Regional Law No. 7 “On protection of the population and territory against natural and technological disasters”. Country/Territory Russian Federation Territorial subdivision Kostroma Document type Legislation Date 1995 (2009) Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Environment gen. Keyword Hazards Early warning system 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 establishes organizational and legal norms in the sphere of protection of the population and territory against natural and technological disasters. The scope of this Law shall be as follows: (a) prevention of the outbreak of disasters; (b) reduction of damages caused by disasters and mitigation of the consequences thereof; (c) delimitation of plenary powers of state bodies in the sphere of protection of the population and territory against natural and technological disasters. Regional early warning system shall be integral part of the national early warning system. Population shall be granted timely access to reliable information regarding natural and technological disasters and state o territory. Full text Russian Website regzakon.fpa.su References - Legislation Amended by Regional Law No. 712-5-ZKO amending Regional Law No. 7 “On protection of the population and territory against natural and technological disasters”. Legislation | Russian Federation | 2015 Keyword: Hazards, Classification/declassification Source: FAO, FAOLEX Regional Law No. 627-5-ZKO amending Regional Law No. 7 “On protection of the population and territory against natural and technological disasters”. Legislation | Russian Federation | 2014 Keyword: Hazards Source: FAO, FAOLEX Regional Law No. 99-6-ZKO amending Regional Law No. 7 “On protection of the population and territory against natural and technological disasters”. Legislation | Russian Federation | 2016 Keyword: Hazards Source: FAO, FAOLEX