List of Major Normative Legal Acts on General Issues of Access to Information

Submitted by Inna Kremen on 28 July, 2010 - 13:02

See the list of major normative legal acts regulating general issues of access to information in the Russian Federation.

Major Normative Legal Acts on General Issues of Access to Information

International Acts

“On Right to Access to Information”, model law of the CIS, April 17, 2004;
“On International Informational Exchange”, model law of the CIS, March 26, 2002;
Additional Protocol to the Convention for the Protection of Individuals with regard to Automatic Processing of Personal Data (ЕТS 181, November 08, 2001);
European Convention on the Legal Protection of Services based on, or consisting of, Conditional Access (ETS 178, January 24, 2001);
European Convention on the Legal Protection of Services based on, or consisting of, Conditional Access (ETS 177, November 04, 2000);
Okinawa Charter on Global Information Society, July 22, 2000;
Agreement on Free Access and Exchange Procedure for Open Scientific and Technical Information between CIS countries, September 11, 1998;
On Human Rights and Basic Liberties, CIS Convention, May 26, 1995;
Protocol No. 11 to the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (ETS 155, May 11, 1994);
Convention for the Protection of Individuals with regard to Automatic Processing of Personal Data (ETS 108, January 28, 1981);
European Convention on the Obtaining Abroad of Information and Evidence in Administrative Matters (ETS 100, March 15, 1975);
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, December 16, 1966;
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ETS 005, November 04, 1950);
Universal Declaration of Human Rights, December 10, 1948;
Access to Official Documents, Recommendation No. Rec (2002) 2 (adopted by the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe on February 21, 2002, at the 784th Meeting of the Ministers’ Deputies);
On the Access to Information Held by Public Authorities, Recommendation No. R (81) 19 (Adopted by the Committee of Ministers on November 25, 1981, at the 340th Meeting of the Ministers’ Deputies).

Constitution and Laws

On Official Statistical Accounting and the State Statistical System in the Russian Federation – Federal Law 282-FZ, November 29, 2007;
On Personal Data – Federal Law 152-FZ, July 27, 2006;
On Information, Information Technologies, and Protection of Information – Federal Law 149-FZ, July 27, 2006;
On the Procedure for Reviewing Applications from Citizens of The Russian Federation – Federal Law 59-FZ, May 2, 2006;
On Archive-Keeping in The Russian Federation – Federal Law 125-FZ, October 22, 2004 (amended May 13, 2008);
On Communications – Federal Law 126-FZ, July 07, 2003 (amended February 14, 2010) (version actual since February 17, 2010);
On Electronic Digital Signature – Federal Law 1-FZ, January 10, 2003 (amended November 8, 2007);
On Participation in International Information Exchange – Federal Law 85-FZ, July 04, 1996 (amended July 29, 2004) (lost effect August 09, 2006, pursuant to Federal Law 149-FZ from July 27, 2006);
On Information, Informatization, and Protection of Information – Federal Law 24-FZ, February 20, 1995 (amended January 10, 2003) (lost effect August 09, 2006, pursuant to Federal Law 149-FZ from July 27, 2006);
On the Mandatory Copy of a Document – Federal Law 77-FZ, December 29, 1994 (amended July 23, 2008);
On Library Services – Federal Law 78-FZ, December 29, 1994 (amended June 3, 2009);
Constitution of the Russian Federation (with comment) (amended December 30, 2008);
On Claiming in Court against Actions and Decisions Violating Citizens’ Rights and Freedoms – Law No. 4866-1 of the Russian Federation, April 27, 1993 (amended February 9, 2009);
On Temporary Procedure for Access to and Usage of Archive Documents – Statement No. 3088-1 of the Supreme Council of the Russian Federation, June 19, 1992 (in fact, lost effect pursuant to approval of the Fundamental Principles of the Legislation of The Russian Federation on the Archive Fund of the Russian Federation and on Archives);
On the Declaration of Rights and Freedoms of the Human and the Citizen – Statement No. 1920-1 of the Supreme Council of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialistic Republic, November 22, 1991;
Declaration of Human Rights and Freedoms – Law No. 2393-1 of the USSR, September 5, 1991;
On Procedure for Issuing and Witnessing Documents Addressing Citizens’ Rights by Enterprises, Institutions, and Organizations (amended December 8, 2003);
On Procedure for Reviewing Proposals, Applications, and Claims from Citizens – Decree no. 2534-VII of the Presidium of the USSR Supreme Council, April 12, 1968 (version of the Decree No. 1662-X of the Presidium of the USSR Supreme Council, March 04, 1980) (amended February 02, 1988) (inoperative within The Russian Federation since November 02, 2006);
On Amendments to Particular Legislative Acts – Federal Law 334-FZ, December 21, 2009, amending the Federal Law 122-FZ from July 21, 1997, On State Registration of Rights to Realty and of Transactions with It;
Labor Code of the Russian Federation, Chapter 14, Articles 85 – 90 (employee personal data protection).

Presidential Normative Legal Acts

On the Verification of the Completeness and Reliability of Information Submitted by Persons Seeking Public Office in the Russian Federation and Persons Holding Public Office in the Russian Federation, and of Compliance with Restrictions by Persons Holding Public Office in the Russian Federation – Decree of the President of the Russian Federation, No. 1066, September 21, 2009 (amended January 12, 2010);
On the Verification of the Completeness and Reliability of Information Submitted by Persons Seeking Federal Civil Service Positions and by Federal Civil Servants, and of Compliance with Official Conduct Rules by Federal Civil Servants – Decree of the President of the Russian Federation, No. 1065, September 21, 2009 (amended January 12, 2010);
On All-Russian Mandatory Public Access TV Channels and Radio Channels – Decree No. 715 of the President of the Russian Federation, No. 715, June 24, 2009;
On Measures Providing Information Security When Using International Information Exchange Information/Communication Networks – Decree of the President of the Russian Federation, No. 351, March 17, 2008 (amended October 21, 2008);
Strategy for Informational Society Development in Russia, No. Pr-212, February 7, 2008;
On approval of the Statute on Personal Data of a State Civil Employee of the Russian Federation and on Maintenance of His/ Her Personal Case – Decree of the President of the Russian Federation, No. 609, May 30, 2005 (amended October 23, 2008);
On Measures Providing Information Security of the Russian Federation in the Field of International Information Exchange – Decree of the President of the Russian Federation, No. 611, May 12, 2004 (amended March 3, 2006) (lost effect pursuant to the Presidential Decree No. 351, March 17, 2008);
Doctrine for Informational Security of the Russian Federation, No. Pr-1895, approved September 9, 2000);
On Approval of the Statute on the Archive Fund of the Russian Federation and of the Statute on the State Archive Service of Russia – Decree of the President of the Russian Federation, No. 552, March 17, 1994 (amended November 19, 2003) (lost effect pursuant to the Presidential Decree No. 68, January 26, 2007)
On Principles of the State Policy in the Field of Informatization – Decree of the President of the Russian Federation, No. 170, January 20, 1994 (amended July 9, 1997);
On Additional Warranties for Citizens’ Rights to Information – Decree of the President of the Russian Federation, No. 2334, December 31, 1993 (amended September 1, 2000).

Normative Legal Acts of the Government

On Standards for Information Disclosure by Natural Monopoly Subjects Performing Activities in the Field of Communication Service Provision – – Statement of the Government of the Russian Federation, No. 401, June 9, 2010;
On the Council of Head Designers for Information/Communication Technology Usage in Activities of Federal Executive Government Bodies – Statement of the Government of the Russian Federation, No. 755, September 22, 2009;
On Approval of the Statute on the System for Inter-Agency E-Document Management – Statement of the Government of the Russian Federation, No. 754, September 22, 2009;
On Approval of the List of Public Services and (or) Functions Provided Using Information and Telecommunication Technologies (Including in an Electronic Form) – Order of the Government of the Russian Federation, No. 872-r, June 25, 2009;
On Rules for Submitting Information to be Placed in the Internet on Public Auctions for Foreclosure Sale Within Executive Proceedings of Mortgaged Realty – Statement of the Government of the Russian Federation, No. 526, June 23, 2009;
On Approval of the Concept for E-Government Formation in Russian Federation up to 2010 – Order of the Government of the Russian Federation, No. 632-r, May 6, 2008 (amended March 10, 2009);
On Approval of the Statute on Usage of Internet Sites Performing Open E-Auctions, and on Requirements to Technological, Software, Linguistic, Legal, and Organizational Tools… – Statement of the Government of the Russian Federation, No. 179, March 17, 2008;
On Formation of the System for State Informational Support in the Field of Agriculture – Statement of the Government of the Russian Federation, No. 157, March 7, 2008 (amended March 10, 2009);
On Approval of the Statute on Enabling Security of Personal Data within Its Processing in Personal Data Informational Systems – Statement of the Government of the Russian Federation, No.781, November 17, 2007;
On Approval of the Plan for Preparing Draft Acts Necessary for Implementation of the Federal Law “On Information, Information Technologies, and Information Protection” – Order of the Government of the Russian Federation, No 1002-r, July 27, 2007;
On the Procedure for Acquiring, Using, and Providing Geo-Spatial Information – Statement of the Government of the Russian Federation, No. 326, May 28, 2007;
On Approval of the Plan of Measures for Implementation of the Regional Informatization Concept up to 2010 – Order of the Government of the Russian Federation, No. 118-r, February 1, 2007;
On Approval of the Statute for Maintaining Registers of State or Municipal Contracts Settled as Result of Procurement Placement, and on Requirements for Technological, Software, Linguistic, Legal, and Organizational Tools for Providing… – Statement of the Government of the Russian Federation, No. 807, December 27, 2006 (amended July 15, 2008);
On Approval of Concept for Regional Informatization up to 2010 – Order of the Government of the Russian Federation, July 17, 2006 (amended March 10, 2009);
On Informational Support of Town-Planning Activities – Statement of the Government of the Russian Federation, No. 363, June 9, 2006;
On Approval of the List of Registers, Records, Classifiers, and Nomenclatures Related to Accounting Systems of Federal Governmental Bodies – Order of the Government of the Russian Federation, No. 584-r, April 25, 2006;
On Approval of Rules for Providing Data Transfer Communication Services – Statement of the Government of the Russian Federation, No. 32. January 23, 2006 (amended February 15, 2008);
On Model Regulations for Internal Organization of Federal Executive Governmental Bodies – Statement of the Government of the Russian Federation, No. 452, July 28, 2005 (amended June 15, 2009);
On Approval of Concept for Personal Accounting of the Russian Federation Population – Order of the Government of the Russian Federation, No. 748-r, June 9, 2005;
# On Model Regulations for Interaction between Federal Executive Governmental Bodies – Statement of the Government of the Russian Federation, No. 30, January 19, 2005 (amended November 30, 2009) (version actual since January 1, 2010);
On Approval of the Concept for IT Usage in Activities of Federal Government Bodies – Order of the Government of the Russian Federation, No. 1244-r, September 27, 2004 (amended March 10, 2009);
On Regulations of the Government of the Russian Federation and on the Statute of the Government Executive Office – Statement of the Government of the Russian Federation, No. 260, June 1, 2004, (amended February 20, 2010);
On Forming and Using State Informational Resources for the Fuel and Energy Complex – Statement of the Government of the Russian Federation, No. 663, September 6, 2002 (amended March 10, 2009);
On the Federal Target Program “E-Russia (2002-2010)” – Statement of the Government of the Russian Federation, No. 65, January 28, 2002 (amended September 10, 2009);
On State Accounting and Registration of Data Banks and Database – Statement of the Government of the Russian Federation, No. 226, February 28, 1996 (amended March 2, 2005) (lost effect since September 26, 2009 pursuant to the Statement of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 723, September 10, 2009);
On Approval of the Instruction on Procedure for Providing Foreign States and International Organizations with Information on Position Data of Geodetic Points and Geographic Objects within the Russian Federation Territory – Statement of the Government of the Russian Federation, No. 120, February 8, 1996;
On Approval of Standards for Information Disclosure by Municipal Utilities Complex Organizations and Natural Monopoly Holders Working in the Field of Providing Services for Heat Energy Transfer – Statement of the Government of the Russian Federation, No. 1140, December 30, 2009;
On Approval of the Rules for Controlling Observance of Information Disclosure Standards by Municipal Utilities Complex Organizations – Statement of the Government of the Russian Federation, No. 237, April 13, 2010.

Normative Legal Acts of Federal Executive Government Bodies

On Approval of the Statute on the Internet segment for federal government bodies and for government bodies of the Russian Federation subjects – Order of the Federal Guard Service, No. 487, August 07, 2009;
On Approval of Requirements for Postal Communication Networks and Tools for Performing Operational-Investigative Activities – Order of the Ministry of Communications, No. 65, May 19, 2009;
On Protection of Personal Data of State Civil Employees in the Central Office and of Deputy Heads of Territorial Bodies of the Federal Service for Supervision in the Field of Health Care – order of the Federal Service for Supervision in the Field of Health Care, No. 3500-Pr/09, May 12, 2009;
On Approval of the Administrative Regulations of the Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation for Providing the Governmental Service on Organizing Fulfillment of Requests for Archive Documents – Order of the Federal Security Service, No. 90, March 10, 2009;
On Approval of the Administrative Regulations for the Federal Archive Agency for Providing the Governmental Service on Organizing Fulfillment of Requests Submitted from Abroad by Russian and Foreign Citizens and Stateless Persons, Addressing Their Lawful Rights and Freedoms – Order of the Ministry for Culture, No . 1295, October 23, 2007 (lost effect since March 09, 2010);
On Approval of the Administrative Regulations for the Federal Agency for Geodesy and Cartography for Providing the Governmental Service on Supplying Interested Persons with State Topographic Maps and Plans in Graphic Digital, Photographic, and Other Forms – Order of the Ministry for Transport, No. 137, September 28, 2007;
On Approval of the Administrative Regulations for Providing the Governmental Service on Informing on State of Affairs at Labor Market in a Subject of the Russian Federation – Order of the Ministry for Health Care and Social Welfare, No. 415, June 13, 2007;
On the Administrative Regulations for the Federal Agency for Realty Cadastre on Providing Governmental Service “Supplying Interested Persons with Information on Capital Construction Objects” – Order of the Ministry for Economic Development and Trade, No. 147, April 26, 2007;
On Approval of the List of Provided Data on IT Usage in Activities of Federal Government Bodies and of the Procedure for the Data Provision in Electronic Form – Order of the Ministry for Information and Communications, No.36, March 19, 2007;
On Placement of Information on State Contracts at the Official Website – Letter of the Federal Treasury, No. 42-7.1-17/1.5-29, January 25, 2007;
On Approval of the Informatization Concept for the Federal Service for Environmental, Technological, and Nuclear Supervision – Order of the Federal Service for Environmental, Technological, and Nuclear Supervision, No. 21, January 23, 2007;
On Approval of the Administrative Regulations for Performing the Governmental Function on Organizing Review of Proposals, Applications, and Complaints from Persons Convicted or Accused in Custody – Order of the Ministry for Justice, No. 383, December 26, 2006 (amended December 1, 2009);
On Approval of the Administrative Regulations for the Federal Registration Service on Performing the Governmental Function for Providing Information on Registered Organizations to Physical and Legal Persons according to the Approved Procedure – Order of the Ministry for Justice, No. 362, December 14, 2006 (lost effect);
On Approval of the Administrative Regulations for the Federal Agency for Realty Cadastre on Providing the Governmental Service “Maintenance of the State Fund of Data Obtained within Land Tenure” – Order of the Ministry for Economic Development and Trade, No. 376, November 14, 2006;
On Approval of the Administrative Regulations for the Federal Agency for Realty Cadastre on Providing the Governmental Service “Providing Interested Persons with Data of the State Land Cadastre” – Order of the Ministry for Economic Development and Trade, No. 186, July 13, 2006;
On Organization of Access to the Database of Full Texts of National Standards – Order of the Federal Agency for Technical Regulation and Metrology, No. 755, April 14, 2006;
On Approval of the Procedure for Maintenance of the Unified Register of Registered Systems for Voluntary Certification and for Providing Information Contained in This Register – Order of the Ministry for Industry and Energy, No. 52, March 21, 2006 (lost effect pursuant to the Order of the Ministry for Industry and Energy No. 570, December 25, 2007);
On Model Instruction for Documentation Management in Federal Executive Government Bodies – Order of the Ministry for Culture, No. 536, November 8, 2005;
On Procedure of Internet Access for Interested Persons to Information from the Unified State Register of Legal Persons and the Unified State Register of Individual Entrepreneurs – Letter of the Federal Taxation Service, No. 26-4-03/1183@, October 04, 2005;
On Approval of the Instruction on the Procedure of Supplying for Usage and of Usage of Materials and Data from the Federal Cartographic/Geodetic Fund – Order of the Federal Service for Geodesy and Cartography, No. 114-pr, August 05, 2002;
Basic Rules for Functioning of Organizations’ Archives – Resolution of the Collegium of the Federal Archive Agency, February 6, 2002;
Guidelines for Access to Documents of State Archives if Containing Personal Data – Guidelines of the Federal Archive Agency, January 01, 2001;
On Approval of the Statute on Procedure for Providing Interested Persons with Non-Confidential Information Obtained Within Investigation – Order of the Ministry for Trade, No. 396, September 3, 1999 (lost effect pursuant to the Order of the Ministry for Economic Development and Trade No. 247, July 20, 2007);
On Approval of Rules for Users’ Working in Reading-Rooms of State Archives – Order of the Federal Archive Agency, No. 51, July 6, 1998 (registered by Ministry for Justice – No. 1660, December 16, 1998);
On Approval of the Administrative Regulations for the Federal Fund for Mandatory Medical Insurance on Performing the Governmental Function “Organization of Enabling Timely and Full Review of Citizens’ Oral and Written Applications with Notifying Applicants on Decisions Made and Delivering Replies within Terms Defined by Russian Legislation” – Order of the Ministry for Health Care and Social Welfare, No. 947n, December 03, 2009;
On Approval of the Administrative Regulations for the Federal Service for Environmental, Technological, and Nuclear Supervision on Performing the Governmental Function “Organization of Reception for Citizens, Enabling Timely and Full Review of Citizens’ Oral and Written Applications, Making Decisions on Them, and Delivering Replies to Applicants within Terms Defined by Russian Legislation” – Order of the Ministry for Natural Resources, No. 172, June 29, 2009 (version from December 29, 2009);
On Regulations for Federal Agency for Special Construction – Order of the Federal Agency for Special Construction, No. 190, May 13, 2005 (amended February 5, 2010);
On Approval of Instruction for Working with Citizens’ Applications within the System of the Ministry for Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation – Order of the Ministry for Internal Affairs, No. 750. September 22, 2006 (registered by the Ministry for Justice, No. 8487, November 15, 2006; amended January 11, 2010);
On Approval of the Administrative Regulations for the Federal Treasury on Performing the Governmental Function for Organizing Reception for Citizens, Enabling Timely and Full Review of Citizens’ Oral and Written Applications, Making Decisions, and Delivering Replies to Applicants within Terms Defined by Russian Legislation” – Order of the Ministry for Finances, No. 23n, March 11, 2010;
On Procedure for Informing Head Persons of the Bank of Russia (Heads of Territorial Bodies of the Bank of Russia) on Oral Applications from Outsiders to Staff of the Bank of Russia, Concerning Credit Institutions – Order of the Central Bank of Russia, No. OD-440, July 15, 2005.