Law on civil population protection and civil protection in the Canton Base-Landschaft. Country/Territory Switzerland Territorial subdivision Basel-Landschaft Document type Legislation Date 2004 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Environment gen. Keyword Hazards Cultural heritage Enforcement/compliance Geographical area Alps, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, North-East Atlantic, Western Europe Abstract The present Law regulates the organization and competences, as well as tasks and financing of the Canton Basel-Landschaft in the field of population protection and civil protection. Articles 2 to 4 contain respectively the definition of the term “disaster”, “emergency situations” and “severe emergencies“. The text consists of 42 articles divided into 4 Parts as follows: General provisions (1); Population protection (2); Civil protection (3); Final provisions (4). Full text German Website www.bl.ch References - Legislation Implemented by Ordinance relating to the Law on population protection and civil protection in the Canton Basel-Landschaft. Legislation | Switzerland | 2004 (2013) Keyword: Hazards, Cultural heritage, Enforcement/compliance Source: FAO, FAOLEX