The law reveals the basic principles of hydrometeorological activities, defines objects and subjects, specialized organizations in this area.
 
The main directions of state policy in the field of hydrometeorological activities:

- development and implementation of state and other programs;
- adoption of legal acts that determine the conditions and procedure for the implementation of hydrometeorological activities, development of accounting and reporting systems;
- formation, improvement and maintenance of the unified state system of hydrometeorological observations and measurements;
- providing state administration bodies and the population with information about the actual and predicted state of the environment, its pollution, including emergency information;
- conducting scientific fundamental and applied research in the field of hydrometeorology, climate change, environmental pollution, etc.

In accordance with the law, official warnings, forecasts and other hydrometeorological information related to ensuring the safety of the population, preventing possible damage, are provided to its consumers by only specifically authorized state body.
 
The document also provides for the rights and obligations of producers and consumers of hydrometeorological information, the procedure for organizing and implementing hydrometeorological activities, their financing, international cooperation in this area, responsibility for violating the legislation on hydrometeorological activities, and a number of other norms.