Federal Law No. 491-FZ amending Federal Law No. 264-FZ on agricultural development. Country/Territory Russian Federation Document type Legislation Date 2018 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Agricultural & rural development Keyword Policy/planning Agricultural development Agricultural commodities 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 This Federal Law enters into force on 1 January 2019. Abstract Article 10 shall be amended to add the following wording: “The National report on realization of state program shall be prepared by the federal executive body in the field of agro-industrial complex and shall be approved until July 15 by the Government of the Russian Federation. The national report must contain: (a) the results of the state program over the past year in general and in relation to individual events, in the case of its completion - for the entire period of its implementation; (b) the main indicators of agricultural development in accordance with the goals and objectives defined by the state program (indices of gross agricultural output and food industry, investment in agriculture, incomes of citizens, living in rural areas, indicators of consumption of major foodstuffs per person per year, the balance of income from foreign trade in food products, share indicators of the Russian foodstuffs in the consumer market, profitability of agricultural production, indices of technical equipment of agricultural organizations, price parity indicators, growth index of the volume of services in the social sphere for citizens living in rural areas), and other indicators, as well as information on the implementation of performance indicators of the main activities, subprograms of the state program and their financing; and (c) the forecast of agricultural development for the forthcoming year and, in case of necessity, proposals for the correction of state program.” Full text Russian Website publication.pravo.gov.ru References - Legislation Amends Federal Law No. 264-FZ on agricultural development. Legislation | Russian Federation | 2006 Keyword: Agricultural development, Agricultural commodities, Cooperative/producer organization, Credit, Smallholders/peasants, Basic legislation Source: FAO, FAOLEX