Regional Law No. 12-PK “On protection of the population and territory against natural and technological disasters”. Country/Territory Russian Federation Territorial subdivision Perm Document type Legislation Date 2007 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Environment gen. Keyword Hazards Early warning system Monitoring 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 Entry into force notes This Regional Law enters into force ten days after the date of its official publication. Abstract This Regional Law regulates relations in the sphere of protection of population and territory against local and regional natural and technological disasters. Natural and technological disasters shall be considered situation that takes place as a result of an accident, catastrophe, natural phenomena or calamity that could cause human losses or environmental damages. The scope of this Regional Law shall be prevention of the outbreak and propagation of natural and technological disasters, reduction of damages and losses caused thereby and mitigation of the consequences thereof. Basic principles of protection of the population and territory shall be legality and transparency, planning and application of the protective arrangements. Regional early warning system shall be integral part of the unified national early warning system. Monitoring system shall be operative on the regional territory. Full text Russian Website www.fpa.su References - Legislation Amended by Regional Law No. 551-PK amending Regional Law No. 12-PK “On protection of the population and territory against natural and technological disasters”. Legislation | Russian Federation | 2015 Keyword: Hazards, Early warning system Source: FAO, FAOLEX