Federal Law No. 94-FZ on the protection of the Baikal lake. Country/Territory Russian Federation Document type Legislation Date 1999 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Environment gen., Water Keyword Protected area Ecosystem preservation EIA Environmental audit Monitoring Access-to-information Freshwater pollution Inland waters Pollution control 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 Basin Baikal Lake Entry into force notes The Federal Law enters into force from the date of its official publication. Abstract The present Federal Law, other Federal Laws and other normative legal acts of the Russian Federation and carry out legal regulation in the field of the protection of the Baikal lake by the laws and other normative legal acts of the subjects of the Russian Federation. For the purpose of the protection of the unique ecosystem of the Baikal lake there must be established special regime of economic and other activities within the boundaries of the protected area of the Baikal lake in conformity with the following principles: 1) priority of the activities aimed at conservation of the conservation of ecosystem, natural landscapes and water conservation zones of the Baikal lake; 2) consideration of the complex EIA of economic and other activities based upon the principles of sustainable development; 3) compulsory state ecological audit. Concentration of hazardous substances of all categories dangerous to the unique ecosystem of the Baikal lake in discharge and emissions must not exceed top limits fixed for ecosystems. State ecological monitoring shall be carried as an integral part of the common system of state ecological monitoring out by the federal executive body entitled with the task of state regulation of the protection of the Baikal lake area. Citizens and legal persons shall be granted access to information regarding protection of the Baikal lake in accordance with the modalities established by the Russian legislation. The Federal Law consists of 4 Sections that contain 26 Articles. Section 1 (arts. 1-4) lays down the general provisions. Section 2 (arts. 5-12) establishes the protection regime of the Baikal lake protected area. Section 3 (arts. 13-14) establishes maximum permissible hazardous impact on the unique ecological system of the Baikal lake. Section 4 (arts. 15-26) regards state regulation in the field of protection of the Baikal lake. Full text Russian References - Legislation Implemented by Ministerial Decree No. 643 regarding validation of the list of activities prohibited in the central ecological zone of the Baikal natural area. Legislation | Russian Federation | 2001 Keyword: Ecosystem preservation, Public forest, Forestry protection measures, Protected area, Timber extraction/logging, Forest management/forest conservation, Waste disposal, Pollution control, Hazardous waste, Effluent waste water/discharge, Waste management Source: FAO, FAOLEX Ministerial Decree No. 1298 regarding authorized institution for carrying out state regulation in the sphere of protection of the Baikal lake. Legislation | Russian Federation | 1999 Keyword: Ecosystem preservation, Monitoring, Inland waters Source: FAO, FAOLEX Order No. 15 of the Ministry of Agriculture validating total allowable catch in the Baikal lake for the period of 2005. Legislation | Russian Federation | 2005 Keyword: Inland fisheries, Freshwater fishes, Total allowable catch Source: FAO, FAOLEX Ministerial Decree No. 661 regarding ecological zoning of the Baikal lake ecosystem and information of the population on its boundaries, ecological zones and the particulars of the regime of ecological zones. Legislation | Russian Federation | 2000 Keyword: Zoning, Ecosystem preservation, Protected area, Environmental planning, Access-to-information, Policy/planning Source: FAO, FAOLEX Ministerial Decree No. 67 regarding the particulars of the protection, catch (harvest) of endemic aquatic animals and collection of endemic aquatic plants of in the Baikal lake. Legislation | Russian Federation | 2002 Keyword: Inland fisheries, Aquatic animals, Aquatic plants, Diadromous fish, Fishing authorization, Fishing gear/fishing method, Freshwater fishes, Seasons, Total allowable catch, Protection of species, Fishery management and conservation, Authorization/permit Source: FAO, FAOLEX Ministerial Decree No. 234 regarding utmost water-levels in the Baikal lake in the process of carrying out economic and other types of activity. Legislation | Russian Federation | 2001 Keyword: Freshwater resources management, Inland waters, Surface water, Water conservation zone Source: FAO, FAOLEX Order No. 83 of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Ecology validating standards for maximum permissible impacts on the unique ecological system of Lake Baikal and the list of hazardous substances, including substances belonging to the categories of especially hazardous, highly hazardous, hazardous and moderately hazardous for the unique ecological system of Lake Baikal. Legislation | Russian Federation | 2020 Keyword: Protected area, Ecosystem preservation, Surface water, EIA, Inland waters, Pollution control, Hazardous substances, Air quality/air pollution, Fishery management and conservation, Inland fisheries, Total allowable catch, Allocation/quota, Freshwater fishes, Freshwater pollution, Hunting/capture Source: FAO, FAOLEX Amended by Federal Law No. 201-FZ implementing the Forest Code. Legislation | Russian Federation | 2006 Keyword: Protection forest, Timber extraction/logging, Contract/agreement, National parks, Authorization/permit, Forest management/forest conservation, Protected area, Sustainable use Source: FAO, FAOLEX Federal Law amending some legislative acts of the Russian Federation. Legislation | Russian Federation | 2014 Keyword: Protected area, Recycling/reuse, Waste domestic sources, Waste non-domestic sources, Hazardous substances, Waste management, Waste disposal, Hazardous waste Source: FAO, FAOLEX