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