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Back to all in-depth newsFlood management - 29.03.2006
CEMR to the European Parliament: local and regional authorities play a key role in flood management
The Council of European Municipalities and Regions (CEMR) has sent a letter to the Committee on Environment of the European Parliament asking to take fully into account the role of local and regional authorities in the directive proposal of the European Commission on the assessment and management of floods.
Furthermore CEMR wants to emphasize the need for flexibility at the local level in the implementation of the flood risk management measures. The principle of solidarity, whereby measures taken in one area should not increase flood risks in other areas of the river basin, should be strengthened too. CEMR would also like that double work is avoided: existing national, regional ...
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