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Approved by Resolution
of the Government of the Russian
Federation of May 31, 2002, No 374


Provisions on Russian Munitions Agency


  1.    Russian Munitions Agency (Rosboyepripasy) is a federal executive power body, carrying out executive, control, permitting, regulating and other functions in the field of industry of munitions and special chemicals, including scientific research, development, production, modernization and disposal of munitions: fireworks, explosive materials of civil purpose, munitions for civil and official smoothbore fire-arms, self-defence sprays, products of commercial and special chemical production, as well as in the field of circulation of toxic substances and waste materials, generated during destruction of chemical weapons (further is referred as industry of munitions and special chemicals).
       Russian Munitions Agency is a National Authority, ensuring the fulfilment of the Russian Federation obligations under the Convention on Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on Their Destruction (further is referred as the CW Convention), interaction, according to the established order, with the Organization on Prohibition of Chemical Weapons and States Parties to the Convention, as well as a body on implementation of control in the field of performing international obligations of the Russian Federation under the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production and Stockpiling of Bacteriological (Biological) and Toxin Weapons and on Their Destruction (further is referred as the BW Convention) and on interaction with international organizations and States Parties to the Convention.
       Russian Munitions Agency ensures the implementation of state policy in the field of industry of munitions and special chemicals, as well as the performance of international obligations by the Russian Federation in the field of prohibition of chemical and biological weapons, provided by the CW Convention and the BW Convention.
       Russian Munitions Agency together with interested federal executive power bodies participates in elaboration of legislative and other standard legal acts, defining principles and the order of the control on the performance by Russian Federation international obligations under the BW Convention.

  2.    Russian Munitions Agency carries out its activities in cooperation with federal executive power bodies, executive power bodies of constituent regions of the Russian Federation, bodies of local self-government, public associations and organizations.
       Federal executive power bodies participate in performing of international agreements in the field of chemical disarmament, according to imposing duty, adopted by the Government of the Russian Federation.

  3.    Russian Munitions Agency in its activities follows the Constitution of the Russian Federation, federal constitutional and federal laws, decrees and orders of the President of the Russian Federation, resolutions and orders of the Government of the Russian Federation, as well as the present Provisions.

  4.    Main tasks of Russian Munitions Agency are:

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    1)  

      development and fulfilment, in cooperation with Ministry of Industry, Sciences and Technologies of the Russian Federation, Ministry of Economic Development and Trade of the Russian Federation and other interested federal executive power bodies, of State scientific-technical and industrial policy in the field of industry of munitions and special chemicals, aimed at providing competitiveness of produced products, development and effective application of scientific and technical potential, introduction of advanced technologies;

        

    2)  

      participation, together with Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation and other state customers, in the formation of the State Weapon Programme, state defense order, including the carrying out of research and development works in the field of elaboration of munitions and their components, preparation of their serial production, creation and development of federal state proving grounds, including testing and testbed base;

        

    3)  

      providing, together with Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation and other state customers, the fulfilment of the State Weapon Programme and state defense order by state owned enterprises, institutions and organizations of industry of munitions and special chemicals;

        

    4)  

      management of development and fulfilment of measures on mobilization training and civil defense according to the legislation of the Russian Federation by state owned enterprises, institutions and organizations of industry of munitions and special chemicals;

        

    5)  

      organization and execution of works on safe storing and destruction of chemical weapons;

        

    6)  

      control on execution of international agreements by the Russian Federation, legislative and other standard legal acts in the field of prohibition of chemical and biological weapons on the territory of the Russian Federation, within the limits of its competence;

        

    7)  

      licensing of separate activities according to legislative and other standard legal acts of the Russian Federation;

        

    8)  

      organization of external economic activity of state owned enterprises and institutions of industry of munitions and special chemicals;

        

    9)  

      organization and performing works in the field of standardization, unification, metrology, and cataloging of products of industry of munitions and special chemicals;

        

    10)  

      organization of works on certification of products, civil services, quality production control systems of state owned enterprises, institutions and organizations of industry of munitions and special chemicals, as well as certification of industrial safety of dangerous industrial objects of branch;

        

    11)  

      ensuring fulfilment of works on guarantee and author supervision, industrial disposal and destruction of removed from exploitation production of industry of munitions and special chemicals, destruction of chemical weapons, as well as destruction or conversion of facilities for their production;

        

    12)  

      development, together with interested federal executive power bodies, of research, testing, testbed and industrial base, creation of scientific-technical and technological reserve for the development of industry of munitions and special chemicals.

  6.    Russian Munitions Agency according to main tasks placed on it implements the following functions:

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    1)  

      together with interested federal executive power bodies and organizations determines priority research and development projects, volumes of purchases and supplies of products of industry of munitions and special chemicals, needed for carrying out federal target programmes and providing state needs in the field of industry of munitions and special chemicals;

        

    2)  

      together with Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation and other state customers participates in determination of priority works, volumes of deliveries, designers and suppliers of production of industry of munitions and special chemicals (in particular on competitive basis) to fulfill the State Weapon Programme and state defense order;

        

    3)  

      together with interested federal executive power bodies and organizations, in accordance with the established order, develops and presents the projects of federal taget and intergovernmental programmes in the field of industry of munitions and special chemicals, ensures the fulfilment of these programmes;

        

    4)  

      regulates and coordinates activities of state owned enterprises, institutions and organizations in fields of elaboration, production, modernization and disposal of production of industry of munitions and special chemicals, of rendering services on its exploitation and repair, in particular abroad;

        

    5)  

      ensures the performing of international obligations of the Russian Federation in the field of industry of munitions and special chemicals and participates, within the framework of its competence, in the formation of market of civilian use products and development of mutually beneficial cooperation with foreign organizations;

        

    6)  

      represents the Russian Federation in international organizations within the limits of its competence;

        

    7)  

      realizes the Russian Federation's international agreements on production cooperation of states - CIS members - in the field of industry of munitions and special chemicals;

        

    8)  

      controls settlements between organizations - designers and producers of munitions and special chemicals for military purposes in the process of military technical cooperation with foreign states;

        

    9)  

      determines state owned enterprises, institutions and organizations, which are designers and producers of munitions and special chemicals, for participation in the execution of contracts on supply of defense products to foreign states, in accordance with the established order;

        

    10)  

      together with Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation and other interested federal executive power bodies participates in the development of proposals on ensuring defensive capacity of the Russian Federation, as well as in the development, implementation and control of execution of Russian Federation's international agreements on reduction and liquidation of arms;

        

    11)  

      prepares and submits to Ministry of Economic Development and Trade, Ministry of Industry, Science and Technologies and Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation proposals on project of Federal Budget for corresponding year;

        

    12)  

      after consultations with interested federal executive power bodies, in accordance with the legislation of the Russian Federation, adopts standard technical documents, defining procedures of development, testing, production, exploitation, repair and disposal of products of industry of munitions and special chemicals; of safeguarding of security when performing these works, binding for execution by state owned enterprises, institutions and organizations of industry of munitions and special chemicals, involved in these works (in the part of works, carried out within the frameworks of the State Weapon Programme and state defense order, the above mentioned documents are affirmed together with Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation);

        

    13)  

      participates in preparing of standards, applied during creating, exploitation and repair of production of industry of munitions and special chemicals, as well as in carrying out of works ensuring its accordance to international standards;

        

    14)  

      organizes performing works in the field of standardization, unification, metrology and cataloging of production of industry of munitions and special chemicals in accordance with the legislation of the Russian Federation, ensures the compatibility of Russian norms and standards with international ones;

        

    15)  

      together with interested federal executive power bodies, enterprises and organizations organizes marketing research, elaborates long-term and short-term forecasts of development of industry of munitions and special chemicals;

        

    16)  

      sets technical tasks on research and development works at the request of Agency, as agreed with interested federal executive power bodies;

        

    17)  

      adopts technical and other documentation on production of industry of munitions and special chemicals, in accordance with the established order;

        

    18)  

      concludes an agreements on performing fundamental, research, experimental and development works, as well as technological ones, associated with creation and exploitation of production of industry of munitions and special chemicals, maintenance and development of federal state proving grounds, in particular of objects of testing and testbed base, capital construction and performing of other tasks, placed on Agency;

        

    19)  

      participates in organization and performing works on industrial disposal and destruction of removed from exploitation usual kinds of munitions, chemical weapons stockpiles, as well as on destruction or conversion of facilities for their production;

        

    20)  

      ensures the fulfilment of requirements and prescribed standards of industrial and ecological safety by state owned enterprises, institutions and organizations of industry of munitions and special chemicals;

        

    21)  

      within the limits of its competence controls the use of federal property, means of federal budget, credits and other extrabudgetary funds, in consultation with Ministry of Property Relations of the Russian Federation carries out documentary and other inspections of activities of state owned enterprises and institutions of industry of munitions and special chemicals;

        

    22)  

      organizes works on structural reconstruction of industry of munitions and special chemicals, develops proposals on creation, reorganization and liquidation of state owned enterprises and institutions, as well as on assignment of status of state research centre of the Russian Federation or federal scientific-industrial center to state owned enterprises and institutions of industry of munitions and special chemicals;

        

    23)  

      participates in design and implementation of programme of privatisation, business development and competition, in formation of domestic and international cooperate ties;

        

    24)  

      in accordance with the established order introduces proposals on nominees for election to boards of directors (review boards), auditing commissions and executive bodies of joint-stock companies in industry of munitions and special chemicals, as well as on nominees of representatives for voting on stockholders meeting by stocks, available in property of the Russian Federation;

        

    25)  

      performs functions of normative-legal regulation, special permitting, checking or supervising functions in the field of industrial safety in the manufacture and disposal of gun powders, solid rocket fuel, explosive substances, pyrotechnic compositions, items on their basis, in trial of munitions and missiles at dangerous industrial objects, using explosive technologies, list of which is approved by the Resolution of the Government of the Russian Federation of March 2, 1994, No 223 "On safety certification of industrial and experimental objects of enterprises and organizations of defense branches of industry, using ecologically harmful and explosive technologies";

        

    26)  

      together with interested federal executive power bodies, participates in regulation of circulation of explosive materials of civil purpose;

        

    27)  

      carries out examination and approves projects on construction, extension, reconstruction and technical reequipment of state owned enterprises, institutions and organizations of industry of munitions and special chemicals, in consultation with State Committee of the Russian Federation on Building and Housing and Communal Services Complex;

        

    28)  

      finances construction of testing and testbed objects, as well as objects of state owned enterprises, institutions and organizations of industry of munitions and special chemicals according to the State Weapon Programme and state defense order;

        

    29)  

      together with Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation develops suggestions on share financing of scientific research, experimental and development works in sphere of industry of munitions and special chemicals;

        

    30)  

      in accordance with the established order, together with interested federal executive power bodies and organizations ensures the development of new technologies/materials and scientific-technical reserve to develop perspective samples of products of industry of munitions and special chemicals;

        

    31)  

      together with Ministry of Industry, Science and Technologies and Ministry of Economic Development and Trade of the Russian Federation participates in competitive selection of investment programmes on conversion of state enterprises, institutions and organizations of industry of munitions and special chemicals, as well as of high-performance projects, requiring state support and guarantees, and carries out control over their fulfilment in accordance with the established order;

        

    32)  

      performs functions of a customer of works, associated with development and manufacture of products of civil scientific and socio-economic assignment, using different financial sources;

        

    33)  

      performs functions of a National Authority, providing the fulfilment of the Russian Federation's obligations under the CW Convention, the interaction with the Organization on Prohibition of Chemical Weapons and States Parties to the Convention, in accordance with the established order, as well as a control body in the field of ensuring implementation of international obligations of the Russian Federation under the BW Convention and of interaction with international organizations and States Parties to this Convention;

        

    34)  

      performs functions of state customer of works in the field of chemical weapons destruction, liquidation or conversion of chemical weapons production facilities;

        

    35)  

      ensures performance of international control over implementation of international agreements of the Russian Federation in the field of prohibition of chemical weapons, concludes agreements with the Organization on Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, regulating the fulfilment of the international inspection on the territory of the Russian Federation in accordance with the established order;

        

    36)  

      participates in the preparation of draft legislative and other standard legal acts, providing the implementation of international obligations of the Russian Federation in the field of prohibition of chemical and biological weapons, provided for by the CW and BW Conventions;

        

    37)  

      participates in control over implementation of the CW and BW Conventions, expecially over export and import of chemicals, microorganisms and other biological agents and toxins, equipment, as well as in the field of scientific and technical information and services, which can be used in the development of chemical and biological weapons;

        

    38)  

      coordinates activities of state owned enterprises and institutions of industry of munitions and special chemicals, involved in solution of problems, associated with chemical disarmament;

        

    39)  

      together with interested federal executive power bodies and in cooperation with mass media and public associations implements measures on forming positive public attitude to problems of chemical disarmament in accordance with the legislation of the Russian Federation, contributes to dissemination of objective information on the situation in the field of prohibition of chemical and biological weapons in the country and abroad;

        

    40)  

      in consultation with interested federal executive power bodies prepares the information to submit it to the Organization on Prohibition of Chemical Weapons in accordance with the CW Convention and to the United Nations Organization under the BW Convention;

        

    41)  

      takes part in development and concordance with interested federal executive power bodies of proposals on assistance in protection against chemical weapons to States Parties to the CW Convention, concludes appropriate agreements with the Organization on Prohibition of Chemical Weapons in accordance with the established order;

        

    42)  

      together with interested federal executive power bodies prepares suggestions on improvement of the Russian Federation's legislation to provide appropriate control over implementation of international obligations of the Russian Federation under the BW Convention;

        

    43)  

      develops, agrees and signs international agreements on rendering gratuitous aid in fulfilment of obligations under the CW Convention to the Russian Federation by States Parties to the CW Convention;

        

    44)  

      with the participation of interested federal executive power bodies prepares annual information reports of the Government of the Russian Federation on the fulfilment of the CW Convention for further submitting to the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation;

        

    45)  

      takes part in elaboration of measures on financial recovery and prevention of bankruptcy of state owned enterprises, institutions and organizations of industry of munitions and special chemicals;

        

    46)  

      introduces novel high effective forms of training and improvement of personnel qualification in conditions of conversion and structural reconstruction of industry of munitions and special chemicals;

        

    47)  

      organizes the work on the development of information systems and databases on directions of its activities and draws up summary accounts and statistical records on state owned enterprises, institutions and organizations of industry of munitions and special chemicals;

        

    48)  

      together with Federal Agency on Legal Defense of Results of Intellectual Activities of Military, Special and Double Purpose under Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation undertakes measures on legal defense of state interests during economic and civil-law circulation of results of intellectual activity in the field of industry of munitions and special chemicals, received at the expense of means of federal budget;

        

    49)  

      works out proposals on problems of ensuring safety, on state owned enterprises, in institutions and organizations of industry of munitions and special chemicals pursues common polities in the fields of protection of data, presenting State secrets, preservation of commercial and other secrets protected by law;

        

    50)  

      coordinates activities of state owned enterprises, institutions and organizations of industry of munitions and special chemicals in the field of organization of departmental guard, fire safety, safety working conditions and safeguarding of security of exploitation of explosive productions;

        

    51)  

      on a contractual basis attracts experts for consultations, preparing and consideration of matters, concerning activities of the Agency, creates provisional creative collective bodies and working groups for solving separate scientific and technical problems;

        

    52)  

      requests information, needed for performing tasks placed on the Agency, from federal executive power bodies, enterprises and organizations;

        

    53)  

      informs the public on the Agency's activities, together with interested federal executive power bodies organizes exhibitions of scientific and technical achievements, prepares and publishes specialized magazines, bulletins and other scientific and technical materials and literature on problems of industry of munitions and special chemicals;

        

    54)  

      within the limits of its competence publishes the standard legal acts and controls their implementation in accordance with the legislation of the Russian Federation;

        

    55)  

      attracts extrabudgetary financial means and according to the legislation of the Russian Federation creates non-budgetary funds for implementing of programmes and execution of works, attributable to the Agency's competence. In the process the above mentioned means cannot be directed at financing of charges for covering maintenance of the Agency;

        

    56)  

      interacts with the appropriate bodies of foreign states in implementation of international agreements of the Russian Federation within the limits of the Agency's competence;

        

    57)  

      receives foreign delegations and orders delegations of Russian specialists abroad in accordance with the established order;

        

    58)  

      together with Ministry of Natural Resources of the Russian Federation undertakes measures on ensuring ecological safety in the field of activities of industry of munitions and special chemicals, as well as in the field of circulation of toxic substances and waste products, generated during destruction of chemical weapons;

        

    59)  

      together with Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation undertakes measures on ensuring sanitary and epidemiological prosperity and medical control of employees of state owned enterprises, institutions and organizations of industry of munitions and special chemicals with especially harmful work conditions;

        

    60)  

      ensures organization and performance of issue, to citizens of the Russian Federation, of certificates on the right to manage state owned enterprises and agencies of industry of munitions and special chemicals in accordance with the established order;

        

    61)  

      implements other functions in accordance with the legislation of the Russian Federation.

  8.    Russian Munitions Agency is headed by Director General, who could be appointed on post and dismissed from it by the Government of the Russian Federation.

  9.   Deputy Director Generals of Russian Munitions Agency are appointed on post and dismissed from it by the Government of the Russian Federation.

  10.    The funding of maintenance expenses of central apparatus of Russian Munitions Agency is exercised at the expense of federal budget means, provided for state management.

  11.    Director General of Russian Munitions Agency:

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    1)  

      directs the Agency activities;

        

    2)  

      is personally liable for performing tasks placed on the Agency, shares the duty commitments of his deputies and leaders of the Agency's structural subdivisions and determines their responsibility for guidance of separate regions of the Agency's activity and for work of state owned enterprises and institutions of industry of munitions and special chemicals;

        

    3)  

      confirms the structure and the manning table of central apparatus of the Agency within the limits of quantity and wage fund of employees, established by the Government of the Russian Federation, as well as the estimate of the Agency's maintenance charges, within the limits of allocations, provided for state management in federal budget;

        

    4)  

      appoints leaders of structural subdivisions and other employees of central apparatus of the Agency on post and relieves them of it;

        

    5)  

      decides issues, associated with passing of federal civil service in the Agency in accordance with the Russian Federation's Law on civil service;

        

    6)  

      appoints leaders of federal state unitary enterprises and institutions of industry of munitions and special chemicals on post and relieves them of it, concludes, changes and cancels contracts with them, as well as adopts regulations statutes of these enterprises and institutions in accordance with the established order;

        

    7)  

      adopts provisions on the Agency's structural subdivisions;

        

    8)  

      sends the Agency employees in business trips, in particular abroad, in accordance with the established order;

        

    9)  

      issues within the limits of his competence (if necessary, jointly or in consultation with other federal executive power bodies) orders and instructions, liable to obligatory execution by the Agency employees, as well as employees of state owned enterprises and institutions of industry of munitions and special chemicals;

        

    10)  

      represents in accordance with the established order especially excellent employees of state owned enterprises and institutions of industry of munitions and special chemicals to Government awards of the Russian Federation, rewards by the badge "The honorary chemist", "The honorary machine-builder";

        

    11)  

      institutes insignia of the Agency and rewards employees of state owned enterprises, institutions and organizations of industry of munitions and special chemicals with them, as well as other persons, taking active part in creating production of industry of munitions and special chemicals.


  13.    In Russian Munitions Agency in accordance with the established order a Board, consisting of Director General (Chairman of Board) and his deputes, included in it as ex officio, as well as leaders of the Agency's structural subdivisions, representatives of other federal executive power bodies, leading scientists and experts is established.   The Board members, except persons, included in it according to their posts. are affirmed by the Government of the Russian Federation on the presentation of Director General of Russian Munitions Agency.

  14.    The Board of Russian Munitions Agency at its sessions considers the most important issues of ensuring works in the field of industry of munitions and special chemicals, activities of the Agency, its structural subdivisions, selection, training and placing of personnel, socio-economic development of state owned enterprises and institutions of industry of munitions and special chemicals, as well as other matters, attributable to the Agency competence. The Board decisions registered in protocols and are fulfilled, as a rule, by orders of Director General of Russian Munition Agency.

  15.    Under Russian Munitions Agency the Scientific-Technical Council, which is a collegiate deliberative body, consisting of top executives, investigators, designers, high-skilled specialists of the Agency and other interested federal executive power bodies, representatives of public organizations and independent experts, is created.
       To carry out policies in the field of structural alteration and conversion of industry of munitions and special chemicals, to prepare proposals on development of military and specific technology, as well as military-technical cooperation under Russian Munitions Agency the Coordinating Council, which is an advisory body, is created. It consists of leaders of state owned enterprises, institutions and organizations of industry of munitions and special chemicals.    The staff of Scientific-Technical and Coordinating Councils and provisions on them are adopted by Director General of Russian Munitions Agency.

  16.    Russian Munitions Agency is a legal entity. It has a letterhead and a seal with image of the State Emblem of the Russian Federation and with the Agency denomination, as well as accounts, being opened in accordance with the established order.


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