Russia's legal framework for the implementation of BAT
From 1 January, 2015, the Federal Law of the Russian Federation № 219-FZ “Concerning the Introduction of Amendments to the Federal Law “On Environmental Protection” and Certain Legislative Acts of the Russian Federation” came into force, which provides for the introduction of best available techniques – BATs. The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment plans to start introducing the BATs in 2017. The activity on integration of BATs in various sectors and creation of the system are similar to the so-called Seville process in EU. Development of reference book on intensive pig and poultry rearing is scheduled for 2017.