Ministerial Decree No. 1226 regarding compensation of the damages caused to the state by the infringement of water legislation. Country/Territory Russian Federation Document type Regulation Date 1980 Source FAO, FAOLEX Original source Official copy. Subject Water Keyword Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings Liability/compensation Governance 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 Council of Ministers of the U.S.S.R. decrees to entitle water institutions of the Ministry of Land Reclamation and Water Services to undertake legal actions against state associations, enterprises, departments and organizations, collective farms, other cooperative and social organizations and single citizens, as well as against foreign physical and juridical persons aimed at the recovery of financial means for the benefit of state and compensation of damages caused to the state by the infringement of water legislation. The recovered financial means must be destined for the water protection measures in accordance with the plans of economic and social development. Full text Russian