Ministerial Decree No. 1425 validating the Regulation on information in the sphere of hydrometeorology and monitoring of environmental pollution. Country/Territory Russian Federation Document type Regulation Date 1997 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Environment gen. Keyword Access-to-information Monitoring Contract/agreement 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 regulates access to information on hydrometeorology and monitoring of environmental pollution granted by the Federal Hydrometeorology and Environmental Monitoring Service (ROSHYDROMET). General information shall be granted to federal state bodies, regional state bodies and state early warning system free of charge while to other users the aforesaid information shall be granted for payment. Specific information shall be granted in accordance with bilateral agreements and contracts. The Annex contains the list of general information that can be conceded as information service. Full text Russian Website www.vcom.ru