Meta Data
Title in national language: 
Федеральный закон Российской Федерации "Об ограничении выбросов парниковых газов" (ФЗ No 296-ФЗ от 02.07.2021)
Draft: 
No
Revision of previous policy?: 
No
Effective Start Year: 
2021
Scope: 
National
Document Type: 
Law
Economic Sector: 
Energy, Industry, Multi-Sector, Other
Energy Types: 
All, Other
Issued by: 
State Duma - Lower House of the Federal Assembly, Federation Council - Upper House of the Federal Assembly 
Notes: 
No English version available
Overall Summary: 
The Law No. 296-FZ of 2021 On Limiting Greenhouse Gas Emissions defines the basis for the legal regulation of relations in the field of economic and other activities that are accompanied by greenhouse gas emissions and are carried out on the territory of the Russian Federation, as well as on the continental shelf, in the exclusive economic zone of the Russian Federation, the Russian sector of the Caspian Sea.
Governance
National policy structure: 
1. This Federal Law defines the basis for the legal regulation of relations in the field of economic and other activities that are accompanied by greenhouse gas emissions and are carried out on the territory of the Russian Federation, as well as on the continental shelf, in the exclusive economic zone of the Russian Federation, the Russian sector of the Caspian Sea. 2. The purpose of this Federal Law is to create conditions for the sustainable and balanced development of the economy of the Russian Federation while reducing the level of greenhouse gas emissions.