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ORGANIZATION  WT/ACC/RUS/48/Add.8 
10 August 2007 
 
 (07-3376) 
Working Party on the 
Accession of the Russian Federation Original:   English 
 
 
 
ACCESSION OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION 
 
Legislation  
 
 
 The following submission from the Delegation of the Russian Federation is available for 
consultation from the Secretariat* (Accessions Division, Room 1126) and in electronic format from 
accessions@wto.org.  
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1. Civil Code, Part IV, Section VII
**; 
2. Federal Law No. 171-FZ "On the State Regulati on of the Production and Trading Volume of 
Ethyl Alcohol and Alcoholic Drinks" of 22 November 1995, as amended on 
29 December 2006; 
3. Federal Law No. 59-FZ "On the Procedure for Consideration of Appeals by Citizens of the 
Russian Federation" of 2 May 2006; 
4. Federal Law No. 117-FZ "On Gas Export" of 18 July 2006; 
5. Federal Law No. 135-FZ "On Protection of Competition" of 26 July 2006; 
6. Federal Law No. 191-FZ "On Amending Article 35 of the Law of the Russian Federation on 
the Customs Tariff and Article 150 of Part Two of  the Tax Code of the Russian Federation" of 
10 November 2006; 
7. Federal Law No. 248-FZ "On Amending Federal Law on State Regulation of the Manufacture 
and Turnover of Ethyl Alcohol and Alc oholic and Alcohol-containing Products" of 
29 December 2006; 
8. Federal Law No. 280-FZ "On Amending the Fe deral Law on Special Protective, Anti-
dumping and Compensation Measures in the Import of Goods" of 30 December 2006; 
9. Decision of the Government of the Russian  Federation No. 500 "On the Procedure for 
Determining the Customs Value of Goods Tran sferred Across the Customs Border of the 
Russian Federation" of 13 August 20 06, as amended on 20 October 2006; 
                                                      
* In English only. 
**Also refer to documents WT/ACC/RUS/54 and WT/ACC/RUS/48/Add.7 for previous translations of 
Section VII, Part IV of the Civil Code. WT/ACC/RUS/48/Add.8 
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  10. Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 718 "On the Customs Tariff of the 
Russian Federation and the Commodity Classifica tion Applicable in the Conduct of Foreign 
Economic Activity" of 27 November 2006, as amended on 14 February 2007; 
11. Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 159 "On the Application of 
Veterinary Measures in the Importation of Live Animals and Products of Animal Origin Onto 
the Customs Territory of the Russian Federation" of 24 March 2006; 
12. Decision of the Government of the Russian Fede ration No. 401 "On the Establishment of Lists 
of Perfumery-cosmetic Production, on the Tur nover Activity of which the Effect of the 
Federal Law "On the State Regulation of th e Production and Turnover of Ethyl Alcohol, 
Alcoholic and Alcohol-containing Produc ts" is not Applied" of 25 June 2007; 
13. Decree of the President of the Russian Fe deration No. 742 "On the Procedure for the 
Importation into and Exportation from the Russian  federation of Precious Metals and Precious 
Stones" of 21 June 2001, as am ended on 11 January 2007; and 
14. Decree of the President of the Russian Federa tion No. 1373 "On Endorsing the Regulations on 
Importation into the Russian Federation and Exportation from the Russian Federation of 
Rough Natural and Cut Diamonds" of 30 Nove mber 2002, as amended on 11 January 2007. 
 
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