Agreement No.7 of 1996 between the Government of the Russian Federation and the administration of the Rostov Region regarding the delimitation of authority and plenary powers in the sphere of ownership, use and management of subsoil.

The Government of the Russian Federation and the administration of the Rostov Region have agreed as follows: 1). State functions, responsibility, authority and plenary powers in the field of state regulation of use of subsoil on the territory of the Rostov Region are subdivided into federal functions pertaining to the competence of the Government of the Russian Federation and federal executive bodies and regional functions pertaining to the competence of the administration of the administration of the Rostov Region. 2). The administration of the Rostov Region participates in the realization by federal executive bodies of the federal functions, responsibility, authority and plenary powers in the field of regulation of the relationship regarding use of subsoil on the territory of the Rostov Region. 3). In the process of carrying out regional functions, responsibility, authority and plenary powers in the sphere of regulation of the relations pertaining to use of subsoil by the subdivisions of the administration of the administration of the Rostov Region they must provide for the respective concordance and ensure assistance on the part of the Committee on Geology and the Use of Subsoil of the Russian Federation, the Ministry of Economy, the Ministry of Finance and other federal executive bodies. 4). Rates of revenues for the use of the source of mineral and raw materials, except for the revenues of extraction of the widely-distributed underground minerals and underground waters are divided in two parts: 40% of revenues is destined to federal budget and 60%is destined to regional budget.