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The President of the Republic promulgated 18 acts
23.12.2002


President Arnold Rüütel today at Kadriorg signed a resolution promulgating 18 acts. These acts are:

the Alcohol, Tobacco and Fuel Excise Duty Act, and the Act on the Ratification of the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime, passed by the Riigikogu on 4 December;

the following seven acts passed on 11 December:
the Environmental Supervision Act and Weapons Act Amendment Act; the Code of Enforcement Procedure, Local Taxes Act, Public Transport Act, Traffic Act and Misdemeanour Procedure Code Amendment Act; the Heavy Goods Vehicle Tax Act and Traffic Act Amendment Act; the Act on the Ratification of the Convention between the Republic of Estonia and the Republic of Armenia for the Avoidance of Double Taxation and the Prevention of Fiscal Evasion with Respect to Taxes on Income and on Capital and its Protocol; the Act on the Ratification of the Convention between the Government of the Republic of Estonia and the Government of the Republic of Malta for the Avoidance of Double Taxation and the Prevention of Fiscal Evasion with Respect to Taxes on Income and its Protocol; the State Budget of the Year 2003 Act, and the Act on Amendments to the Defence Forces Service Act and to the Other Acts Arising Therefrom;

the Act on Amendments to § 88 of the Estonian Central Register of Securities Act and to § 71 of the Commercial Code; the Local Government Organisation Act Amendment Act, and the Value Added Tax Act Amendment Act, passed on 17 December;

the Electrical Safety Act Amendment Act; the Act on Amendments to Acts Relating to the Health Insurance Act; the Act on Amendments to the Health Care Services Organisation Act; the State Export Guarantees Act, and the Act on the Ratification of the Amendment to Article 1 of the Convention on Prohibitions or Restrictions on the Use of Certain Conventional Weapons which May be Deemed to be Excessively Injurious or to have Indiscriminate Effects, passed on 18 December,

and lastly, the Merchant Shipping Act Amendment Act, passed by the Riigkogu on 19 December.


Press Service of the Office of the President
Kadriorg, December 23, 2002


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