercantile mark-ups 
6222 Mercantile markups for 
baby food (including 
food concentrates) The Executive Bodies of the 
Subjects of the Russian 
Federation Setting of the profitability 
limit level  
71112 Transportation of 
passengers and baggage 
by suburban railway transport (upon 
agreement with the 
Ministry of Railways of the Russian Federation), 
and provided that the 
losses resulting from tariff regulation are 
reimbursed from the 
respective budget of the 
subjects of the Russian 
Federation The Executive Bodies of the 
Subjects of the Russian 
Federation on agreement with the Ministry of Railway 
Transport of the Russian 
Federation 
71213 71221 Transportation of 
passengers and baggage by motor transport along 
intra-regional and 
inter-regional routes (inter-republican routes 
within the Russian 
Federation), including 
taxi The Executive Bodies of the 
Subjects of the Russian Federation 
731 
7221 Local transportation of 
passengers and baggage 
by local airlines and river transport The Executive Bodies of the 
Subjects of the Russian 
Federation Setting of the tariffs and 
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 CPC Description of goods and 
services Regulating body Principles of setting of the 
prices 
7211 7212 
7221 
7222 731 
732 Transportation of 
cargoes, passengers and 
baggage by sea, river and 
air transport in the Far North areas and the 
territories of equivalent 
status The Executive Bodies of the 
Subjects of the Russian 
Federation Setting of tariffs and fees 
for loading and unloading 
operations 
7113 
741 Services rendered on 
branch lines by 
enterprises of the 
industrial railway transport and other 
subjects (except for the 
organisations of the federal railway transport) The Executive Bodies of the 
Subjects of the Russian 
Federation Setting of the coefficient 
limit of raising of tariffs or 
limit level 
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 Table 7:  Licensing Fees Structure for Purchase, Storage,  
Supplies, Exportation and Importation of Ethyl Alcohol and  
Alcoholic Products and  Alcohol-Containing Products  
 
Types of Activity Licence fees 
(in minimum wages) Equivalent in Rubles 
Purchase, storage and exports of ethyl 
alcohol and alcoholic products 500 50,000 
Exportation of alcohol products 100 or 500 10,000 or 50,000 
Importation, storage and supplies of ethyl 
alcohol and alcoholic products, alcohol-containing products.    1,000 or 15,000 100,000 or 1,500,000 
 
 
Table 8:  Tariff Structure  
 
Tariff rate (per cent) Number of tariff items 
0 46 
5 3,989 
10 1,890 
15 3,120 
20 1,824 
25 108 
30 5 
above 30 93 
  
Table 9:  Tabulation of the Trade Weighted Average Customs Tariff Rates
 
 
Year Percentage 
1995 16.0 
1996 17.7 
1997 13.3 
1998 12.8 
1999 11.7 
2000 11.4 
2001 11.1 
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Table 10:  Fees and Charges for Customs Services  Rendered Related to Im portation or Exportation 
 
Description of Se rvice Rendered/ 
Purpose of Fees Rate Applied 
Customs charge for customs clearance 0.1 per ce nt of the customs value of the goods in 
Rubles 
Additional customs charge for customs clearance 0.05 per cent of the customs value of goods in 
foreign currency  
Customs charges for cust oms escort of goods 
a) for each motor and rail way vehicle utilized either 
for the transportation of goods or which moves under its own power to be used as a commodity  
- for a distance up to 50 km 
- for a distance from 50 to 100 km - for a distance from100 to 200 km 
- for a distance over 200 km 
  
b) for each sea, river or air craft  
 
  
-  2,000 Rubles 
-  3,000 Rubles -  4,000 Rubles 
-  1,000 Rubles for every 100 km, but not less than 
6,000 Rubles 
 
-  20,000 Rubles irrespective of the haul distance 
 
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 Table 11(a):  Port Fees used in Commercial Seaports of  
the Russian Federation by Group of Vessels  
 
Group of 
vessels Vessels and floating facilities 
A Foreign-going cargo vessels and facilities,  including non-self propelled ones.  
B Coastal-traffic cargo vesse ls and facilities, including non-self propelled ones. 
C Foreign-going inter-port ferries. Foreign-going passenger ships.  
D Coastal-traffic inter-port ferrie s. Coastal-traffic passenger sh ips. Ice breakers not operated 
day-to-day or rented by port sea administration (or seaport administration). 
E Lighters on board the lighter-aboard ship; warships; hospital ships; sports vessels; private 
yachts; technical vessels used for deepening wo rks in ports; vessels of local port fleet, 
shipyards or ASPTR/LRN; ice breakers operated day-to-day by port sea administration (or seaport administration) and not rented by them.  
F Transit vessels; vessels touching at a port forcedly, for damage repairs, quarantine needs or 
custom house and frontier formalities, as well as  the vessels undergoing performance trial.  
G Service vessels; research ships; surveying vessels.  
H Fishing and other vessels of a fish industry department.  
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 Table 11(b): Port Fees used in Commercial Seaports of the Russian Federation
 
 
Port US$ Port US$ 
1. Tonnage  
Shall be collected for 1 cubic meter of vessel conventio nal capacity, separately for each fetching into the port 
and sailing from it.  
Black Sea – Sea of Azov basin 
Novorossiysk 0.270 Taganrog 0.140 
Sochi 0.285 Tuapse 0.250 
  Other ports 0.184 
Baltic basin  
Vyborg 0.200 Kaliningrad 0.170 
Vysotsk  0.220 Other ports 0.210 
Saint Petersburg  0.240   
North basin  
Arkhangelsk  0.230 Naryan-Mar 0.240 
Amderma  0.218 Onega 0.216 
Kandalaksha  0.216 Tiksi 0.216 
Mezen  0.216 Kh atanga 0.216 
Murmansk  0.230 Other ports 0.216 
Arctic and Far East basin  
Anadyr  0.175 Pevek 0.175 
Aleksandrovsk-in-Sakhalin  0.279 Provideniya 0.210 
Beringovskiy  0.175 Petropavlovsk-Ka
mchatsky 0.175 
Boshnyakovo  0.234 Poronaysk  0.248 
Vladivistok  0.223 Posyet 0.205 
Vostochny  0.223 Uglegorsk  0.234 
Vanino  0.210 Ust-Kamchatsk  0.175 
Korsakov  0.220 Kholmsk   0.223 
Krasnogorsk  0.225 Shakhtyorsk  0.234 
Magadan  0.175 Egvekinot  0.265 
Nakhodka  0.223 Other ports  0.175 
Nakhodka (oil harbor) 0.223   
Nikolaevsk-on-Amur  0.225   
Caspian basin  
Makhachkala 0.150 Other ports  0.112 
Astrakhan (Olya) 0.120   
2. Beaconage  
Shall be collected for 1 cubic meter of vessel conventional capacity upon each fetching into the port and its 
transit passing.   Exempted from the light dues are vesse ls calling for refuge to perform an emergency repair and the vessels of 
group "D". Vessels of groups "E" and "G" are exempt ed from the beaconage dues  unless they perform cargo 
handling and operations of commercial nature at the port.  
Black Sea – Sea of Azov basin 
Novorossiysk 0.025 Taganrog 0.025 
Sochi 0.025 Tuapse 0.025 
  Other ports 0.025 
Baltic basin 
Vyborg 0.025 Kaliningrad 0.025 
Vysotsk 0.025 Other ports 0.025 
Saint Petersburg 0.025   
North basin 
Arkhangelsk 0.025 Naryan-Mar 0.025 
Amderma 0.025 Onega 0.025  WT/ACC/SPEC/RUS/25/Rev.3 
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 Port US$ Port US$ 
Kandalaksha 0.025 Tiksi 0.025 
Mezen 0.025 Kh atanga 0.025 
Murmansk 0.025 Other ports 0.025 
Arctic and Far East basins 
Anadyr 0.025 Pevek 0.025 
Aleksandrovsk-in-Sakhalin 0.025 Provideniya 0.025 
Beringovskiy 0.025 Petro-pavlovsk-Ka
mchatskiy 0.025 
Boshnyakovo 0.025 Poronaysk 0.025 
Vladivostok 0.025 Posyet 0.025 
Vostochny 0.025 Uglegorsk 0.025 
Vanino 0.025 Ust-Kamchatsk 0.025 
Korsakov 0.025 Kholmsk 0.025 
Krasnogorsk 0.025 Shakhtyorsk 0.025 
Magadan 0.025 Egvekinot 0.025 
Nakhodka 0.025 Other ports 0.025 
Nakhodka (oil harbor) 0.025   
Nikolaevsk-on-Amur  0.025   
Caspian basin 
Makhachkala 0.025 Other ports 0.025 
Astrakhan 0.025   
3. Canal dues  
Shall be collected for 1 cubic meter of vessel conventiona l capacity upon each pass of canal in one direction.  
Black Sea – Sea of Azov basin 
Taganrog 0.072 Tuapse 0.009 
Sea of Azov – Don River Canal  0.216   
Baltic basin 
Kaliningrad 0.075 Saint Petersburg 0.070 
Vyborg 0.045   
Vysotsk 0.025   
North basin 
Arkhangelsk 0.196 Naryan-Mar 0.299 
Mezen 0.159 Onega 0.299 
Far East basin 
Vostochny  0.011 Nikolaevsk-on-Am
ur 0.050 
Kholmsk 0.011   
Caspian basin 
Volga River – Caspian Sea Canal   Makhachkala 0.016 
Astrakhan 0.790   
Astrakhan (Olya) 0.480   
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Group A, B or H vessels Group C, D, E, F 
or G vessels 
Port for vessel being 
alongside, with 
load handling 
operations  
carried out 
 
US$ for all other cases 
 
US$ US$ 
4. Wharfage  
Shall be collected for 1 cubic meter of vessel conventional capacity for each day of vessel being alongside. 
The wharfage dues are collected from vessels staying alongside the berth. For the vessels of groups "A", "B" 
and "H" wharfage dues are charged per 1 m3 of the conventional volume of the vessel for each day of the 
vessel' s stay alongside the berth. The time of stay at a berth is rounded off upward to one-half of the day. 
For the vessels of groups "C", "D", "E", "F" and "G" berth dues are charged per 1m3 of the conventional 
volume for each call. 
Black Sea – Sea of Azov basin 
Novorossiysk  
- for bulk-carriers  0.0022 0.0007 0.0044 
- for tankers 0.0045 0.0015  
Sochi 0.0220 0.0070 0.0044 
Taganrog 0.0063 0.0021 0.0044 
Tuapse  
- for bulk-carriers 0.0021 0.0007 0.0044 
- for tankers  0.0042 0.0014  
Other ports 0.0040 0.0014 0.0044 
Baltic basin 
Vyborg 0.0051 0.0017 0.0040 
Vysotsk 0.0056 0.0019 0.0040 
Kaliningrad 0.0070 0.0023 0.0040 
Saint Petersburg 0.0031 0.0010 0.0040 
Other ports 0.0040 0.0013 0.0040 
North basin 
Arkhangelsk 0.0062 0.0021 0.0050 
Kandalaksha 0.0180 0.0060 0.0050 
Murmansk 0.0049 0.0016 0.0050 
Naryan-Mar 0.0156 0.0052 0.0050 
Tiksi 0.0072 0.0024 0.0050 
Other ports 0.0100 0.0033 0.0050 
Arctic and Far East basins 
Anadyr 0.0079 0.0027 0.0070 
Vanino 0.0046 0.0015 0.0060 
Vladivostok 0.0054 0.0018 0.0060 
Vostochny 0.0130 0.0043 0.0060 
Korsakov 0.0190 0.0063 0.0060 
Magadan 0.0056 0.0018 0.0070 
Nakhodka 0.0049 0.0016 0.0060 
Nakhodka (oil harbor) 0.0148 0.0049 0.0060 
Nikolaevsk-on-Amur 0.0184 0.0061 0.0060 
Pevek 0.0113 0.0038 0.0070 
Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy 0.0121 0.0040 0.0070 
Posyet 0.0113 0.0038 0.0060 
Provideniya 0.0068 0.0024 0.0070 
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 Group A, B or H vessels Group C, D, E, F 
or G vessels 
Port for vessel being 
alongside, with 
load handling 
operations  
carried out 
 
US$ for all other cases 
 
US$ US$ 
Egvekinot 0.0103 0.0034 0.0070 
Other ports 0.0097 0.0032 0.0060 
Caspian basin 
Astrakhan 0.0220 0.0070 0.0044 
Makhachkala 0.0156 0.0052 0.0050 
Other ports 0.0146 0.0048 0.0044 
5. Anchor dues  
Shall be collected for 1 cubic meter of vessel conventiona l capacity for each hour of anchorage in the outer or 
inner harbor in excess of 12 hours. Incomplete hour of anchorage shall be considered as a complete hour of 
anchorage.      
Black Sea – Sea of Azov basin 
Novorossiysk 0.0001 Taganrog 0.0001 
Sochi 0.0001 Tuapse 0.0001 
  Other ports 0.0001 
Baltic basin 
Vyborg 0.0001 Kaliningrad 0.0001 
Vysotsk 0.0001 Other ports 0.0001 
Saint Petersburg 0.0001   
North basin 
Arkhangelsk 0.0001 Naryan-Mar 0.0001 
Amderma 0.0001 Onega 0.0001 
Kandalaksha 0.0001 Tiksi 0.0001 
Mezen 0.0001 Khatanga 0.0001 
Murmansk 0.0001 Other ports 0.0001 
Arctic and Far East basins 
Anadyr 0.0001 Pevek 0.0001 
Aleksandrovsk-in-Sakhalin 0.0001 Provideniya 0.0001 
Beringovskiy 0.0001 Petropavlovsk-Ka
mchatskiy 0.0001 
Boshnyakovo 0.0001 Poronaysk 0.0001 
Vladivostok 0.0001 Posyet 0.0001 
Vostochny 0.0001 Uglegorsk 0.0001 
Vanino 0.0001 Ust-Kamchatsk 0.0001 
Krasnogorsk 0.0001 Kholmsk 0.0001 
Magadan 0.0001 Shakhtyorsk 0.0001 
Nakhodka 0.0001 Egvekinot 0.0001 
Nakhodka (oil harbor) 0.0001 Other ports 0.0001 
Nikolaevsk-on-Amur 0.0001   
Caspian basin 
Makhachkala 0.0001 Other ports 0.0001 
Astrakhan 0.0001   
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 Table 12:  State Duties Related to Imports and Exports
 
Service rendered/type of Fees and Charges Rates applied3 
For committing notary actions by the notaries of the 
state notary's offices or by  official persons of the 
executive power bodies, the bodies of local self-government and of the consular institutions 
authorised for this and also for their compiling the 
drafts of the documents and issuing the copies and duplicates of the documents, the state duty shall be 
levied in the following amounts:  
1. for the attestation of ag reements the subject of 
which is subject to evaluation 1.5 per cent of the value of the agreement but at 
least 50 per cent of the minimal wage 
2. for the attestation of agency agreements 0.5 pe r cent of the amount of  obligation undertaken 
but at least 30 per cent of the minimal wage 
3. for the certification of other warrants 20 per cent  of the minimum wage  
4. for effecting a captain's protest 15-fold minimum wage  
5. for testifying to the correctness of a document's 
translation from one language into another 10 per cent of the minimum wage per 1 page of  the 
document's translation 
6. for accepting in deposit of moneys and  securitie s  0.5 per cent of accepted monetary sum and the 
value of securities 
7. for testifying to the correctness of the copies of 
other documents and of the extracts from 
documents 1 per cent  of the minimum wage per 1 page 
8. for testifying to the authenticity of the signature: 
-  on applications and on other documents  (with the exception of the bank cards)  
-  on bank cards (from every person and on every 
document)  
 5 per cent of the minimum wage  
 
1 minimum wage  
9. for the issue of duplicates of the documents, kept 
in the cases of the state notary's offices, executive 
power bodies and consular institutions 50 per cent  of the minimum wage  
10. for the performance of the technical work  of 
preparation of the above documents (print, editing, check of texts)  two per cent of the minimal wage per page 
 
                                                      
3  As of 1 May 2002, the minimum wage was  roughly US$14.50  
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Rates applied (US$) Documents and acts, for which  
consular fees are collected CIS countries and Baltic countries  Other countries 
Fees for certification and notarization of documents  
For certification of each document 3 30 
Power of attorney notarization  
For power of attorney authorizing the use and 
command of property, including motor vehicles, as 
well as carrying out the lending operations:  6 60 
For confirming other powers claimed by an 
individual 2 20 
For notarization of:  
Agreements subject to evaluation: 5% of the amount specified in the agreement, but no less 
than US$1.  5 % of the amount specified in the agreement, but no 
less than US$10.  
For authentication of signature: 1 10 
For authentication of copies of instruments and extracts from instruments  1.5 15 
For authentication of photostats:  6 
For issuing the extracts from, or copies of, 
instruments kept in the files of consular offices 
(for one page) 1.5 15 
 If less than one page of text of an extract from, or a copy 
of, instrument is issued, the collected fee shall correspond 
to the same for a full page.  Minimum fee for this act: 
30 
For making an executive inscription 2% of the collected amount, but no less than  US$0.5. 2% of the collected amount, but no le ss than  US$5.  
 For processing the documents 
certifying the fact of 
purchasing the motor vehicles 
or motorcycles 1% of value of the given 
transport facility 
assessed by mercantile 
business,  but no less than US$10.  Translation with simultaneous notarization of its 
correctness for each page: 
   For translations from foreign 
languages into Russian 20 
   For translations from Russian 
into foreign languages 35  
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consular fees are collected CIS countries and Baltic countries  Other countries 
   For certification of 
correctness of a translation 
made without participation of 
consular office for each page 15 
   For typing the documents 5 
Consulage for consular service of sea- and air-craft  
 Executing the protest by 
master 5 Executing the protest by 
master 50 
 Issuing the certificate of 
loading or unloading operations with a vessel flying 
a foreign flag, as well as 
certifying other shipping documents 10 Issuing the certificate of 
loading or unloading operations with a vessel 
flying a foreign flag, as well 
as certifying other shipping documents 100 
 Issuing the temporary 
certificate confirming the right 
to fly a flag of the Russian Federation or ownership of 
vessel 15 Issuing the temporary 
certificate confirming the 
right to fly a flag of the Russian Federation or 
ownership of vessel 150 
 Prolongation of the term of 
validity of vessel documents and processing the logbooks 3 Prolongation of the term of 
validity of vessel documents and processing the logbooks 30 
 Notarization of various 
certificates and applications; 
issuing the cargo certificate; 
adding crew Members to a crew list, or removing them 
from it 3 Notarization of various 
certificates and applications; 
issuing the cargo certificate; 
adding crew Members to a crew list, or removing them 
from it 30 
 Gluing the additional sheets in 
crew list or logbook 2 Gluing the additional sheets 
in crew list or logbook 20 
 Notarization of sanitary 
certificate 3 Notarization of sanitary 
certificate 30 
 Executing a protocol of 
salvaging the wrecked or 
stolen vessel 2.5 Executing a protocol of 
salvaging the wrecked or 
stolen vessel 25 
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 Table 14: Excise Taxes  
(rates come in force from 1 January 2005 by virtue of the Federal Law No. 86-FZ) 
Types of excisable goods Tax rate 
1.  Ethyl alcohol made of all types of raw ma terials  19 Rubles 50 Kopeks per 1 litre of 
absolute ethyl 
2.  Alcohol products of volume fraction of ethyl alcohol over 25 
per cent (except for wines) and alcohol containing products 146 Rubles per 1 litre of absolute ethyl 
alcohol contained in excisable goods 
3.  Alcohol products of volume fraction of ethyl alcohol from 9 
to 25 per cent inclusive (except for wines) 108 Rubles per 1 litre of absolute ethyl 
alcohol contained in excisable goods 
4.  Alcohol products of volume fraction of ethyl alcohol up to 9 
per cent inclusive (except for wines) 76 Rubles per 1 litre of absolute ethyl 
alcohol contained in excisable goods 
6.  Champagne and sparkling wines 10 Rubles 50 Kopeks per 1 litre 
8.  Natural wines (except for sparkling and champagne) 2 Rubles 20 Kopeks per 1 litre 
9.  Wines (except for natural wines, natural non-traditional 
and/or non-fortified, natura l non-traditional non-fortified 
wines,) 95Rubles per litre of absolute ethyl 
alcohol contained in excisable goods 
10.  Beer with normative (standard) volume of fraction of ethyl 
alcohol up 0,5 per cent inclusive 0 Ruble per 1 litre 
11.  Beer with normative (standardized) volume of fraction of 
ethyl alcohol  over 0,5 per cent up to 8.6 per cent inclusive 1 Ruble 75 Kopeks per 1 litre 
12.  Beer with normative (standardized) volume of fraction of 
ethyl alcohol over  8.6 per cent 6Rubles 28 Kopeks per 1 litre 
13.  Pipe tobacco 620Rubles per 1 kg 
14.  Smoking tobacco, except for tobacco utilized as raw material 
to produce tobacco articles 254 Rubles per 1 kg 
15.  Cigars 15Rubles per 1 piece 
16.  Cigarillos 170 Rubles per 1,000 pieces 
17.  Cigarettes with filter 65 Ru bles per 1,000 pieces plus 8% 
18.  Non-filter cigarettes, mouthpiece cigarettes 28Rubles per 1,000 pieces plus 8% 
19.  Cars with engine power up to 67.5 Kw  (90 hp) inclusive 0 Rubles per 0.75 kWh ( 1 hp) 
20.  Cars with engine power up over 67.5 Kw  (90 hp) and up to 
112.5 Kw  (150 hp) inclusive 15Rubles per 0.75 Kwt ( 1 hp) 
21.  Cars with engine power over 112.5 Kw  (150 hp), 
motorcycles with engine power over 112.5 Kw (150 hp) 153 Rubles per 0.75 Kwt ( 1 hp) 
22.  Motor gasoline with octane value up to "80" inclusive 2,657 Rubles per 1 ton 
23.  Motor gasoline with other octane values 3,629 Rubles per 1 ton 
24.  Diesel fuel 1,080 Rubles per 1 ton 
25.  Virgin  petrol 0 Rubles per 1 ton 
26.  Oil for diesel and (or) carburetors (injector) engines 2,951 Rubles per 1 ton 
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 Table 15(a):  List of Goods Exempt from VAT on the Territory of the Russian Federation
 
1. major, vital medical equipment 
2. prosthetic and orthopedic items, raw materials and articles for their manufacture and semi-finished 
products for such items 
3. facilities, including motor vehicles, materials which may be used exclusively for disability prevention 
or the rehabilitation of the disabled 
4. spectacles (except sunglasses), lenses and spectacle frames (except sunglasses frames) 
5. foodstuffs directly produced by student and school canteens, other educational establishments' 
canteens, medical organisations' and pre-school establishments' canteens, and sold in such 
establishments, and foodstuffs directly produced by public catering organisations and sold to such 
canteens or the establishments described 
6. postage stamps (except collectable stamps), stamped postcards and envelopes, lottery tickets for 
lotteries held upon the decisi on of the authorised body 
7. coins made of precious metals (except collectable coins) constituting the currency of the Russian 
Federation or of foreign states 
8. goods placed under the customs regime of duty-free shops 
9. goods (works, services), except ex cisable goods and excisable minerals , sold (performed, rendered) as 
part of the granting of free aid (assistance) by the Russian Federation under the Federal Law "On Free Aid (Assistance) of the Russian Federation and the Introduction of Amendments and Addenda to 
Certain Legislative Acts of the Russian Federation on Taxes and on Provision of Preferential Payment 
Terms in Respect of Payments to  State Non-Budgetary Funds in Co nnection with Free Aid (Assistance) 
of the Russian Federation" 
10. the sale of entrance tickets and subscriptions for theatrical and spectator, cu ltural and entertainment 
events, amusements in zoos and cu lture and relaxation parks, excursion tickets and passes, the form of 
which has been approved in the established procedure as blank forms for which strict records are kept 
11. the sale of programs at performances  and concerts, catalogues and booklets 
12. the sale (transfer for personal n eed) of religious articles and religio us literature (in accordance with the 
list approved by the Government of the Russian Federation as advised by religious organisations (associations), produced and sold by religious orga nisations (associations), organisations owned by 
religious organisations (associations), and companie s whose charter (reserve) capital consists entirely 
of contributions from religious organisations (associations), as part of religious activities, except 
excisable goods and minerals, and the organization and holding by such organisations of religious rites, 
ceremonies, prayer meetings or other cult activities 
13. the sale (including the transfer, performance, rendering for personal needs) of goods (except excisable 
goods, minerals and mineral deposits, and other goods under the list to be approved by the Government of the Russian Federation as advised by Russian public organisations of disabled persons), works, 
services (except brokers' and other in termediary services) produced and sold: 
by public organisations of disabled persons (including those created as unions of public organisations of disabled persons), no less than 80 per cent of Members of which are the disabled and their lawful 
representatives; 
organisations whose charter capital consists entirely of contributions by the public organisations of disabled persons described in the second paragraph of this sub-paragraph, if the number of disabled 
persons on the payroll constitutes no less than 50 per cent, and their share in the salary fund no less 
than 25 per cent; 
institutions, the sole owners of the property of wh ich are the public organisations of disabled persons 
described in the second paragraph of this sub-paragraph, created for educational, cultural, therapeutic, physical exercise and sport, scientific, informational and other social purposes, and to render legal and 
other assistance to the disabled, disabled children and their parents; 
health treatment (industrial) workshops in antituberculous, psychiatric, psycho-neurological institutions, public social protection or social rehabilitation establishments 
14. the sale of articles of folk craf t of recognized artistic value (except excisable goods), samples of which 
have been registered in the procedure established by the Government of the Russian Federation  WT/ACC/SPEC/RUS/25/Rev.3 
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 15. the sale of ore, concentrates and other industrial products containing precious metals, scrap and waste 
from precious metals for the manufact ure of precious metals and refining; the sale of precious metals 
and gems by taxpayers (except those described in Article 164:1:6 of the present Code) to the State Fund 
of Precious Metals and Gems of the Russian Federation, of gems for raw materials (except uncut 
diamonds) for treatment to enterprises, regardless of their forms of ownership, for subsequent sale for export; the sale of gems for raw materials and cut [gems] to specialised foreign economic 
organisations, the State Fund of Precious Metals an d Gems, the Central Bank of the Russian Federation 
and banks; the sale of precious metals from the Stat e Fund of Precious Metals and Gems of the Russian 
Federation to specialised foreign economic organisations, the Central Bank of the Russian Federation 
and banks, and of precious metals in ingots by the Central Bank of the Russian Federation and banks, provided that such ingots remain in one of the certified vaults (the State Vault of Valuables, the Vault 
of the Central Bank of the Russian Federation or bank vaults) 
16. the sale of uncut diamonds to refining enterprises of all forms of ownership 
17. the internal sale (transfer, performance, rendering for internal needs) by penitentiary system 
organisations and institutions of goods produced by  such organisations and institutions (works 
performed, services rendered) 
18. the charitable transfer of goods (performance of works,rendering of  services), free of charge under the 
Federal Law "On Charitable Activity and Charity Organisations', except excisable goods 
19. the sale of entrance tickets, the form of which has been approved as blank forms for which strict 
records are kept, by physical exer cise and sport organisations for sport and spectator events held by 
such organisations; the rendering of services for the leasing of sports facilities for holding such events 
20. the sale of home-grown produce of organisations engaged in producing agricultural products, the share 
of income from the sale of which in the total amount of revenue constitutes no less than 70 per cent, as in-kind compensation, in-kind issuances for remune ration of labor, and for catering for employees 
engaged in the agricultural work 
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 Table 15(b):  List of Goods Taxed on the Territory of the 
 
Russian Federation  at the VAT Rate of 10 per cent  
 
1 Foodstuffs : 
 
− livestock and poultry on a live weight basis; 
− meat and meat products (except gourmet products: tenderloin, veal, tongue, sausage goods – 
high quality smoked, high-quality smoked semi-dry, freshly seasoned, high-quality stuffed; 
smoked pork, lamb, beef and veal products, poultry meat – balyk, carbonade, neck, gammon, pastroma, sirloin; baked pork and beef; preserved foods – ham, bacon, carbonade and jellied 
tongue); 
− milk and dairy products (including dairy i ce cream, except ice cream made from fruits and 
berries, fruit and edible ice); 
− eggs and egg products; 
− vegetable oil; 
− margarine; 
− sugar, including raw sugar; 
− salt; 
− grain, compound feed, feed mix, grain waste; 
− oilseeds and products of their processing (coarsely cut, oil cake); 
− bread and bakery products (including rich, rusk and roll articles); 
− cereal; 
− flour; 
− pasta; 
− live fish (except valuable species: white salm on, Baltic Sea and Far East salmon, sturgeon 
(beluga, bester, sturgeon, starred sturgeon, sterlet), salmon, trout (except sea trout), nelma, dog 
salmon, king salmon, coho salmon, muksun, omul, Siberian and Amur whitefish, chira); 
− seafood and fish products, including refrigerated, frozen fish and other types of processed fish, 
herring, conserves and preserves (except gourmet types: caviar from sturgeon and salmon; white 
salmon, Baltic Sea salmon, sturgeon – beluga, bester, sturgeon, starred sturgeon, sterlet; salmon; nelma cold-smoked backs and flanks; dog salmon, king salmon lightly-salted, medium-salted 
and semuzh-pickled; backs of cold-smoked dog-salmon, king salmon and coho salmon, flanks of 
dog-salmon and flanks of cold-smoked king salmon; backs of cold-smoked muksun, omul, Siberian and Amur whitefish, chira; pickled canned fillet slices of Baltic Sea and Far East 
salmon; crabmeat and sets of cooked and frozen individual crab sticks; lobster); 
− baby and diabetic foodstuffs; 
− vegetables (including potatoes)  WT/ACC/SPEC/RUS/25/Rev.3 
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 2 Children's goods : 
 
− knitwear articles for newborn babies and children of nursery, pre-school, junior and senior 
school age groups: outer knitwear articles, clot hing knitwear articles, legwear garments, other 
knitwear articles: gloves, mittens, hats; 
− garments, including articles made from sheepskin and rabbit (including articles made from 
sheepskin and rabbit with leather pieces) for newb orn babies and children of nursery, pre-school, 
junior and senior school age groups, outer garments (including dresses and suits), underwear, 
headwear, clothing and articles for newborn ba bies and children of a nursery age.  The 
provisions of this paragraph do not apply to garments made of natural leather and fur, except from sheepskin and rabbit; 
− footwear (except sport footwear): bootees, pre-sc hool, school; felt; rubber: for nursery children, 
children's, school; 
− children's beds; 
− children's mattresses; 
− prams; 
− school exercise books; 
− games; 
− plasticine; 
− pencil cases; 
− counting sticks; 
− school abacuses; 
− school diaries; 
− drawing books; 
− sketchbooks; 
− folders for exercise books; 
− covers for textbooks, di aries, exercise books; 
− cards containing figures and letters; 
− diapers 
3 Periodical printed publications, except periodical printed publications of an advertising or erotic 
nature 
4 Books connected to education, science and culture, except books of an advertising or erotic nature 
5 Medical goods of domestic and foreign origin: 
medicines, including drug substances, including of internal pharmacy production; 
articles for medical use.  
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 Table 16(a): List of Goods Subject to non-Automatic Import Licensing
 
 
Product group HS Code Reason for 
licensing GATT/WTO 
Reference 
Nuclear substances and 
articles made thereof 2844 40, including as parts of 
devices and equipment by subgroups 
9022 12 000 0, 9022 13 000 0, 
9022 14 000 0, 
9022 19 000 0, 9022 21 000 0, 
9022 29 000 0 Exemptions for 
national security 
considerations Art. XXI (b) (I) 
Explosive substances, 
pyrotechnics 2904 20 100 0 
3601 00 000 0, 3602 00 000 0 
3603 00 
3604 General 
exemptions Article XX (b)(ii) 
Drugs, substances with 
psychotropic effects; 
virulent substances and 
toxic substances Nomenclature and quota General 
exemptions 
 
International commitments Article XX (b) 
Information protection 
devices (including 
encryption devices, 
components for encryption devices and encryption 
software packages), 
regulatory documentation 
and specifications 
(including developer and user documentation) 8471, 
8543 89 950 0 
8473 30 
8543 90 800 0 Exemptions for 
national security 
considerations Article XXI (b) (ii) 
Medicines and 
pharmaceutical products 
used for medical treatment 2904-2909, 2912-2942 00 000 0, 
3001, 3002, 3003, 3004,  
3006 30 000 0, 3006 60 General 
exemptions  Art. XX (b)  
Medicines used for 
veterinary purposes List Government Resolution 
No. 1539 of 25 December 1998 (as amended on 23 April 2002) General 
exemptions Art. XX (b) 
Ozone destroying 
substances and products 
containing such substances List Government Resolution No. 
1368 of 9 December 1999 General 
exemptions 
International commitments Art. XX (b) 
Hazardous wastes 
(Basel Convention) Lists Government Resolution No. 
442 of 17 July 2003  General 
exemptions 
International 
commitments Art. XX (b) 
Plant protection chemicals 3808 (only plant protection 
substances) General 
exemptions Art. XX (b) 
Ethyl alcohol 2207 10 000 0, 2207 20 000 0, 
2208 90 910 0, 2208 90 990 0 General 
exemptions 
National interests Art. XX (b) 
Vodka 2208 60 General 
exemptions Art. XX (b)  WT/ACC/SPEC/RUS/25/Rev.3 
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 Product group HS Code Reason for 
licensing GATT/WTO 
Reference 
Strong liquors  (over 28 proof) 2208 90 110 0,  
2208 90 190 0, 
2208 90 330 0, 
2208 90 380 0, 2208 90 410 0, 
2208 90 450 0, 
2208 90 480 0,  2208 90 520 0, 
2208 90 570 0,  
2208 90 690 0, 2208 90 710 0, 
2208 90 740 0, 
2208 90 780 0 General 
exemptions 
 Article XX(b) 
Sturgeon species of fish 
and products made there of 
including caviar ex.030199190, ex.030269190, 
ex.030270, ex.030379190, 
ex.030380, ex.030410190, 
ex.030410910, ex.030420190, ex.030490100, ex.030520, 
ex.030530900, ex.030549800, 
ex.030559900, ex.030569900, ex.051191900, ex.160419910, 
ex.160419980, ex.160420900  
(all-only sturgeon species of fish), 160430100 General 
exemptions 
International 
commitments Art. XX (b)  
Special devices for 
unauthorised obtaining of 
information, subject to export and import licensing List Government Resolution No. 214 
of 10 March 2000 (as amended on 
19 October 2000) General 
exemptions  Article XX(a) 
Nuclear materials, 
equipment, special 
non-nuclear materials and technologies subject to 
export control List 06 Presidential Decree No. 202 
as amended and supplemented from 
time to time, including Presidential Decree No. 412 of 11 April 2001  International 
commitments 
 Exemptions for 
national security 
considerations Article XXI(b)(i) 
Products of military 
designation 9301-9307, 8710 Exemptions for 
national security 
considerations Article XXI(b)(ii) 
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 Table 16(b):  List of Goods Subject to Automatic Import Licensing
 
 
Product group HS Code Reason for 
licensing GATT/WTO reference 
Carpets and textile 
flooring originating 
from EC 5702 (except 5702 20 000 0,  
5702 39 900 0, 5702 49 900 0),  
5703, 5704, 5705 00 
Starch treacle 1702 30 990 1 Monitoring of 
trade flows WTO Agreement on 
Import Licensing 
Procedures, articles 1 
and 2 
 
  
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Table on Restricting Customs Points for the Declaration of Certain Types of Goods in  
Accordance with Article 125 of the Customs Code of the Russian Federation  
 
No. Type of Goods Normative Legal Act Comments 
1.  Sugar and Sugar-containing products (HS 
codes 1702 sub-position 1806 10 and sub-sub-
positions  1701 99 100 1, 1701 99 100 9, 1701 
99 900 1, 1701 99 900 9, 1704 90 100 0, 1704 90 510 0, 1806 20 950 0, 1806 90 900 0, 2106 
90 300 0, 2106 90 510 0, 2106 90 550 0, 2106 
90 590 0, 2106 90 980 9) and which are imported into the customs territory of the 
Russian Federation from the Republic of 
Byelorussia and to the address of the recipients situated in Moscow and the 
Moscow region)  Order of the SCC of Russia No. 390 of 29 March 
2004 “On Establishing Specific Customs Points for 
the Declaration of White Sugar and Sugar-
containing Products” (Registered by the Ministry of Justice of the 
Russian Federation No. 5744 of 13 April 2004) Restrictions were set up pursuant to Paragraph 1.6 of the 
Protocol to the Meeting of the Commission of the Government 
of the Russian Federation on Safeguard Measures in Foreign Trade and Customs-tariff Policies No.12(81) of 
13 November 2003 
2.  Goods (Commodity group 06) imported into 
the customs territory of the Russian 
Federation by auto-vehicles to the address of 
recipients, situated in Moscow and the Moscow region (flower products) Order of the SCC of Russia No. 1540 of 25 
December 2003 “On Establis hing Specific Customs 
Points for the Declaration of Goods of HS Code 
06” (Registered by the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation No. 5426 of 20 January 2004) In accordance with the SCC Plan on the Phasing-out 
Restrictions in Respect of Specific Customs Points for the 
Declaration of Specific Types of Goods the Order is intended to 
be abolished until 1 October 2004 
3.  Goods moved into the customs territory of the 
Russian Federation by auto-vehicles through 
the following customs points at the State Border of the Russian Federation: 
Kraskino, which is the subject of the authority 
of Hasanskaya customs office; Poltavka, Turij Rog, Markovo, which constitute the subject of 
the authority of Ussuri jskya customs office.  Order of the SCC of Russia No. 1443 of 11 
December 2003  “On Establishing Specific 
Customs Points for the Declaration of Specific Types of Goods”  
(Registered by the Ministry of Justice of the 
Russian Federation No. 5416 of 15 January 2004) In accordance with the SCC Plan on Phasing-out Restrictions in 
Respect of Specific Customs Po ints for the Declaration of 
Specific Types of Goods the Order is intended to be abolished until 1 January 2005 
 
4.  Electronics and household equipment 
imported into the customs territory of the Russian Federation by auto-vehicles to the 
address of recipients, located in Moscow and 
the Moscow region  Order of the SCC of Russia No. 1193 of 23 October 
2003 “On Establishing Specific Customs Points for the Declaration of Speci fic Types of Goods” 
(Registered by the Ministry of Justice of the 
Russian Federation No. 5234 of 13 November 2003) In accordance with the SCC Plan on the Phasing-out 
Restrictions in Respect of Specific Customs Points for the Declaration of Specific Types of Goods the Order is intended to 
be abolished until 1 July 2005  
 WT/ACC/SPEC/RUS/25/Rev.3 
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5.  Goods (Commodity group 02, HS codes 0710 
and 2004), imported into the customs territory 
of the Russian Federation by auto-vehicles (meat products and vegetables)  Order of the SCC of Russia No. 1052 of 19 
September 2003  “On Establishing Specific 
Customs Points for the Declaration of Specific Types of Goods” (Registered by the Ministry of 
Justice of the Russian Federation No. 5153 of 6 
October 2003) Goods is subject to quotas, requiring special conditions of 
storage and customs control.  The restrictions are not intended 
to be abolished  
 
6.  Goods (HS codes 0701 - 0709 and  0801 – 
0810), imported into the customs territory of 
the Russian Federation by auto-vehicles  to the 
address of recipients, s ituated in Moscow and 
the Moscow region (fruits and vegetables)  
 Order of the SCC of Russia No. 1051 of 19 
September 2003  “On Establishing Specific 
Customs Points for the Declaration of Specific 
Types of Goods” (Registered by the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation  No. 5128 of 30 
September 2003)  The Ministry of Economic Development and Trade of the 
Russian Federation has been elaborating a draft Order on the 
abolishment of this restriction 
  
7.  Goods (Commodity group 03, HS codes 0701 
- 0709 and  0801 – 0810), imported into the customs territory of the Russian Federation by 
auto-vehicles  to the address of recipients, 
situated in Moscow and the Moscow region (fish products) Order of the SCC of Russia No. 1050 of 19 
September 2003  “On Establishing Specific Customs Points for the Declaration of Specific 
Types of Goods” (Registered by the Ministry of 
Justice of the Russian Federation No. 5124 of 30 September 2003) 
 In accordance with the SCC Plan on Phasing-out Restrictions in 
Respect of Specific Customs Po ints for the Declaration of 
Specific Types of Goods the Order is intended to be abolished 
until 1 October 2004  
 
8.  Goods, imported from China and moved 
within the customs territory of the Russian 
Federation by rail, as well as imported by sea 
with the following reloading to the rail transport in the places of entering into the 
customs territory, as well as constituting a part 
of combined freight, to the address of recipients, situated in Moscow and the 
Moscow region. Order of the SCC of Russia of 19 September 2003 
No. 1049 “On Establishing Specific Customs Points 
for the Declaration of Specific Types of Goods 
Imported by Rail in Moscow  and the Moscow region” (Registered by the Ministry of Justice of the 
Russian Federation No. 5141 of 2 October 2003) 
 In accordance with the SCC Plan on Phasing-out Restrictions in 
Respect of Specific Customs Po ints for the Declaration of 
Specific Types of Goods the Order is intended to be abolished 
until 1 January 2005  
9.  Passenger vehicles (HS codes 8703), launched 
no longer than 3 years ago and vehicles, which were issued no longer than 1 year ago, 
imported into the customs territory of the 
Russian Federation by legal persons and natural persons (expensive cars)  
 Order of the SCC of Russia No. 1032 of 17 
September 2003 “On Establishing Specific Customs Points for the Declaration of Specific 
Types of Goods Imported by Rail in Moscow and 
the Moscow region” (Registered by the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation No. 5151 of 
6 October 2003)  In accordance with the SCC Plan on Phasing-out Restrictions in 
Respect of Specific Customs Po ints for the Declaration of 
Specific Types of Goods the Order is intended to be abolished 
until 1 April 2005 
   
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10.  Mercedes-Benz automobiles (HS codes 8702 
– 8704) 
  Order of the SCC of Russia No. 1029 of 
17 September 2003 “On Establishing Specific 
Customs Points for the Declaration of Specific Types of Goods Imported by Rail in Moscow and 
the Moscow Region” (Registered by the Ministry of 
Justice of the Russian Federation No. 5119 of 10 October 2003) In accordance with the SCC Plan on the Phasing-out 
Restrictions in Respect of Specific Customs Points for the 
Declaration of Specific Types of Goods the Order is intended to 
be abolished until 1 April 2005 
 
11.  Goods transported through the customs 
territory of the Russian Federation by tubes 
and electricity lines  Order of the SCC of Russia No. 1013 of 15 
September 2003 “On Establishing Specific 
Customs Bodies for the Declaration of Specific 
Types of Goods Imported by Rail in Moscow and 
the Moscow Region” (Registered by the Ministry of 
Justice of the Russian Federation No. 5166 of 10 October 2003) Taking into consideration the sp ecificity of transportation of 
goods the restrictions are not intended to be abolished.  
 
 
Table 17(b):  
Table on Distribution of Authorities of the Customs Bodies on Carrying out Customs Operations  
Pursuant to Article 402 of the Customs Code of the Russian Federation  
 
№ Type of the goods Normative legal act Comments 
1. Goods transported with the use of Temporary 
Admission Order of the SCC of Russia No. 760 of 30 June 2004 “On the Approval 
of the List of Customs Bodies, Authorized to Carry Out Customs 
Operations with Goods, Conveyed with the Use of Temporary 
Admission” (Registered by the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation No. 5914of 15  July 2004  
2. Goods, subject to the i ssuance of passports of 
vehicles, passports of chassis of vehicles and 
passports of self-propelled vehicles and spare parts to them, conveyed by natural persons. Order of the SCC of Russia No. 682 of 17 June 2004 “On Establishing 
Authorities of the Customs Bodies in Carrying out Customs Operations 
with the Goods, Conveyed by Natural Persons” (Registered by the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation No. 5893 of 7 July 2004)  
3. Goods subject to excise (including those subject 
to licensing, marking with excise stamps, vines and cognacs spirits, beer (including alcohol-free 
beer),  goods subjected to the issuance of 
passports according to the established procedures. Order of the SCC of Russia No. 664 of 11 June 2004 “On Establishing 
Authorities of the Customs Bodies in Carrying out Customs Procedures with Excise Goods” (Registered by the Ministry of Justice of the Russian 
Federation No. 5866 of 27 June 2004) 
   
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4. Diplomatic correspondence and goods, 
conveyed by certain categories of foreign 
persons.  Order of the SCC of Russia No. 357 of 24 March 2004 “On Establishing 
Competence of Customs Bodies in Carrying out Customs Procedures in 
Respect of Diplomatic Corresponden ce and Goods Conveyed by Certain 
Categories of Foreign Persons» (Registered by the Ministry of Justice of 
the Russian Federation No. 5716 of 5 April 2004) Amended by SCC Order No. 681 of 17 June 
2004 “On Amending Order of the SCC of 
Russia No. 357 of 24 March 2004”. (Registered by the Ministry of Justice of the 
Russian Federation No. 5887 of 2 June 
2004) 
5. Goods, transported across the customs border of 
the Russian Federation by international mail 
(except for diplomatic pouch and consular 
valise)  Order of the SCC of Russia No. 203 of 13 February 2004 “On 
Establishing Authorities of the Customs Bodies in Carrying out Customs 
Procedures in Respect of Goods, Transported Across the Customs 
Border of the Russian Federation by International Mail” (Registered by the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation No. 5590 of 2 March 
2004,) Amended by SCC Order No. 599 of 21 May 
2004 “On Amending Order of the SCC of 
Russia No. 203 of 13 February 2004” 
(Registered by the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation No. 5827 of 8 June 
2004) 
6. Goods, meant for demonstration at exhibitions, 
fairs, international meetings and similar actions. Order of the SCC of Russia No. 202 of 13 February 2004 “On 
Establishing Competence of the Customs Bodies in Carrying out Customs Procedures in Respect of Goods, Destined for Displaying on 
Exhibitions, Fairs, International Meetings and Other Such Actions” 
(Registered by the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation No. 5601 of 3 March 2004) Amended by SCC Order No. 670 of 15 June 
2004 “On Amending SCC Order of 13 February 2004 No. 202” (Registered by the 
Ministry of Justice of the Russian 
Federation No. 5869 of 24 June 2004)  
7. Goods, transported by air Or der of the SCC of Russia No . 1397 of 5 December 2003 “On 
Establishing Competence of the Customs Bodies in Carrying out 
Customs Procedures in Respect of Goods Conveyed by Air” (Registered 
by the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation No. 5357 of the 
Russian Federation of 8 January 2004,).  The essence – the customs bodies, authorized to carry out customs 
procedures with goods transported by air, are, as a rule, located in the 
airports   Amended by SCC Orders: 
No. 216 of 18 February 2003  “On 
Amending SCC Order No. 1397 of 5 
December 2003” (Registered by the 
Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation No. 5600 of 3 March 2004); 
No. 354 of 23 March 2004 “On Amending 
SCC Order No. 1397 of 5 December 2003” (Registered by the Ministry of Justice of the 
Russian Federation No. 5719 of 6 April 
2004); No. 677 of 16 June 2004 “On Amending 
SCC Order No. 1397 of 5 December 2003” 
(Registered by the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation No. 5885 of 1 July 
2004)  
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8. Precious stones and metals (including natural 
diamonds and cut diamonds, watches (cased in 
precious metals or plated with precious metals, inlaid with precious stones, watch cases and 
parts thereof (cased in precious metals or plated 
with precious metals, inlaid with precious stones), (HS codes 9101, 9102, 9103, 9105, 
9111, 9112); banknotes or treasury notes, 
securities, coins (HS codes 4907 00 300 0, 4907 00 900 0, 7118 90 000 0)  Order of the SCC of Russia No. 1307 of 21 November 2003  “On 
Establishing Competence of the Customs Bodies in Carrying out 
Customs Procedures in Respect of Precious Stones and Metals” (Registered by the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation No. 
5357 of 24 December 2003) 
  Amended by SCC Order No. 356 of 23 
March 2004 “On Amending SCC Order No. 
1307 of 21 November 2003” (Registered by the Ministry of Justice of the Russian 
Federation No. 5729 of 8 April 2004) 
  
9. Fissionable and radio-active materials, 
transported within the customs border of the 
Russian Federation (HS codes 2612, 2844 and HS  code 8401 30 000), other goods containing 
spare parts (HS codes 2612, 2844 and HS  code 
8401 30 000), as well as  the equipment for their 
production, storage, transporting, measuring 
and corresponding documentation. Order of the SCC of Russia No. 1303 of 20 November 2003  “On 
Establishing Competence of the Customs Bodies in Carrying out 
Customs Procedures in Respect of Fissionable and Radio-active Materials” (Registered by the Mini stry of Justice of the Russian 
Federation No. 5357 of 18 December 2003) 
 Amended by the following SCC Orders: 
No. 88 of 26 January 2004 “On Amending 
SCC Order No. 1303 of 20 November 2003”  (Registered by the Ministry of 
Justice of the Russian Federation No. 5552 
of 16 February 2004);  No. 335 of 23 March 2004 “On Amending 
SCC Order No. 1303 of 20 November 2003  
”  (Registered by the Ministry of Justice of 
the Russian Federation No. 5721 of  6 April 
2004); 
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 Table 18(a):  Goods Subject to non-Automatic Export Licensing
 
 
Product group HS Code Reason for 
licensing GATT Reference 
Nuclear substances and products 
made thereof 2844 40 
9022 12 000 0 
9022 13 000 0 9022 14 000 0 
9022 19 000 0 
9022 21 000 0 9022 29 000 0 Exemptions for 
national security 
considerations Article XXI (b) (ii) 
Explosive substances, pyrotechnics 2904 20 100 0 
3601 00 000 0 
3602 00 000 0 3603 00 
3604 General 
exemptions Article XX (b) 
Precious metals and gems List Presidential 
Decree No. 742 of  21 June 2001 (as 
amended on  
30 September 2003)   Protection of  
unique natural resources  
Drugs, substances with psychotropic 
effects; virulent substances and toxic substances Nomenclature and 
quota International 
commitments Article XX (b) 
Information protection devices 
(including encryption devices, 
components for encryption devices and encryption software packages) 8471, 
8543 89 950 0 
8473 30 8543 90 800 0 Exemptions for 
national security 
considerations Article XXI (a) 
Ozone destroying substances and 
products containing such substances List Government 
Resolution No. 1368 
of 9 December 1999  International 
commitments Art. XX (b) 
Hazardous wastes 
(Basel Convention) Lists Government 
Resolution No. 442 of 17 July 2003  International 
commitments Art. XX (b) 
Wildlife, ivory, horns, hooves, corals 
and similar products  List Government 
Resolution No. 854 
of 6 November 1992 (as amended on  
23 May 2002) General 
exemptions 
International commitments,  Art. XX (b)  WT/ACC/SPEC/RUS/25/Rev.3 
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 Product group HS Code Reason for 
licensing GATT Reference 
Pharmaceutical raw materials of 
animal and vegetable origin 0206 10 100 0,  
0206 22 000 1,  
0206 29 100 0,  
0206 30 200 1,  0206 30 300 1,  
0206 30 800 1, 
0206 41 200 1,  0206 41 800 1, 
0206 49 200 1,  
0206 49 800 1, 0206 80 100 0,  
0206 90 100 0,  
0507,  0510 00 000 0, 
1211,  
1212 20 000 0, 
1302 (except  
1302 19 300 0), 3001, 3002  General 
exemptions Art. XX (b) 
Fish, crustaceans, shell-fish and other 
invertebrates, spawn, milt (roe) of 
sturgeon, salmon and ordinary fish 
species (live only) 0301, 0306, 
0307, 
0511 91 901 1, 
0511 91 901 9, 0511 91 902 0 General 
exemptions Article XX (b) 
Collectible materials in mineralogy 
and paleontology 9705 00 000 0, 
7103 10 000 0, 
7103 99 000 0, 7105 10 000 0, 
7105 90 000 0, 
7116 20 110 0, 7116 20 190 0 General 
exemptions 
  Article XX (f) 
Refined gold and silver List Presidential 
Decree No. 742 of  
21 June 2001 (as amended on  
30 September 2003) General 
exemptions Article XX(c) 
Sturgeon species of fish and products 
thereof including caviar  International 
commitments Art. XX (b)  WT/ACC/SPEC/RUS/25/Rev.3 
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 Product group HS Code Reason for 
licensing GATT Reference 
Non-ferrous metals ores containing 
precious metals 2603 00 000 0,  
2604 00 000 0, 
2607 00 000 0, 
2608 00 000 0, 2609 00 000 0,  
2617, 
2620 19 000 0,  2620 20 000 0, 
2620 30 000 0,  
2620 90 100 0, 2620 90 300 0,  
2620 90 400 0, 
2620 90 500 0,  2620 90 700 0, 
2620 90 800 0,  
2620 90 990 0, 
2621 00 000 0, 
7401, 7402 00 000 0, 
7501, 
7801 99 100 0  
Measure against 
smuggling  
Special devices for unauthorised 
obtaining of information, subject to export and import licensing List Government 
Resolution No. 214 of 10 March 2000  
(as amended on  
19 October 2000) Exemptions for 
national security considerations Article XXI(b)(ii) 
Chemicals, equipment and 
technologies which may be used for 
production of chemical weapons and 
are subject to export control  List 01 Presidential 
Decree No. 1082 of 
28 November 2001 
No. 621-RP of 7 December 1994 Exemptions for 
national security 
considerations Article XXI (b) (ii) 
Human, animal and plant pathogens, 
genetically modified 
microorganisms, toxins, equipment and technologies, subject to export 
control  List 02 Presidential 
Decree No. 1004 of 
8 August 2001 No. 298-RP of 
14 June 1994 General 
exemptions Article XX(b) 
Equipment and materials of dual 
purposes and technologies used in nuclear industry subject to export 
control List 03 Presidential 
Decree No. 228 of 21 February 1996 Exemptions for 
national security considerations Article XXI(b)(i) 
Equipment, materials and 
technologies which may be used in 
creation of rocket weapons List 04 Presidential 
Decrees No. 1005 of 
8 August 2001, No. 1194 of  
16 August 1996 Exemptions for 
national security 
considerations Article XXI(b)(ii) 
Goods and technologies of dual 
purpose subject to export control List 05 Presidential 
Decrees No. 1268 of 26 August 1996  Exemptions for 
national security considerations Article XXI(b)(i)  WT/ACC/SPEC/RUS/25/Rev.3 
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 Product group HS Code Reason for 
licensing GATT Reference 
Nuclear materials, equipment, special 
non-nuclear materials and 
technologies subject to export control List 06 Presidential 
Decree No. 202 as 
amended and 
supplemented from time to time, 
including Presidential 
Decree No. 412 of 11 April 2001 Exemptions for 
national security 
considerations 
 International 
commitments Article XXI(b)(i) 
Goods and technologies of dual 
purpose and other devices controlled 
under resolutions of the UN Security Council for exports to Iraq and 
subject to notification or ban List 24 Presidential 
Decrees No. 972 of 
2 September 1997 International 
commitments Article XXI(b) 
Products of military designation 9301-9307, 8710 Exemptions for 
national security 
considerations Article XXI(b)(ii) 
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 Table 18(b): Goods Subject to Automatic Export Licensing
 
 
Product group HS Code Reason for 
licensing GATT reference 
Cattle hides  
Sheep hides 
Other unprocessed hides and skins 4101, 4102, 4103 Monitoring of 
trade flows  
Timber of valuable types of wood List Government 
Resolution. No. 18 of 
5 January 1999  
(as amended on 30 November 2001) Monitoring of 
trade flows  
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 ANNEX II  
List of Laws and Regulations Available to the Working Party  
 
A list of laws and their availability in th e Secretariat is available through document 
WT/ACC/SPEC/RUS/25/Rev.3/Add.1. WT/ACC/SPEC/RUS/25/Rev.3 
Page 240  
 
 ANNEX III 
List of Laws and Regulations Pertaining to St andardization, Metrolog y, and Certification
 
  
- Federal Law №184-FZ of 27 December 2002  "On Technical Regulation" which had come 
into force on 1 July  2003 (and superseded Federal Law № 5154-1 of 10 June 1993 "On 
Standardization" and Federal Law of the Russian Federation № 5151-1 of 10 June 1993 
"On Certification of Products and Services");  
- Federal Law No. 4871-1 of 27 April 1993 "On Provi sion of Uniformity of Units of Measure", 
Federal Law of the Russian Federation No. 230 0-1 of 7 February 1992 "On Protection of 
Consumer Rights" (as amended and supplemented on 17 December 1999);  
- Federal Law No. 126-FZ of 7 July 2003 "On Communications" which had come into force on 
1 January 2004; 
- Federal Law No.170-FZ of 21 November 1995  "On the Use of Atomic Energy"; 
- Federal Law No. 3-FZ of 9 January 1996 "On Radiological Safety of the Population"; 
- Government Resolution No. 100 of 12 Febr uary 1994 "On Organization of Works in 
Standardization, Provision of Uniformity of Units of Measure, Certification of Products and 
Services"; 
- Government Resolution No. 113 of 2 Februa ry 1998 "On Certain Measures to Improve 
Systems of Ensuring Quality of Products and Services"; 
- Government Resolution No. 1212 of 1 Nove mber 1999 "On Development of a Uniform 
System of Classification and Encoding of Technical, Economic, and Social Information"; 
- Government Resolution No. 514 of 6 July  2001 "On Accreditation of Organizations 
Performing Assessment of Conformity of Pr oducts, Production Processes and Services to the 
Existing Quality and Safety Requirements"; 
- Government Resolution No. 673 of 5 November  2003 "On the Procedure for Publication and 
the Amount of Fees for Publication of  Notifications of the Development, Discussion, and  
Expert Review of Draft Technical Regulations , Draft Legislative Acts, and Other Regulatory 
Legal Acts on Technical Regulations"; 
- Government Resolution No. 458 of  31 July 2003 "On the Procedure for Publication and the 
Amount of Fees for Publication of a Notification of the Development of a Draft National Standard and of the End of Public Discussion of a Draft National Standard"; 
- Government Resolution No. 500 of  15 August 200 3 "On the Federal Data Bank of Technical 
Regulations and Standards and the Single In formation System on Technical Regulation"; 
- Government Resolution No. 513 of 21 August 2003 "  "On the Establishment and Functioning  
of Expert Commissions for Technical Regulation"; 
- Government Resolution No. 594 of 25 September 2003 On the Procedure for Publication of 
National Standards and All-Russian Classifiers of Technical, Economic, and Social 
Information";  WT/ACC/SPEC/RUS/25/Rev.3 
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 - Government Resolution No. 673 of 5 November  2003 “On Publication and the Amount of 
Charges Levied for Publication of Documents on Elaboration, Discussion, and Expert Assessment of Technical Regulations Drafts, Drafts of Legislative Acts, and Other Normative Legal Acts on Technical Regulations”; 
- Government Resolution No. 677 of  10 November 2003 "On All-Russian Classifiers of 
Technical, Economic, and Social Informa tion in the Socio-Economic Sphere"; 
- Government Resolution No. 696 of 19 N ovember 2003 "On Market Access Mark"; 
- Government Resolution No. 32 of 23 January 2004 “On Registration and Amount of Payment 
Taken for Registration of the System of Voluntary Certification”;  
- Government Resolution No. 1013 of 13 August 1997  "On the Approval of the List of Goods 
Subject to Mandatory Certification and the List  of Works and Services Subject to Mandatory 
Certification";  
- Government Resolution No. 766 of 7 July 1999 "On Approval of the List of Products Whose 
Conformity May Be Confirmed by Conformity Declaration"; 
- Government Resolution No. 287 of 29 April 2002 "On Amendments to the List of Goods 
Subject to Mandatory Certification, to the Li st of Works and Services Subject to Mandatory 
Certification, and to the List of Produc ts Whose Conformity May Be Confirmed by 
Conformity Declaration"; 
- Gosstandart Resolution № 64 of 30 July 2002 introducing from 15 December 2002 the 
Nomenclature of Products and Services (Works) Subject to Mandatory Certification Pursuant 
to Legislative Acts of the Russian Federati on, and the Nomenclature of Products Whose 
Conformity May Be Confirmed by Conformity Declaration (this resolution was passed in 
furtherance of Resolution of the Governme nt of the Russian Federation No. 287 of 
29 April 2002); 
- Gosstandart Resolution No. 51 of 5 July 2003 "On Making Amendments to the Nomenclature 
of Products and Services (Works) Subject to Manda tory Certification Pursuant to Legislative 
Acts of the Russian Federation, and the Nome nclature of Products Whose Conformity May 
Be Confirmed by Conformity Declaration"; and 
- Government Resolution No. 72 of 10 Februa ry 2004 “On Amending the List of Goods 
Subject to Mandatory Certification, the List of Goods Whose Conformity Can Be Confirmed 
by Declaration of Conformity, and on Recognizing as Invalidated the List of Works and Services Subject to Mandatory Certification”.  
 
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 ANNEX IV 
[ DRAFT DECISION  
 
ACCESSION OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION 
 
Decision of […]  
 
 
 The Ministerial Conference,   Having regard to  paragraph 2 of Article XII and paragr aph 1 of Article IX of the Marrakesh 
Agreement Establishing the World Trade Orga nization (the "WTO Agreement"), and the 
Decision-Making Procedures under Articles IX and X II of the Marrakesh Agreement Establishing the 
World Trade Organization agreed by the General Council (WT/L/93), 
 
 Taking note  of the application of the Russian Federation for accession to the Marrakesh 
Agreement Establishing the World Trad e Organization dated 9 December 1994, 
 
 Noting  the results of the negotiations directed toward the establishment of the terms of 
accession of the Russian Federation to the WTO Agreement and having prepared a Draft Protocol on the Accession of the Russian Federation,  
 Decides  as follows: 
 
 The Russian Federation may accede to the WT O Agreement on the terms and conditions set 
out in the Draft Protocol annexed to this Decision. 
 
 
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 DRAFT PROTOCOL  
ON THE ACCESSION OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION 
 
Preamble  
 
 The World Trade Organization (hereinafter referred to as the "WTO "), pursuant to the approval 
of the General Council of the WTO accorded under Article XII of the Marrakesh Agreement Establishing the World Trade Organizati on (hereinafter referred to as the "WTO Agreement "), and the 
Russian Federation,  
 
 Taking note
 of the Report of the Working Party on the Accession of the Russian Federation to 
the WTO Agreement reproduced in document WT/ACC/RUS …, dated … (hereinafter referred to as the 
"Working Party Report"), 
 
 Having regard  to the results of the negotiations on the accession of the Russ ian Federation to the 
WTO Agreement,  
 
 Agree  as follows: 
 
PART I -  GENERAL 
 
1. Upon accession the Russian Fede ration accedes to the WTO Agreem ent pursuant to Article  XII 
of that Agreement and thereby becomes a Member of the WTO.  
 
2. The WTO Agreement to which the Russian Federation accedes shall be the WTO Agreement as 
rectified, amended or othe rwise modified by such legal instrume nts as may have entered into force 
before the date of accession..  This Protocol, wh ich shall include the comm itments referred to in 
paragraph … of the Working Party Re port, shall be an integral part of the WTO Agreement, and nothing 
in these commitments shal l be understood to derogate from the ri ghts of the Russian Federation under 
the WTO Agreement as applied between the  Member s of the WTO by the date of accession of the 
Russian Federation to the WTO. 
 
3. Except as otherwise provided for in pa ragraph … of the Working Party Report, those 
obligations in the Multilateral Trade Agreements annexed to the WTO Agreement that are to be 
implemented over a period of time starting with the entry into force of that Agreement shall be 
implemented by the Russian Federati on as if it had accepted that Agreement on the date of its entry into 
force. 
 
4. [The Russian Federation may ma intain a measure inconsistent wi th paragraph 1 of Article II of 
the GATS provided that such a measure was recorded in  the list of Article II Exemptions annexed to this 
Protocol.] 
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 PART II - SCHEDULES 
 [5.] The Schedules reproduced in Annex I to this Protocol shall become the Schedule of 
Concessions and Commitm ents annexed to the General Agr eement on Tariffs and Trade 1994 
(hereinafter referred to as the "GATT 1994") and the Schedule of Specific Co mmitments annexed to the 
General Agreement on Trade in Services (hereinafter  referred to as "GATS') relating to the Russian 
Federation.  The staging of the concessions a nd commitments listed in the Schedules shall be 
implemented as specified in the releva nt parts of the respective Schedules. 
 
[6.] For the purpose of the reference in paragraph 6( a) of Article II of GATT 1994 to the date of that 
Agreement, the applicable date in respect of the Schedule of Concessions a nd Commitments annexed to 
this Protocol shall be the date of entry into force of this Protocol. 
 
PART III - FINAL PROVISIONS 
 
[7.] This Protocol shall be open for acceptance, by  signature or otherwise, by the Russian Federation 
until …. 
 
[8.] This Protocol shall enter into force on the thirtieth day following the day upon which it shall 
have been accepted by the Russian Federation.  
 
[9.] This Protocol shall be deposited with the Director-General of the WTO.  The Director-General 
of the WTO shall promptly furnish a certified copy of this Protocol and a notification of acceptance by 
the Russian Federation thereto pursuant to paragr aph [8] to each Member of the WTO and to The 
Russian Federation.   
 
[10.] This Protocol shall be registered in accordance  with the provisions of Article 102 of the Charter 
of the United Nations.   
 
 Done at … this … day of … in a single copy in the English, French and Spanish languages, 
each text being authentic, except that a Schedule anne xed hereto may specify that it its authentic in only 
one of these languages.  
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 ANNEX I 
 
  
SCHEDULE – THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION 
 
Authentic only in the … language. 
 
  
 
Part I - Goods 
 
(Circulated in document WT/ACC/RUS[…]) 
 
 
  
Part II – Services 
 
(Circulated in document WT/ACC/RUS/[…] ) 
 
 
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