Law No. 10/2020 approving the Disaster Risk Management Act.

This Law, consisting of 56 articles divided into five Chapters and one Annex, establishes the Legal Regime for Disaster Risk Management and Reduction, comprising the following sectors: risk reduction, disaster management, sustainable recovery for the construction of human, infrastructural and ecosystem resilience, as well as the adaptation to climate change. Actions related to disaster risk management and reduction must be carried out in a decentralized manner. This Law applies to public administration bodies and institutions, to citizens and to legal persons, public or private, who, in the performance of their duties, contribute to the management and reduction of disaster risk and the building of resilience to extreme events. The Law is divided in the following Chapters: General provisions (Chap. I); Disaster Risk Management Bodies (Chap. II); Disaster Risk Reduction and Management and Resilience Building (Chap. III); Inspection, Offences and Penalties (Chap. IV); Final provisions (V).