RESTRICTEDWORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONWT/ACC/RUS/33/Add.1
1 November 1999
(99-4723)
Working Party on the
Accession of the Russian FederationOriginal:  English
ACCESSION OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION
Information Regarding the Development of
Foreign Trade Legislation of the Russian Federation
Addendum
The Government of the Russian Federation has submitted the following legislation which is
available for consultation from the Secretariat (Accessions Division, Room 1126) and is available in
electronic format upon request from accessions@wto.org.
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Laws
1993
- Law of the Russian Federation No. 4807-1 On th e Principles of the Budget Rights and the
Rights to the Formation and Use of Extra-Budgetary Funds Enjoyed by the Representative
and Executive Bodies of the Republics Within the Russian Federation, its Territories, Regionsand Autonomous Formations, the Cities of Moscow and St. Petersburg, and the Local Self-
Government Bodies dated 15 April 1993.
1997
- Federal Law No. 100-FZ On the State Regulation of Agroindustrial Production dated
14 July 1997.
1998
- Federal Law No. 63-FZ On the Measures for Protection of the Economic Interests of the
Russian Federation in Foreign Trade in Goods dated 14 April 1998.
- Tax Code of the Russian Federation (Part One) No. 146-FZ (With the Amendments and
Additions of 30 March, 9 July 1999) dated 31 July 1998.
- Federal Law No. 178-FZ On Amending the Federal Law on Licensing Specific Kinds of
Activities dated 26 November 1998.
- Federal Law No. 192-FZ On Immediate Measures Concerning Budget and Tax Policies dated
29 December 1998.WT/ACC/RUS/33/Add.1
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1999
- Federal Law No. 4-FZ On Coordination of International and Foreign Economic Relations of
the Subjects of the Russian Federation dated  4 January 1999.
- Federal Law No. 19-FZ On the Introduction of Amendments and Addenda into the Federal
Law on Production Sharing Agreements dated 7 January 1999.
- Federal Law No. 32-FZ On the Introduction to Legal Acts of the Russian Federation of
Amendments and Addenda Arising From the Federal Law on Production Sharing Agreements
dated 10 February 1999.
- Federal Law No. 36-FZ On the Federal Budget for 1999 (with the Amendments and
Additions of 5 July, 17 July 1999) dated February 22, 1999.
- Federal Law No. 39-FZ On Investment Activity in the Russian Federation Pursued in the
Form of Capital Investments dated 25 February 1999.
- Federal Law No. 46-FZ On Protection of Rights and Legitimate Interests of Investors at
Securities Market dated 5 March 1999.
- Federal Law No. 52-FZ On the Sanitary and Epidemiological Welfare of the Population dated
30 March 1999.
- Federal Law No. 61-FZ On the Temporary Ban on the Imports of Ethyl Alcohol dated
31 March 1999.
- Merchant Shipping Code of the Russian Federation No. 81-FZ dated 30 April 1999.
- Federal Law No. 87-FZ On Areas of Subsurface the Right of Use of which May be Granted
on Conditions of Sharing of Products (Kirinsk Long-Term Block of "Sakhalin-3" Project)dated  1 May 1999.
- Federal Law No. 97-FZ On Tenders for the Placement of Orders for the Supply of Goods,
Performance of Works, Provision of Services for State Needs dated 6 May 1999.
- Federal Law No. 104-FZ On the Special Economic Zone in Magadan Region dated
31 May 1999.
- Federal Law No. 106-FZ On the Plots of Subsoil the Right to Use which May be Granted on
the Conditions of the Sharing of the Products (the Luginetskoye, Fyodorovskoye and Other
Oil and Gas-Condensate Fields) dated 31 May 1999.
- Federal Law No. 117-FZ On the Protection of Competition on the Financial Services Market
dated 23 June 1999.
- Federal Law No. 119-FZ On the Principles and the Procedure for the Demarcation of the
Objects of Jurisdiction and of the Powers between the State Power Bodies of the RussianFederation and the State Power Bodies of the Subjects of the Russian Federation dated
24 June 1999.
- Federal Law No. 154-FZ On the Introduction of Amendments and Addenda to the First Part
of the Tax Code of the Russian Federation dated 9 July 1999.
- Federal Law No. 159-FZ On Putting into Force the Budget Code of the Russian Federation
dated 9 July 1999.
- Federal Law No. 160-FZ On Foreign Investment in the Russian Federation dated 9 July 1999.
Decrees of the President
1999
- Decree of the President of the Russian Federation No. 362 On Resolution No. 645 of the
Head of Administration of the Belgorod Oblast On Extraordinary Measures for Stabilization
of the Local Food Market of the Oblast dated December 16, 1998, dated March 18, 1999.
- Decree of the President of the Russian Federa tion No. 651 On the Structure of the Federal
Bodies of the Executive Power (With the Amendments and Additions of 8 June, 28 June,
6 July, 23 July, 9 August 1999) dated 25 May 1999.WT/ACC/RUS/33/Add.1
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- Decree of the President of the Russian Fede ration No. 954 On Issues of the Ministry of
Justice of the Russian Federation dated 2 August 1999.
Resolutions of the Government
1997
- Resolution Of The Government of The Russian Federation No. 601 On the Marking of Goods
and Products on the Territory of the Russian Federation with Forgery Proof Conformity
Marks (with the Amendments and Additions of 19 September 1997, 20 October 1998, 24
June, 10 July 1999) dated 17 May 1997.
1998
- Resolution Of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 1142 On the Implementation of
Specific Norms of the Federal Law on the Procedure for Exit out of the Russian Federation
and Entry into the Russian Federation dated 1 October 1998.
- Resolution Of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 1147 On the Granting a Grace
Period (Installment Payment Schedule) on the Debt Owed as Payments to the Federal Budget
to Agricultural Producers, Enterprises and Organizations of the Agricultural Complex in the
Year 1998 dated 2 October 1998.
- Resolution of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 1190 On Measures to Stabilise
the Consumer Market of the Russian Federation (Amended as of 9 December 1998 and
23 September 1999) dated 12 October 1998.
- Resolution Of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 1203 On the Foodstuffs to
which the Ten Per Cent Rate of the Value-Added Tax Shall be Applicable, and on the
Additional Import Duty on Agricultural Products, Foodstuffs and Medicaments (with theAmendments and Additions of 27 May 1999) dated 15 October 1998.
- Resolution Of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 1268 On the Introduction of
Licensing of the Export from the Russian Federation of Sunflower Seeds, Rape or Colza
Seeds and Soya Beans dated 31 October 1998.
- Resolution Of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 1539 On the Importation into
and Exportation from the Russian Federation of Medicaments and Pharmaceutical Substances
dated 25 December 1998.
1999
- Resolution Of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 18 On the Additional Measures
for the State Regulation in the Procurement, Realization and Export of the Wood of PreciousForest Species dated 5 January 1999.
- Resolution Of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 37 On the Realization of the
Agreement between the Russian Federation and the European Community on the Trade in
Textile Goods dated 11 January 1999.
- Resolution Of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 180 On the Procedure for
Regulating the Admission and Use of Global Mobile Personal Satellite Communication
Systems on the Telecommunications Market of Russia dated 16 February 1999.
- Resolution Of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 183 On the Peculiarities of the
Determination of a Significant Damage to a Branch of the Russian Economy as a Result of
Dumping Imports dated 16 February 1999.
- Resolution of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 184 On the Peculiarities of
Determining  Significant Damage of a Branch of the Russian Economy when a Foreign
- State (an Alliance of Foreign States) Subsidizes Goods Imported to the Russian Federation as
well as the Amount of the Subsidy dated 16 February 1999.WT/ACC/RUS/33/Add.1
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- Resolution Of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 235 On Amending The
Resolution of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 791 On the Introduction of
Additional Import Duty dated 17 July 1998, dated 27 February 1999
- Resolution Of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 274 On the Regulations for
Conducting Investigations Prior to the Introduction of Special Protective Measures, Anti-Dumping Measures or Compensatory Measures dated 11 March 1999.
- Resolution of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 295 On the Pricing Policy in the
Agroindustrial Sector dated 16 March 1999.
- Resolution Of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 458 On the Prolongation of the
Period of Effect of the Decision of the Gove rnment of the Russian Federation No. 1226 dated
21 October 1998, dated 21 April 1999.
- Resolution Of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 472 On the Licensing of Certain
Kinds of Auditing Activities in the Russian Federation dated 27 April 1999.
- Resolution Of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 609 On Amending the Decision
of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 1471 dated 7 December 1998, dated
7 June 1999.
- Resolution Of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 685 On Amending the List of
the First Group of Goods and Products Subject to Mandatory Marking with Counterfeit-Proof
Conformity Signs, the List Having Been Endors ed by the Decision of the Government of the
Russian Federation No. 601 dated 17 May 1997, dated 24 June 1999.
- Resolution Of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 698 On Holding Tenders for the
Right to Surface Television and Radio Broadcasting as well as the Elaboration andDevelopment of a New Radio Frequency Channe l for the Purposes of Television and Radio
Broadcasting dated 26 June 1999.
- Resolution Of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 740 On Approval of the
Regulation on the Composition and Procedure for Refunding the Expenses Borne in the
Performance of Production Sharing Agreements dated 3 July 1999.
- Resolution Of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 741 On Approval of the
Regulations on the Formation and Utilization of the Liquidation Fund in the Course of
Implementation of Production Sharing Agreements dated 8 July 1999.
- Resolution Of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 766 On the Approval of the List
of Products whose Conformance May be Conf irmed by the Conformance Declaration, and of
the Procedure for the Adoption of the Conformance Declaration and its Registration dated
7 July 1999.
- Resolution Of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 787 On Introduction of
Amendments to the Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 601 dated
17 May 1997, dated 10 July 1999.
- Resolution Of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 866 On the Ensuring of the
Deliveries of Certain Types of Oil Products to Consumers of the Russian Federation dated30 July 1999.
- Resolution Of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 902 On the Temporary
Measures for the Protection of the Russian Manufacturers of Starch Syrup dated
5 August 1999.
- Resolution of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 1008 On Excise Levy Marks
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Others
State Customs Committee of the Russian Federation
1999
- Order of the State Customs Committee of the Russian Federation No. 01-14/632 On
Enhancing Control of the Movement of Goods Containing Intellectual Property Objects dated
27 May 1999.
- Order of the State Customs Committee of the Russian Federation No. 450 On the Special
Aspects of the Control of the Customs Value of Motor Cars dated 17 July 1999.
Ministry of  Agriculture and Foodstuffs of the Russian Federation
1999
- Letter of the Ministry of  Agriculture and Foodstuffs of the Russian Federation No. 13-
801/400 On the Procedure for Import and Use of Imported Animal Products dated
8 April 1999.
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