Federal Law No. 47-FZ on amendments and additions to the Federal Law on agricultural cooperation. Country/Territory Russian Federation Document type Legislation Date 1997 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Agricultural & rural development, Fisheries Keyword Cooperative/producer organization Fish products Processing/handling 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 the date of its official publication. Abstract This Federal Law modifies paragraph 7 of the Article 1 in the following manner: ''agricultural commodity producer is a physical or juridical person that produces more than 50% of agricultural commodities of the total output value and that includes also fisheries association (collective farm) that produces and catches more that 70% of aquatic biodiversity of the total output value''. Paragraph 3 of the article 3 acquires a new wording: "agricultural cooperative is an agricultural or fishing enterprise engaged in the production, processing, handling, trade agricultural (fish) products". Full text Russian Website www.law.optima.ru References - Legislation Amends Federal Law No. 193-FZ on agricultural cooperation. Legislation | Russian Federation | 1995 Keyword: Cooperative/producer organization, Non-governmental entity, Basic legislation Source: FAO, FAOLEX