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On The Bases Of State Regulation Of The Socio-Economic Development In The North Of The Russian Federation

Original Language Title: Об основах государственного регулирования социально-экономического развития Севера Российской Федерации

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Spconsumed by Federal Law of 22.08.2004 N 122-F RUSSIAN FEDERATION FEDERAL LAW On the foundations of state regulation of the North Russian Federation Social and Economic Development Adopted by the State Duma on 24 May 1996 Approved by the Federation Council on 5 June 1996 (In the wording of Federal Law from 02.01.2000 N 30-FZ This federal law establishes the foundations of state regulation in the field of economic, social, environmental, cultural and national development of the North of the Russian Federation ( "To achieve the optimal balance between the interests of the Russian Federation and the constituent entities of the Russian Federation, the territories of which belong to the North, the creation of favorable conditions for efficient economic activity, rational and rational activities," he said. the use of natural resources, protection of the natural The environment, decent living and sustainable development of the region. State regulation is implemented in a differentiated manner in the territories and sectors of the economy and is determined by state priorities, natural and climatic conditions, and the level of social and economic development of the North. Article 1. Key Concepts 1. The North is a high-latitude part of the Russian Federation, characterized by severe natural and climatic conditions and increased costs for the production and sustenation of the population. 2. Sustainable development-the harmonious development of production, social sphere, population and the natural environment. 3. Areas with disadvantageous living conditions are territories that are characterized by a combination of natural, climatic, geographical, socio-economic and medical-biological factors that have adverse effects on humans. 4. Areas with limited time limits for the importation of goods (goods)-territory whose transport availability during the importation period (goods) of all modes of transport, excluding air transport, is less than 180 days. (...) (...) N 30 F) 5. Guarantees and compensation for the population-recovery of additional physiological costs and higher cost of living, which are influenced by geographical, climatic factors and related features of socio-economic development. Guarantees and compensation are intended to attract labour resources, to equalizing the standard of living of the population of the North compared to the average standard of living of the population in the Russian Federation by providing additional benefits and advantages. 6. The small indigenous minorities of the North are peoples living in the traditional territories of their ancestors, who maintain their own way of life, which have fewer than 50,000 people in Russia and realize themselves as independent ethnic communities. 7. The traditional way of life of the small indigenous peoples of the North is the way of existence, based on the historical experience of their ancestors in the field of natural resource management, social organization, residence, original culture and customs, religious beliefs. 8. Traditional natural resource management-historical ways of harnessing the natural environment on the basis of long-term, ecologically balanced use of mainly renewable natural resources without compromising the ability to use sustainable reproduction and reduction of the diversity of natural resources. Article 2. Legal regulation 1. Legislation on the North is based on the relevant provisions of the Constitution of the Russian Federation and consists of this Federal Law, other federal laws and other regulatory legal acts of the Russian Federation, as well as laws and other regulations. OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION 2. If an international treaty to which the Russian Federation is a party establishes rules other than those established by this Federal Act, the rules of the international treaty shall apply. Article 3. The principles of state regulation The basic principles of the state regulation of the social and economic development of the North are: State protectionism (support) aimed at creating the North for the The population and a large part of the branches of the preferential regime for development and the provision of state needs in the production of the region; the selectivity of State support for production in the North. Assistance is primarily provided to organizations providing public needs, as well as social objectives; creating conditions for harmonious development of production, social sphere, population and conservation of the natural environment; the regulation of the industrial development of the North for the conservation of its natural resources, the preservation of the natural environment and the protection of the traditional bases of the economy and the way of life of indigenous peoples of the small peoples of the North; infrastructure, particularly communications and transport, including the Northern Sea Route; Preservation and Development of the Indigenous Peoples of the North; Article 4. State support mechanism State support in the North is realized through: provide guarantees and compensation to the population for additional costs of living and working Activities in the harsh natural and climatic conditions; providing organizations involved in public needs to compensate for the increased costs of production activities in the North; financial support for goods (goods) to areas with Limited time limits for the importation of goods (goods); support and socio-economic development of the small indigenous minorities of the North; natural resource management; formation of state off-budget funds through payments for the right to use non-renewable natural resources for the creation of conditions After the depletion of these resources; participate in the implementation of federal and regional targeted economic, social and environmental development programs of the North; preferential credit for the development of promising productions; subsidy allocation, and also loans and credits on favourable terms for the construction or purchase of housing for persons leaving the North. Article 5. State regulation of economic development 1. The State regulation of the economic development of the North is aimed at maintaining the productive sphere of the North, taking into account its role in the Russian economy, its adaptation to market conditions, and on the basis of This is a way to ensure the transition of the North to sustainable development. State regulation of the economic development of the North provides: creation of legal and social and economic conditions that provide for structural shifts in the spheres of economy The complexity and completeness of the processing of raw materials, as well as the development of new promising productions; its own sources of development; activities in selected areas of the North; To ensure that the fixed assets are upgraded on the basis of their accelerated depreciation; development of market infrastructure and entrepreneurship. 2. Public investment and attracted foreign investments are mainly used to provide the starting conditions for the development of productive infrastructure, including the backbone transport network, communications, housing, a comprehensive study of natural resources, as well as for the development of basic sectors of the economy. The state creates favorable conditions for domestic and foreign investors, guiding the funds in priority sectors of the North's economy, which provides for state needs. The list of priority sectors for attracting private domestic and foreign capital is approved by the Government of the Russian Federation in coordination with the executive authorities of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation. 3. The Government of the Russian Federation is developing a programme for the privatization of enterprises of the North, which provides for the peculiarities of economic activities taking into account the interests of the small indigenous peoples of the North. Article 6. State Enterprise Support 1. State support for entrepreneurship in the North is carried out on a case-by-case basis, taking into account social and economic development, is determined by public policy priorities and is aimed at ensuring economic efficiency production. 2. State support for entrepreneurship in the North includes: stimulating the investment activities of banks to promote entrepreneurship; Enterprises that create new jobs, first of all in processing waste from the mining and forestry sectors of the economy. Article 7. State support for the importation of goods (goods) 1. In order to ensure the sustainability of the economy and the livelihood of the people of the North, the federal public authorities are supporting the importation of goods (goods) into areas with a limited time frame for the importation of goods (goods). The volume of state financial support for the importation of goods (goods) is considered in the formation of the federal budget and is highlighted in it as a separate line. Priority with the support of goods (goods) to the North are oil, oil products, fuel, food and non-food items of the first necessity to supply the population, social organizations and organizations of housing and communal services. (In the wording of the Federal Law of 2 January 2000, N 30 F) 2. The Government of the Russian Federation defines the following: list of areas of the North with limited time limits for the importation of products (goods) into which territories not covered by the North may be included, on the basis of Proposals by the State authorities of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation; procedures for the supply of products (goods) to areas with limited time for the importation of goods (goods); Tools and machinery for the delivery of goods (goods). 3. Federal executive authorities monitor the supply of products (goods) to the North, the timely disbursement of funds, and their intended use and return. (Paragraph 2 is excluded-Federal Law of 02.01.2000) 30-FZ) Article 8. State guarantees and compensation 1. Provision of State guarantees and compensation for persons working and living in the North in the areas of employment, remuneration, leave, housing, compensation of transport costs, social insurance, pensions and Others are provided under the Act of the Russian Federation on State guarantees and compensation for persons working and living in areas the Far North and the Related Localities " OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION 2. Guarantees and compensation for persons working and living in the North shall be established on a case-by-case basis taking into account the discomfort of the living conditions of the population. Federal guarantee and compensation can be extended to persons living in other areas with discomfort living conditions. 3. The procedure for financing the costs of guarantees and compensation for persons working and living in the North shall be fixed by the Government of the Russian Federation. 4. Individual guarantees and compensation are granted to persons not living in the North but performing work in the North by a wacht method. Article 9. Protection of the health of the population, mothers and children 1. The protection of the health of the population, mothers and children in the North is carried out in accordance with the standards higher than the average for the Russian Federation. 2. The health of the population in the North is ensured through annual medical check-ups. 3. Citizens of the Russian Federation who live in the areas of the North, recognized in accordance with the procedure established by law, are guaranteed free medical care, medical-genetic and other consultations and examinations Marriage, as well as sanatorium-resort and restorative treatment, provision of medicinal products, immunobiological drugs and medical products on preferential terms in accordance with the Law OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION 4. The State shall protect motherhood and childhood in the North through appropriate programmes aimed at creating conditions for the normal physical, mental and cultural development of children. Article 10. State regulation of population size in the North 1. With a view to optimizing the population in the North, reducing the burden on infrastructure: (a) provides assistance to citizens of the Russian Federation, in particular persons with disabilities, pensioners who are released from The North, in the construction and acquisition of housing in areas of the Russian Federation with favourable living and working conditions; b) creates the conditions for attracting the necessary specialists to the North; in) uses a wacht method. 2. State participation in the construction and acquisition of housing for citizens travelling from the North is provided by targeted capital investments, grants, loans and concessional loans. The federal law defines the size of public funds for housing construction and acquisition, the conditions for the provision of housing for citizens, and the procedure for their resettlement from the North. Article 11. State regulation of economic development and culture of the small indigenous minorities of the North State regulation of the development of the economy and culture of the small indigenous minorities of the North is directed to development Traditional lifestyles, environmental management, forms of social organization and provides: (a) budget allocation for: Maintenance and development of folk crafts and traditional natural resource use; Housing, health, culture, Education and public utilities in areas with compact indigenous minorities of the North; revival, preservation and development of culture, national art, mother tongue; targeted training The number of indigenous minorities in the North to work in State bodies, local governments, organizations in the traditional territories of these peoples; b) grants and benefits Taxation of Traditional Visas The activities of the small indigenous minorities of the North, with the predominating composition of those peoples; (c) determining the way in which the indigenous peoples of the North of the North have traditionally been inhabited, management and environmental management. Article 12. State regulation of the protection of the environment natural environment and natural-resource management 1. State regulation in the field of environmental protection and environmental management in the North is aimed at meeting the needs of the population in natural resources, preserving the sustainability and integrity of environmental systems, Ensuring environmental security based on the particular vulnerability and weak recovery of nature in the North. 2. State regulation in the field of environment and natural resources in the North provides: Rational and efficient use of renewable and non-renewable resources; Approval of environmental regulations that meet the natural and climatic conditions of the North and subject to all citizens and organizations; decision-making for the establishment of specially protected natural territories, organization of ethno-ecological zones, allocation of limits and quotas on biological resources for Economic uses in accordance with environmental requirements; development of measures to improve ecological emergency and environmental disaster areas and to secure funding for these activities; familiarating public organizations of the small indigenous peoples of the North with development projects of the North; integrated analysis of development projects of the North; landscapes. Article 13. Transitional provisions Before the adoption of the federal law on regionalization, the existing division of the North into regions of the Far North and similar areas shall be maintained. The guarantees and compensation of persons working and living in the regions of the Far North and similar localities established by the legislation of the Russian Federation shall be granted until the adoption of the federal law defining it Guarantees and compensation for persons working and living in areas with discomfort living conditions. Article 14. Final provisions This Federal Law shall enter into force on the date of its official publication. " To invite the President of the Russian Federation and instruct the Government of the Russian Federation to bring its normative legal acts into conformity with this Federal Law. President of the Russian Federation Yeltsin Moscow, Kremlin 19 June 1996 N 78-FZ