KIEV, April 5 – President Viktor Yanukovych has signed law No. 4499-VI to create the 112 emergency phone system.

"According to the law, the system will be created to ensure that relevant profile departments take urgent measures to prevent or respond to emergencies. The law envisages the creation of a central executive agency for the civil protection of the population in the case of emergencies with the 112 phone number, operational services, emergency detachments that will use telecommunication networks, software, hardware and other means," reads the statement of the press service.

According to the statement, the 112 centers will receive and process emergency calls, transfer information to operational services, and control their registration. In turn, operational services of the state and local governments will receive emergency calls and information about them, transfer information to emergency detachments, coordinate actions of these detachments and will be on duty twenty-four hours a day.