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Federal Law No.116-FZ on industrial safety of hazardous production sites.

Country/Territory
Russian Federation
Document type
Legislation
Date
1997 (2003)
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Environment gen.
Keyword
Hazards Hazardous substances Environmental standards Standards Protection of environment
Geographical area
Arctic, Asia and the Pacific, Black Sea, Caspian Sea, CIS (Commonwealth of Independent States), Eastern Europe, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, North Pacific, North-West Pacific
Entry into force notes
The Federal Law enters into force from the date of its official publication.
Abstract

The present Federal Law determines legal, economic and social basis for ensuring safe operation of hazardous production sites and is aimed at the prevention of disasters at hazardous production sites and ensuring readiness of the operators to localization and liquidation of the afore-mentioned disasters. The provisions of the present Federal Law regards all the organizations irrespectively of their organizational and legal status and form of property that carry out activity in the sphere of industrial safety of hazardous production sites on the territory of the Russian Federation. The document consists of III Secs. that contain 18 Arts. Section I (arts. 1-5) lays down general provisions. Section II (Arts.6-17) regards the principles of industrial safety. Section III (art. 18) lays down final provisions.

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References - Legislation

Implemented by

Order No.486 of 1997 of the State Committee for Environmental Protection regarding organizational arrangements for compulsory insurance against environmental damage as a result of disaster at hazardous production site in the Russian Federation (compulsory ecological insurance).

Legislation | Russian Federation | 1997

Keyword: Institution, Hazards, Environmental fees/charges, Hazardous substances

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Order No.324 of 1998 of the State Committee of Environmental Protection regarding setting up Advisory council on ecological insurance attached to the Committee.

Legislation | Russian Federation | 1998 (2000)

Keyword: Institution, Special fund, Hazards, Liability/compensation

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Amended by

Federal Law No. 22-FZ amending Federal Law No.116-FZ on industrial safety of hazardous production sites.

Legislation | Russian Federation | 2013

Keyword: Hazards, Hazardous substances, Classification/declassification, Risk assessment/management

Source: FAO, FAOLEX