Law No. 53 on environmental protection.

Nature and its components are the national property of the Kyrgyz Republic, one of the main factors of its socio-economic development. The present Law determines policy and regulates the relations in the field of nature management and environmental protection in the Kyrgyz Republic. The document consists of XII Sections that contain 59 Articles. Sec.I (arts. 1-6) lays down general provisions. Sec.II (Arts.7-9) environmental rate setting. Sec.III (Arts.10-15) regards nature management. Sec.IV (Arts.16-28) establishes ecological requirements to economic and other types of activity. Sec.V (Arts.29-32) establishes control in the field of environmental protection. Sec.VI (Arts.33-36) regards financial arrangements in the field of environmental protection. Sec.VII (Arts.37-39) regards ecological disaster areas. Sec.VIII (Arts.40-47) establishes competence of state institutions, plenary powers of social associations, rights and duties of citizens and users of natural resources in the field of environmental protection. Sec.IX (Arts.48-50) regards education, upbringing, research and information in the field of environmental protection. Sec.X (Arts.51-56) establishes liability. Sec.XI (Arts.57-58) regards international relations in the field of environmental protection. Sec.XII (art. 59) lays down final provisions. To ensure the special protection of rare or endangered plant and animal species, a Red Data Book is established. The regulations for the Red Data Book are approved by the Cabinet of Ministers. To protect the ozone layer from the negative impacts of economic and other activities, a list of ozone-depleting substances is established, the circulation of which in the national territory is subject to state regulation. Specially authorized state bodies are responsible for maintaining state land, water, forest, subsoil, wildlife, protected areas, sites and resources, as well as exercising oversight of industrial and consumer waste.