Federal Law No. 111-FZ on amendments and addenda to the Federal Law No.71-FZ on pay for the use of water facilities. Country/Territory Russian Federation Document type Legislation Date 2001 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Food & nutrition, Water Keyword Mineral water Water charges Groundwater Geographical area Arctic, Asia and the Pacific, Black Sea, Caspian Sea, CIS (Commonwealth of Independent States), Eastern Europe, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, North Pacific, North-West Pacific Entry into force notes The Federal Law enters into force from 1 January 2002. Abstract Paragraph 1 of the Article 1 must be supplemented with the following paragraph to be inserted after the wording “carrying out use of water basins”, “(except for underground water containing minerals and (or) medicinal resources (mineral water) or used for the extraction of thermal energy”. Paragraph 4 of the same article must be excluded. Rates of water charges for the categories of payers established by the Article 4 of the Federal Law No.71-FZ of 1998 on pay for the use of water facilities must be applied with the coefficient 2 till the validation by legislative (representative) bodies of the subject of the Russian Federation of the new tariffs of water charges for the categories of payers in accordance with the present Federal Law. Full text Russian References - Legislation Amends Federal Law No. 71-FZ on pay for the use of water facilities. Legislation | Russian Federation | 1998 Keyword: Water abstraction, Surface water, Water charges, Water supply Source: FAO, FAOLEX