The Federal Act N 196-FZ of July 19, 2007 (document is in
Russian) enforcing from January 1, 2008 regulates relations
arisen on performance by pawn-shops of crediting of persons
on the security of their belongings and activity on storage
of things, at that it is not applied to activity of credit institutions.
The Act establishes requirements to pawn-shops, rules of crediting
and specific features of the loan contract signed with a pawn-shop,
procedure for storage of pledged things and return of collecting
on not demanded things.
The amendments are made to RF legislative acts in the part of specification of terms and procedure for acquisition of the right on land plots being within state or municipal ownership
There is putted new provision establishing
that land plots being within state or municipal ownership shall
be sold to owners of buildings and constructions located on
these land plots on the price established by executive authorities
and bodies of local self-government accordingly.
There is
established that price of aforesaid land plots shall not be
more than their cadastre cost.
to commercial institutions and sole traders being owners of
constructions and buildings located on such land plots, including
building and constructions erected on places of ones destroyed
or pulled down, if these building and constructions were alienated
from state or municipal ownership;
to citizens and non-commercial
institutions being owners of constructions and buildings located
on such land plots, in the case if the right of ownership on
these constructions and buildings of aforesaid persons is arisen
before enforcement of
the Land Code of the Russian Federation and if federal acts
not establish other order of acquisition of land plots to ownership
for aforesaid owners.
At acquisition of such land plots by
aforesaid persons, their price shall be established by Russian
Federation subjects within:
twenty percent of cadastre
cost of land plot located in cities with population more than
3 millions; two and the half
percent of cadastre cost of land plot located in other area.
Before establishing of price on land plot by Russian Federation
subject, there shall be applied the most price of land plot
for according area.
So, there is determined that legal entities
except those specified in
clause 1 of article 20 of the Land Code of the Russian Federation
are obliged to redraw up the right of permanent (termless)
use of land plot to the right of lease of land plots or to purchase
the land plots to ownership, besides religious organizations
- to the right of free urgent use at their request before January
1, 2010 in accordance with the rules of
article 36 of the Land Code of the Russian Federation. Legal
entities may redraw up the right of permanent (termless) use
of land plots where located electric lines, railroads,
communication lines, pipe-lines, roads and other similar constructions
(linear objects) to the right of lease of land plots or to purchase
such land plots to ownership in accordance with the rules established
by this paragraph till January 1, 2013.
Additions made
to
the Federal Act N 161-FZ "On state and municipal unitary
enterprises" of November 14, 2002 establish that state
and municipal enterprise being lessee of a land plot being within
state or municipal ownership have nor right to sublease such
land plot; to transfer its rights and duties under lease contract
to other persons; to give lease right in pledge; to putt lease
rights as deposit to authorized capital of economic associations
or as share payment to industrial cooperative.
The Russian Federation Code on administrative offences is
added with article 3.34 establishing administrative responsibility
of infringement of terms and procedure of redrawing up the right
of permanent (termless) use of land plots to the right of lease
of land plots or terms and procedure for purchase the land plots
to ownership. The article shall come into affect from January
1, 2011.
Besides there included new articles
concerning in particular granting of forest plot within composition
of lands of the forest fund
So, there is established that
after January 1, 2009 it shall be prohibited to grant land plots
being within state or municipal ownership without determination
of kinds and parameters of forest use established by forestry
regulations.
In accordance with made
amendments, examination of system project of communication network
shall be carried out by legal entities and natural persons accredited
by federal executive authority within communication sphere,
not by executive body in the sphere of supervision in communication
sphere. Enforcement of
the Federal Act N 14-FZ "On amendments to the Federal Act
"On communication" of February 9, 2007 is transferred
from August 13, 2007 to February 14, 2008.
The amendments are made to the RF Town-planning Code and certain legislative acts of the Russian Federation in the sphere of carrying out examination of town-planning documents and checking of efficiency of investment projects
The Federal Act N 215-FZ of July 24, 2007 (document is in
Russian) makes amendments to
the RF Town-planning Code (document is in Russian) and certain
legislative acts of the Russian Federation which determine bodies
authorized in carrying out state examination of project documentation
and results of engineering researches, as well as order of
carrying out check of efficiency of investment projects financed
partially or in full from the federal budget funds, budgets
of subjects of the Russian Federation, local budgets, and trustworthiness
of their cost.
There is approved the Agreement on differentiation of authority subjects between bodies of state power of the Russian Federation and bodies of state power of the Kazakhstan Republic
The Federal Act N 199-FZ of July 24, 2007 (document is in
Russian) approves the Agreement on differentiation of authority
subjects between bodies of state power of the Russian Federation
and bodies of state power of the Kazakhstan Republic signed
in Moscow as on June 26, 2007.
