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As specified in the decision of the Supreme Court of Russia, a consignment note (form No. 1-T) and a delivery note (form TORG-12) are not equivalent source documents and should be applied for different legal relations.

• Federal Law No. 384-FZ “Technical Regulations on the Safety of Buildings and Structures” was adopted on 30 December 2009 and will enter into force on 30 June 2010.
• On 21 December 2009 the Russian Government adopted Resolution No. 1044 dated 21 December 2009 “On Amendments to the Regulations on the Composition of the Sections of Design Documentation and Requirements on their Content.”

Federal Law No. 351-FZ “On Amendments to Article 3 of the Federal Law ‘On the Entry into Force of the Russian Land Code’ and Individual Legislative Acts of the Russian Federation” and Federal Law No. 342-FZ on extending the term for re-registering rights of permanent (indefinite) use of land plots were adopted on 27 December 2009.

The Russian Ministry for Regional Development approved on 21 October 2009 Order No. 480 on amendments to Order No. 274 of the Russian Ministry for Regional Development dated 9 December 2008 “On Approving the List of Types of Work on Civil Engineering Surveys, on the Drafting of Design Documentation, Construction, Reconstruction and Major Repairs of Capital Construction Projects, Which Affect the Safety of the Capital Construction Projects”.

Federal Law No. 383-FZ dated 29 December 2009 “On Amendments to Part One of the Russian Tax Code and Specific Legislative Acts of the Russian Federation” entered into force on 1 January 2010.

We inform you that recently the Federal Law No. 368-FZ of 27 December 2009 enacting from 2011 FY, which abolished the requirement of minimum RUR 500 mln. participation of a Russian parent company in its subsidiary distributing dividends for the purpose of participation exemption rule, had been adopted.