Regional Law No. 16-z amending Regional Law No. 19-Z "On protection of the population and the territory against natural and technological disasters". Country/Territory Russian Federation Territorial subdivision Yaroslavl Document type Legislation Date 2016 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Environment gen. Keyword Hazards Enforcement/compliance 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 Article 16 shall be amended to add the following wording: “Regional state supervision in the sphere of protection of the population and territory against natural and technological disasters shall be performed for the purpose of ensuring compliance with requirements set forth by federal laws and other normative legal acts of the Russian Federation and also by regional laws and normative legal acts in conformity with the tasks entrusted to the unified state system for the prevention of natural and technological disasters and mitigation of the consequences thereof. Full text Russian Website publication.pravo.gov.ru References - Legislation Amends Regional Law No. 19-Z "On protection of the population and the territory against natural and technological disasters". Legislation | Russian Federation | 2003 (2011) Keyword: Hazards, Local government, Early warning system, Data collection/reporting, Access-to-information Source: FAO, FAOLEX