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Official Journal L 288 , 06/11/2007 p. 0027 – 0034 20071023

Directive 2007/60/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council

of 23 October 2007

on flood risk assessment and management

(Text with EEA relevance)

THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 175(1) thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Having regard to the opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee(1),

Acting in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 251 of the Treaty(2),

because:

1. Floods shall have the potential to cause loss of life, evacuation of persons and damage to the environment, seriously compromise economic development and undermine the economic activities of the Community.

(2) Floods are natural phenomena which cannot be prevented. However, some human activities (such as the increasing number of human settlements and economic assets located in floodplains and the reduction of natural water retention capacity through land use) and climate change contribute to increasing the likelihood and negative impacts of floods.

(3) It is feasible and desirable to reduce the risk of adverse consequences, in particular for human health and life, the environment, cultural heritage, economic activity and infrastructure associated with floods. However, measures to reduce these risks, in order to be effective, should, as far as possible, be coordinated across a whole river basin.

(4) Directive 2000/60/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2000 establishing a framework for Community action in the field of water policy(3) requires the establishment of river basin management plans for each river basin district in order to achieve good ecological and chemical status, contributing to flood mitigation. However, reducing flood risk is not one of the main objectives of that Directive and does not take into account future changes in flood risks due to climate change.

(5) The Communication from the Commission of 12 July 2004 to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions ‘Flood risk management — Flood prevention, protection and mitigation’ sets out the Commission’s analysis and view on flood risk management at Community level and states that concerted and coordinated action at Community level would bring considerable added value and improve the overall level of flood protection.

(6) Effective flood prevention and mitigation requires, in addition to coordination between Member States, cooperation with third countries. It shall be conducted in accordance with Directive 2000/60/EC and international principles for flood risk management, as developed in particular under the United Nations Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Water Courses and International Lakes, approved by Council Decision 95/308/EC(4), and subsequent agreements on its implementation.

(7) Council Decision 2001/792/EC, Euratom of 23 October 2001 establishing a Community mechanism to facilitate enhanced cooperation in civil protection assistance interventions(5) mobilises support and assistance from Member States in the event of major emergencies, including floods. Civil protection can provide an adequate response to affected populations and improve their preparedness and response capacity.

8. In accordance with Regulation (EC) No …/… Council Regulation (EC) No 2012/2002 of 11 November 2002 establishing the European Union Solidarity Fund[6], it is possible to provide rapid financial assistance in the event of a major disaster in order to help the population, natural areas and countries concerned return to normal conditions as far as possible. However, the Fund can only intervene in case of emergency operations, not in pre-emergency phases.

(9) In developing policies on water and land use, Member States and the Community should take into account the potential impact of those policies on flood risks and the management of those risks.

(10) Different types of floods occur throughout the Community, such as river floods, flash floods, urban floods and floods from the sea in coastal areas. Damage caused by floods may also vary from one country and region of the Community to another. As a result, objectives for flood risk management should be set by Member States themselves and should be based on local and regional circumstances.

(11) Flood risks in certain areas within the Community may be considered not to be significant, for example in sparsely populated or unpopulated areas or in areas with limited economic assets or ecological value. In each river basin district or unit of management, flood risks and the need for further action, such as assessing flood mitigation potential, should be assessed.

(12) In order to have at its disposal an effective information tool as well as a valuable basis for priority setting and subsequent technical, financial and political decisions on flood risk management, it is necessary to provide for the creation of flood hazard maps and flood risk maps showing the potential negative consequences associated with different flood cases, including information on potential sources of environmental pollution as a result of floods. In this context, Member States should assess activities that increase flood risks.

(13) In order to avoid and reduce the adverse impact of flooding in that area, it is appropriate to draw up flood risk management plans. The causes and consequences of floods vary between countries and regions of the Community. Flood risk management plans should therefore take into account the specific characteristics of the areas they cover and provide for tailor-made solutions according to the needs and priorities of those areas, while ensuring relevant coordination within river basin districts and promoting the achievement of environmental objectives under Community legislation. Member States should, in particular, refrain from adopting measures or engaging in actions that significantly increase the risk of flooding in other Member States, unless such measures have been coordinated and a solution has been agreed between those Member States.

(14) Flood risk management plans should focus on prevention, protection and preparedness. In order to give rivers more space, rivers should consider, to the extent possible, the maintenance and/or restoration of floodplains, as well as measures to prevent and reduce adverse effects on human health, the environment, cultural heritage and economic activity. The elements of flood risk management plans should be regularly reviewed and, where necessary, updated, taking into account the possible effects of climate change on the occurrence of floods.

(15) The principle of solidarity is very important in the context of flood risk management. In light of this, Member States should be encouraged to find a fair sharing of responsibilities, when measures are jointly decided for the common benefit, in relation to flood risk management along water courses.

(16) In order to prevent duplication of work, Member States should be entitled to use existing preliminary flood risk assessments, flood hazard or risk maps and flood risk management plans for the purposes of achieving the objectives and meeting the requirements of this Directive.

(17) The development of river basin management plans under Directive 2000/60/EC and flood risk management plans under this Directive are elements of integrated river basin management. The two processes should therefore use the mutual potential for common synergies and benefits, having regard to the environmental objectives of Directive 2000/60/EC, ensuring efficiency and wise use of resources, and recognising that competent authorities and management units may differ under this Directive and under Directive 2000/60/EC.

(18) Member States should base their assessments, maps and plans on best practices and best available technologies, which do not entail excessive costs in terms of flood risk management.

(19) For the multipurpose use of water bodies for various forms of sustainable human activities (e.g. flood risk management, ecology, inland navigation or hydropower), and having regard to the impact of such use on water, Directive 2000/60/EC provides for a clear and transparent process to address that use and impact, which includes possible derogations from the objectives of ‘good standing’ or ‘non-deterioration’ set out in Article 4. Article 9 of Directive 2000/60/EC provides for cost recovery.

(20) The measures necessary for the implementation of this Directive should be adopted in accordance with Council Decision 1999/468/EC of 28 June 1999 laying down the procedures for the exercise of implementing powers conferred on the Commission(7).

(21) In particular, the Commission should be empowered to adapt this Annex to scientific and technical progress. Since those measures are of general scope and are designed to amend non-essential elements of this Directive, they must be adopted in accordance with the regulatory procedure with scrutiny provided for in Article 5a of Council Decision 1999/468/EC.

(22) This Directive respects the fundamental rights and observes the principles recognised in particular by the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union. It aims, in particular, to promote the integration into Community policies of a high level of environmental protection in accordance with the principle of sustainable development as set out in Article 37 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union.

(23) Since the objective of this Directive, namely to create a framework for measures to reduce the risks of flood damage, cannot be sufficiently achieved by the Member States and can therefore, by reason of the scale and effects of the action, be better achieved at Community level, the Community may adopt measures, in accordance with the principle of subsidiarity, as provided for in Article 5 of the Treaty. In accordance with the principle of proportionality, as set out in that Article, this Directive does not go beyond what is necessary in order to achieve that objective.

(24) In accordance with the principles of proportionality and subsidiarity and the Protocol on the application of the principles of subsidiarity and proportionality annexed to the Treaty, and in view of the existing capacities of Member States, considerable flexibility should be retained at local and regional level, in particular as regards the organisation and accountability of authorities.

(25) In accordance with point 34 of the Interinstitutional Agreement on better law-making(8), Member States are encouraged to draw up, for themselves and in the interests of the Community, their own tables illustrating, as far as possible, the correlation between this Directive and the transposition measures, and to make them public,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE:

CHAPTER I

GENERAL PROVISIONS

Article 1

The purpose of this Directive is to establish a framework for the assessment and management of flood risks in order to reduce the adverse consequences for human health, the environment, cultural heritage and economic activity associated with floods in the Community.

Article 2

For the purposes of this Directive, in addition to the definitions of ‘river’, ‘river basin’, ‘sub-basin’ and ‘river basin district’ as set out in Article 2 of Directive 2000/60/EC, the following definitions shall apply:

(1) ‘flood’ means temporary water cover of land not normally covered by water. It includes floods caused by rivers, mountain torrents, intermittent Mediterranean-style watercourses and floods from the sea in coastal areas, and does not include floods caused by sewage systems;

(2) ‘flood risk’ means the combination of the likelihood of a flood occurring and the potentially adverse effects on human health, the environment, cultural heritage and economic activity associated with the occurrence of a flood.

Article 3

1. For the purposes of this Directive, Member States shall make use of the agreements made pursuant to Article 3(1), (2), (3), (5) and (6) of Directive 2000/60/EC.

2. However, in order to implement this Directive, Member States may:

(a) designate competent authorities other than those identified in accordance with Article 3(2) of Directive 2000/60/EC;

(b) identify specific coastal zones or individual river basins and designate a unit of management thereof other than those designated in accordance with Article 3(1) of Directive 2000/60/EC.

In such cases, Member States shall communicate to the Commission by 26 May 2010 the information referred to in Annex I to Directive 2000/60/EC. For this purpose, any reference to competent authorities and river basin districts shall be construed as references to the competent authorities and units of management referred to in this Article. Member States shall inform the Commission of any changes to the data provided pursuant to this paragraph within three months of the change entering into force.

CHAPTER II

PRELIMINARY FLOOD RISK ASSESSMENT

Article 4

1. For each river basin district or unit of management referred to in Article 3(2)(b), or for the portion of an international river basin district falling within their territory, Member States shall undertake a preliminary flood risk assessment in accordance with paragraph 2 of this Article.

2. On the basis of available or readily inferrable information, such as data and studies on long-term developments and, in particular, the effects of climate change on the occurrence of floods, a preliminary flood risk assessment shall be undertaken to provide an assessment of potential risks. The assessment shall include at least the following:

(a) river basin maps of the appropriate scale, including the boundaries of river basins, sub-basins and, where they exist, coastal zones, showing topography and land use;

(b) a description of past floods that have had significant adverse effects on human health, the environment, cultural heritage and economic activity and for which the likelihood of similar future events is still relevant, including in terms of the size of the floods and their paths, and an assessment of the adverse effects they have caused;

(c) a description of past significant floods where significant adverse consequences or similar future events could be foreseen;

and, subject to the specific needs of Member States, includes:

(d) an assessment of the potential adverse consequences of future floods for human health, the environment, cultural heritage and economic activity, taking into account as far as possible issues such as the topography, position of water courses and their general hydrological and geomorphological characteristics, including bed beds as natural retention areas, the effectiveness of flood defence infrastructures, the position of populated areas, areas of long-term economic activity and development, including the effects of climate change on the occurrence of floods.

3. For international river basin districts or units of management referred to in Article 3(2)(b) which are shared with other Member States, Member States shall ensure that relevant information is exchanged between the competent authorities concerned.

4. Member States shall complete the preliminary flood risk assessment by 22 December 2011.

Article 5

1. On the basis of the preliminary flood risk assessment referred to in Article 4, Member States shall identify, for each river basin district or unit of management referred to in Article 3(2)(b), or for each portion of an international river basin district falling within their territory, those areas for which they conclude that they exist or may be considered likely to occur.

2. The identification under paragraph 1 of areas belonging to an international river basin district, or to a unit of management referred to in Article 3(2)(b) shared with another Member State, shall be coordinated between those Member States.

CHAPTER III

FLOOD HAZARD AND RISK MAPS

Article 6

1. Member States shall produce flood hazard maps and flood risk maps at the level of the river basin district, or unit of management referred to in Article 3(2)(b), at the scale most appropriate to the areas identified under Article 5(1).

2. For the preparation of flood risk maps and flood risk maps for the areas identified pursuant to Article 5, which are shared with other Member States, prior exchange of information shall take place between the Member States concerned.

3. Hazard maps shall cover geographical areas likely to be flooded in the following cases:

(a) low probability floods or in extreme cases;

(b) floods of medium probability (likely recovery period ≥ 100 years);

(c) floods with high probability, where appropriate.

4. For each case referred to in paragraph 3, the following shall be indicated:

(a) the dimensions of floods;

(b) water depth or level, as appropriate;

(c) where applicable, the relevant flow rate or water flow.

5. The flood risk maps shall indicate the potential adverse effects associated with the flood cases referred to in paragraph 3 and expressed in the following terms:

(a) the approximate number of inhabitants potentially affected;

(b) the type of economic activity in the potentially affected area;

(c) installations as referred to in Annex I to Council Directive 96/61/EC of 24 September 1996 concerning integrated pollution prevention and control(9) which may cause accidental pollution in the event of floods and potentially affected protected areas listed in Annex IV(1)(i), (iii) and (v) to Directive 2000/60/EC;

(d) such other information as the Member State considers useful, such as an indication of areas where floods with a high content of transported sediments and coarse sediment floods may occur, and information on other significant sources of pollution.

6. Member States may decide that, for coastal zones where an adequate level of protection exists, the preparation of hazard maps shall be limited to the case referred to in point (a) of paragraph 3.

7. Member States may decide that, for areas where groundwater causes flooding, the preparation of hazard maps shall be limited to the case referred to in point (a) of paragraph 3.

8. Member States shall ensure that flood hazard maps and flood risk maps are completed by 22 December 2013.

CHAPTER IV

FLOOD RISK MANAGEMENT PLANS

Article 7

1. On the basis of the maps referred to in Article 6, Member States shall establish flood risk management plans coordinated at the level of the river basin district or unit of management referred to in Article 3(2)(b) for the areas identified under Article 5(1) and the areas covered by Article 13(1)(b) in accordance with paragraphs 2 and 3 of this Article.

2. Member States shall set appropriate objectives for flood risk management for the areas identified pursuant to Article 5(1) and for the areas covered by point (b) of Article 13(1), focusing on reducing the potential adverse effects of floods on human health, the environment, cultural heritage and economic activity and, where deemed appropriate, and non-structural initiatives and/or reducing the likelihood of flooding.

3. Flood risk management plans shall include measures to achieve the objectives set in accordance with paragraph 2 and the components set out in Part A of the Annex.

Flood risk management plans shall take into account relevant aspects such as costs and benefits, flood dimensions and flood routes and areas with the potential to retain flood water, such as natural retention major riverbeds, environmental objectives in Article 4 of Directive 2000/60/EC, soil and water management, spatial planning, land use, nature conservation and navigation and port infrastructure.

Flood risk management plans shall consider all aspects of flood risk management focusing on prevention, protection, preparedness, including flood forecasts and early warning systems, and taking into account the characteristics of a particular river basin or sub-basin. Flood risk management plans may also include the promotion of sustainable land use practices, improvement of water retention capacity and controlled flooding of certain areas in the event of floods.

4. Out of solidarity, flood risk management plans established in a Member State shall not include measures which, by their scale and impact, significantly increase flood risk upstream or downstream of other countries in the same river basin or sub-basin, unless such measures have been coordinated and a solution has been agreed between those Member States in accordance with Article 8.

5. Member States shall ensure that flood risk management plans are finalised and published by 22 December 2015.

Article 8

1. For river basin districts or units of management referred to in Article 3(2)(b) falling entirely within their territory, Member States shall ensure that a single flood risk management plan or set of flood risk management plans, coordinated at river basin district level, is produced.

2. Where an international river basin district or unit of management referred to in Article 3(2)(b) lies entirely within the Community, Member States shall ensure coordination with the aim of producing a single international flood risk management plan or a set of flood risk management plans coordinated at the level of the international river basin district. Where such plans are not carried out, Member States shall produce flood risk management plans covering at least the parts of an international river basin district falling within their territory, coordinated as far as practicable at the level of the international river basin district.

3. Where the international river basin district or unit of management referred to in Article 3(2)(b) extends beyond the boundaries of the Community, Member States shall endeavour to establish a single flood risk management plan or a set of flood risk management plans coordinated at the level of the international river basin district; Where this is not possible, paragraph 2 shall apply for the portions of an international river basin district forming part of the territory of States.

4. The flood risk management plans referred to in paragraphs 2 and 3 shall, where deemed appropriate by countries jointly with a sub-basin, be supplemented by more detailed flood risk management plans coordinated at international sub-basin level.

5. Where a Member State identifies an issue which has an impact on the management of flood risks in its waters but cannot be addressed by that Member State, it may report the problem to the Commission and any other Member State concerned and make recommendations for its resolution.

The Commission shall respond to any reports or recommendations from Member States within six months.

CHAPTER V

COORDINATION WITH DIRECTIVE 2000/60/EC, PUBLIC INFORMATION AND CONSULTATION

Article 9

Member States shall take appropriate measures to coordinate the application of this Directive and Directive 2000/60/EC, focusing on opportunities for efficiency gains, exchange of information and the achievement of common synergies and benefits with regard to the environmental objectives set out in Article 4 of Directive 2000/60/EC. In particular:

1. The development of the first flood hazard maps and flood risk maps and their subsequent review as referred to in Articles 6 and 14 of this Directive shall be carried out in such a way that the information contained therein is consistent with the relevant information submitted in accordance with Directive 2000/60/EC. They shall be coordinated with, and may be integrated into, the reviews provided for in Article 5(2) of Directive 2000/60/EC;

(2) the development of the first flood risk management plans and subsequent reviews as referred to therein in Articles 7 and 14 of this Directive shall be carried out in coordination with, and may be integrated into, the reviews of river basin management plans provided for in Article 13(7) of Directive 2000/60/EC.

3. The active involvement of all interested parties pursuant to Article 10 of this Directive shall be coordinated, where appropriate, with the active involvement of stakeholders pursuant to Article 14 of Directive 2000/60/EC.

Article 10

1. In accordance with applicable Community legislation, Member States shall make available to the public the preliminary flood risk assessment, flood risk maps, flood risk maps and flood risk management plans.

2. Member States shall encourage the active involvement of stakeholders in the production, review and updating of the flood risk management plans referred to in Chapter IV.

CHAPTER VI

IMPLEMENTING MEASURES AND AMENDMENTS

Article 11

1. The Commission may, in accordance with the regulatory procedure referred to in Article 12(2), adopt technical formats for the purpose of processing and transmitting data, including statistical and cartographic data, to the Commission. Technical formats should be adopted at least two years before the dates indicated in Articles 4(4), 6(8) and 7(5), taking into account existing standards as well as formats developed under relevant Community acts.

2. Taking into account review and updating periods, the Commission may adapt the Annex to scientific and technical progress.

Those measures, designed to amend non-essential elements of this Directive, shall be adopted in accordance with the regulatory procedure with scrutiny referred to in Article 12(3).

Article 12

1. The Commission shall be assisted by the Committee established by Article 21 of Directive 2000/60/EC.

2. Where reference is made to this paragraph, Articles 5 and 7 of Decision 1999/468/EC shall apply, having regard to the provisions of Article 8 thereof.

The period laid down in Article 5(6) of Decision 1999/468/EC shall be set at three months.

3. Where reference is made to this paragraph, Article 5a(1) to (4) and Article 7 of Decision 1999/468/EC shall apply, having regard to the provisions of Article 8 thereof.

CHAPTER VII

TRANSITIONAL MEASURES

Article 13

1. Member States may decide not to carry out the preliminary flood risk assessment referred to in Article 4 for those river basins, sub-basins or coastal zones where:

(a) have already undertaken a risk assessment to conclude, before 22 December 2010, that a potential significant flood risk exists or may be considered likely to occur as a result of the identification of the area among those referred to in Article 5(1); or

(b) decided, before 22 December 2010, to prepare flood risk maps and flood risk maps and to establish flood risk management plans in accordance with the relevant provisions of this Directive.

2. Member States may decide to use flood hazard maps and flood risk maps finalised before 22 December 2010 if such maps provide an equivalent level of information to the requirements of Article 6.

3. Member States may decide to make use of flood risk management plans finalised before 22 December 2010, provided that such plans are equivalent to the requirements laid down in Article 7.

4. Paragraphs 1, 2 and 3 shall apply without prejudice to Article 14.

CHAPTER VIII

REVIEWS, REPORTS AND FINAL PROVISIONS

Article 14

1. The preliminary flood risk assessment or the assessment and decisions referred to in Article 13(1) shall be reviewed and, if necessary, updated by 22 December 2018 and every six years thereafter.

2. The flood hazard and risk maps shall be reviewed and, if necessary, updated by 22 December 2019 and every six years thereafter.

3. The flood risk management plan(s) shall be reviewed and, if necessary, updated, including the components set out in Part B of the Annex, by 22 December 2021 and every six years thereafter.

4. The possible impact of climate change on the occurrence of floods shall be taken into account in the reviews referred to in paragraphs 1 and 3.

Article 15

1. Member States shall make available to the Commission the preliminary flood risk assessments, flood hazard maps, flood hazard maps, flood risk maps and flood risk management plans referred to in Articles 4, 6 and 7, as well as their reviews and, where necessary, updates thereof within three months of the dates indicated in Article 4(4), Articles 6(8), 7(5) and 14 respectively.

2. Member States shall inform the Commission of decisions taken in accordance with Article 13(1), (2) and (3) and shall provide it with the necessary information concerning those decisions by the dates indicated in Articles 4(4), 6(8) and 7(5) respectively.

Article 16

By 22 December 2018, and every six years thereafter, the Commission shall submit to the European Parliament and to the Council a report on the implementation of this Directive. The impact of climate change shall be taken into account in the preparation of this report.

Article 17

1. Member States shall bring into force the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with this Directive by 26 November 2009. They shall forthwith inform the Commission thereof.

When Member States adopt those provisions, they shall contain a reference to this Directive or be accompanied by such reference on the occasion of their official publication. The methods of making such reference shall be laid down by Member States.

2. Member States shall communicate to the Commission the text of the main provisions of national law which they adopt in the field covered by this Directive.

Article 18

This Directive shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

Article 19

This Directive is addressed to the Member States.

Done at Strasbourg, 23 October 2007.

For the European Parliament

President

H.-G. Pöttering

For the Council

President

M. Lobo Antunes

[1] OJ C 195, 18.8.2006, p. 37.

[2] Position of the European Parliament of 13 June 2006 (OJ C 300 E, 9.12.2006, p. 123), Council Common Position of 23 November 2006 (OJ C 311 E, 19.12.2006, p. 10), Position of the European Parliament of 25 April 2007. Council Decision of 18 September 2007.

[3] OJ L 327, 22.12.2000, p. 1. Directive as amended by Decision No …/… Regulation (EC) No 2455/2001/EC (OJ L 331, 15.12.2001, p. 1).

[4] OJ L 186, 5.8.1995, p. 42.

[5] OJ L 297, 15.11.2001, p. 7.

[6] OJ L 311, 14.11.2002, p. 3.

[7] OJ L 184, 17.7.1999, p. 23. Decision as amended by Decision 2006/512/EC (OJ L 200, 22.7.2006, p. 11).

[8] OJ C 321, 31.12.2003, p. 1.

[9] OJ L 257, 10.10.1996, p. 26. Directive as last amended by Regulation (EC) No …/… Regulation (EC) No 166/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 33, 4.2.2006, p. 1).

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ANNEX

A. Flood risk management plans

I. Components of the first FRMPs:

(1) the conclusions of the preliminary flood risk assessment as required in Chapter II in the form of a summary map of the river basin district or unit of management referred to in Article 3(2)(b) identifying the areas listed in Article 5(1) covered by this flood risk management plan;

(2) flood hazard maps and flood risk maps as prepared pursuant to Chapter III, or already existing in accordance with Article 13, and the conclusions that can be drawn from those maps;

(3) a description of the appropriate flood risk management objectives established in accordance with Article 7(2);

4. a summary and prioritisation of measures taken to achieve those flood risk management objectives, including measures taken in accordance with Article 7, as well as flood-related measures taken pursuant to other Community acts, including Council Directive 85/337/EEC of 27 June 1985 on the assessment of the effects of certain public and private projects on the environment(1) and Council Directive 96/82/EC of 9 December 1996 on the control of major-accident hazards involving dangerous substances(2), Directive 2001/42/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 June 2001 on the assessment of the effects of certain plans and programmes on the environment(3), and Directive 2000/60/EC;

5. where available, for common river basins or sub-basins, a description of the methodology defined by the Member States concerned, the analysis of costs versus benefits used to assess methods with transboundary effects.

II. Description of the implementation of the plan:

(1) a description of the order of priority and how progress in implementing the plan will be monitored;

(2) a summary of the public information and consultation measures/actions taken;

3. a list of competent authorities and, where appropriate, a description of the coordination process within any international river basin district and of the coordination process with Directive 2000/60/EC.

B. Components of subsequent updates of flood risk management plans:

(1) any changes or updates since the publication of the previous version of the flood risk management plan, including a summary of the reviews carried out in accordance with Article 14;

(2) an assessment of progress towards achieving the objectives referred to in Article 7(2);

(3) a description and explanation of any measures provided for in the previous version of the flood risk management plan which were included in the plan but not implemented;

4. A description of additional measures since the publication of the previous version of the FRMP.

(1) OJ L 175, 5.7.1985, p. 40. Directive as last amended by Directive 2003/35/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 156, 25.6.2003, p. 17).

[2] OJ L 10, 14.1.1997, p. 13. Directive as last amended by Directive 2003/105/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 345, 31.12.2003, p. 97).

[3] OJ L 197, 21.7.2001, p. 30.

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