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Ministerial Decree No. 1252 regarding validation of the Regulation on the modalities of concession of the information concerning federal forestry to the physical and juridical persons.

Country/Territory
Russian Federation
Document type
Regulation
Date
1997
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Forestry
Keyword
Access-to-information Registration Royalties/fees Forest service/forest officers Research
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 Regulation regards all types of information regarding forestry data, except for information with limited access in accordance with the Law of the Russian Federation "On state secret" and other legislative acts. The Regulation establishes the modalities of concession of the information concerning federal forestry to the physical and juridical persons, lays down the principles of calculation of information fee and the modalities of its collection. This Regulation is obligatory for every physical and juridical person that produce, accumulate, store and use information regarding forestry. Forestry data comprehend state registration of forest resources, state forest cadastre data, forest monitoring data, forest supervision and other data obtained by the Federal Forest Service and its dependent organizations in the process of their functional activity. Information regarding forestry data, obtained at the expense of the Federal Budget by the Federal Forest Service and its dependent organizations is considered Federal property. Federal Forest Service owns, makes use and disposes of the information concerning federal forestry in accordance with the legislative acts of the Russian Federation. Information concerning federal forestry is issued to the Federal Executive Bodies, to the Regional Authorities and to the local administration free-of-charge. Forestry resources data may be conceded to a user for research, study and other non-commercial purposes free-of-charge. Forestry resources data destined for commercial use is charged.

Full text
Russian

References - Legislation

Implements

Federal Law No. 22-FZ Forest Code.

Legislation | Russian Federation | 1997

Keyword: Basic legislation, Forest management/forest conservation, Public forest, Right of use, Timber, Timber extraction/logging

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Repealed by

Ministerial Decree No.318 regarding the state forest register.

Legislation | Russian Federation | 2007

Keyword: Forest management/forest conservation, Registration, Data collection/reporting, Access-to-information

Source: FAO, FAOLEX