The structure, competences and tasks of institutions of the crisis management

Since April 26th,2007 in Poland, the crisis management act has been in force. It is the first legal act of system defining which organs are appropriate for the crisis management matters, their tasks and financing rules of the crisis management tasks. Following this act the Prime Minister in the regulation nr 64 of 15th of June 2007 appointed the Government Representative to organize the Governmental Centre of Emergency. It inspired the Author to present the structures of the crisis management, their competences and obligations resulting from the above mentioned act in the context of standards of the EU and NATO member countries