Appended Decree Directives:

a) allows all political units except the soviets of krays and oblasts to introduce environmental legislation

b) charges Russian Federation Supreme Soviet Committee on Ecological Issues and Rational Use of the Environment and its Committee on Legislation with amendments and supplements to Russian Criminal Code and Code on Administrative Offenses (to strengthen enforcement)

c) mandates the Federation government to create the legal framework for formation of State Ecological Fund (established in late July 1992)

d) negates earlier environmental law

IMPLEMENTATION