The present Law enforces, inter alia, the Council Directive 96/82/EC of 9 December 1996 on the control of major-accident hazards involving dangerous substances and Directive 2006/21/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the management of waste from extractive industries of 15 March 2006. In particular, the Law lays down provisions relating to prevention, mitigation and preparedness in the control of disasters. However, other provisions concerning the preparation and conduct of the defence and the fight against disasters remain unaffected. Moreover, the Law shall not affect the jurisdiction of the federal government. The text consists of 27 articles divided into 6 Parts as follows: General provisions (1); Organisation (2); Protection and emergency plans (3); Vocational training and information (4); Prevention and control of disasters (5); Penalties, transitional and finale provisions (6).