Agreement No.3 of 1999 between the Government of the Russian Federation and the administration of the Altai Territory regarding the delimitation of authority in the sphere of ownership, use and management of subsoil.

The Government of the Russian Federation and the administration of the Altai Territory have agreed as follows: 1). This Agreement establishes the main provisions as regards the delimitation of the competence and plenary powers between federal and territorial executive bodies in the sphere of ownership, use and management of subsoil. 2). The administration of the Altai Territory is authorized in accordance with the federal legislation to elaborate and enact within its competence normative and legal acts on the use of subsoil that must not contradict federal laws and other normative legal acts. 3). State management of the relationship in the sphere of the use of subsoil is carried out on the part of the Russian Federation by the Government of Russian Federation and by the Ministry of Natural Resources within its sphere of competence, on the part of the Altai Territory – the administration of the Altai Territory. 4). The modalities of the use of subsoil for mine workings of generally used minerals on the territory of the Altai Territory are established by state executive bodies of the Altai Territory on the basis of general regulations on the use of subsoil and its protection established by the legislation of the Russian Federation. 5). Licensing of activity connected to the use of the parcels of subsoil of regional and local importance is carried out by the administration of the Altai Territory in accordance with the modalities established by laws and other normative legal acts of the Russian Federation and the Altai Territory. 6). Administration of the parcels of subsoil on the territory of the Altai Territory, not classified as federal ones is carried out on the basis of the legislation of the Russian Federation and of the Altai Territory on subsoil. 7). The administration of the Altai Territory determines in accordance with the established modalities specific rates of payment for the use of subsoil on the basis of federal norms (top limits). State bodies of the Altai Territory fix rates and forms of payment of charges for the use of subsoil of the regional and local importance. 8). The administration of the Altai Territory and the Ministry of Natural Resources of the Russian Federation are authorized to decide jointly the issues regarding the utilization of geological information obtained by financing out of federal budget.

Implements: Federal Law No. 27-FZ of 1995 on Underground Resources. (2000-01-02)