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Ministerial Decree No. 379 regarding water register.

Country/Territory
Russian Federation
Document type
Regulation
Date
1994
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Water
Keyword
Registration Groundwater Surface water Data collection/reporting Access-to-information Dispute settlement
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, for the purpose of succession and intermittency of supervision of water basins and valuation of water resources, decrees to continue keeping up of the state water register taking into account qualitative and quantitative parameters, registration of water users and the data concerning water uses. The following Federal Authorities are entitled to keep up the state water cadastre: Federal Service of Hydrometeorological Survey and Monitoring of Environment (as regards to "Surface Water"); Committee on Water Uses and Waterworks (as regards to "Water Uses"); Committee on Geology and the Use of Subsoil (as regards to "groundwater"). The Government of the Russian Federation establishes that the data of the state water register are the grounds for putting into effect managerial and other decisions, and are considered official in dispute settlement in the field of water uses and protection of water basins.

Full text
Russian
Website
www.law.optima.ru

References - Legislation

Implements

Federal Law No. 167-FZ Water Code.

Legislation | Russian Federation | 1995

Keyword: Basic legislation, Groundwater, Surface water, Water abstraction, Water quality standards, Freshwater pollution, Freshwater resources management, Industrial water use, Recreational water use, Timber, Pollution control

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Repealed by

Ministerial Decree No. 1403 regarding keeping of water register of the Russian Federation.

Legislation | Russian Federation | 1996

Keyword: Groundwater, Surface water, Registration, Data collection/reporting, Water charges, Access-to-information, Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings, Dispute settlement

Source: FAO, FAOLEX