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Regional Law No. 140 VH-II “On delimitation of plenary powers in the sphere of water relations”.

Country/Territory
Russian Federation
Territorial subdivision
Tuva
Document type
Legislation
Date
2007 (2009)
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Water
Keyword
Surface water Groundwater Water supply Potable water Water charges Navigation
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
This Regional Law enters into force on the date of its official publication.
Abstract

This Regional Law establishes that water relations shall be subject to regulation in order to ensure the right of citizens to pure and favourable water environment, maintaining optimum water uses, quality of surface water and groundwater complying with sanitary and ecological requirements, protection of waterbodies against pollution, clogging and exhaustion, prevention and mitigation of negative impact on water and conservation of biological diversity of water systems. Regional Government shall carry out the following plenary powers: (a) ownership. Management and disposal of waterbodies; (b) establishment of rates of water charges; (c) reservation of sources of potable water supply; and (d) validation of rules of navigation for small-size vessels.

Full text
Russian
Website
www.fpa.su

References - Legislation

Amended by

Regional Law No. 158-ZRT amending Regional Law No. 140 VH-II “On delimitation of plenary powers in the sphere of water relations”.

Legislation | Russian Federation | 2016

Keyword: Water rights, Local government, Access-to-information

Source: FAO, FAOLEX