Agreement No. 7 of 1996 between the Government of the Russian Federation and the administration of the Nizhni Novgorod Region regarding delimitation of plenary powers in the field of management of some objects of culture and art.

The Government of the Russian Federation and the administration of the Nizhni Novgorod Region have agreed as follows: 1) The Parties shall contribute to transfer the use (on terms of preferential lease) of plots of land, constructions and buildings to the federal institutions of culture and art as far as they are necessary for carrying out their activity. 2) The Parties shall contribute to establish taxation of the federal institutions of culture and art on preferential terms and preferential tariffs for communal and other services. 3) The Government of the Russian Federation is entitled to carry out the financing of the federal institutions of culture and art situated in the territory of the Nizhni Novgorod Region on account of the federal budget.