Ministerial Decree No.179 regarding the sphere of competence of the Ministry of Industry and Energy. Country/Territory Russian Federation Document type Regulation Date 2004 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Energy Keyword Institution Energy conservation/energy production Hydropower generation Nuclear energy Radiation 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 Premier decrees that Ministry of Industry and Energy is federal executive body authorized to carry out functions regarding elaboration of state policy and normative and legal regulation in the sphere of fuel and energy complex, utilization of nuclear energy, activity in the outer space, housing and municipal services, nuclear and technological supervision. The main functions of the Ministry of Industry and Energy are: 1) to elaborate the main directions, concepts and complex prognostication in the spheres pertaining to its jurisdiction; 2) state regulation and reforms in the spheres pertaining to its jurisdiction; 3) state policy in the industrial sphere; 4) state energetic policy, rational use and saving of energy resources; 5) communal and municipal services; 6) state policy in the sphere of utilization of nuclear energy, nuclear and radiation safety. Full text Russian