Floods Directive

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The Floods Directive is a European Union law that requires member states to assess, map, and manage flood risks to reduce the adverse consequences for human health, the environment, cultural heritage, and economic activity.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
EU Floods Directive 6
Floods Directive canonical 2

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf European Union directive ⓘ
adoptedBy Council of the European Union ⓘ
European Parliament ⓘ
adoptionDate 2007-10-23 ⓘ
aimsTo reduce adverse consequences of flooding for cultural heritage ⓘ
reduce adverse consequences of flooding for economic activity ⓘ
reduce adverse consequences of flooding for human health ⓘ
reduce adverse consequences of flooding for the environment ⓘ
appliesTo all types of floods ⓘ
coastal floods ⓘ
flash floods ⓘ
river floods ⓘ
cameIntoForceOn 2007-11-26 ⓘ
encourages solidarity between Member States in flood risk management ⓘ
EULexNumber 32007L0060 ⓘ
geographicScope EU coastal areas ⓘ
EU river basins ⓘ
implementedBy EU Member States ⓘ
jurisdiction European Union ⓘ
languageOfTitle all official EU languages ⓘ
legalBasis Article 175(1) of the EC Treaty ⓘ
monitoredBy European Commission ⓘ
obligesMemberStatesTo identify areas of potential significant flood risk ⓘ
prioritise measures based on risk ⓘ
set objectives for flood risk management ⓘ
officialName Directive 2007/60/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2007 on the assessment and management of flood risks ⓘ
policyArea climate change adaptation ⓘ
disaster risk reduction ⓘ
water management ⓘ
promotes preparedness for floods ⓘ
prevention of flood damage ⓘ
protection against floods ⓘ
relatedTo EU Civil Protection Mechanism ⓘ
EU Strategy on Adaptation to Climate Change ⓘ
requires consideration of climate change impacts on flood occurrence ⓘ
coordination at river basin district level ⓘ
flood hazard maps ⓘ
flood risk management plans ⓘ
flood risk maps ⓘ
preliminary flood risk assessment ⓘ
public participation in preparation of flood risk management plans ⓘ
requiresCoordinationWith Water Framework Directive ⓘ
reviewCycle every six years ⓘ
shortName EU Floods Directive ⓘ
linked to: Floods Directive
timeframeRequirement flood hazard and risk maps by 2013 ⓘ
flood risk management plans by 2015 ⓘ
preliminary flood risk assessments by 2011 ⓘ

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Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Elbe River Basin District → subjectTo → EU Floods Directive ⓘ
linked to: Floods Directive
Danube Flood Risk Management Plan → isRelatedTo → EU Floods Directive ⓘ
linked to: Floods Directive
Meuse basin → subjectToAgreement → EU Floods Directive ⓘ
linked to: Floods Directive
Portuguese water authorities → legalFramework → EU Floods Directive ⓘ
linked to: Floods Directive
Water Framework Directive → relatedTo → Floods Directive ⓘ
subject linked to: WFD
Floods Directive → shortName → EU Floods Directive ⓘ
linked to: Floods Directive
Adour-Garonne water agency basin → implements → EU Floods Directive ⓘ
linked to: Floods Directive