Agreement No. 5 of 1996 between the Government of the Russian Federation and the administration of the Rostov Region regarding the delimitation of authority in the sphere of ownership, use and management of land on the territory of the Rostov Region.

The Government of the Russian Federation and the administration of the Rostov Region have agreed as follows: 1) Land within the boundaries of the Rostov Region can be classified as federal property, regional property, municipal property, private ownership and other forms of ownership in accordance with the legislation of the Russian Federation and the legislation of the Rostov Region. 2) State control over the protection and use of the plots of land pertaining to the property of the Russian Federation (federal land) is carried out jointly by Committee on Land Resources and Land Survey of the Russian Federation and by Committee on Land Resources and Land Survey of the Rostov Region and by other institutions authorized to carry out control over the use and protection of land in accordance with the modalities established by the legislation currently in force. 3) The Government of the Russian Federation is entitled to: a) to establish and change the purpose of federal land in agreement with the administration of the Rostov Region and local administration; b) upon fulfilment of the federal need to transfer on contractual basis or sell federal land to the possession of the Rostov Region (in case the initial allotment of the plots of land has been carried out on repayable basis); c) to transfer the plots of land in terms of open-ended (permanent) tenure for the accommodation of the objectives of federal importance; d) to carry out different plenary powers of the Russian Federation as owner of federal land. 4) Management of the plots of land pertaining to the property of the Rostov Region is carried out by the administration of the Rostov Region. The Committee on Land Resources and Land Survey of the Rostov Region shall carry out the administration of the aforesaid land.