Agreement between the Government of the Russian Federation and the Government of Kazakhstan on ecology and nature management on the territory of Baykonur Cosmodrome

Соглашение между Правительством Российской Федерации и Правительством Республики Казахстан по экологии и природопользованию на территории комплекса "Байконур" в условиях его аренды Российской Федерацией

The Russian Federation shall provide for: (a) nature management in conformity with ecological safety standards; (b) timely payment of environmental fees for excessive emissions, discharge and disposal of industrial and domestic waste; (c) ecological certification; (d) import or export of radioactive substances, nuclear materials and nuclear plants in conformity with licences issued by Kazakhstan; (e) mitigation of nuclear disaster in case of occurrence thereof; (f) the state of environmental audit; (g) rehabilitation of the territory in case of nuclear contamination (art. 3). Kazakhstan shall provide for: (a) access to legislative and regulatory documentation in force on the territory of Kazakhstan; (b) information of the population on the negative ecological consequences of the functioning of Baykonur Cosmodrome; (c) carrying out the state environmental audit; (d) participation of their own experts in the mitigation of the ecological consequences of disasters; (e) timely payment of environmental fines for emissions, discharge of pollutants and waste disposal (art. 4). The Parties have agreed that the introduction on the territory of Baykonur Cosmodrome of radioactive, toxic and hazardous substances for the purpose of burial, recycling, disposal or storage thereof shall be prohibited (art. 8).