The Environmental Code of the Republic of Tatarstan is revised by the enactment of the Republic of Tatarstan

The changes are aimed at bringing the Environmental Code of the Republic of Tatarstan in compliance with the Federal Law “On Specially Protected Natural Reservations”. The purpose of the changes is the creation of uniform approach to the determination of categories of the local specially protected reservations. The local specially protected natural reservations are those plots of land and water space that are of the environmental, scientific, cultural, aesthetic, recreational and health-improving value and importance for the municipality, which are owned by the municipalities and are managed by local authorities. The enactment formalizes the following categories of local specially protected reservations: the recreational areas and natural micro-reservations.