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Regional Law No. 206 “On radiation safety of the population”.

Country/Territory
Russian Federation
Territorial subdivision
Kaliningrad
Document type
Legislation
Date
2000 (2008)
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Environment gen.
Keyword
Radiation Local government Enforcement/compliance Environmental audit Monitoring Access-to-information International relations/cooperation
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 10 days after the date of its official publication.
Abstract

The scope of this Regional Law shall be to ensure constitutional right of citizens to favourable environment and protection of public health by protection against ionizing radiation. The main targets of this Regional Law shall be cooperation between state bodies, local government and organizations using sources of ionizing radiation, and cooperation between regional authorities and neighbouring countries for ensuring radiation safety. Radiation safety and environmental security shall be ensured by means of: (a) observance of radiation safety rules and regulations; (b) law enforcement related to radiation safety; (c) public audit of technical projects of construction and re-construction of radiationally hazardous sites; (d) radiation monitoring; and (e) information of the population on radiation levels.

Full text
Russian
Website
regzakon.fpa.su