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Regional Law No. 33-OZ “On environmental protection”.

Country/Territory
Russian Federation
Territorial subdivision
Lipetsk
Document type
Legislation
Date
2003 (2012)
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Environment gen.
Keyword
Environmental planning Monitoring Education Enforcement/compliance Policy/planning
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

The scope of this Regional Law shall be to reinforce environmental legislation and ensure ecological safety. State ecological control shall be carried out by the authorized state institution in the sphere of ecology and natural resources and by the authorized state institution in the sphere of wild fauna and aquatic biological resources. Combination of the functions of state ecological control and the functions of economic management of natural resources shall be prohibited. This Regional Law establishes the compulsory environmental protection requirements for natural persons, legal persons and individual entrepreneurs carrying out economic activities that may cause negative environmental impact. It also establishes criteria for ecological monitoring and sets forth guidelines for ecological education of the population.

Full text
Russian
Website
www.admlr.lipetsk.ru

References - Legislation

Amended by

Regional Law No. 415-OZ amending Regional Law No. 33-OZ “On environmental protection”.

Legislation | Russian Federation | 2015

Keyword: Environmental planning, Policy/planning

Source: FAO, FAOLEX