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Constitution of the Russian Federation.
Date of original text: 12 December 1993 (01 July 2020)

Policies

Karelia: Regional Resolution No. 95-P validating State Program “Development of the regional agro-industrial and fishery complexes”.
Date of text: 29 March 2024
Krasnodar: Governor’s Decree No. 1170 validating Regional State Program “Integrated development of rural areas”.
Date of text: 28 December 2023
Kamchatka: Regional Resolution No. 706-P validating "Development of the regional fishery complex."
Date of text: 28 December 2023
Chechen: Regional Resolution No. 339 validating the State Program of the Chechen Republic “Development of agriculture and regulation of markets for agricultural products, raw materials and food.”
Date of text: 26 December 2023
Tuva: Regional Decree No. 836 validating Regional state program “Development of agriculture and regulation of markets for agricultural products, raw materials and food”.
Date of text: 15 November 2023

Legislation

Agricultural and rural development

Federal Law No. 280-FZ on Organic Production.
Date of text: 03 August 2018
Federal Law No. 264-FZ on agricultural development.
Date of text: 29 December 2006
Federal Law No. 100-FZ on state regulation of agro-industrial production.
Date of text: 14 July 1997
Federal Law No. 193-FZ on agricultural cooperation.
Date of text: 08 December 1995
Federal Law No. 260-FZ “On state support in the field of agricultural insurance and on amendments to the Federal Law "On agricultural development".
Date of original text: 25 July 2011 (01 March 2022)

Climate change

Federal Law No. 296-FZ “On limiting greenhouse gas emissions”.
Date of text: 02 July 2021
Presidential Decree No. 666 “On reduction of greenhouse gas emissions.”
Date of text: 04 November 2020
Order No. 371 of the Ministry of Environmental Protection and Ecology validating methods for quantitative determination of greenhouse gas emissions and absorption of greenhouse gases.
Date of text: 27 May 2022
Order No. 247 of the Ministry of Economic Development validating the Procedure on classification of legal entities and individual entrepreneurs as regional regulated organizations within the framework of an experiment for limiting greenhouse gases in certain constituent entities of the Russian Federation.
Date of text: 06 May 2022
Government Resolution No. 790 validating the Regulation for creating and maintaining a register of carbon units, as well as conducting transactions with carbon units in the register of carbon units.
Date of original text: 30 April 2022 (04 April 2024)

Cultivated plants

Federal Law No. 454-FZ “On seed growing.”
Date of text: 30 December 2021
Federal Law No. 206-FZ “On plant quarantine”.
Date of text: 21 July 2014
Federal Law No. 109 - FZ of 1997 "On safe handling of pesticides and agricultural chemicals".
Date of original text: 19 July 1997 (17 April 2017)
Law No. 5605-1 on the protection of selection achievements.
Date of text: 06 August 1993
Ministerial Decree No.874 of 2001 regarding validation by the Russian Federation of the revised text of International Plant Protection Convention.
Date of text: 18 December 2001

Disaster risk management

Federal Law No. 92-FZ on special ecological programs of rehabilitation of soil subject to radioactive contamination.
Date of text: 10 July 2001
Federal Law No. 69-FZ on fire prevention.
Date of text: 21 December 1994
Methodological Recommendations No. RD 03-417-01 of the State Technical and Mining Inspectorate validating the Procedure for the development of a project for monitoring industrial waterworks subject to supervision by the State Technical and Mining Inspectorate.
Date of text: 04 July 2001
Instruction No. RD 03-259-98 of the State Technical and Mining Inspectorate validating the Procedure for monitoring the safety of industrial waterworks subject to supervision by the State Technical and Mining Inspectorate.
Date of text: 12 January 1998
Government Decree No. 2029 validating the Regulation for the implementation of state monitoring of the state of subsoil and monitoring of the condition of subsoil on a subsoil plot provided for use.
Date of text: 29 November 2023

Environment

Federal Law No. 7-FZ on environmental protection.
Date of original text: 10 January 2002 (01 January 2024)
Law No. 492-FZ “On biological safety”.
Date of text: 30 December 2020
Federal Law No. 96-FZ on the protection of the atmospheric air.
Date of original text: 04 May 1999 (19 August 2024)
Federal Law No. 89-FZ on industrial and consumer waste.
Date of text: 24 June 1998
Federal Law No. 174-FZ of 1995 "On environmental impact assessment".
Date of original text: 23 November 1995 (19 December 2023)

Fisheries

Federal Law No. 166-FZ on fisheries and conservation of aquatic biological resources.
Date of original text: 20 December 2004 (26 July 2019)
Federal Law No. 475-FZ “On artisanal fishing”.
Date of text: 25 December 2018
Federal Law No. 148-FZ “On aquaculture (fishfarming)”.
Date of original text: 02 July 2013 (06 February 2019)
Federal Law No. 191-FZ of 1998 on the Exclusive Economic Zone.
Date of text: 17 December 1998
Federal Law No. 260-FZ “On state support in the field of agricultural insurance and on amendments to the Federal Law "On agricultural development".
Date of original text: 25 July 2011 (01 March 2022)

Food and nutrition

Federal Law No. 47-FZ amending Federal Law FZ-29 on food quality and food safety.
Date of text: 01 March 2020
Federal Law FZ-29 on food quality and food safety.
Date of original text: 02 January 2000 (13 July 2020)
Federal Law No. 280-FZ on Organic Production.
Date of text: 03 August 2018
Presidential Decree No. 239 "On measures to ensure the sanitary and epidemiological well-being of the population in the Russian Federation in connection with the spread of a new coronavirus infection (COVID-19)".
Date of text: 02 April 2020
Federal Law No. 323-FZ “On the fundamentals of protection of the public health”.
Date of text: 21 November 2011

Forestry

Forest Code (No. 200 – FZ).
Date of original text: 08 November 2006 (25 December 2023)
Principles of the Forest Legislation of the Russian Federation, 1993.
Date of text: 06 March 1993
Federal Law No. 248-FZ amending some legislative acts of the Russian Federation.
Date of text: 13 June 2023
Federal Law No. 66-FZ amending Federal Law No. 218-FZ “On state registration of immovable property” and article 62 (2) of the Federal Law No. 7-FZ on environmental protection.
Date of text: 18 March 2023
Federal Law No. 538-FZ amending Forest Code and Water Code related to forest management.
Date of text: 27 December 2018

Indigenous peoples

Federal Law No.49-FZ of 2001 on territories of traditional nature management of scanty indigenous populations of the North, Siberia and the Far East.
Date of text: 07 May 2001
Federal Law No. 104-FZ on general principles of organization of communities of indigenous scanty population of the North, of Siberia and of the Far East of the Russian Federation.
Date of text: 20 July 2000
Federal Law No. 82-FZ regarding guarantees to indigenous scanty population of the Russian Federation.
Date of text: 30 April 1999
Federal Law No. 82-FZ on ensuring traditional rights of sparsely distributed indigenous peoples of the Russian Federation.
Date of original text: 30 April 1999 (13 May 2008)
Governmental Order No. 631-r validating the List of living and traditional economic activities of indigenous peoples of the Russian Federation.
Date of text: 08 May 2009

Land and soil

Federal Law No. 509-FZ “On the peculiarities of registering rights to certain types of real estate and on introducing amendments to certain legislative acts of the Russian Federation.”
Date of text: 02 November 2023
Land Code (No. 136-FZ of 2001).
Date of original text: 25 October 2001 (31 July 2020)
Federal Law No. 78-FZ on land use planning.
Date of text: 18 June 2001
Federal Law No. 28-FZ of 2000 "On state land cadastre".
Date of text: 02 January 2000
Federal Law "Urban Code" No. 73-FZ of 1998.
Date of text: 07 May 1998

Livestock

Law No. 4979-I on veterinary medicine.
Date of original text: 14 May 1993 (02 August 2019)
Decision No. 1 of the Council of Eurasian Economic Commission validating the Instruction regulating circulation of veterinary medicinal products in the customs territory of the Eurasian Economic Union.
Date of text: 21 January 2022
Federal Law No. 248-FZ “On livestock by-products and on amendments to certain legislative acts of the Russian Federation.”
Date of text: 14 July 2022
Federal Law No. 463-FZ amending Law No. 4979-I on veterinary medicine and Federal Law No. 61-FZ “On circulation of medicines”.
Date of text: 30 December 2021
Federal Law No. 490-FZ “On apiculture”.
Date of text: 30 December 2020

Mineral resources and energy

Federal Law No. 261-FZ “On energy saving and improvement of energy efficiency”.
Date of text: 23 November 2009
Federal Law 35-FZ on electric energy.
Date of text: 26 March 2003
Federal Law No.170-FZ of 1995 on use of nuclear energy.
Date of text: 21 November 1995
Federal Law No. 27-FZ of 1995 on Underground Resources.
Date of original text: 03 March 1995 (02 January 2000)
Law No. 2395-I on subsoil.
Date of original text: 21 February 1992 (25 December 2023)

Sea

Federal Law No. 191-FZ of 1998 on the Exclusive Economic Zone.
Date of text: 17 December 1998
Federal Law No. 187-FZ of 1995 on the continental shelf of the Russian Federation.
Date of text: 25 October 1995
Federal Law No. 155 - FZ "On internal waters, territorial sea and contiguous zone".
Date of text: 31 July 1998
Federal Law No. 212-FZ “On free seaport of Vladivostok”.
Date of text: 13 July 2015
Federal Law No. 87-FZ amending Federal Law No. 155 - FZ "On internal waters, territorial sea and contiguous zone".
Date of text: 07 May 2013

Social protection

Federal Law No. 178-FZ “On state social assistance”.
Date of original text: 17 July 1999 (29 October 2024)
Federal Law No. 3-FZ “On narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances.”
Date of original text: 08 January 1998 (18 July 2009)
Federal Law No. 134-FZ "On the Subsistence Minimum”.
Date of original text: 24 October 1997 (29 December 2020)
Ministerial Decree No. 1302 validating the Regulation on financing of high-tech medical care, excluded from basic program of obligatory medical insurance, rendered to citizens of the Russian Federation by federal state institutions.
Date of text: 05 December 2016
Khanty-Mansi: Regional Law No. 74-oz “On the development of a socially useful sphere.”
Date of text: 07 October 2021

Water

Water Code (No. 74-FZ).
Date of original text: 03 June 2006 (25 December 2023)
Basic Water Legislation of the USSR and Union Republics of 1970.
Date of text: 10 December 1970
Federal Law No. 4-FZ “On the safety of people on waterbodies”.
Date of text: 03 February 2025
Regional Law No. 888-PK “On public control”.
Date of text: 21 December 2011
Federal Law No. 416-FZ “On water supply and water discharge.”
Date of text: 07 December 2011

Wild species and ecosystems

Federal Law No. 209-FZ “On hunting and conservation of hunting resources.”
Date of text: 28 July 2009
Federal Law of the Russian Federation on Wildlife (No. 52-FZ of 1995).
Date of text: 24 April 1995
Federal Law No. 33-FZ on protected areas.
Date of original text: 14 March 1995 (10 July 2023)
Federal Law No. 7-FZ on environmental protection.
Date of original text: 10 January 2002 (01 January 2024)
Federal Law No. 498-FZ “On responsible treatment of animals”.
Date of text: 27 December 2018

Miscellaneous

Civil Code of the Russian Federation.
Date of original text: 1994 (11 March 2024)
Federal Law No. 41-FZ on production cooperatives.
Date of text: 08 May 1996
Federal Law No.24-FZ of 1995 on information, informatization and protection of information.
Date of text: 20 February 1995
Federal Law No. 61-FZ “On circulation of medicines”.
Date of original text: 12 April 2010 (27 December 2018)
Federal Law No. 273-FZ «On combating corruption».
Date of text: 25 December 2008

International Agreements

AGREEMENT between the Government of the Russian Federation and the Government of the Algerian People's Democratic Republic on cooperation in the field of quarantine and plant protection.
Date of text: 15 June 2023
AGREEMENT between the Government of the Russian Federation and the Government of the Republic of Tajikistan on cooperation in the field of ensuring sanitary and epidemiological welfare of the population.
Date of text: 03 March 2023
Agreement between the Government of the Russian Federation and the Government of the Republic of Tajikistan on the mutual use of electronic systems for certification of the origin of goods.
Date of text: 03 March 2023

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