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Mineral Resources


1. For the purposes of this chapter, the minerals referred to in paragraph 1 of article 336 of this Code are termed extracted mineral resources. In this regard, an extracted mineral resource is recognized as the product of mining and quarrying (unless otherwise provided for in paragraph 3 of this article), contained within the actually extracted (recovered) mineral raw material (rock, liquid and other mixture) from the subsoil (waste, losses), which first meets the quality requirements of the national standard, regional standard, international standard, or, in the absence of such standards for a specific extracted mineral resource, the organizational standard.

(as amended by Federal Laws dated 29.05.2002 No. 57-FZ, dated 21.07.2005 No. 107-FZ, and dated 19.07.2011 No. 248-FZ)

The product obtained through further processing (enrichment, technological transformation) of an extracted mineral resource, which is the product of manufacturing industry, cannot be recognized as a mineral resource.

Source: "Tax Code of the Russian Federation (Part Two)" dated 05.08.2000 No. 117-FZ (as amended on 03.12.2012)

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