Regional Law No. 45-RZ “On the powers of regional state authorities in the field of biological safety.” Country/Territory Russian Federation Territorial subdivision Altai Document type Legislation Date 2021 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Livestock, Environment gen. Keyword Biosafety Monitoring Risk assessment/management 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 determines the powers of the regional state bodies in the field of ensuring biological safety. The powers of the Regional Government in the field of ensuring biological safety include: (a) coordination of the activities of the regional executive bodies in the field of biological safety; (b) participation in the planning and implementation of anti-epidemic, antiepizootic, antiepiphytotic measures; (c) participation in monitoring of biological risks and in assessing the effectiveness of the implementation of measures aimed to ensure biological safety, on the regional territory; and (d) informing local authorities in the Republic of Altai and the population about the performance of measures aimed at ensuring biological safety on the regional territory. Full text Russian Website publication.pravo.gov.ru References - Legislation Implements Law No. 492-FZ “On biological safety”. Legislation | Russian Federation | 2020 Keyword: Risk assessment/management, Monitoring, International relations/cooperation, Public health, Research, Data collection/reporting, Access-to-information, Basic legislation, Biosafety, Biosecurity Source: FAO, FAOLEX