Ministerial Decree No. 595 validating the Regulation on state supervision over forest fires. Country/Territory Russian Federation Document type Regulation Date 2010 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Forestry Keyword Forest fires Enforcement/compliance Inspection Monitoring 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 establishes the modalities of state supervision over forest fires. The purpose of state forest fire supervision shall be to enforce legislation on forest fire prevention and to ensure compliance of natural and legal persons with the provisions of the aforesaid legislation. State supervision over forest fires shall be carried out by the Federal Veterinary and Phytosanitary Supervision Service, the Federal Nature Management Service, territorial bodies thereof and regional executive bodies of the subjects of the Russian Federation. State supervision over forest fires shall be carried out by the officials of the aforesaid institutions in the form of inspections and monitoring. Full text Russian Website www.garant.ru References - Legislation Repealed by Governmental Decree No. 476 “On issues of control (supervision) and annulment of some acts of the Government of the Russian Federation. Legislation | Russian Federation | 2013 (2019) Keyword: Institution, Air quality/air pollution, Local government, Enforcement/compliance, Offences/penalties, Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings, Environmental audit, Pollution control, Hygiene/sanitary procedures, Public health, Food quality control/food safety, Forest management/forest conservation, Public forest, Forest fires, Animal health, Surface water, Management/conservation, Wild fauna, Protection of habitats Source: FAO, FAOLEX