Regional Law No. 18-KZ “On some issues in the field of protection of population and territory against natural and technological disasters”. Country/Territory Russian Federation Territorial subdivision Stavropol Document type Legislation Date 2020 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Environment gen. Keyword Hazards Early warning system Local government 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 ЗАКОН СТАВРОПОЛЬСКОГО КРАЯ О некоторых вопросах в области защиты населения и территорий в Ставропольском крае от чрезвычайных ситуаций природного и техногенного характера. Abstract This Regional Law regulates some issues in the sphere of protection of the population and territory against natural and technological disasters. The main purposes shall be set forth as follows: (a) prevention of the outbreak of natural and technological disasters; (b) reduction of damages in case of the outbreak of natural and technological disasters; (c) mitigation of the consequences of natural and technological disasters; (d) delimitation of powers between state bodies in the field of protection of population and territory against natural and technological disasters; and (e) determination of some functions of local government in the field of protection of population and territory against natural and technological disasters. Regional executive bodies and local government must timely and reliably inform the public through the mass media, including the use of specialized technical means of warning and informing the population in places of mass presence of people, and by other means on the status of protection of the population and territories from emergency situations and the measures taken to ensure their safety, on foreseeable and resultant emergency situations, and on methods and ways to protect the population against them. Full text Russian Website publication.pravo.gov.ru References - Legislation Implements Federal Law 68-FZ on protection of the population and of the territories from environmental and technological emergencies. Legislation | Russian Federation | 1994 Keyword: Hazards, Institution, Early warning system Source: FAO, FAOLEX