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Regional Law No. 589-4-ZKO “On ensuring environmental security”.

Country/Territory
Russian Federation
Territorial subdivision
Kostroma
Document type
Legislation
Date
2010 (2014)
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Environment gen.
Keyword
Right to clean/healthy environment Environmental audit Monitoring EIA Education Environmental fees/charges Enforcement/compliance Human rights
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 ten days after the date of its official publication.
Abstract

This Regional Law regulates relations in the sphere of ensuring environmental security thus ensuring the right of citizens to clean and healthy environment. Environmental security shall be ensured through: (a) enforcement of environmental legislation; (b) registration of sites exercising negative environmental impact; (c) compliance with basic principles of environmental protection; (d) performance of state ecological monitoring; (e) performance of state environmental audit at the regional level; (f) ecological education; (g) collection of environmental fees for nature management; and (h) environmental impact assessment (EIA).

Full text
Russian
Website
www.regionz.ru

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Amended by

Regional Law No. 597-5-ZKO amending Regional Law No. 589-4-ZKO “On ensuring environmental security”.

Legislation | Russian Federation | 2014

Keyword: Right to clean/healthy environment, EIA, Registration, Human rights

Source: FAO, FAOLEX