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Federal Law No. 94-FZ on the protection of the Baikal lake.

Country
Russian Federation
Type of law
Legislation
Source
FAO , FAOLEX
Keywords
Abstract
The present Federal Law, other Federal Laws and other normative legal acts of the Russian Federation and carry out legal regulation in the field of the protection of the Baikal lake by the laws and other normative legal acts of the subjects of the Russian Federation. For the purpose of the protection of the unique ecosystem of the Baikal lake there must be established special regime of economic and other activities within the boundaries of the protected area of the Baikal lake in conformity with the following principles: 1) priority of the activities aimed at conservation of the conservation of ecosystem, natural landscapes and water conservation zones of the Baikal lake; 2) consideration of the complex EIA of economic and other activities based upon the principles of sustainable development; 3) compulsory state ecological audit. Concentration of hazardous substances of all categories dangerous to the unique ecosystem of the Baikal lake in discharge and emissions must not exceed top limits fixed for ecosystems. State ecological monitoring shall be carried as an integral part of the common system of state ecological monitoring out by the federal executive body entitled with the task of state regulation of the protection of the Baikal lake area. Citizens and legal persons shall be granted access to information regarding protection of the Baikal lake in accordance with the modalities established by the Russian legislation. The Federal Law consists of 4 Sections that contain 26 Articles. Section 1 (arts. 1-4) lays down the general provisions. Section 2 (arts. 5-12) establishes the protection regime of the Baikal lake protected area. Section 3 (arts. 13-14) establishes maximum permissible hazardous impact on the unique ecological system of the Baikal lake. Section 4 (arts. 15-26) regards state regulation in the field of protection of the Baikal lake.
Attached files
http://faolex.fao.org/docs/pdf/rus39169.pdf
Date of text
Entry into force notes
The Federal Law enters into force from the date of its official publication.
Repealed
No
Source language

English

Legislation Amendment
No
Amended by
Federal Law amending some legislative acts of the Russian Federation.
Federal Law No. 201-FZ implementing the Forest Code.
Implemented by
Order No. 83 of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Ecology validating standards for maximum permissible impacts on the unique ecological system of Lake Baikal and the list of hazardous substances, including substances belonging to the categories of especially hazardous, highly hazardous, hazardous and moderately hazardous for the unique ecological system of Lake Baikal.
Order No. 15 of the Ministry of Agriculture validating total allowable catch in the Baikal lake for the period of 2005.
Ministerial Decree No. 67 regarding the particulars of the protection, catch (harvest) of endemic aquatic animals and collection of endemic aquatic plants of in the Baikal lake.
Ministerial Decree No. 643 regarding validation of the list of activities prohibited in the central ecological zone of the Baikal natural area.
Ministerial Decree No. 234 regarding utmost water-levels in the Baikal lake in the process of carrying out economic and other types of activity.
Ministerial Decree No. 661 regarding ecological zoning of the Baikal lake ecosystem and information of the population on its boundaries, ecological zones and the particulars of the regime of ecological zones.
Ministerial Decree No. 1298 regarding authorized institution for carrying out state regulation in the sphere of protection of the Baikal lake.