Regional Law No. 918-OZ “On protection of the population and the territory against inter-municipal and regional natural and technological disasters”. Country/Territory Russian Federation Territorial subdivision Jewish Autonomous Region Document type Legislation Date 2011 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 10 days after the date of its official publication. Abstract This Regional Law establishes regional subsystem of the unified state system of early warning and emergency intervention that shall perform the functions of protection of the population and territory against inter-municipal and regional natural and technological disasters, including protection of the population in waterbodies. Regional Government shall be responsible for: (a) creation of regional financial funds and material reserves for prevention of the outbreak and mitigation of the consequences of natural and technological disasters; (b) data collection and exchange of information; and (c) emergency intervention in case of the outbreak of disasters. Full text Russian Website zakon-region2.ru References - Legislation Repeals Regional Law 410-OZ “On protection of the population and territory against natural disasters”. Legislation | Russian Federation | 2004 Keyword: Hazards, Early warning system, Access-to-information Source: FAO, FAOLEX Amended by Regional Law No. 922-OZ amending Regional Law No. 918-OZ “On protection of the population and the territory against inter-municipal and regional natural and technological disasters”. Legislation | Russian Federation | 2016 Keyword: Hazards Source: FAO, FAOLEX