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 Disasters Hazardous substances Environmental standards Geographical area CIS (Commonwealth of Independent States), Eastern Europe, Europe 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 indu Full text Russian References - Legislation Implemented by 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, Disasters, Liability/compensation Source: FAO, FAOLEX 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, Disasters, Environmental fees/charges, Hazardous substances 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: Disasters, Hazardous substances, Classification/declassification, Risk assessment/management Source: FAO, FAOLEX