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Law No. VIII-971 “On civil protection.”

País/Territorio
Lituania
Tipo de documento
Legislación
Fecha
1998 (2004)
Fuente
FAO, FAOLEX
Materia
Medio ambiente gen.
Palabra clave
Peligros Sistema de alerta temprana Clasificación/declasificación Evaluación/manejo de riesgos
Área geográphica
Europa, Europa y Central Asia, Países de la Unión Europea, Europa Septentrional
Resumen

This Law shall establish legal and organizational principles of the organization and operation of the civil protection and rescue system, the rights and duties of State and municipal institutions, economic entities, public organizations and residents in the sphere of civil protection. Civil protection shall be intended activities comprising the preparedness of State and municipal institutions, all economic entities, public organizations and residents for an emergency, actions in the event of occurrence thereof and response thereto, also the use of all resources of the State for the survival of the population, maintaining the viability of the national economy, protection of the property and the environment against the effects of the emergency, with the citizens actively participating in the processes. Emergency shall be intended a situation caused by natural, technical, ecological or social factors or military actions and posing a sudden and grave hazard to human life or to health, property, nature or causing death and mutilation or property losses. Disaster shall be intended an event of natural, technical, ecological or social character which has reached or exceeded the established criteria and poses a hazard to man, the physiological or social conditions of his life, property, economy and the environment. Types of emergency causes: (a) natural, denoting drastic changes of climatic conditions causing natural disasters, widespread forest and peat-bog fires, geologically hazardous phenomena, especially dangerous or mass epidemics, epizootics, epiphytotics; (b) technical, denoting disorders of various technological processes which cause fires, explosions, discharge of chemical or radioactive effluents, collapse of buildings, transport, energy system, main pipe-line accidents of various types and other disasters likely to happen in industrial objects and communications systems; (c) ecological, denoting factors leading to changes in the condition of the land, composition and properties of the atmosphere, and the state of the hydrosphere; and (d) social, denoting mass riots and disturbances, blockades, provocation, subversive activity, acts of terrorism, also military actions in the territory of the Republic of Lithuania or in a neighboring state. In the event of an emergency or threat thereof, the population of the Republic of Lithuania shall be entitled to life and health care, material and financial assistance and shall also have the right to be duly informed of the imminent threat.

Texto completo
Inglés
Página web
lietuva.lt

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