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Regional Law No. 15-OZ “On protection of the population and territory against natural and technological disasters”.

Country/Territory
Russian Federation
Territorial subdivision
Kirov
Document type
Legislation
Date
1996 (2004)
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Environment gen.
Keyword
Hazards Access-to-information Early warning system
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 on the date of its official publication.
Abstract

This Regional Law concerns the relations of functioning and operation of state bodies and local government in the sphere of protection of the population and territory against natural and technological disasters. The scope of this Regional Law shall be prevention of the outbreak of natural and technological disasters and mitigation of the consequences thereof. State executive bodies and local government shall inform the population of natural and technological disasters and of methods and arrangements for the protection against them. Regional early warning system, an integral part of the national early warning system shall be set up for timely warning of the population of the outbreak of natural and technological disasters.

Full text
Russian
Website
regzakon.fpa.su