Regional Law No. 248-ZZK “On some issues of protection of the population and territory against natural and technological disasters”. Country/Territory Russian Federation Territorial subdivision Trans-Baikal Document type Legislation Date 2009 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Environment gen., Land & soil Keyword Hazards Monitoring Data collection/reporting Survey/mapping 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 ten days after the date of its official publication. Abstract This Regional Law establishes that in case of the outbreak of environmental and technological disasters the boundaries of the disaster area shall be established, delimited and mapped. Regional disaster monitoring system shall be instituted for timely control and forecasting disasters, and also for data collection and analysis of monitoring information. Regional executive bodies and specialized regional institution shall be responsible for planning preventive arrangements and mitigation of the consequences of natural and technological disasters. Full text Russian Website regzakon.fpa.su References - Legislation Amended by Regional Law No. 1299-ZZK amending Regional Law No. 248-ZZK “On some issues of protection of the population and territory against natural and technological disasters”. Legislation | Russian Federation | 2016 Keyword: Hazards, Early warning system Source: FAO, FAOLEX