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Reset of harmful substances


Discharge of harmful substances - any discharge from ships and other floating vessels (hereinafter referred to as vessels), aircraft, artificial islands, installations and structures, regardless of the cause, including any leakage, removal, spillage, seepage, pumping out, emission or emptying; the discharge of harmful substances does not include the emission of harmful substances occurring directly as a result of exploration, development and related processing activities in the sea of mineral resources of the continental shelf of the Russian Federation, as well as the discharge of harmful substances carried out for the purpose of conducting lawful scientific research aimed at combating pollution or monitoring it1;

  1. Federal Law No. 191-FZ of December 17, 1998 "On the Exclusive Economic Zone of the Russian Federation", as amended on December 30, 2021, Article 4, paragraph 1 // Official Gazette of the Russian Federation. 1998. No. 51. Item 6273. ↩

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