OREANDA-NEWS. On 06 July 2009 was announced, that the Government of the Russian Federation at its meeting on June 15, 2009 made the following decisions on the items on its agenda.

1. Progress in the implementation of federal targeted programmes and the implementation of the Federal Targeted Investment Programme in the first quarter of 2009

The Government of the Russian Federation has instructed the federal executive bodies which are state commissioners (commissioner-coordinators) of federal targeted programmes as well as construction projects and facilities for federal needs to take the necessary measures to eliminate the lag in the first quarter of 2009 with particular attention to:

The submission under standard procedure of draft decrees of the Government of the Russian Federation properly agreed with the federal executive bodies concerned, on introducing amendments to the relevant federal targeted programmes pursuant to the Federal law of April 28, 2009 N 76-FZ on Introducing Amendments to the Federal Law On the Federal Budget for 2009 and for the Planning period of 2010 and 2011 as regards correction of the parameters of financing in 2009 to the Ministry of Economic Development for the purpose of introducing the said draft decrees to the Government of the Russian Federation;

Taking measures to cause the signing of agreements of co-financing of capital construction of state property facilities of the subjects of the Russian Federation for the purpose of meeting the 2009 targets.

The Government of the Russian Federation has instructed:

The Ministry of Economic Development, the Finance Ministry, the Ministry of Regional Development, the Ministry of Education and Science to coordinate the activities of the federal executive bodies to accomplish this work and report the results to the Government of the Russian Federation by November 1, 2009.

The Defense Ministry, the Ministry of Regional Development, the Ministry of Industry and Trade, the Ministry of Sports and Tourism and the Ministry of Agriculture to take the necessary measures to enhance the effectiveness of the implementation of the federal targeted programmes: "The Creation of Black Sea Bases on the Territory of the Russian Federation in 2005-2020s", "The Development of Russian Space Launching Sites in 2006 - 2015", "The Development of the Kaliningrad Region in the Period Until 2014", "The Social-Economic and Ethno-Cultural Development of Russian Germans in 2008-2012", "The Development of Civil Marine Technology for 2009-2016", "The Development of Physical Culture and Sports in the Russian Federation in 2006-2015", "The Social Development of Rural Areas until 2012" respectively and submit a report on their fulfillment to the Ministry of Economic Development with statement of the cause of the lag.

The Ministry of Economic Development shall summarize the said information and report back to the Government of the Russian Federation within a week.

The Ministry of Economic Development and the Finance Ministry jointly with the federal executive bodies concerned which are federal commissioners (state commissioner-coordinators) of federal targeted programmes shall prepare proposals on current monitoring and review of the progress in the implementation of the federal targeted programmes, including the signing and financing of the relevant contracts and submit the said proposals under standard procedure to the Government of the Russian Federation before July 15, 2009.

The Ministry of Regional Development, the Ministry of Industry and Trade, the Defense Ministry, the Ministry for Emergency Situations, the Ministry of Communications and the Media, the Ministry of Education and Science, the Ministry of Health and Social Development, the Federal Drug Control Service, Rosrybolovstvo, the State Atomic Energy Corporation Rosatom shall take measures to mobilize the resources of the budgets of the Russian regions, the municipal budgets and off-budget sources to meet the 2009 targets.

The Ministry of Economic Development shall report to the Government of the Russian Federation on progress in the fulfillment of the federal targeted programmes and the implementation of the federal targeted investment programme in the first half of 2009.

The Ministry of Regional Development, the Defense Ministry, and Rosrybolovstvo shall complete under standard procedure the revision of the federal targeted programmes that envisage the granting of subsidies out of the federal budget to the budgets of the subjects of the Russian Federation for the purpose of co-financing capital construction projects of regional and municipal property and report back to the Government of the Russian Federation.

2. Stimulating innovative activities of the enterprises which engage in research and development, commercialization of the results of scientific research and development, technological projection and acquisition of new technologies.

The Government of the Russian Federation has approved in principle the plan of measures to stimulate innovative activities of enterprises pursued as part of the implementation in 2009-2010 of the Guidelines of the Activities of the Government of the Russian Federation in the period until 2012.

The Government of the Russian Federation has instructed the Ministry of Economic Development, the Ministry of Education and Science, the Ministry of Trade and Industry, and the Finance Ministry, jointly with the federal executive bodies concerned to finalize the above-mentioned plan with particular attention to:

The tie-in of the Plan's measures with the Plan of Actions to Implement the Programme of Anti-Crisis Measures of the Government of the Russian Federation in 2009;

coordination of the Plan measures with the measures of the maps of the projects aimed at implementing the Guidelines of the Activities of the Government of the Russian Federation in the period to 2012;

Financial and economic feasibility studies of the measures projected;

improvement of the activities of development institutions;

correction of the types of regulatory acts planned and the deadlines for submitting the same.

The Ministry of Economic Development shall submit the finalized plan to the Government of the Russian Federation under standard procedure.

The Government of the Russian Federation deems it necessary to enhance the coordinating role of the Ministry of Education and Science in shaping and implementing the state innovation policy including the priorities, state expenditure and the introduction of new technologies in this field.

3. Draft Federal Law On Introducing Amendments to the Budget Code of the Russian Federation

The Government of the Russian Federation has approved the Draft Federal Law On Introducing Amendments to the Budget Code of the Russian Federation.

The Finance Ministry jointly with the Ministry of Health and Social Development and the Bank of Russia have been instructed to revise the said Draft Federal Law with particular attention to:

revision of the deadlines for the submission to the State Duma of the annual report on the implementation of the federal budget and the budgets of the state off-budget funds of the Russian Federation;

introducing amendments to the federal law On the Central Bank of the Russian Federation (Bank of Russia) as regards the submission by the Bank of Russia to the State Duma of the draft guidelines of the single state monetary policy for the next fiscal year and for the planning period.

The finalized draft federal law shall be submitted to the Government of the Russian Federation within 24 hours for the purpose of submitting it to the State Duma under standard procedure

4. Draft Federal Law On Ratification of the Agreement Between the Government of the Russian Federation and the Government of the People's Republic of China on Oil Cooperation

The Government of the Russian Federation has approved the Draft Federal Law On Ratification of the Agreement Between the Government of the Russian Federation and the Government of the People's Republic of China on Oil Cooperation and will submit it to the State Duma under standard procedure.

5. Introducing amendments to the Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation of June 30, 2004 N 329 On the Finance Ministry of the Russian Federation

The Government of the Russian Federation has approved the draft Government decree on the above issue.

6. Introducing amendments to the Statute on the Federal Tax Service

The Government of the Russian Federation has approved the draft decree of the Government of the Russian Federation on the above issue.

Moscow,

June 19, 2009

Decisions on the items on the agenda are taken with due account of the remarks and proposals made at the meeting of the Government Presidium and are issued as official documents of the Government of the Russian Federation.