Regional Law No. 51-RZ “On environmental protection”. Pays/Territoire Fédération de Russie Sous-division territoriale North Ossetia - Alania Type du document Législation Date 2007 Source FAO, FAOLEX Sujet Environnement gén. Mot clé Législation de base EIA Préservation de l'écosystème Aire protégée Droits/redevances relatives à l'environnement Responsabilité/indemnisation Espace extra-atmosphérique Couche d'ozone Autorisation/permis Certification Enregistrement Aire géographique Arctique, Asie et Pacifique, Mer Noire, Mer Caspienne, CEI (Communauté des États indépendants), Europe de l'Est, Europe, Europe et Asie Centrale, Pacifique Nord, Pacifique Nord Occidental Entry into force notes This Regional Law enters into force on the date of its official publication. Résumé This Regional Law regulates relations originating from economic activity and other activities producing environmental impact. Objects of environmental protection against pollution, exhaustion, degradation, deterioration, destruction and other negative impact of economic and other activities shall be: (a) land, soil, subsoil; (b) surface water and groundwater; (c) forests and vegetation, wild fauna, animals, other organisms and genetic fund thereof; and (d) atmospheric air, ozone layer and outer space. Natural ecosystems, landscapes and natural complexes shall have priority protection (Art. 5). Each citizen shall have the right to favourable environment, protection thereof against negative impact, access to reliable information on the state of environment and compensation of environmental damages (Art. 11). Authorized state environmental bodies shall carry out environmental assessment of natural resources and registration thereof (Art. 15). Management of some natural resources shall subject to compulsory licensing (Art. 17). Ecological certification shall be carried out in order to ensure ecologically safe economic activities (Art. 19). Negative environmental impact shall require payment of fees (Art. 21). Enterprises, institutions and organizations, economic activity of which exercises direct or indirect environmental impact must be in possession of ecological certificate (Art. 37). Expropriation of regional protected areas, except for cases envisaged by federal legislation, shall be prohibited (Art. 42). Texte intégral Russe Site web map.lawcs.ru