Agreement between the Russian Federation and the Republic of Tatarstan regarding the delimitation of jurisdictional subjects and mutual delegation of powers between the State Bodies of the Russian Federation and the State Bodies of the Republic of Tata...

Authorised representatives of the state bodies of state power of the Russian Federation and the bodies of state power of the Republic of Tatarstan have agreed on the following: 1) Demarcation of the objects of management and mutual delegation of powers between the state bodies of the Russian Federation and the state bodies of the Republic of Tatarstan shall be governed by the Constitution of the Russian Federation, the Constitution of the Republic of Tatarstan and the present Treaty. 2) The state bodies of the Republic of Tatarstan shall execute the authority of state power and shall: a) implement legal regulation of administrative, family, housing relations, as well as relations existing in the field of environmental protection and use of natural resources; b) decide issues relating to possession, use and disposal of land, mineral wealth, water, timber and other natural resources, as well as state enterprises, organizations and other movable and immovable property of the people of Tatarstan except for objects of federal property. 3) The State Bodies of the Russian Federation and the State Bodies of the Republic of Tatarstan jointly are authorized to: a) co-ordinate activity on issues of geodesy, meteorology, calendar system; b) create joint funds for the purpose of financing joint programs, elimination of the consequences of natural calamities and disasters on the mutual agreement basis; c) co-ordinate joint management of power system, road, railway, pipeline, air and water transport, communications and information systems; d) ensure an un-obstructed and duty-free regime for movement of vehicles, cargoes and products by air, river, railway and motor roads, as well as by pipeline transport; e) estimate the state of environmental conditions in accordance with international standards and take measures for its stabilization and rehabilitation, ensure environmental safety, co-ordinate actions concerning the use of land, water and other natural resources, prevent ecological disasters, matters of protected areas; f) establish administrative, administrative procedural, labour, family, housing, land, water, forest, mineral wealth, environment protection legislation; g) address the matters of joint use of land, mineral wealth, water and other natural resources. 4) The following issues are within the jurisdiction of the Russian Federation and its State Bodies: a) establishment of the basis for federal policy and federal programs in the field of governmental, economic, environmental, social, cultural and national development of the Russian Federation; b) federal power systems, nuclear energy, fissile materials, federal transport, traffic, communication pathways, information and communication systems; c) status and defence of state borders, territorial waters, air space, the exclusive economic zones and continental shelf of the Russian Federation; d) meteorological service, standards, gauges, metric system and time calculation, geodesy and cartography; e) Federal State Service.