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

Country/Territory
Russian Federation
Territorial subdivision
Kursk
Document type
Legislation
Date
1997 (2009)
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Environment gen.
Keyword
Hazards Classification/declassification 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 establishes organizational, functional and legal provisions in the sphere of ensuring protection of the population against natural and technological disasters. The aforesaid disasters shall be classified as global or national, regional, territorial and local. The scope of this Regional Law shall be to prevent outbreak of disasters, mitigation of the consequences thereof and determination of jurisdictional competence of state bodies in the sphere of protection of the population and territory against natural and technological disasters. Teritorial early warning system shall be integral part of the national (federal) early warning system. Transparency of management of emergency situations shall be ensured through timely access of the population to reliable information on outbreak of disasters and the state of environment.

Full text
Russian
Website
regzakon.fpa.su

References - Legislation

Amended by

Regional Law No. 17-ZKO amending Regional Law No. 15-ZKO “On protection of the population and territory against natural and technological disasters”.

Legislation | Russian Federation | 2016

Keyword: Hazards

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Regional Law No. 2-ZKO amending Regional Law No. 15-ZKO “On protection of the population and territory against natural and technological disasters”.

Legislation | Russian Federation | 2015

Keyword: Hazards

Source: FAO, FAOLEX