First of all, the amendments concerns those provisions
of
the Act determining the rights of consumers at revealing
of defects in goods. In particular, there is established that
in respect of technically complex good, consumer has the right
to refuse from execution of sales contract in the case of revealing
of defects in it, and to require of return of the sum paid for
this good, or to make the claim on its substitution for the
good of the same mark or the same good of other mark during
15 days since the day of transfer of such good to consumer.
Upon expiration of this period, aforesaid requirements
shall be the subject for satisfaction in one of following cases:
revealing of essential defect in good;
infringement of
established periods for elimination of defects of good;
impossibility
to use of good during every year of warranty period in aggregate
more than thirty days as a result of repeated elimination of
its various defects.
Besides, there is established the right
of consumer to be present at carrying out examination of good
by seller.
So, the amendments concern periods for elimination
of defects of good: notion of "urgent" elimination
of defects is determined; maximum term for elimination of defects
of good is established, it is determined in the written form
by means of agreement of parties - 45 days.
The amendments to RF legislative acts have come into force in the part of specification of terms and procedure for acquisition of the right on land plots being within state or municipal ownership
The amendments made to
the Land Code of the Russian Federation concern questions
of acquisition of the right on land plots being within state
or municipal ownership and where buildings and constructions
are located.
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 7.34 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.
There is increased the quota on issue of invitations to foreign citizens for entrance to the Russian Federation in purposes of making labor activity
The Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation N 704
of October 24, 2007 (document is in Russian) increases the
quota on issue of invitations to foreign citizens for entrance
to the Russian Federation in purposes of making labor activity
by 9910 invitations. So there is approved the new order for
distribution of the quota between subjects of the Russian Federation.
