Regional Law No. 71-OZ amending Regional Law “On protection of the population and territory against natural and technological disasters”. Country/Territory Russian Federation Territorial subdivision Ryazan Document type Legislation Date 2015 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Environment gen. Keyword Hazards 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 the day after the date of its official publication. Abstract Article 8 shall be amended to add the following wording: “Regional Governor shall be responsible for organization and performance of the regional state supervision in the sphere of protection of the population and territory against outbreak of natural and technological disasters of regional, municipal and inter-municipal levels with the consideration of the modalities of performance of state supervision in the sphere of protection of the population and territory against outbreak of natural and technological disasters set forth by the Government of the Russian Federation”. Full text Russian Website publication.pravo.gov.ru References - Legislation Amends Regional Law “On protection of the population and territory against natural and technological disasters”. Legislation | Russian Federation | 1997 (2013) Keyword: Hazards, Early warning system, Data collection/reporting, Access-to-information Source: FAO, FAOLEX