Regional law No. 491-79 “On state environmental audit”. Country/Territory Russian Federation Territorial subdivision Saint Petersburg Document type Legislation Date 2006 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Environment gen. Keyword Institution Environmental audit Access-to-information Enforcement/compliance 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 10 days after the date of its official publication. Abstract This Regional Law establishes that competence of the Regional Legislative Assembly shall be adoption of regional legislative acts related to environmental audit/ The competence of the Regional Government shall be as follows: (a) appointment of the authorized state regional institution in the sphere of environmental audit; (b) organization and performance of environmental audit; (c) environmental law enforcement; and (d) obtaining information related to the objects of environmental audit. Full text Russian Website regzakon.fpa.su References - Legislation Amended by Regional Law No. 83-11 amending Regional law No. 491-79 “On state environmental audit”. Legislation | Russian Federation | 2016 Keyword: Environmental audit, Public participation Source: FAO, FAOLEX