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Original Language Title: О гидрометеорологической службе

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RUSSIAN FEDERATION FEDERAL LAW On Hydrometeorological Service adopted by the State Duma on 3 July 1998 Approved by the Federation Council on 9 July 1998 class="ed">(In the version of federal laws of 25.06.2002 N 70-FZ; of 22.08.2004 N 122-F; dated 03.06.2005 N 57-FZ; of 02.02.2006 N 21-FZ; of 23.07.2008 N 160-FZ; of 11.07.2011 N 200-FZ; dated 19.07.2011 N 248-FZ; of 07.11.2011 N 303-FZ; dated 21.11.2011. N 331-FZ) This Federal Law sets out the legal framework for hydrometeorology and related areas (hydrometeorological service) and aims at providing The needs of the State, natural and legal persons in hydrometeorological, heligeophysical information and information on the state of the environment and its pollution. (In the wording of Federal Law of 02.02.2006) N 21-FZ) CHAPTER I. GENERAL PROVISIONS Article 1. Key concepts For the purposes of this Federal Law, the following basic concepts apply: Hydrometeorological Service is a system of functionally federated individuals, as well as legal entities, including bodies In the field of hydrometeorology and related fields (meteorology, climatology, agrometeorology, hydrology, oceanology, heliogeophysics, Meteorological and other geophysical processes), class="ed"> monitoring of the state and pollution of the environment, including ionosphere and near-Earth space, providing information on the state of the environment, its pollution, on natural hazards; class="ed"> (In the version of federal laws of 02.02.2006) N 21-FZ; of 21.11.2011 N 331-FZ ) State monitoring and environmental pollution -long-term observations of the state of the environment, its pollution and its natural phenomena, and the assessment and projection state of the environment, its pollution; (In the wording of federal laws, of 02.02.2006) N 21-FZ; of 21.11.2011 N 331-FZ ) fixed point of observation of the state of the surrounding cred, its pollution (hereinafter referred to as the stationary observation station)-a complex consisting of a plot of land or a part of the water area installed on them by instruments and equipment designed to determine the characteristics of the environment, its contamination; (In the wording of Federal Law 02.02.2006. N 21-FZ mobile observation point of the state of the environment, its pollution (hereinafter referred to as the mobile observation point)-a complex consisting of a platform (aircraft, vessel or other bathing facility, other means of transport) with its devices and equipment designed to determine the characteristics of the environment, its contamination; (In the wording of the Federal Law from 02.02.2006 N 21-FZ) observation network-system of stationary and mobile observation points, including stations, stations, laboratories, centres, offices, observatories for observation of the state of the environment the physical and chemical processes taking place in the environment, its meteorological, climatic, aerological, hydrological, oceanological, heliogeophysical, agro-meteorological characteristics, as well as for the Determination of the level of air pollution, soil, Water objects, including hydro-biological indicators, and near-Earth space; (In federal laws 02.02.2006 N 21-FZ; of 21.11.2011 N 331-FZ) State observation network-observation network of the federal executive authority in the field of hydrometeorology and related fields; (In the wording of Federal Law from 22.08.2004. N 122-FZ ) information about the state of the environment, its pollution-information (data) resulting from monitoring of state and pollution of the environment; Law of 02.02.2006 N 21-FZ; of 21.11.2011 N 331-FZ) Information products derived from the processing of information (data) generalized information intended for distribution or sale; emergency information- Immediately passing storm warnings and (or) storm alerts, as well as immediately transmitted information on actual and projected sharp changes in weather and environmental pollution that may endanger life or the health of citizens and to cause damage to the environment; (In the wording of the Federal Act, Law of 02.02.2006. N 21-FZ) general purpose information received and processed in accordance with the procedure established by the federal executive authority in the field of hydrometeorology and related areas provided to users (consumers) free of charge information on actual and predicted state of the environment, its pollution; (Revision of federal laws of 22.08.2004 N 122-FZ; of 02.02.2006 N 21-FZ) specialized information-information that is supplied by the order of the user (consumer) and by its means; works of federal purpose in the field of hydrometeorology and related areas of work in hydrometeorology and related fields, including hydrometeorological and geophysical processes in the atmosphere, on land surface, in the world's oceans, the Arctic and Antarctica, status of the ionosphere and magnetic field of the Earth, research in space in the study and prediction of the radiation situation, under the Russian Federation's subjects; (In the wording of the Federal Law 02.02.2006 N 21-FZ ) special purpose activities in the field of hydrometeorology and related fields-work in the field of hydrometeorology and related areas, performed on orders of natural persons, legal persons, including bodies OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION the possible harm from these processes to the population and the economy; Specialized organizations of active influence on meteorological and other geophysical processes-legal entities (including legal entities established by the Government of the Russian Federation) Federations), which protect agricultural plants from grapedials, regulate of precipitation, dispersion of mistans and avalanche; (In the wording of Federal Law 02.02.2006 . N 21-FZ remote stations which are located at a significant distance from urban and rural settlements in difficult physical and geographical conditions and with which there is no regular transport message; Information product manufacturer-a natural or legal person who processes information (data) derived from state monitoring and environmental pollution; (Rev. 1) Federal laws 02.02.2006. N 21-FZ; of 21.11.2011 N 331-FZ) the Environmental Health Data Fund, its pollution-a set of information (data) and information products that are subject to long-term use and storage of; (In the wording of Federal Law 02.02.2006 N 21-FZ works in the field of hydrometeorology and related fields-work in the field of hydrometeorology and related fields to ensure the realization of the powers of the actors OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION and environmental safety, under the joint responsibility of OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION N 21-FZ)storms warning-information about the predicted natural phenomenon; (Paragraph is added-Federal Law 02.02.2006 N 21-FZ) storm alert-information about the beginning of a dangerous natural phenomenon; (Paragraph added-Federal law 02.02.2006 N 21-FZ) A dangerous natural phenomenon-hydro-meteorological or heliogeophysical phenomena which, by the intensity of development, duration or time of occurrence, can pose a threat to the life or health of citizens, as well as can cause significant material damage; (Paragraph is added to the Federal Law of 02.02.2006). N 21-FZ) hydro-meteorological security-the state of protection of vital interests of the individual, society and the state from the effects of natural hazards, climate change. (The paragraph is supplemented by the Federal Law of 02.02.2006). N 21-FZ Article 2. Legal regulation of the operation hydrometeorological service 1. The legal regulation of hydrometeorological service is implemented by the Constitution of the Russian Federation, the Federal Law, other federal laws and other normative legal acts of the Russian Federation in the field of Hydrometeorology and related fields of the Russian Federation, as well as normative legal acts of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation, adopted within the limits of their competence. (In the wording of Federal Law of 02.02.2006) N 21-FZ) 2. The relationship between the collection, processing, storage, provision and dissemination of information on the state of the environment, its pollution and its hydrometeorological service is regulated by law OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION class="ed"> information technology and information security. In the wording of the federal laws of February 2, 2006, N 21-FZ; of 11.07.2011 N 200-FZ 3. Property relations arising out of the use of organizational and technical means of collecting, processing, storing and disseminating information about the state of the environment, its pollution, and its pollution The Hydrometeorological Service is governed by the Civil Law of the Russian Federation. (In the wording of the Federal Law 02.02.2006 N 21-FZ) 4. The relations arising from the purchase of official weapons by legal entities of the federal executive in the field of hydrometeorology and related fields are governed by the legislation of the Russian Federation. (B Federal Law of 22.08.2004 N 122-F) 5. The relations arising from the international information exchange in the field of hydrometeorology and related fields are governed by this Federal Law and the legislation of the Russian Federation. 6. If an international treaty to which the Russian Federation is a party establishes rules other than those provided for by this Federal Act, the rules of the international treaty shall apply. Article 3. Participants in hydrometeorological service Members of the hydrometeorological service are: Federal executive authority in the field of hydrometeorology and related fields, The territorial bodies and organizations; (In the wording of the Federal Law of 22.08.2004, 2004) N 122-FZ ) organizations of other federal executive authorities operating in the field of hydrometeorology and related fields; research organizations; organization of observation network; specialized organizations of active influence on meteorological and other geophysical processes; natural persons carrying out activities in the field of hydrometeorology and related areas on the basis of licences. Article 4. The main principles of the operation of the Hydrometeorological Service Hydrometeorological Service are based on the following principles: globality and continuity of state observations of the environment, its pollution; (In the wording of Federal Law of 02.02.2006, N 21-FZ ) unity and comparability of methods of observation of the state of the environment, its contamination, and methods of collecting, processing, storing and disseminating the resulting information; (In the Federal Law of 02.02.2006) N 21-FZ safety of active effects on meteorological and other geophysical processes; Integration of environmental monitoring and pollution with international Systems for monitoring the state and pollution of the environment; (In the wording of the Federal Law of 21.11.2011). N 331-FZ) effectiveness of information on actual and predicted state of the environment, its pollution; (In the wording of Federal Law 02.02.2006. N 21-FZ Ensuring the reliability of information on the state of the environment, its pollution and its accessibility to users (consumers); (In the wording of Federal Law 02.02.2006. N 21-FZ) Compliance of the hydrometeorological service with the objectives of public health, environmental protection and environmental and hydro-meteorological security. (In the wording of Federal Law of 02.02.2006) N 21-FZ) CHAPTER II. GOVERNMENT AREA OF HYDROMETEOROLOGY AND RELATED FIELDS WITH NON-FIELDS Article 5. The main directions of state regulation activities in the field of hydrometeorology and related areas Hydrometeorology and related fields are: formation and maintenance of the state surveillance network; providing the organs of state power, the armed forces of the Russian Federation, and information on the actual and projected state of the environment the environment, its pollution, including emergency information. This provision is implemented by the federal executive authority in the field of hydrometeorology and related fields, in accordance with the provision approved by the Government of the Russian Federation on public services in the field of Hydrometeorology and related areas, monitoring of state and pollution of the environment; (In the federal laws 02.02.2006 N 21-FZ; of 21.11.2011 N 331-FZ definition of requirements for information products; Definition of federal plans of work in the field of hydrometeorology and related areas, organization and enforcement thereof; Formation of state information systems in the field of hydrometeorology and related areas, creation and maintenance of a single state fund of state-of-the-environment data pollution; (In the wording of federal laws 02.02.2006 N 21-FZ; of 11.07.2011 N200-FZ) to ensure the unity and comparability of methods of environmental observation, pollution, consistency of information products, and provision of certification works and { \field { \field { \cs6\f1\cf6\lang1024 } { \cs6\f1\cf6\lang1024 } { \cs6\f1\cf6\lang1024 N 21-FZ; of 07.11.2011 N 303-FZ) organization and conduct of work on active influence on meteorological and other geophysical processes, as well as state supervision of these works throughout the territory of the Russian Federation, " exercised in accordance with the state supervision clause approved by the Government of the Russian Federation; to protect the public observation network delivered to hard-to-reach stations of value and of dangerous goods, special correspondence and cargo containing The information that constitutes a State secret, including in transporting them, as well as the life and health of the workers of these stations and mobile observation posts; (In the wording of the Federal Law dated 25.06.2002 N 70-FZ Participation in the international cooperation of the Russian Federation in the field of hydrometeorology and related fields; licensing activities in the field of hydrometeorology and related activities In accordance with the legislation of the Russian Federation,; ensuring the unity of measurements in environmental observations and its pollution in accordance with the law OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION Federal Law of 07.11.2011 N 303-FZ) State environmental monitoring and environmental pollution monitoring (State environmental monitoring), OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION (Paragraph is supplemented by the Federal Law of 21.11.2011). N 331-FZ) Article 6. Federal executive branch in the field of hydrometeorology and related fields Approves the list of federal assignments in the field of hydrometeorology and related fields, organizes and ensures the conduct of such work, other activities in the field of hydrometeorology and related fields jointly with other federal executive bodies within their competence and interaction with the executive authorities of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation. (Article in the wording of the Federal Law 02.02.2006 N 21-FZ) Article 7. Financing activities in the field of hydrometeorology and related fields 1. The activities of the Hydrometeorological Service for the Execution of Federal Work in Hydrometeorology and Related Areas are financed from the federal budget. 2. Other work in the field of hydrometeorology and related fields may be financed from the federal budget and other sources not prohibited by the legislation of the Russian Federation. Article 8. Features of the privatization of property located in federal property and used in the area of hydrometeorology and related fields Property in federal property used in areas of hydrometeorology and related areas, ensuring the unity of the technological process for observing the state of the environment, its pollution and the collection, processing, storage and dissemination of observations The information is not privatizations. (In the wording of Federal Law of 02.02.2006) N 21-FZ) CHAPTER III. LEGAL FRAMEWORK FOR THE ACTIVITY OF HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL SERVICE Article 9. Procedures for the implementation of activities in the field of hydrometeorology and related areas 1. Legal persons, regardless of their legal form, as well as natural persons, carry out activities in the field of hydrometeorology and related fields on the basis of licences issued in accordance with the law of the Russian Federation. THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION 2. Only the federal executive authority in the field of hydrometeorology and related areas and its territorial bodies carry out the issue of emergency information. (In the wording of Federal Law of 22.08.2004) N 122-F) 3. Specialized organizations of active influence on meteorological and other geophysical processes can acquire, store and use means of active influence in the order established by the Government of the Russian Federation. Article 10: Information and Information Products (In the federal law , dated 19.07.2011 N 248-FZ) Members of the Hydrometeorological Service are obliged to comply with the legislation of the Russian Federation on ensuring the unity of measurements, including those established by the federal executive body authorities in the field of hydrometeorology and related fields, in monitoring the state of the environment, its pollution, collection, processing, storage and dissemination of information on the state of the environment, of the Convention on the Law of the In the wording of the federal laws of 22.08.2004, N 122-FZ; of 02.02.2006 N 21-FZ; dated 19.07.2011 N 248-FZ) Article 11. Hydrometeorological service activities of the Hydrometeorological Service Hydrometeorological Service is part of a unified state system for disaster management and management Activities in emergency situations in accordance with the legislation of the Russian Federation on the protection of the population and territories against natural and man-made emergencies. Article 12. Activities of the Hydrometeorological Service to provide the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation Federation of information products Activities of the Hydrometeorological Service for the Provision of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation The Federation of Information Products is implemented in accordance with this Federal Law, the Federal Law " On Information, information technology and security" and other legal acts of the Russian Federation. (In the wording of Federal Law dated 11.07.2011 N 200-FZ) Article 13. Protection of the State Observation Network 1. The State monitoring network, including the land and parts of the waters allocated to it, is exclusively for federal property and is under State protection. 2. The organization of fixed and mobile observation points, the determination of their location is carried out in accordance with the decision of the federal executive authority in the field of hydrometeorology and related areas, in agreement with the OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION Hydrometeorology and related fields. (In the wording of Federal Law of 22.08.2004) N 122-F) 3. In order to obtain reliable information on the state of the environment, its contamination around stationary observation posts in the procedure defined by the Government of the Russian Federation creates security zones in which restrictions are placed on economic activity. (In the wording of Federal Law of 02.02.2006) N 21-FZ) 4. For land plots through which the passage or passage to fixed points of observation of the State observatory can be established, there may be servies in the order established by the legislation of the Russian Federation. class="ed"> Article 13-1. The acquisition and use of the service and hunting firearm 1. The territorial bodies and organizations of the federal executive authority in the field of hydrometeorology and related fields have the right to acquire and use a service and hunting firearm as a service for the purposes of solving problems, related to the protection of life and health of employees of these bodies and organizations, protection of property, precious and dangerous goods, special correspondence. (...) (...) N 122-FZ) 2. Employees of the territorial bodies and organizations of the federal executive branch in the field of hydrometeorology and related fields performing tasks of hydrometeorological service in difficult-to-reach stations have the right to storage, carrying and the use of hunting firearms in self-defence. (...) (...) N 122-FZ) 3. Captains of research and scientific-expeditionary vessels, their assistants, as well as employees of the territorial bodies and organizations of the Federal Executive in the region Hydrometeorology and related areas in the performance of their duties to protect the valuable and dangerous goods carried by them, special correspondence and goods containing State secrets The right to possess, carry and use service weapons. 4. The officials and employees referred to in this article shall use the weapons in accordance with the procedure established by the Federal Law on departmental security. 5. The list of officials and employees who have the right to possess, carry and use official and hunting weapons, as well as the types, models and quantities of such weapons, shall be established by the Government of the Russian Federation. 6. The territorial bodies and organizations referred to in this article are obliged to acquire, preserve, register and carry out arms transfers to officials and employees in accordance with the procedure established for legal persons with special statutory tasks of the Federal The law on weapons and other normative legal acts of the Russian Federation. (Article padded: Federal Act dated 25.06.2002 N 70-FZ CHAPTER IV. USE OF INFORMATION ON THE STATE OF THE ENVIRONMENT, EE POLLUTION AND INFORMATION PRODUCTS (Federal Law 02.02.2006 N 21-FZ) Article 14. Categories of access to information about the state of the environment, its pollution and information products (In the wording of Federal Law 02.02.2006. N 21-FZ) 1. Information on the state of the environment, its pollution and information products are public and public, with the exception of information classified by Russian Federation law as restricted access. (In the wording of Federal Law of 02.02.2006) N 21-FZ) 2. General information refers to federal information resources in the field of hydrometeorology and related areas. Article 15. A single state fund of data on the state of the environment, its pollution (In the wording of Federal Law 02.02.2006 N 21-FZ) 1. A single State fund of data on the state of the environment, its pollution is formed by collecting, processing, accounting, storing and disseminating documented information on the state of the environment and its pollution. (In the wording of Federal Law of 02.02.2006) N 21-FZ) 2. Composition and structure of documented information on the state of the environment, its pollution, its recruitment, accounting, storage and use, and the establishment and maintenance of a single state fund on the state of the environment Environmental protection is defined by the Government Plenipotentiary of the Federal Executive of the Russian Federation. In the wording of the federal laws of February 2, 2006, N 21-FZ; of 23.07.2008 N 160-FZ) 3. Documented information on the state of the environment, which is included in the established order under the Russian Federation Archival Fund, is carried out in accordance with the Federal Law of 22 October 2004 N 125-FZ " In the case of the Russian Federation. (In the wording of the federal laws of 3 June 2005, N 57-FZ; of 02.02.2006 N 21-FZ) Article 16. The procedure for providing information about the state of the environment, its pollution, and its legal and physical persons (In the wording of Federal Law 02.02.2006. N 21-FZ) 1. Legal persons, regardless of their legal and institutional forms and individuals who collect information on the state of the environment, are obliged to provide this information to the federal executive authority in the region Hydrometeorology and related fields in the manner established by the Government Plenipotentiary of the Federal Executive Power of the Russian Federation. In the wording of the federal laws of 22.08.2004, N 122-FZ; of 02.02.2006 N 21-FZ; of 23.07.2008 N 160-FZ) 2. Legal persons, irrespective of their legal and organizational forms and individuals who collect information on the state of the environment, are obliged to pollute the environment in accordance with the procedure established by the Russian Government of the Federation by the federal executive branch of the Federation, to provide immediately to the federal executive authority in the field of hydrometeorology and related fields information on emergency situations of technogenic character, which have, in turn, may have a negative impact on the environment. The natural environment. In the wording of the federal laws of 22.08.2004, N 122-FZ; of 02.02.2006 N 21-FZ; of 23.07.2008 N 160-FZ) Article 17. Conditions for providing users (consumers) with information about the state of the environment, its pollution and information products (In the wording of Federal Law 02.02.2006. N 21-FZ) 1. Information on the state of the environment, its pollution and information products are provided to users (consumers) free of charge and on the basis of treaties in accordance with this Federal Law and the legislation of the Russian Federation on the protection of the environment. (In the wording of Federal Law of 02.02.2006) N 21-FZ) 2. The general purpose information is communicated to users (consumers) in the form of written text, tables and graphs on the electrical and postal networks, through the mass media in regular or on demand mode Users (consumers). 3. Specialized information is provided to users (consumers) on the basis of treaties. 4. Federal The executive branch in the field of hydrometeorology and related areas is obliged to inform the users (consumers) of the composition of the information provided on the state of the environment, its pollution, The way in which this information is communicated and the organizations that provide information services to users (consumers). In the wording of the federal laws of 22.08.2004, N 122-FZ; of 02.02.2006 N 21 (F)) 5. The procedure for providing information on the state of the environment, its pollution to persons and entities of foreign States is established by the international treaties of the Russian Federation and the legislation of the Russian Federation on participation in the International information exchange in the field of hydrometeorology and related fields and other regulatory legal acts of the Russian Federation. (In the wording of Federal Law 02.02.2006 g. N 21-FZ) Chapter V. RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE VIOLATION OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION IN THE HYDROMETEROMETHODOLOGY AND RELATED FIELDS OF HYDROMETEOROLOGY Article 18. Liability for violation of the legislation of the Russian Federation in the field of hydrometeorology and related areas Persons responsible for violations of the legislation of the Russian Federation in the field of hydrometeorology and related fields, shall be subject to criminal, administrative and other liability in accordance with the legislation of the Russian Federation. Chapter VI: INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION IN THE FIELD OF HYDROMETEOROOOLOGY AND RELATED FIELDS WITH NON-FIELDS Article 19. OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION Russian Federation contributes to the formation and development of international observation networks and international exchange of information on the state of the environment and its pollution. (In the wording of Federal Law of 02.02.2006) N 21-FZ) 2. The federal executive authority in the field of hydrometeorology and related fields provides protection for the interests of the Russian Federation and the coordination of the work of legal persons, irrespective of the organizational and legal forms OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION (In the wording of Federal Law of 22.08.2004) N 122-F) 3. Procedure for the participation of the federal executive in the field of hydrometeorology and related fields, as well as of other federal executive authorities engaged in activities in the field of hydrometeorology and related fields, OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION by law, other federal laws and other regulatory legal instruments OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION N 122-FZ; of 02.02.2006 N 21 (F)) CHAPTER VII. FINAL PROVISIONS Article 20. Entry into force of this Federal Law 1. This law shall enter into force on the date of its official publication. 2. 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 B. Yeltsin Moscow, Kremlin 19 July 1998 N 113-FZ