Russian Environmental Legislation and Government Decrees

• Codes of the Russian Federation
• Legislative Acts of the Russian Federation
• Russian Federation Government Decrees

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Codes of the Russian Federation

1. Land Code of the Russian Federation of October 25, 2001 N 136-FZ (later amendments of June 30, 2003; June 29, October 3, and December 21 and 29, 2004; March 7, July 21 and 22, and December 31, 2005; April 17, June 3 and 30, July 27, October 16, and December 4, 18, and 29, 2006).
   
   
2. Town-Planning Code of the Russian Federation of December 29, 2004, N 190-FZ (later amendments of July 22 and December 31, 2005; June 3, July 27, and December 4, 18, and 29 2009).
   
   
3. Water Code of the Russian Federation of June 3, 2006, N 74-FZ (later amendments of December 4, 2006).
   
   
4. Forest Code of the Russian Federation of December 4, 2006, N 200-FZ.
   
   
5. Criminal Code of the Russian Federation of June 13, 1996, N 63-FZ (articles 236, 237, 243, 246, 250, 251, 252, 254, 255, 259, 260, 261, and 262).

Legislative Acts of the Russian Federation

1. Federal Law on Environmental Protection of January 10, 2002, N 7-FZ (later amendments of August 22 and December 29, 2004; May 9 and December 31, 2005; December 18, 2006).
   
   
2. Federal Law on Environmental Review of November 23, 1995, N 174-FZ (later amendments of April 15, 1998; August 22 and December 21 and 29, 2004; December 31, 2005; December 4 and 18, 2006).
   
   
3. Federal Law on Amendments of Selected Legislative Acts of the Russian Federation due to Delineation of Authorities of December 31, 2005, N 199-FZ.
   
   
4. Federal Law on Amendments of Selected Legislative Acts and on Invalidation of Selected Legislative Acts of the Russian Federation of August 22, 2004, N 122-FZ.
   
   
5. Federal Law on Specially Protected Natural Areas of March 14, 1995, N 33-FZ (later amendments of December 30 of 2001; August 22 and December 29, 2004; May 9, 2005; December 4, 2006).
   
   
6. Federal Law on Sanitary and Epidemiologic Well-Being of the Population of March 30, 1999. N 52-FZ.
   
   
7. Federal Law on the Subsoil of February 21, 1992, N 2395-I (later amendments of June 26 and December 25, 1992; July 1, 1994; March 3, 1995; February 10, 1999, January 2, 2000; May 14 and August 8, 2001; May 29, 2002; June 6, 2003; June 29 and August 22, 2004; April 15 and October 25, 2006).
   
   
8. Federal Law on Fauna of April 24, 1995, N 52-FZ (articles 22, 40, and 58).
   
   
9. Federal Law on Atmospheric Air Protection of May 4, 1999, N 98-FZ (as amended on August 22, 2004).
   
   
10. Federal Law on Architectural Activity in the Russian Federation of November 17, 1995 (later amendments of December 30, 2001; January 10, 2003; August 22, 2004; December 18, 2006).
    
    
11. RSFSR Law on Historical and Cultural Preservation (as amended on January 18, 1985).
    
    
12. Federal Law on Land Reclamation of January 10 of 1996, N 4-FZ (later amendments of January 10, 2003; August 22 and December 29, 2004; December 18, 2006).
    
    
13. Federal Law on Geodesy and Cartography of December 26, 1995, N 209-FZ (later amendments of January 10, 2003; August 22, 2004; June 3, 2005; December 18, 2006).
    
    
14. Federal Law on Industrial Safety in Hazardous Production Facilities of July 21, 1997, N 116-FZ.
    
    
15. Federal Law on the Protection of the Population and Territories from Environmental and Technological Emergencies of December 21, 1994, N 68-FZ.
    
    
16. Federal Law on the Radiological Safety of the Population of January 9, 1996, N 3-FZ.
    
    
17. Federal Law on Safety of Hydrotechnical Constructions of July 21, 1997, N 117-FZ (later amendments of December 27, 2000; December 30, 2001; December 24, 2002).
    
    
18. RSFSR Law on Enterprises and Business Undertaking in RSFSR (Federal Law version of November 30, 1994, N 89-FZ).
    
    
19. Federal Law on Foreign Investments in the RSFSR (Federal Law version of June 19, 1995, N 89-FZ).
    
    
20. Federal Law on Foreign Investments in the Russian Federation (Federal Law of March 21, 2002, N 31-FZ; Federal Law of July 25, 2002, N 117-FZ).
    
    
21. RSFSR Law on Land Fee, Federal Law version of March 7, 2005, N 15-FZ.
    
    
22. Federal Law on the Principles of Local Self-Government in the Russian Federation of October 6, 2003, N 131-FZ.

Russian Federation Government Decrees

1. Russian Federation Government Decree on the Procedure for Carrying Out Expert Examination of Town Planning and Preliminary Design and Project Documentation Approval of December 27, 2000, N 1008.
   
   
2. Russian Federation Government – Council of Ministers Decree on Approval of the Regulations for State Environmental Expertise of September 22, 1993, N 942 (later amendments of June 11, 1996).
   
   
3. Russian Federation Government Decree on Approval of the Regulations of the Procedure of Land-Use Boundary Fixation within the City and Other Settlements of February 2, 1996, N 195 (later amendments of August 21, 2000).
   
   
4. Russian Federation Government Decree on Approval of the Regulations on the Procedure of Issuing Grants for the Lease of Land Plots, Natural Objects, Buildings and Structures in National Parks for Provision of Regulated Tourism and Recreation of August 3, 1996, N 926.
   
   
5. Russian Federation Government Decree on the Procedure of State Inventorying of Protected Nature Areas of October 19, 1996, N 1249.
   
   
6. Russian Federation Government Decree on the Procedure of State Recording, Inventorying, and Monitoring of Fauna of November 10, 1966, N 1342.
   
   
7. Russian Federation Government Decree on State Water Inventory of November 23, 1996, N 1403.
   
   
8. Russian Federation Government Decree on State Monitoring of Bodies of Water of March 14, 1997, N 307.
   
   
9. Russian Federation Government Decree on Regulations on State Control over Management and Conservation of Bodies of Water of June 16, 1996, N 716.
   
   
10. Russian Federation Government Decree on Regulations for Water Conservation Zones of Water Basins and Adjacent Protective Zones of November 23, 1996, N 1404.
    
    
11. Russian Federation Government Decree on Water Reservoir Operations of June 20, 1996, N 762.
    
    
12. Russian Federation Government Decree on Regulation on Classification of Natural and Technological Emergencies and Disasters of September 13, 1996, N 109.
    
    
13. Russian Federation Government Decree on Red Book (Endangered Species List) of the Russian Federation of February 26, 1996, N 158.
    
    
14. Russian Federation Government Decree of July 30, 2004, N 400 on Regulation for Federal Service for Supervision Over Natural Resource Use and on Amendments to Russian Federation Government Decree of July 22, 2004, N 370.
    
    
15. Russian Federation Government Decree on the Federal Environmental, Industrial and Nuclear Supervision Service of July 30, 2004, N 401.