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Order No.202 of 1996 of the Federal Fisheries Committee regarding delegation to the territorial branches of the Ministry of Natural Resources and basin fishing inspections attached to the Federal Fisheries Committee of plenary powers of decision-making as regards issuing licences for export of live aquatic biodiversity.

Country/Territory
Russian Federation
Document type
Regulation
Date
1996
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Fisheries
Keyword
Biodiversity International trade Marine fishes Freshwater fishes Aquatic plants Aquatic animals Authorization/permit
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

Minister of Natural Resources and President of the Federal Fisheries Committee order to concede the right of decision-making as regards issuing licences for export of live aquatic biodiversity to the territorial branches of the Ministry of Natural Resources and basin fishing inspections attached to the Federal Fisheries Committee and to validate the list of commodities subject to export in accordance with the afore-mentioned licences. Territorial environmental protection bodies must include into expert commissions entitled with the task of elaboration of expert opinions as regards possibility of issuing licences for export of aquatic biodiversity specialists of marine inspections of the respective regions. The list contains freshwater fishes, marine fishes, crustaceans, aquatic invertebrate, sea-shells and testa, fish by-products (spawn, soft-roe) and algae. Sturgeon species, protected species (recorded in Red Book of the Russian Federation and annexes to CITES) and species destined for acclimatisation are excluded from the list.

Full text
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