Regulations on Federal Forestry Agency

Approved by the Decision
of the Government
of the Russian Federation
dated June 16, 2004, # 283

(in wording of Decisions of the Government of the RF dated 22.12.2005 # 801,
dated 04.08.2006 # 475, dated 27.11.2006 # 717, dated 24.05.2007 # 314)

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II. Authorities

5. Federal Forestry Agency within the frames of its activities fulfills the following authorities:

5.2. carries out:

5.2.4. establishment of cutting ages;

5.2.7. consideration in established order of materials on transfer of lands from Forest fund into lands of other categories;

5.2.19. control on expending funds allocated to regional bodies of state power for performing their authorities in the field of forest relations, in account of subventions from federal budget within the frames of its competence;

5.2.20. classification of forests as valuable forests and outlining specially protected plots and their boundaries; classification of forests as merchantable, reserve forests and outlining their boundaries;

5.3. conducts in established order contests and concludes state contracts on placing orders for supplying goods, executing works, delivering services, carrying out scientific-research, research and development and technological works for state needs;

5.4. fulfills in order and within the limits determined by federal laws, acts of the President of the Russian Federation and the Government of the Russian Federation authorities of owner with regard to federal property needed for securing fulfillment of functions of federal bodies of state power, including property transferred to federal state unitary enterprises, federal state enterprises and and other enterprises under the jurisdiction of the Agency;

5.7. organizes:

5.7.10. securing within its competence protection of data constituting state secret;

5.7.11. reception of citizens, timely and full consideration of verbal and written claims from citizens, adoption of corresponding decisions and preparation of answers to the applicants in terms determined by legislation of the Russian Federation;

5.7.12. cooperation in established order with organs of state power of the foreign countries and international organizations in corresponding field of activities;

5.8. carries out the functions of  main manager and recipient of funds from federal budget allocated for administrative support of the Agency and realization of its functions;

5.9. performs the functions of state contractor in intergovernmental and federal specific programs in the Agency’s field of activities;

5.10. conducts economic analyses of activities of subordinate state unitary enterprises and approves economic indicators of their activities, carries out in subordinate organizations audit of financial and commercial activities and use of property complex;

5.11. secures mobilization readiness of the Agency, as well as control and coordination of subordinate organizations regarding their mobilization readiness;

5.12. organizes vocational training for employees of Agency’s central office, its territorial organs and organizations under its authority as well as their re-training, skills improvement and work on probation;

5.13. carries out in accordance with legislation of the Russian Federation work on completing, storing, accounting and use of archive documents reflecting the process of Agency’s activities;

5.13.1. organizes and secures in the forests located on the lands of forest fund forest-pathological monitoring and forest seed-farming;

5.13.2. carries out the state inventory of forests;

5.13.3. determines the number of forestry units, forest parks and outlines their boundaries;

5.13.4. performs functions of state property management, delivery of state services in the field of forest relations prescribed by the Forest Code of the Russian Federation with regard to forestry units and forest parks mentioned in Part 2 Article 83 of Forest Code of the Russian Federation, and (or) in cases when abovementioned authorities are withdrawn in established order from organs of state power in the subjects of the Russian Federation;

5.13.5. determines in accordance with legislation of the Russian Federation in the field of education tasks (control figures) for determining volume and structure of students’ enrolment to educational institutions of vocational training which are under the authority of the Agency at the expense of funds from federal budget;

5.14. performs other functions on state property managing, delivering state services in the field of prescribed activities if such functions are foreseen by federal laws, regulatory-legal acts of the President of the Russian Federation and the Government of the Russian Federation;

6. Federal Forestry Agency with aim of realizing its authorities in the field of determined activities has the right to:

6.1. provide legal entities and physical persons explanations regarding Agency’s activities;

6.2. inquire in established order information needed for decision making on questions within the frames of Agency’s competence;

6.3. invite for developing questions connected with Agency’s activities scientific and other organizations, scientists and specialists;

6.4. create in established order deliberative collegiate organs for discussing actual issues of Agency’s activities;

6.5. create, reorganize and liquidate in established order territorial organs of the Agency;

6.6. submit materials regarding violations of forest legislation of the Russian Federation to law enforcement organs, procurator’s office and courts, lay claims in established by legislation of the Russian Federation order on recovery of damage caused to the forests;

6.9. give obligatory for execution instructions on forming forest plots from lands of Forest fund and their submission for federal needs in order established by Forest Code of the Russian Federation;

8. Federal Forestry Agency has no right to establish regulatory-legal rules in its field of activities and perform functions on control and supervision except the cases determined by decrees of the President of the Russian Federation and regulations of the Government of the Russian Federation;

Established by paragraph 1 of this Article limitations of Agency’s authorities are not extended to the authorities of the Head of the Agency as for personnel and administrative issues connected with organization of Agency’s activities, monitoring of activities in headed by him Agency and its structural units.

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