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Law No. 495-V “On industrial safety of hazardous production facilities”.

Country/Territory
Turkmenistan
Document type
Legislation
Date
2017
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Environment gen.
Keyword
Business/industry/corporations Hazards Hazardous substances Emissions Classification/declassification Authorization/permit
Geographical area
Asia, Caspian Sea, Central Asia, CIS (Commonwealth of Independent States), Europe and Central Asia, Landlocked Developing Nations, North Asia
Entry into force notes
This Law enters into force on the date of its official publication.
Abstract

This Law defines legal, economic and social bases of maintenance of safe operation of hazardous industrial production facilities and is directed at prevention of failures on hazardous industrial production facilities and maintenance of readiness of operating hazardous industrial production facilities of legal and physical persons to localization and mitigation of consequences of the specified technogenic disasters and accidents. Accident shall be considered destruction of structures, their components or technical devices used at a hazardous production facility, uncontrolled explosion or release of hazardous substances to the environment. Hazardous industrial production facilities shall be classified in 4 categories by hazardousness classes. Some activities in the field of industrial safety shall be subject to mandatory licensing.

Full text
Russian
Website
www.turkmenistan.gov.tm