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Order No.40 of 1996 of the Ministry of Natural Resources regarding validation of the Regulation on the modalities of decision-making concerning issuing of licences for export of wildlife and plant resources issued by the Ministry of External Economic Relations.

Country/Territory
Russian Federation
Document type
Regulation
Date
1996
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Fisheries, Cultivated plants, Wild species & ecosystems
Keyword
Fish products International trade Plant protection Plant variety Wildlife products
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 Minister orders to validate the Regulation and to grant the right of decision-making concerning issuing of licences for export of wildlife and plant resources issued by the Ministry of External Economic Relations to the territorial environmental institutions. The present Regulation regards any economic organization irrespectively of the form of property and departmental subordination engaged in export of wildlife products and wild growing plants, except for cases envisaged by the Russian Legislation. The Ministry for Environmental Protection and Natural Resources and its regional (territorial) branches make decisions regarding issuing licences for export of wildlife species, wild growing plants, wildlife products, wild growing plants and medicines of plant and animal origin, as well as fish products. The decision on issuing licences for export of products specified in the Annex 1 is made by the Ministry for Environmental Protection and Natural Resources in concordance with its territorial branches and as regards aquatic biodiversity in accordance with Federal Fisheries Committee.

Full text
Russian