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Ministerial Decree No. 712 validating the Regulation on state supervision over protection of the population against environmental and technological disasters.

Country/Territory
Russian Federation
Document type
Regulation
Date
2005
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Environment gen.
Keyword
Institution Hazards Early warning system Access-to-information
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
Abstract

This Ministerial Decree establishes that state supervision over protection of the population against environmental and technological disasters shall be carried out by the Ministry of Civil Protection, Emergency Situations and Mitigation of the Consequences of Environmental Disasters and its bodies in accordance with the tasks set forth by early warning and emergency intervention system. The aforesaid institution shall carry out the following functions: (a) supervision over the compliance with preventive arrangements for the protection against technological disasters and accidents at potentially hazardous industrial sites; (b) inspection of potentially hazardous industrial sites; (c) information of the state executive bodies and population on preventive arrangements for the protection against environmental and technological disasters; and (d) safety certification of potentially hazardous industrial sites.

Full text
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