RUSSIAN FEDERATION FEDERAL LAW On introducing amendments and additions to Federal Law "On Natural Monopolies" adopted by the State Duma on December 24, 2002 Approved by the Federation Council on 27 December 2002 Article 1. The Federal Law of 17 August 1995 N 147-FZ "On Natural Monopolies" (Collection of Laws of the Russian Federation, 1995, N 34, Art. 3426) the following changes and additions: 1. Article 3 should be supplemented by the following part of the third content: "The notion of 'rail transport infrastructure' shall be used in the meaning referred to in article 2 of the Federal Law "Russian Federation Railway Charter". 2. In article 4: , replace the word "hereby" with the words " 1. This "; add to paragraphs 2 and 3 as follows: " 2. In accordance with the decision of the Government of the Russian Federation, the demonopolization of the rail transport market is proceeding from regulation of activities of natural monopolies in the field of rail transport. Regulating the activities of natural monopolies in the provision of public transport infrastructure services. 3. It is not permitted to contain the economically viable transfer of the natural monopolies referred to in paragraph 1 of this article from the state of the natural monopoly determined in accordance with the second part of article 3 of the present article. Federal Act, into a competitive market. ". 3. Article 21, paragraph 1, should be supplemented with the following paragraph: " The natural monopoly regulation authority shall decide on the modification and termination of the regulation of the activities of natural monopoly entities, taking into account the realization of the demonopolization of natural monopolies. ". Article 2. This Federal Law shall enter into force on the date of its official publication. President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin Moscow, Kremlin 10 January 2003 N 16-FZ
