Ministerial Decree No. 12 regarding validation of the Regulation on the Committee of Municipal Services. Country/Territory Russian Federation Document type Regulation Date 1993 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Land & soil, Water Keyword Urban land Land-use planning Institution Water supply Sewerage Waste disposal 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 The Government decrees to validate the Regulation. Committee of Municipal Services is a central Federal Executive Body entitled to carry out state regulation and inter-departmental coordination as regards municipal services (housing facilities, heat and electricity supply, water supply and sewerage, engineering protection, equipping with services and utilities, urban planning and road-building, waste disposal, municipal bath and laundry services, ritual services for the population, scientific planning and industrial and production support). The main tasks of the Committee are carrying out state support of the local administration with due regard to regional particulars and conditions of the passage to market relations, development of free competition and share capitalization, ensuring privatization of the objects of municipal services for the purpose of quality improvement of the life-support system and consumer services of the population. Full text Russian