Order No. 226 of the Ministry of Natural Resources regarding the division of power by objects of licensing. Country/Territory Russian Federation Document type Regulation Date 1998 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Water Keyword Surface water Inland waters Freshwater resources management Registration Water rights 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 Minister of Natural Resources, for the purpose of streamlining the process of licensing the use of water areas of internal sea waters and the territorial sea orders to approve the list of objects of water management of internal sea waters and the territorial sea for which the issuance of licences for the right to use water areas shall be the competence of the Ministry of Natural Resources. The territorial (local) branches of the Ministry of Natural Resources must within their respective sphere of activities provide for registration of all the objects of water management of internal sea waters and the territorial sea by showing them on the maps and filling materials in the established manner. The Regulation contains 2 Annexes. Annex I contains the list of objects of water management of federal significance for which the issuance of licences for the right to use water areas of internal sea waters and territorial sea is the competence of the Ministry of Natural Resources. Annex II contains the list of objects of water management for which the issuance of licences for the right to use water areas of internal sea waters and territorial sea is the competence of territorial (local) branches of the Ministry of Natural Resources. Full text Russian Website www.lexis.com