Cabinet Order No. 720 of 2021 Regarding Declaration of the Emergency Situation Country/Territory Latvia Document type Regulation Date 2021 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject General Keyword Disasters Early warning system/emergency intervention system Governance Geographical area Europe, EUROPE AND CENTRAL ASIA, European Union Countries, Northern Europe Abstract This Order provides that, in order to stop the rapid spread of COVID-19 infection and the overloading of the health sector and to reduce the preventable mortality, concurrently ensuring the continuity of important State functions and services, on the basis of Section 4, Paragraph one, Clause 1, Sub-clause “e” of the Civil Protection and Disaster Management Law, Section 4, Section 5, Paragraph one, and Section 6, Paragraph one, Clause 1 and Paragraph two, Section 7, Clause 1, and Section 8 of the law On Emergency Situation and State of Exception, Section 3, Paragraph two of the Epidemiological Safety Law, emergency situation shall be declared in the entire territory of the State from 11 October 2021 until 11 January 2022. The Crisis Management Council and the Ministry of Health shall be the responsible authorities for the coordination of activities during the emergency situation. Full text Latvian/English Website likumi.lv References - Legislation Implements Civil Protection and Disaster Management Law (2016) Legislation | Latvia | 2016 Keyword: Disasters, Procedural matters, Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings, Early warning system/emergency intervention system Source: FAO, FAOLEX