Ministerial Decree No. 1594 regarding authorized environmental institutions of the Russian Federation. Country/Territory Russian Federation Document type Regulation Date 1998 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Environment gen. Keyword Institution 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 establish that State Committee on Environmental Protection and its territorial branches are authorized state institutions of the Russian Federation in the sphere of environmental protection and within the sphere of their competence are entitled to coordinate the activity of authorized institutions in the sphere of environmental protection and their territorial branches that carry out their functions in the following spheres of competence: the Ministry of Natural Resources, the Ministry of Agriculture and Food, Federal Fisheries Committee, Federal Geodetic and Cartographic Service, Federal Service of Hydrometeorology and Environmental Monitoring, as well as other federal executive bodies and their territorial branches that are entitled in accordance with the Russian legislation to decision-making in the field of environmental protection in concordance or jointly with authorized state bodies in the sphere of environmental protection. Full text Russian References - Legislation Repeals Ministerial Decree No. 943 of 1993 regarding especially authorised state institutions in the field of environmental protection. Legislation | Russian Federation | 1993 Keyword: Institution, Environmental planning, Marine pollution, Pollution control, Policy/planning, Land-use planning, Minerals, Mining, Freshwater pollution Source: FAO, FAOLEX Implemented by Official Letter No.01-12/24-231 of 1999 the State Committee for Environmental Protection regarding delegation of plenary powers in the sphere of environmental protection. Legislation | Russian Federation | 1999 Keyword: Institution, Contract/agreement Source: FAO, FAOLEX Order No.338 of 2000 of the State Committee of Environmental Protection regarding validation of the Regulation on coordination council of especially authorized state institutions of the Russian Federation in the sphere of environmental protection. Legislation | Russian Federation | 2000 Keyword: Institution, Special fund, Access-to-information Source: FAO, FAOLEX