FLOOD CONSULTATION
July 1st, 2005
BY KEITH NUTHALLTHE INSURANCE industry is being asked to comment on European Commission plans to table a European Union (EU) 'floods directive' telling member states to limit the potential risks posed by floods and plan for dealing with any that arise. In a consultation exercise running until September 14, the Commission wants comments on legislation that would insist national governments carefully assess the risk of their citizens and properties to floods, and then design flood management plans to cope.EU environment Commissioner Stavros Dimas said recent floods ...
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