Directive 2007/60/EC. A new EU legal context on the assessment and management of flood risks. OJ L288, , p.27. water.europa.

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1 Directive 2007/60/EC A new EU legal context on the assessment and management of flood risks OJ L288, , p.27 Maria Brättemark, WFD Team, DG ENV.D.1, European Commission water.europa.eu

2 This presentation Presentation of Directive 2007/60/EC (FD) Links to Directive 2000/60/EC (the WFD) Reporting Expert network Progress implementation

3 What is the Floods Directive? Legal framework for integrated water management including flood risk management. Coordination other legal acts, mainly Directive 2000/60/EC(Water Framework Directive), including cyclical implementation. Integration, covers many sectors. Land use, civil protection, dam management, strategic and environmental impact assessments, nature legislation, public consultation. Coordination across the river basin, including requirements for transboundary coordination! Country 1 Country 2 Country 3 S. Grieg, Scottish Government.

4 Diversity of river basins in Europe Diversity of flood events across Europe, such as river floods, ice-jam floods, Mediterranean flash floods Flexibility for planning and action at local / regional / sub-basin level whilst ensuring cooperation/coordination across the basin

5 Building on experience Building on experience, planning and programmes already in place; using existing cooperation structures such as river basin agreements and civil protection plans

6 Flood risk and measures Significant costs of implementation, but also very significant cost of floods! Flooding problems expected to change and increase over time with climate change. Flexibility to Member States to set objectives and design measures. Structural and nonstructural measures Comune di Malborghetto-Valbruna, Italia: Alluvione: cinque anni dopo Floodsite, HR Wallingford. Floodsite, HR Wallingford. Floodsite, HR Wallingford. Dresden IOER

7 Same place new consequences - regular review of the implementation cycle View from Rudsberget (Karlstad, Sweden) in 1916 och 2007 (Courtsey pictures : Karlstad Kommun)

8 Three stage approach Preliminary flood risk assessment (maps, experience from past floods, predictions of future floods, identification areas of potential significant flood risk) Flood mapping (= knowing areas at risk of flooding, different scenarios, flood hazard maps & flood risk maps), Flood Risk Management Plans (= plans to reduce flood risks, covering all elements of the flood risk management cycle) (Transposition) (CA/Unit of management) * ** 2021 Review /update every 6 years thereafter Reporting to the Commission : 3 months after * = date of 1st review of pressure and impact analysis under the WFD ** = deadline for 2 nd cycle WFD river basin management plans

9 Key concepts Aiming at the reduction of the adverse consequences to human health, economic activity, cultural heritage and the environment Flood = water covering areas of land not normally covered by water. All types of floods rivers, lakes, urban areas, coastal flooding, sewerage floods, ground water floods however floods from sewerage systems can be excluded. National as well as trans-boundary river basins - Coordination encouraged with third countries Solidarity clause Identification of potential significant flood risk Mapping of medium and low probability events Member States to set flood risk management objectives, view to reduce flood risk and adopt measures Public participation and transparency

10 Administrative arrangements Unit of management : Water Framework Directive River Basin Districts Individual river basins ( Swedish exemption ) Coastal areas different delineation Competent authority : Clarity who does what legally clear (inter) institutional relation- Water Framework Directive River Basin Districts Alternative competent authorities, but coordination must be ensured. ships Deadline for establishment : River basin (from source to estuary for river floods) OR separately managed coastal area One or many core Competent Authorities coordination (30 months after the entry into force of the Directive)

11 Implementation cycle (art 4-7) Preliminary Flood Risk Assessment : purpose : identify areas with potential significant flood risk, i.e. deselect areas where no further action is required or where the risk is acceptably low Past floods and potential future floods, long term developments including impacts of climate change, natural floodplains, effectiveness of manmade flood defence Flood hazard maps & Flood risk maps : Area flooded under medium probability scenarios and low probability scenarios or extreme events, and if. Indication of potential adverse consequences to human health, economic activity, the environment Flood risk management plans : Coordination at the scale of the River basin Member states set objectives, and include measures focusing on the reduction of potential adverse consequences of flooding and, if considered appropriate, on non-structural initiatives and/or on the reduction of the likelihood of flooding. shall address all aspects of flood risk management focusing on prevention, protection, preparedness, including flood forecasts and early warning systems

12 Coordination (art 8 and 9) Article 8 : Coordination in the river basin districts National, shared between Eu member States and shared with third countries. If coordination fails conflict resolution mechanism. Article 9 : Coordination and synchronisation with the WFD, not integration Flood hazard and risk maps = characterisation of the RBD (Art 5) Flood risk management plans = River basin management plans (Art 13) Public participation for the FRMP

13 Transitional measures (art 13) Preliminary flood risk assessment not necessary if : - already undertaken - the next two stages has already been undertaken - Existing flood hazard and risk maps can be used if they provide a level of information equivalent to the requirements of article 6. Existing flood risk management plans can be used provided the content of these plans is equivalent to the requirements of article 7. In the first implementation cycle and if available by !

14 Coordination other legislation Full coordination requirement Directive 2000/60/EC (Water Framework Directive) Recitals European Union Solidarity Fund (EUSF) Council Decision 2001/792/EC (Civil Protection Mechanism) Mapping Annex (FRMP) Council Directive 96/61/EC (IPPC Directive) Annex (FRMP) Council Directive 85/337/EEC (EIA Directive) Council Directive 96/82/EC of (Seveso), Directive 2001/42/EC (The SEA Directive) Implicit Aarhus Convention and related Community legislation on public participation and the access to environmental information. Other? Critical infrastructure, Urban Waste Water treatment, Civil protection...

15 Links to the Water Framework Directive Water bodies at risk due to morphological pressures

16 Urban development Flood defence Power generation (incl. Hydropower) Navigation Agriculture Recreation Water & Wastewater Other industrial uses Coastal defence Freshwater Fisheries Mining Forestry Marine Fisheries Percentage of Member States Driving forces for modifications Driving forces

17 WFD & FD General purpose mitigate the effects of floods Designation of water bodies at risk from heavy modifications Exemptions temporary deterioration, extreme or exceptional floods, force majeur new modifications to water bodies Pressure and impact assessment, including of flow regulation, morphological changes Cost recovery of impoundments Programme of measures Controls of impoundments Measures to prevent and/or reduce impacts of accidental pollution as a result of floods Supplementary measures wetland restoration Administrative arrangements competent authorities and units of management river basin districts Coordination and synchronisation of flood risk maps (characterisation of river basins) & flood risk management plans (river basin management plans) Synchronisation with review cycles (6 years) Similar arrangements for international cooperation Coordination of public participation Use of same Committee Reporting - WISE

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19 Reporting WISE a webportal for all water related information WFD and other water related legislation : Bathing water, Urban Waste Wter, Nitrates Drinking water, Marine + Flood Public views expert views Currently developing Floods Directive reporting fromat inlcuding what kind of information to gather and visualise Other policies INSPIRE and SEIS requires certain harmonisation flood related data making information public Towards a distributed system

20 Reporting Concept paper for reporting Reporting sheets for first steps t

21 New look WISE Example BISE Natura 2000 viewer

22 Floods Working Group (WG F) Established by Water Directors Participants : MS and stakeholders, RTD, international org (WMO, ICPDR..) Purpose : Support implementation of the Floods Directive Information exchange Common Implementation Strategy (WFD) Existing informal structure Facilitate coordination with WFD and its implementation activities Hydromorphology, climate change, economics, agriculture

23 WG F activities in 2008 Reporting formats starting up the process Reinforcing links with the WFD - in Common Implementation strategy Information exchange CIS HYMO activity workshop on the Water Framework Directive & Flood Risk Management, 26-27/2/2008, Manchester (UK) Create the links between the two CIS activities Focus on hydromorpological aspects of FRM, AWB and HMWB and new modifications Focus on the 1st RBMP cycle WG F workshop on Land use planning, 8-10/4/2008 (AT/SL) FRM and local planning Catchment approach and local planning WG F workshop on Flood mapping, September 2008, Dublin (IRL) 2 WG meeting

24 WG F activities in 2009 Reporting formats starting up the process Reinforcing links with the WFD - in Common Implementation strategy Information exchange Thematic workshops : WG F workshop on Preliminary Flood Risk Assessment, (CZ) WG F workshop on Climate change and floods, (SW) WG F workshop on Catchment Approach, Drafting of a Guidance document on Climate change and Water with WFD Discussions on transposition Preparations new work programme

25 WG F activities in 2010 Reporting formats Preparing reporting of competent authorities/unit of management, preliminary flood risk assessment, Reporting sheets flood hazard and flood maps, flood risk management plans Integration of flood related information in WISE INSPIRE Resource tools : Resource document on floods and economics Good practice catalogue Scoping of database on past floods Floods related terminology Stocktaking of outcome workshops

26 Thematic workshops Land use, January 2007, Oslo, NO Land use and local planning, April 2008 Flood mapping, , Dublin Preliminary Flood Risk Assessment, , Brno Climate change and floods, , SW. Flood Risk Management Plans, January 2010, NL Catchment Approach, October 2009, Scotland. Flash floods and Pluvial floods, , Italy. Floods and economics, , Ghent, Belgium.

27 Implementation : so far Transposition of the Directive ( ) 20 complete transpositions / 5 partial / 2 absent Infringement cases ongoing Conformity checking under way (COM) Notification Competent Authorities and Units of Management 23 Member states reported on time / 4 other assumed WFD information applies 2 MS smaller Units / Most some other CA Compliance checking underway Publication on WISE River Basin Management Plans

28 Implementation next steps Use of Transitional measures (cut off date ) Article 13 gives possibility to use existing work each step Maps and plans require equivalence Informal survey shows a few MS will use this for each step COM will gather information shortly after cut-off date Preliminary Flood Risk Assessment (deadline ) Key themes : Hydrological extremes, links WFD, international coordination. Public participation -coordinated with Water Framework Directive End Workprogramme End Significant Water Management Issues End River Basin Management Plan

29 Thank you for your attention! More information Maria Brättemark, Desk officer Floods/WFD, European Commission, DG ENV.D.1