EU FLOOD DIRECTIVE FLOOD ACTION PLANS FLOOD PRECAUTION PLANNING GUIDANCE
January 1st, 2006
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Commission is trying to force all European Union (EU) member states to have a high standard of policies and programmes to prevent floods, while dealing with damage caused when that is not possible. It has proposed a directive that would order national governments, including Britain, to follow a detailed blueprint for their anti-flood policies.
EU environment Commissioner Stavros Dimas said: "Catastrophic floods endanger lives and are likely to cause human tragedy as well as heavy economic losses. This new directive will help ...
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