Regional Law No. 4900-oz “On the delimitation of powers of regional state authorities in the field of ensuring biological safety.” Country/Territory Russian Federation Territorial subdivision Vologda Document type Legislation Date 2021 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Livestock, General Keyword Biosafety Governance Animal health Risk assessment/management Enforcement/compliance Monitoring 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 This Regional Law enters into force ten days after the date of its official publication. Abstract The scope of this Regional Law is the delimitation of powers between regional state bodies in the field of biological safety. Regional Assembly shall have the power of adoption of regional normative legal acts in the field of biological safety and enforcement thereof. Regional state executive bodies in the field of ensuring biological safety shall have the following powers: (a) coordination of activities of the regional state executive bodies in the field of ensuring biological safety; (e) participation in the planning and implementation of anti-epidemic, antiepizootic, antiepiphytotic measures; (f) participation in the monitoring of biological risks and in assessing the effectiveness of the implementation of activities, aimed at ensuring biological safety, on the regional territory; and (g) information of local governments and the population about the implemented on the regional territory of activities aimed at ensuring biological safety. Full text Russian Website publication.pravo.gov.ru