Ministerial Decree No. 698 validating the Regulation on setting up and managing the federal stock of seeds of agricultural crops. Country/Territory Russian Federation Document type Regulation Date 2001 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Cultivated plants Keyword Planting material/seeds Crops/grasses Transport/storage Plant production 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 for procuring, delivering, storing and distributing of seeds from the federal stock of agricultural crop seeds, which shall be provided to regions that do not produce their own stock of seeds, to natural and legal persons producing agricultural commodities and to the population in case of emergencies and natural disasters. Seeds of national origin shall be purchased for the federal stock of agricultural crop seeds. Seeds of foreign origin may be purchased if the same species of national origin is unavailable, insufficient or economically inadvisable. The Ministry of Agriculture shall be the authorized institution responsible for setting up and managing the federal stock of agricultural crop seeds. Full text Russian Website www.garant.ru References - Legislation Repeals Ministerial Decree No. 1036 of 1998 regarding the modalities of the formation and use of the federal stock of the seeds of agricultural plants. Legislation | Russian Federation | 1998 Keyword: Planting material/seeds, Institution, Plant production Source: FAO, FAOLEX