This document has been introduced by the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment in compliance with the Government instruction of February 1, 2013. It introduces amendments to Russian Government Resolution No. 94 of February 4, 2009.
The resolution provides that calculations of the one-time use-fee for new subsoil area exploitation will be conducted in the same way as that for subsoil areas without an auction.
The document has been drafted with consideration for Federal Law No. 323-FZ of December 30, 2012 On Introducing Amendments to the Russian Law On Mineral Resources and a Number of Legislative Acts of the Russian Federation that eliminate the use of tenders for the rights to use federal subsoil lands.
The document also makes Russian legal entities responsible for calculating the one-time use-fee for subsoil areas that lie within their territory, or for any local mineral resource areas if the boundaries of a current area are realigned.