Regional Law No. 46-Z amending Regional Law No. 17-Z "On protection of the population and the territory against natural and technological disasters". Country/Territory Russian Federation Territorial subdivision Nizhni Novgorod Document type Legislation Date 2015 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Environment gen. Keyword Hazards Early warning system 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 Law enters into force ten days after the date of its official publication. Abstract Article 4 shall be amended to add the following wording: “Bodies of the territorial subsystem of the unified federal early warning system and mitigation of the consequences of natural and technological disasters shall be responsible for the forecast of the outbreak of natural and technological disasters, and assessment of socio-economic consequences thereof”. Full text Russian Website publication.pravo.gov.ru References - Legislation Amends Regional Law No. 17-Z "On protection of the population and the territory against natural and technological disasters". Legislation | Russian Federation | 1996 (2014) Keyword: Hazards, Local government, Data collection/reporting, Access-to-information Source: FAO, FAOLEX