Regional Law No. 2-RZ “On regulation of relations in the sphere of environmental protection”. Country/Territory Russian Federation Territorial subdivision Altai Document type Legislation Date 2007 (2008) Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Environment gen. Keyword Environmental audit Environmental fees/charges Monitoring Access-to-information 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 defines jurisdictional competence of the Regional Government and the regional authorized institutions in the sphere of environmental protection. Regional Government shall have the following competence: (a) implementation of the federal policy in the sphere of ecological development with the consideration of geographic, natural and socio/economic particulars of the territory; (b) participation of the main directions of environmental protection; (c) performance of environmental audit; (d) collection of environmental fees and charges; (d) supply of reliable environmental information to the population; (e) participation in state ecological monitoring; (f) environmental rate setting; and (g) environmental impact assessment (EIA). Full text Russian Website www.regionz.ru