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Ministerial Decree No.540 of 1992 regarding the arrangements for the regulation of export of geological information on subsoil.

Country/Territory
Russian Federation
Document type
Regulation
Date
1992
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Mineral resources
Keyword
Access-to-information International trade Research Minerals
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 signature.
Abstract

The Government decrees to consider the main purpose of export of geological information on subsoil drawing in foreign investments for prospecting and exploitation of deposits of minerals in the Russian Federation. Geological information on subsoil (except for regional, scientific and methodological information) obtained as a result of carrying out prospecting, financed at the expense of the republican budget of the Russian Federation, can be sold for export exclusively through international tenders (auctions) for the right to carry out geological prospecting and exploitation of the deposits of minerals.

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