Politics

T R E A T Y

between the Russian Federation and the Republic of Tatarstan
"On Delimitation of Jurisdictional Subjects and Mutual Delegation of Authority between the State Bodies of the Russian Federation and the State Bodies of the Republic of Tatarstan"

The plenipotentiaries of the State Bodies of the Russian Federation and the State Bodies of the Republic of Tatarstan:
empowered by the Constitution of the Russian Federation and the Constitution of the Republic of Tatarstan;
based on the universally recognized right of all nationalities to self-determination and the principals of equality, voluntariness and free will;
having the aim to guarantee the preservation of territorial integrity and the common economic interest;
wishing to promote the preservation and development of historical and national customs, cultures, languages;
being concerned about ensuring civil peace, international accord and national security;
acknowledging the priority of basic human rights and freedoms regardless of nationality, religion, location of habitation and other differences;
taking into account that the Republic of Tatarstan, as a State, is united with the Russian Federation according to the Constitution of the Russian Federation, the Constitution of the Republic of Tatarstan and the Treaty "On Delimitation of Jurisdictional Subjects and Mutual Delegation of Authority between the State Bodies of the Russian Federation and the State Bodies of the Republic of Tatarstan", and participates in international and foreign economic relations,
have agreed to the following:

Article I

Delimitation of Jurisdictional Subjects and Mutual Delegation of Authority between the State Bodies of the Russian Federation and the State Bodies of the Republic of Tatarstan shall be governed by the Constitution of the Russian Federation, the Constitution of the Republic of Tatarstan and the present Treaty.

Article II

The Republic of Tatarstan has its own Constitution and Legislation.
The State Bodies of the Republic of Tatarstan shall execute the authority of state power and shall:
1) guarantee the protection of human and civil rights and freedoms;
2) form the republic budget, define and impose the republic taxes;
3) decide issues concerning jurisprudence and notary public;
4) implement the legal regulation of administrative, family and housing relationships, as well as relations in the area of environmental protection and use of nature;
5) grant amnesty to individuals, convicted by the courts of the Republic of Tatarstan;
6) decide issues of possession, use and disposal of land, mineral wealth, water, timber and other resources, as well as state enterprises, organizations, other movable and immovable state property, located on the territory of the Republic of Tatarstan, which is the exclusive property of Tatarstan's people except for units of federal property. Delimitation of the state property shall be governed by a separate Agreement;
7) establish the system of state governmental bodies of the Republic of Tatarstan, their organizational structure and activity;
8) decide issues of the republic citizenship;
9) establish the order for alternative civil service on the territory of the Republic of Tatarstan for citizens who have the right to substitute their service in the armed forces according to federal law;
10) establish and maintain relations, conclude treaties and agreements with the republics, territories, regions, autonomous districts and regions, with the cities of Moscow and St.Petersburg of the Russian Federation, which shall not contradict the Constitution of the Russian Federation, the Constitution of the Republic of Tatarstan, the present Treaty and other agreements between the State Bodies of the Russian Federation and the State Bodies of the Republic of Tatarstan;
11) participate in international affairs, shall establish relations with foreign states and conclude treaties, which shall not contradict the Constitution and international obligations of the Russian Federation, the Constitution of the Republic of Tatarstan and the present Treaty, shall participate in the activity of corresponding international organizations;
12) create a National Bank pursuant to a separate Agreement;
13) independently conduct foreign economic activity. The delimitation of authorities in the field of foreign economic activity shall be settled by a special Agreement;
14) decide on the order established by a separate Agreement, questions of conversion for enterprises, which are in the possession of the Republic of Tatarstan;
15) establish state awards and honorary titles of the Republic of Tatarstan.

Article III

The State Bodies of the Russian Federation and the State Bodies of the Republic of Tatarstan jointly are authorized to:
1) guarantee the civil rights and freedoms of persons and citizens, the rights of national minorities;
2) protect sovereignty and territorial integrity;
3) organize mobilization of the national economy, direction of the design and production of armament and military equipment on the territory of the Republic of Tatarstan; questions concerning the sale of armament, ammunition, military equipment and other military property, as well as conversion of the defense industry. The form and share of the Parties' participation shall be governed by a separate Agreement;
4) settle the common and contradictory questions of citizenship;
5) coordinate the international and foreign economic relationship;
6) coordinate pricing policy;
7) create funds for regional development;
8) pursue monetary policy;
9) manage the items of property of the Russian Federation or the Republic of Tatarstan, which may be transferred to common management according to interest based on voluntary and mutual consent. The forms and the order for common management of specific items shall be governed by a separate Agreement;
10) coordinate activity on questions of geodesy, meteorology and calendar system;
11) create joint funds for the purpose of financing common programs, elimination of the consequences of disasters and catastrophes on the basis of mutual agreements;
12) coordinate the management of common power system as well as highway, railway, pipe, air and tubing, water transport, communications and information systems;
13) ensure an unobstructed and duty-free regime for movement of transportation of vehicles, cargoes and production by air, sea, river, railway, motor road and also through pipe transport;
14) estimate the quality of environment conditions according to international standards and promote the measures for its stabilization and restoration; secure the ecology, coordinate the action concerning use of land, water and other natural resources; prevent ecological disasters and settle questions on specially protected natural territories;
15) implement common policy in the social sphere: population employment patterns, migration processes, social protection, including social welfare;
16) coordinate activity on issues of health, family protection, maternity, paternity, childhood, education, science, culture, physical culture and sport; preparation of national specialists for schools, educational institutions, establishments of culture, mass media and other institutions and organizations; shall provide pre-school organizations and educational institutions with native language literature; shall co-ordinate scientific research in the field of history, national cultures and their languages;
17) deal with problems of personnel for justice and police enforcement;
18) settle litigation, arbitration and notary public question;
19) coordinate the activity of police enforcement agencies, the cooperation of security services, creation and use of programs to combat crime;
20) establish common principals for organization of state bodies and local self-government;
21) establish administrative, administrative-legal, labor, family, housing, land, water, timber legislation, legislation on mineral wealth, on protection of the surrounding environment;
22) address the questions of common use of land, mineral wealth, water and other natural resources;
23) execute other authority established by mutual agreement.

Article IV

Within the jurisdiction of the Russian Federation and its State Bodies are found:
1) the adoption and alteration of the Constitution of the Russian Federation and federal laws, as well as control of their observance; the implementation of the federal system and the territory of the Russian Federation;
2) regulation and protection of human and civil rights and freedoms; questions of citizenship in the Russian Federation; regulation and protection of rights of national minorities;
3) establishment of a system of federal legislative, executive and judicial power and the order of their organization and activity; formation of federal bodies of state authority;
4) the federal state property and its management;
5) establishment of the basis of federal policy and federal programs in the fields of state, economic, ecological, social, cultural and national development of the Russian Federation;
6) establishment of the legal basis for a common market; finance, currency, credit, customs regulation, money supply, principals of general price policy; federal economic agencies, including federal banks;
7) the federal budget, federal taxes and duties, federal funds for regional development;
8) the federal power system, nuclear energy, fissionable materials; federal transport, communication pathways, information and communication systems, space activity;
9) foreign policy and international relations of the Russian Federation, international agreements of the Russian Federation; questions of war and peace;
10) oreign economic relations of the Russian Federation;
11) defense and security; the defense industry; the determination of the order of sale and purchase of armament, ammunition, military equipment and other military property; production of poisonous substance, drugs and the order of their use;
12) the determination of the status and defense of the state frontier, territorial waters, air space, the exclusive economic area and continental shelf of the Russian Federation;
13) the judicial system; the procurator's Office; penal legislation, criminal procedure and penal-executive legislation; amnesty and clemency; civil, civil procedure and arbitration-procedural legislation;
14) federal conflict law;
15) the meteorological service, standards, standard metres, metric system of measures, time calculation, geodesy, cartography, names of geographical places; formal statistics and book-keeping;
16) state awards and honorary titles of the Russian Federation;
17) federal state service.

Article V

Judicial documents, issued by state bodies, institutions and officials of the Russian Federation and the Republic of Tatarstan within the limits of authority of these state bodies, institutions and officials, shall be valid.

Article VI

The State Bodies of the Russian Federation as well as the State Bodies of the Republic of Tatarstan shall have no rights to issue any legal acts on issues, which do not relate to their area of responsibility.
The State Bodies of the Republic of Tatarstan as well as the Federal State Bodies shall have the right to protest against the acts of the Russian Federation and the Republic of Tatarstan where they infringe upon the present Treaty.
Disputes on the execution of authority in the sphere of common competence of the State Bodies of the Russian Federation and the State Bodies of the Republic of Tatarstan shall be settled in accordance with the procedure agreed to between the Parties.

Article VII

For the purpose of execution of the present Treaty the State Bodies of the Russian Federation and the State Bodies of the Republic of Tatarstan shall have the right to conclude additional agreements, create joint structures and commissions on an equal footing.

Article VIII

The State Bodies of the Russian Federation and the State Bodies of the Republic of Tatarstan shall have plenipotentiary representatives in the cities of Moscow and Kazan.

Article IX

No unilateral cancellation, alteration or amendment of the present Treaty or its provisions shall become valid.
The Treaty shall become effective 7 days after its signing and shall be published for public dissemination.
The present Treaty is concluded on February 15, 1994 in the city of Moscow in two copies, each in Russian and Tatar, both texts having equal judicial force.

On behalf of the
Russian Federation:
On behalf of the
Republic of Tatarstan:

President of the
Russian Federation
B. Yeltsin

President of the
Republic of Tatarstan
M. Shaimiev

Prime Minister of the
Russian Federation
V. Chernomyrdin

Prime Minister of the
Republic of Tatarstan
M. Sabirov

Moscow, February 15, 1994

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