Ministerial Decree No. 843 regarding implementation of Article 6 of the Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. Country/Territory Russian Federation Document type Regulation Date 2009 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Environment gen. Keyword Climate change 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 implements Article 6 of the Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. It establishes that projects carried out in accordance with Article 6 of the Kyoto Protocol shall be subject to validation by the Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation. This Ministerial Decree establishes the modalities of validation and evaluation of realization of projects, and also receipt, transfer and purchase of quotas for reduction of greenhouse gas emissions. Validation of the aforesaid projects shall be carried out by coordination centre through tenders for selection of applications submitted by the Russian legal persons. Selection of applications shall be carried out by carbon unit operator. Full text Russian Website www.systema.ru