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Ratification of International Conventions on EIA
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I. Ratification of International Conventions on EIA
In pursuance of the Resolution #80 of the Cabinet of Ministers of the USSR of March 6, 1991 the Convention on Environmental Impact Assessment in Transboundary Context developed by European Economic Commission of United Nations Organization was signed in the Secretariat of UNO in New York on behalf of the Government of the USSR on June 6, 1991.
Russian Federation did not ratify the Convention on Environmental Impact Assessment in Transboundary Context to this very day. At the same time the provisions, which allow to take into account the transboundary environmental effects of the planned activity as well as the opinion of general public about the planned activity present in the fundamental legal acts of Russian Federation.
According to the Federal Law “On Environmental Review” feasibility studies and the projects of economic activity, which can have an effect on the natural environment of neighboring states or in the event that realization of this activity needs the use of transboundary natural objects, or affects interests of neighboring countries (according to Convention on Environmental Impact Assessment in Transboundary Context) are subject to state environmental review of federal level.
The protocol on strategic environmental assessment elaborated by Secretariat of Convention on Environmental Impact Assessment in Transboundary Context was not signed by Russian Federation during the meeting in Kyiv in May 2003.
At the same time all the foundations for the efficient development of strategic environmental assessment are available in Russian Federation. The need to take strategic decisions also based on the environmental priorities is declared in numerous normative and legal acts. The practice of strategic environmental assessment for the decisions of strategic level indicates the need of the development both methodology of preparation of such decisions and a procedure of decision making. The initiators of policy decisions apply individual elements of assessment and submit documents for state environmental review in accordance with established procedure. The main function of this review is the assessment of environmental permissibility of the scheduled plans, projects and programmes.
