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   Legal news  01.06.2006
    
   A new Belarusian Air Code enters into force in June
   The new Air Code of May 16, 2006 enters into force in Belarus. To provide
citizens needs, to consolidate economy of the state this document establishes
legal and organizational basis of air space usage and realization in the field
of aircraft on the territory of the Republic of Belarus.
   The Code regulates legal relationships in the field of air space usage, aviation
activity in Belarus and the activity of Belarusian aviation abroad. It also regulates
traffic of foreign planes in the air space of the Republic of Belarus, establishes
the responsibility of transporters and bases for claims, mandatory life and health
insurance of the crew and onboard aviation personnel.
   A separate chapter of this code is dedicated to search and rescue activity,
including cooperation with foreign states. The document also concretizes such
terms as "air vessel", "objects of aviation", "controllable zone" and introduces
new terms such as "warranty flights" and "experimental flights".
   The Code establishes new requirements for airports, landing zones, control
authorities of general aviation and also for plane crews. It permits the aviation
organizations and individual entrepreneurs to realize their commercial activity
in the sphere of aviation.

   Belarusian and Cuban courts signed cooperation agreement
   The Agreement between the Supreme Economic Court of the Republic of Belarus
and the Supreme Court of the Republic of Cuba entered into force on April 22,
2006. Both sides expressed interest in establishing contacts between the courts
of two countries.
   The main purposes of this decision were to establish information exchange
concerning legal investigation of economic cases, to validate and put into effect
court decisions of one country on the territory of another.
   The Agreement also provides mutual conferences, consultations, seminars on
economic matters between states.

   Goods from Russia placed under Belarusian customs procedure of temporal import
are subject to taxation on general basis
   The new Decision of the State Customs Committee of the Republic of Belarus
N 36 of May 12, 2006 brings in amendments to the Instruction on the order of
calculation and payment of customs duties and taxes for the goods under customs
procedure of temporal import, and also of exempting the temporarily imported
goods from taxation.
   The new Article added to the Instruction said that an importer of goods from
the territory of Russian Federation which are registered and placed under Belarusian
customs procedure of temporal import (except for the goods imported by the contracts
of financial leasing) must pay customs duties and taxes (including excise taxes
and the VAT) in the order established by the Instruction. The Central customs
of Minsk twice a month (on 1st and 16th day of each month) presents to the Ministry
of Taxes and Duties the information in the form approved by the register in order
to inform the Ministry of Taxes and Duties about the sums of excise taxes and
the VAT paid for such goods.

   Representative offices of foreign companies must confirms the absence of their
customs debts to the Ministry of Internal Affairs on closing
   The Council of Ministers of the Republic of Belarus by its Decision N640 of
May 20, 2006 brought in amendment to the Regulations on the Procedure of Opening
and Operation of Representations of Foreign Companies and Organizations in the
Republic of Belarus.
   According to the Decision, representative office of foreign company in case
of termination of its activity must present to the Ministry of Internal Affairs
the certificate from the customs body of debts absence on customs payments
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