Directive 2007/60 / EC on the assessment and management of flood risks
 Directive 2007/60 / EU |
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| Title: | DIRECTIVE 2007/60 / EC OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL of 23 October 2007 on the assessment and management of flood risks |
| Designation: (not official) |
Flood Risk Management Policy |
| Scope: | EEA |
| Date of issue: | October 23, 2007 |
| Release date: | November 6, 2007 |
| Come into effect: | November 26, 2007 |
| To be used from: | November 25, 2009 |
| Full text |
Consolidated version (not official) basic version |
| Regulation has entered into force and is applicable. | |
| Please note the information on the current version of legal acts of the European Union ! | |
The directive on the assessment and management of flood risks (2007/60 / EC) or the flood risk management directive is a directive that provides a uniform framework for dealing with flood risk within the EU; Its aim is to reduce the negative consequences of floods for the four protected assets
On March 1, 2010, the directive was implemented in national law in Germany through the entry into force of Section 6 ( Sections 72 to 81 ) in the Water Management Act .
The Member States are bound by a three-stage procedure for implementation: in the first stage, the areas or water sections with a significant flood risk had to be determined by December 22, 2011. Based on this, flood hazard maps and flood risk maps had to be drawn up for the defined risk areas or waters at risk by December 22, 2013 . Flood hazard maps show the extensive extent of the flooding, the possible water depths and, if necessary, the corresponding flow velocities . A flood risk map shows the land use and the number of residents, protected areas and cultural assets in potentially affected areas. The maps refer to various scenarios that are defined by their probability of occurrence : Frequent, medium and rare flood events (e.g. "HQ100": "100-year flood" with the risk of occurring approximately every 100 years). The third implementation stage is the development of plans for flood risk management, which should contain goals for reducing the flood risk and measures to achieve these goals. The plans are to be completed by December 22, 2015 and should refer to all fields of action of flood prevention . Interested bodies should be involved in the development.
What is new about the flood risk management plans is, in particular, that they should take into account various flood scenarios (Article 6 Flood Directive). In addition, the guideline for the first time provides a river basin-based approach to flood risk management in Europe. However, these two aspects are implemented very differently in the member states of the EU.
The risk assessments as well as maps and plans are to be reviewed every six years and adapted to new findings.
See also
- High water mark
- Flood protection
- Relief structures
- Flood regulation
- Zoning system for floods, backwater and heavy rain (ZÜRS) of the German Insurance Association
literature
- Special Issue on the implementation of the flood risk management plan in Germany, the Netherlands, Great Britain and France , Editoral
Web links
- Directive text at EUR-Lex
- Topic page at the Federal Environment Ministry
- Topic page of the European Commission
- Country pages (Germany):
- Baden-Württemberg
- Brandenburg
- Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania ( Memento from September 12, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
- Saxony-Anhalt ( Memento from June 13, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
- Interactive maps of the federal states:
Notes, individual references
- ↑ See also Special Issue in the Journal of Flood Risk Management : onlinelibrary.wiley.com