I. General provisions
1. The Federal Agency for Tourism (Rosturizm) is a federal executive authority performing functions relating to the rendering of public services and management of public property as well as law enforcement functions in the field of tourism.
2. The activities of the Federal Agency for Tourism of the Russian Federation shall be governed by the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation.
3. While performing its activities, the Federal Agency for Tourism shall follow the Constitution of the Russian Federation, federal constitutional laws, federal laws, acts of the President of the Russian Federation and the Government of the Russian Federation, international agreements of the Russian Federation, statutes and regulations of the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation as well as this Regulation.
4. The Federal Agency for Tourism shall perform its activities in collaboration with other federal executive authorities, executive authorities of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation, local authorities, public associations, and other organizations.
II. Powers
5. The Federal Agency for Tourism shall exercise the following powers within the specified field of activity:
5.1-5.2. Void.
5.3. on the grounds of and in accordance with the procedure established by federal laws, acts of the President of the Russian Federation and the Government of the Russian Federation, the Federal Agency for Tourism shall exercise other functions regarding public property management and the provision of public services within the specified field of activity:
5.3.1. shall implement priority directions of public regulation of tourism activity in the Russian Federation, form and maintain a uniform federal register of tour operators;
5.3.2. shall inform tour operators, tour agents and tourists of security risks for tourists in the country (place) of temporary stay, according to the established procedure;
5.3.3. shall promote tourism products on the domestic and international tourism markets;
5.3.4. shall perform the procurement of goods, works and services in the specified field of activity, in accordance with the legislation of the Russian Federation and other laws and regulations regarding contract system in the field of procurement of goods, works and services for public and municipal needs;
5.3.5. according to the procedure and within the scope established by the federal laws, acts of the President of the Russian Federation and the Government of the Russian Federation, shall exercise powers of the owner in respect of federal property needed for the performance of the federal public authority functions within the field of activity specified by clause 1 hereof, including the property transferred to federal government agencies and federal state unitary enterprises falling within the jurisdiction of the Agency;
5.3.6. shall perform economic analysis of activities of subordinated state unitary enterprises and approve economic performance of their activities, audit financial and economic activities and the use of asset portfolio by its subordinated organizations;
5.3.7. shall exercise the functions of the state customer of federal target, scientific-technical and innovative programs and projects within the specified field of activity;
5.3.8. shall duly interact with the public authorities of foreign states and international organizations, including representation of the Russian Federation in international organizations within the specified field of activity upon the instructions of the Government of the Russian Federation and the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation;
5.3.9. shall establish representative offices outside the Russian Federation in the field of tourism; The procedure of their establishment, activity and liquidation shall be defined by the Government of the Russian Federation in accordance with international treaties of the Russian Federation;
5.3.10. shall organize the reception of citizens, ensure prompt and comprehensive review of verbal and written inquiries of citizens, make decisions thereon and issue replies within the period stipulated in the applicable Russian Federation laws;
5.3.11. shall ensure the protection of information classified as a state secret within its terms of reference;
5.3.12. shall organize and ensure mobilization training and mobilization of the Agency as well as the control and coordination of the activities of subordinated organizations related to their mobilization training and mobilization;
5.3.12.1. shall organize and carry out civil defense in the Agency;
5.3.13. shall organize further professional education of the employees of the Agency;
5.3.14. in accordance with the laws of the Russian Federation, shall acquire, store, keep records and use the archival documents created in the course of its operations;
5.3.15. shall organize congresses, conferences, workshops, exhibitions and other events within the specified field of activity;
5.3.15.1. shall enforce measures of support for small and medium business entities aimed at their development, including the implementation of targeted agency-level programs within the specified field of activity;
5.3.15.2. at the request of tour operators details of which are entered into the uniform federal register of tour operators, shall issue a certificate of entry of information about the tour operator into the abovementioned register;
5.3.16. shall exercise other functions regarding public property management and the provision of public services within the specified field of activity, where such functions are stipulated in the appropriate federal laws and regulations of the President of the Russian Federation or the Government of the Russian Federation;
5.5. shall exercise the functions of chief controller and recipient of federal budgetary funds allocated for maintenance of the Agency and performance of the functions assigned thereto.
6. In order to exercise the powers within the specified field of activity, the Federal Agency for Tourism shall be entitled to:
6.1. duly request and receive information necessary to make decisions on the matters within the competence of the Agency;
6.2. provide legal entities and individuals with clarifications on the matters within the competence of the Agency;
6.3 duly engage scientific and other organizations, scientists and experts to address the matters within the competence of the Agency;
6.4. create coordinating, advisory and expert bodies (councils, commissions, groups, boards), including interdepartmental bodies within the specified field of activity;
6.5. duly print media for the publication of official announcements and placing other materials regarding the matters within the competence of the Agency.
7. The Federal Agency for Tourism shall not be entitled to perform control and supervision functions within the specified field of activity, except for the cases provided by decrees of the President of the Russian Federation and Regulations of the Government of the Russian Federation.
The limitations of the Agency’s powers provided by the first paragraph of this clause shall not apply to the powers of the head of the Agency relating to personnel matters and Agency activity organization matters as well as the powers to control the activities in the Agency (its structural units) headed by him.
III. Arrangement of activities
8. The Federal Agency for Tourism shall be headed by a person appointed and dismissed by the Government of the Russian Federation upon the recommendation of the Minister of Culture of Russian Federation.
The Head of the Federal Agency for Tourism shall be personally responsible for the exercise of the Agency powers and the implementation of the state policy in the specified field of activity.
The Head of the Federal Agency for Tourism shall have deputies appointed and dismissed by the Government of the Russian Federation upon the recommendation of the Minister of Culture of Russian Federation.
The number of the deputies of the head of the Agency shall be set by the Government of the Russian Federation.
9. Directorates broken by the main directions of the activity of the Agency shall be the structural units of the Federal Agency for Tourism. Directorates shall comprise of departments.
10. Head of the Federal Agency for Tourism shall:
10.1. assign duties among his deputies;
10.2. submit to the Minister of Culture of the Russian Federation:
10.2.1. draft Regulation on the Agency;
10.2.2. proposals regarding the maximum number and payroll budget of the Central Administrative Office of the Agency;
10.2.3. nominations for the positions of deputy heads of the Agency;
10.2.4. draft annual plan and estimated performance indicators of the Agency’s activities as well as a performance report;
10.2.5. proposals for the awarding of employees of the Agency, subordinate organizations and other persons operating in the specified field with national awards of the Russian Federation, Russian Federation Presidential Certificate of Honor, Diploma of the Government of the Russian Federation, proposals for commendation in the form of expression of gratitude of the President of the Russian Federation, expression of gratitude of the Government of the Russian Federation, for awarding a departmental insignia of the Ministry of Culture of Russian Federation entitling to attain a title of Veteran of labor;
10.3. approve regulations on the structural units of the Agency;
10.4. appoint and dismiss employees of the Agency;
10.5. in accordance with the Russian legislation on public service, deal with the matters related to public service in the Agency;
10.6. approve the structure and personnel chart of the Central Administrative Office of the Federal Agency for Tourism within the payroll and employee number limits as specified by the Government of the Russian Federation as well as cost estimates for the maintenance of the Central Administrative Office of the Federal Agency for Tourism within the approved fund allocations for the respective period provided in the federal budget;
10.7. submit to the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation proposals regarding the draft federal budget for the corresponding year in the specified field of activity;
10.10. on the grounds of and pursuant to the Constitution of the Russian Federation, federal constitutional laws, federal laws, acts of the President of the Russian Federation and the Government of the Russian Federation issue orders on the matters within the competence of the Agency as well as regarding the internal organization of the Agency activity.
11. Maintenance of the Central Administrative Office of the Federal Agency for Tourism shall be funded using the funds provided in the federal budget.
12. The Federal Agency for Tourism shall be a legal entity, shall have a seal with the Coat-of-Arms of the Russian Federation and its name, other seals, stamps and letterheads of the established standard form as well as bank accounts opened in accordance with the laws of the Russian Federation.
The Federal Agency for Tourism shall be entitled to have its own emblem, flag and pennant as established by the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation in consultation and coordination with the Presidential Heraldic Council of the Russian Federation.
13. The Federal Agency for Tourism shall be located in Moscow.