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Russian Federation - Country Profiles

Constitution of the Russian Federation.
Date of text: 12 December 1993

Policies

Presidential Decree No. 512 validating Marine Doctrine of the Russian Federation.
Date of text: 31 July 2022
Federal scientific and technical program in the field of environmental development of the Russian Federation and climate change for 2021-2030.
Date of text: 08 February 2022
Governmental Decree No. 133 validating the Federal scientific and technical program in the field of environmental development of the Russian Federation and climate change for 2021-2030.
Date of text: 08 February 2022
Presidential Decree No. 400 validating the National Security Strategy of the Russian Federation.
Date of text: 02 July 2021
Intended Nationally Determined Contribution of the Russian Federation.
Date of text: 25 November 2020

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
Governmental Decree No. 707 validating the Regulation for submitting and verifying reports on greenhouse gas emissions, the form of a report on greenhouse gas emissions, the Rules for creating and maintaining a register of greenhouse gas emissions and on amending certain acts of the Government of the Russian Federation.
Date of text: 20 April 2022
Governmental Decree No. 455 validating the Rules for verifying the results of the implementation of climate projects.
Date of text: 24 March 2022
Governmental Decree No. 206 “On measures of state regulation of consumption and circulation of substances that destroy the ozone layer.”
Date of text: 18 February 2022
Ministerial Decree No. 843 regarding implementation of Article 6 of the Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.
Date of text: 28 October 2009

Cultivated plants

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
Federal Law No. 268-FZ “Technical regulation of tobaccos.”
Date of text: 22 December 2008
Federal Law No.189-FZ of 2002 regarding amendments and addenda to the Article 10 of the Federal Law No.87-FZ of 2001 on restriction of tobacco smoking.
Date of text: 31 December 2002

Disaster risk management

Tambov Region: Regional Law No. 642-Z “On protection of the population and territory against natural and technological disasters”.
Date of text: 09 March 2016
Orel: Regional Law No. 1866-OZ “On protection of the population and territory against natural and technological disasters of inter-municipal and regional levels”.
Date of text: 10 November 2015
Jewish Autonomous Region: Regional Law No. 918-OZ “On protection of the population and the territory against inter-municipal and regional natural and technological disasters”.
Date of text: 20 April 2011
Trans-Baikal: Regional Law No. 248-ZZK “On some issues of protection of the population and territory against natural and technological disasters”.
Date of text: 23 September 2009
Vologda: Regional Law No. 1773-OZ “On protection of population and territory against natural and technological disasters”.
Date of text: 25 March 2008

Environment

Federal Law No. 7-FZ on environmental protection.
Date of original text: 10 January 2002 (09 March 2021)
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 text: 04 May 1999
Federal Law No. 89-FZ on industrial and consumer waste.
Date of text: 24 June 1998
Federal Law No. 174-FZ of 1995 "On ecological expertise".
Date of text: 23 November 1995

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)
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
Law No. 4979-I on veterinary medicine.
Date of original text: 14 May 1993 (02 August 2019)

Forestry

Forest Code (No. 200 – FZ).
Date of text: 08 November 2006
Principles of the Forest Legislation of the Russian Federation, 1993.
Date of text: 06 March 1993
Federal Law No. 149-FZ on seed growing.
Date of original text: 17 December 1997 (03 July 2016)
Regional Law No. 42-ZKO “On establishment of plenary powers of regional public forest management enterprises in the sphere of forest relations”.
Date of text: 29 April 2015
Regional Law No. 1443-ZRK “On forest management for hunting”.
Date of text: 06 December 2010

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 Ordinance No.729-r of 2004 regarding validation of the total allowable catch (harvest) of Pacific salmon to the amount of 4355, 8 tons for the period of 2004 for proper use (personal consumption) of indigenous scanty population and ethnic communities of the North, Siberia and Far East and which way of life, employment and economy traditionally depends on the aforesaid resources.
Date of text: 27 May 2004

Land and soil

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
Law No. 4196-1 of 1992 "On the right of Russian nationals to transfer into private property and for sale of the plots of land for subsidiary smallholding, truck farming, gardening and personal housing".
Date of text: 23 December 1992

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
Regional Law No. 3790-KZ “On the development of animal breeding and the production of animal products”.
Date of original text: 04 May 2018 (02 March 2022)
Regional Law No. 64-RZ “On allocation of territory for pastoralism”.
Date of text: 13 July 2011
Federal Law No. 61-FZ “On circulation of medicines”.
Date of original text: 12 April 2010 (27 December 2018)

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. 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
Presidential Decree No. 23 “On federal executive bodies responsible for safe marine navigation.
Date of text: 14 January 2013

Social protection

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
Tambov Region: Regional Law No. 647-Z “On state social assistance.”
Date of text: 07 July 2021
Trans-Baikal: Regional Law No. 1920-ZZK “On state social assistance, social assistance for certain categories of citizens.”
Date of text: 24 February 2021
Krasnoyarsk: Regional Law No. 10-4614 “On the acknowledgement of citizens in need for the purpose of provision thereto certain measures of social protection.
Date of text: 24 December 2020

Water

Water Code (No. 74-FZ).
Date of text: 03 June 2006
Basic Water Legislation of the USSR and Union Republics of 1970.
Date of text: 10 December 1970
Federal Law No. 488-FZ "On industrial policy".
Date of text: 31 December 2014
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. 7-FZ on environmental protection.
Date of original text: 10 January 2002 (09 March 2021)
Federal Law No. 498-FZ “On responsible treatment of animals”.
Date of text: 27 December 2018
Regional Law No. 39-RZ “On the regional Red Book”.
Date of original text: 06 July 2017 (04 April 2022)

Miscellaneous

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. 41-FZ on production cooperatives.
Date of text: 08 May 1996
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)

International Agreements

Agreement between the Federal Service for Hydrometeorology and Environmental Monitoring (ROSHYDROMET) and the Government of Sakhalin region on cooperation in the field of hydrometeorology and related fields, environmental monitoring and monitoring of pollution on the regional territory.
Date of text: 15 December 2020
Presidential Decree No. 172/20 approving the Agreement on the Protocol of Cooperation between the Government of the Republic of Angola and the Government of the Russian Federation in the Fisheries and Aquaculture sector.
Date of text: 18 June 2020
Agreement to prevent unregulated high seas fisheries in the Central Arctic Ocean.
Date of text: 03 October 2018