RUSSIAN FEDERATION FEDERAL LAW On amendments to the Law of the Russian Federation "On Subsoil" and separate pieces of legislation of the Russian Federation Duma on December 21, 2012 Approved by the Federation Council on 26 December 2012 Article 1 Amend the law of the Russian Federation dated February 21, 1992 N 2395-I "Subsoil" OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION 1992, N16, sect. OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION 823; 1999, N 7, sect. 879; 2000, N 2, sect. 141; 2001, N 33, est. 3429; 2002, N 22, Text 2026; 2003, N 23, sect. 2174; 2004, N 35, sect. 3607; 2008, N 18, article 1941; N 29 3418, 3420; 2009, N 1, st. 17; N 29, est. 3601; 2011, N 30, sect. 4570; N 49, sect. 7042; N 50, sect. 7343) the following changes: 1) in the second article 9 of the word "contests or" delete; 2) in paragraph 1 of Article 10-1: (a) in the second paragraph of the word "competition or" delete; b) in paragraph 5 of the paragraph "contests and" delete; (3) Article 13-1, amend to read: Article 13-1. { \cs6\f1\cf6\lang1024 } { \cs6\f1\cf6\lang1024 } { \b } { \cs6\f1\cf6\lang1024 } { \b } } { \b } { \b } { \b } { \b } { \b } { \b } { \b } { \b } { \b } { \b } { \b The Government of the Russian Federation shall carry out such auctions in respect of each subsoil or group of subsoil areas. Decisions to hold tenders or auctions for the right to use the subsoil thereof, the composition and work of the competitive or auction commissions, and the procedure and conditions for holding such competitions or auctions are relative Each subsurface or group of subsoil is implemented by: 1) by the authority of the State authority of the respective constituent entity of the Russian Federation concerning subsoil areas of the local importance; 2) by the federal government State fund of the subsoil or its territorial bodies relative to Subsoil sections, with the exception of subsoil areas of federal or local importance. In the interests of ensuring defense of the country and the security of the state by the Government of the Russian Federation in determining the procedure and conditions for holding auctions for the right to use subsoil plots of federal importance, except for sites OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION the executive authority responsible for the formulation and implementation of the State policy in the field of defence, and (or) the federal executive authority in the field of security may set limits on admission to such auctions established in accordance with Russian law. Federation of legal entities with the participation of foreign investors. The decision to approve the result of the tender or auction for the right to use the subsoil area shall be made within a period not exceeding 30 days from the date of the tender or auction by the authorities referred to in Parts One and Two of this Article. In the composition of the competition or auction commissions created by the federal authority of the State Subsoil Fund or its territorial bodies, representatives of the executive branch of the relevant entity are also included of the Russian Federation. The main criteria for identifying the winner in the competition for the right to use the subsoil area are the scientific and technical level of geological exploration programmes and the use of subsoil areas, the completeness of extracting useful In the context of the economic and social development of the territory, the terms of implementation of the relevant programmes, the effectiveness of the measures for the protection of the mineral resources and the environment, the defense of the country and the security of the state. The main criterion for determining the winner during the auction for the right to use the subsoil area is the size of a single payment for the right to use the subsoil area. In the event that a competition for the right to use the subsoil area is recognized as not held in connection with an application for only one participant, the licence to use the subsoil area may be granted to the participant on the terms of the tender. The announcement of a tender or auction for the right to use the subsoil areas is placed on the official website of the Russian Federation on the Internet of information and telecommunications network for the posting of information on tenders. (hereinafter referred to as the official site). The Government of the Russian Federation shall determine the official website and the authority authorized to do so. The announcement of a tender or auction for the right to use subsoil plots is placed on the official site at least 90 days before the day of the competition for the right to use the subsoil area or at least 45 days before the day Auction of subsoil use. The auction announcements for the right to use subsoil areas of federal importance should include an indication of the restrictions on admission to such auctions provided for in part three of this article. The procedure and conditions for tenders or auctions for the right to use subsoil sections for concluding agreements on production sharing shall be determined in accordance with the legislation of the Russian Federation. Until the Government of the Russian Federation has determined the official site, the announcement of a tender or auction for the right to use subsoil plots is placed on the official websites of the bodies referred to in Parts One and Two of this Part. Articles, in the information and telecommunications network "Internet", and also published in the Russian mass media and the mass media published in the territories of the Russian Federation at the latest 90 days before the day of the competition for the right to use the subsoil area and not later than 45 days prior to the day of the auction for the right to use the subsoil subsections, considering the date of the first publication. The media shall be selected for publication by the authorities referred to in Parts One and Two of this Article. It is not permitted to issue a licence, enter into a contract (agreement) on the results of the tender or auction for the right to use the subsoil or if the tender or auction has been declared invalid earlier than ten days from the date The signing of a protocol on the basis of which a licence is issued, the conclusion of a contract (agreement) and, in the case of the posting of the protocol, on the website of the Information and Telecommunications Network of the Internet, earlier than through 10 days from the date of such deployment. "; 4) in article 14, paragraph 5, of the "competition or" delete; 5) in article 16: a) in paragraph 1 of part two of the word "contests or" and the words "competitions and" delete; b) in part 7 of the word "contests and" delete; 6) in the second article 40 words of "competition or" should be deleted. Article 2 Article 7 of the Federal Law of 30 November 1995 on the continental shelf of the Russian Federation OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION 4694; 1999, N 7, sect. 879; 2008, N 18, sect. 1941; N 29 3420; 2009, N 52, Text 6440) the words "competitions and" should be deleted. Article 3 In part one of article 12 of the Federal Law of 31 March 1999, No. 69-FZ "Gas supplies in the Russian Federation" OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION 1667; 2008, N 29, Art. 3420) the words "competitions and" should be deleted. President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin Moscow, Kremlin 30 December 2012 N 323-FZ