Ministerial Decree No.1578 of 1996 regarding amendments to the regulation on licensing of designing and research activity related to the use of land. Country/Territory Russian Federation Document type Regulation Date 1996 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Land & soil Keyword Institution Authorization/permit Survey/mapping Research 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 Entry into force notes Entry into force from the date of issue. Abstract The Premier decrees to validate the list of the following amendments. The modalities of licensing of geodetic and cartographic in the process of carrying out land survey and keeping state land cadastre must be coordinated with federal executive body on geodesy and cartography. Licences are issued by federal and regional executive bodies on land resources and land survey. Designing and research activity on the territory of the Russian Federation can be carried out by legal persons irrespectively of the form of property, and by natural persons carrying out entrepreneurial activity without the formation of legal entity on the basis of licence. Full text Russian References - Legislation Amends Ministerial Decree No. 1230 of 1995 regarding validation of the Regulation on licensing of designing and research activity related to the use of land. Legislation | Russian Federation | 1995 Keyword: Land tenure, Transfer, Land reform, Land consolidation, Institution, Abandoned land/unoccupied land, Survey/mapping, Land valuation Source: FAO, FAOLEX