Cabinet Regulation No. 721 of 2017 on Procedures for the Receipt and Provision of Humanitarian Aid

This Regulation prescribes the procedures for the receipt and provision of humanitarian aid. In the event of a disaster, threat thereof or in a crisis situation, humanitarian aid shall be provided in the form of material, financial or logistic assistance (including by attracting experts). The decision on the receipt, request and provision of humanitarian aid shall be taken by the Cabinet upon a proposal of the Crisis Management Council and based on the information provided by the responsible ministry. Within the meaning of this Regulation, the responsible ministry is a disaster management subject, who shall co-ordinate the management of a disaster in accordance with the Civil Protection and Disaster Management Law based on the type of the specific disaster.