Regional Law No. 85-II-OZ “On payment for the use of waterbodies”. Country/Territory Russian Federation Territorial subdivision Voronezh Document type Legislation Date 1999 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Water Keyword Surface water Water abstraction Groundwater Water charges Industrial water use Geographical area CIS (Commonwealth of Independent States), Eastern Europe, Europe Entry into force notes This Regional Law enters into force one month after the date of its official publication. Abstract This Regional Law establishes that legal persons and individual entrepreneurs performing industrial water uses and industrial water abstraction shall be subject to mandatory payment of water charges. Payment shall be required for real volume of water abstraction. It shall be applicable either to surface water or to groundwater sources. Calculation of rates of water charges shall be based upon one thousand cubic meters used as basic calculation unit. Full text Russian Website www.regionz.ru