Ministerial Decree No. 1151 regarding validation of the Regulation on the formation and use of the federal forestry seeds stock. Country/Territory Russian Federation Document type Regulation Date 1998 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Forestry Keyword Forest management/forest conservation Certification Transport/storage Planting material/seeds 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 Abstract Federal Forestry Seeds Stock is formed for the purpose of securing forest reproduction and forest cultivation in those regions of the Russian Federation that either don't carry out seed production or have limited possibilities of seed harvest, for the purpose of rendering assistance to juridical and physical persons engaged in forest management, in case of natural calamity and other emergency situations, and for the purpose of preservation of genetic stock of forest planting material. Federal Forest Management Institution and its territorial branches are entitled to form and store Federal Forestry Seeds Stock within the limits of the federal budget destined for forest management. Federal Forestry Seeds Stock is stored with forestry seeds supplied with quality control certificate. Federal Forest Management Institution establishes compliance requirements , sets up the conditions of acceptance and the conditions of storage of forestry seeds fixed by state standards and other legislative acts. Federal Forest Management Institution exercises control over the use of forestry seeds supplied to its territorial branches from the Federal Forestry Seeds Stock. Full text Russian References - Legislation Implements Federal Law No. 149-FZ on seed growing. Legislation | Russian Federation | 1997 (2016) Keyword: Inspection, Classification/declassification, Processing/handling, Transport/storage, Planting material/seeds, Basic legislation, Plant production Source: FAO, FAOLEX