Emergency Preparedness Act (2000). Country/Territory Estonia Document type Legislation Date 2000 (2002) Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Environment gen. Keyword Disasters Access-to-information Early warning system/emergency intervention system Geographical area Europe, European Union Countries, Northern Europe Entry into force notes The Act enters into force from 1 January 2001. Abstract This Act provides the legal bases for the organization of emergency preparedness of and for crisis management by the Government of the Republic, government agencies and local governments. The tasks of crisis management are: 1) to perform risk assessments in order to identify possible emergencies; 2) to determine the possibilities for avoiding emergencies or for mitigating the consequences of emergencies; 3) to prepare crisis management plans; 4) to build up the structure of units for responding Full text English