Ministerial Decree No. 1216 validating the Regulation hydrometeorological activity. Country/Territory Russian Federation Document type Regulation Date 2011 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Environment gen. Keyword Authorization/permit Air quality/air pollution Soil pollution/quality Outer space Data collection/reporting Radiation 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 Abstract This Ministerial Decree establishes the modalities of licensing of hydrometeorological activity and related fields carried out by legal persons and individual entrepreneurs. The aforesaid activity shall include: (a) identification of meteorological, climatological, hydrological, oceanological, heligeophysical and agrometeorological characteristics of environment; (b) identification of pollution (including radioactive pollution) of the atmospheric air, soil, waterbodies and outer space; (c) elaboration and submittal to consumers of forecast, analytical and calculated information related to the state of environment; and (d) creation and keeping databases in the sphere of hydrometeorology and related fields. Licensing authority shall be the Federal Hydrometeorological and Environmental Monitoring Service. Full text Russian Website www.garant.ru References - Legislation Repeals Ministerial Decree No. 497 validating the Regulation on licensing of hydrometeorological activities. Legislation | Russian Federation | 2006 Keyword: Authorization/permit, Soil pollution/quality, Outer space, Data collection/reporting, Radiation, Pollution control Source: FAO, FAOLEX