Regional Law No. 588-OZ Country/Territory Russian Federation Territorial subdivision Orel Document type Legislation Date 2006 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Environment gen. Keyword Hazards Early warning system Data collection/reporting 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 on the date of its official publication. Abstract This Regional Law shall have the scope implementation of plenary powers of the regional bodies aimed at prevention of natural disasters, emergencies and epidemics and mitigation of the consequences thereof. Regional early warning system shall be integral part of the national early warning system. Regional early warning system shall perform the following tasks: (a) elaboration and realization of special arrangements aimed at prevention of the outbreak of disasters; (b) data collection and reporting; (c) forecast and assessment of socio/economic consequences of disasters; (d) mitigation of the consequences of disasters; and (e) timely supply of reliable information, related to disasters, to the population. Full text Russian Website www.regionz.ru References - Legislation Repealed by Regional Law No. 1866-OZ “On protection of the population and territory against natural and technological disasters of inter-municipal and regional levels”. Legislation | Russian Federation | 2015 Keyword: Hazards, Early warning system Source: FAO, FAOLEX