Directive 2007/60/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2007 on the assessment and management of flood risks
Territorial extent
European Union
Enacted by
European Parliament
Enacted
23 October 2007
Enacted by
Council
Commenced
26 November 2007
Status: In force
The Floods Directive (Directive 2007/60/EC[1]) is legislation in the European Parliament on the assessment and management of flood risks. The floods directive basically prescribes a three-step procedure:
First step: Preliminary Flood Risk Assessment:
The Floods Directive requires Member States to engage their government departments, agencies and other bodies to draw up a Preliminary Flood Risk Assessment.[2] This assessment has to consider impacts on human health and life, the environment, cultural heritage and economic activity, with a legislative completion date of December 2011.
Second step: Risk Assessment:
The information in this assessment will be used to identify the areas at significant risk which will then be modelled in order to produce flood hazard and risk maps. These maps are to be in place by December 2013 and will include detail on the flood extent, depth and level for three risk scenarios (high, medium and low probability).
Third step: Flood Risk Management Plans:
Flood Risk Management Plans are meant to indicate to policy makers, developers, and the public the nature of the risk and the measures proposed to manage these risks. However, they are not formally binding (e.g. to land-use planning). The Flood Risk Management Plans[3] are to be complete by December 2015. The Floods Directive prescribes an active involvement of all interested stakeholders in the process. The management plans are to focus on prevention, protection and preparedness. Also, flood risk management plans shall take into account the relevant environmental objectives of Article 4 of Directive 2000/60/EC,[4] commonly known as the 'Water Framework Directive'.[5]
^Directive 2007/60/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2007 on the assessment and management of flood risks
^Directive 2007/60/EC CHAPTER II Article 4
^Directive 2007/60/EC CHAPTER IV Article 7
^Directive 2000/60/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2000 establishing a framework for Community action in the field of water policy
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