EU Floods Directive 2007/60/EC—snapshot

Copyright © 2025 LexisNexis
Produced in partnership with Laura Bolado of Andes Legal Consulting Ltd
Practice notes

EU Floods Directive 2007/60/EC—snapshot

Copyright © 2025 LexisNexis

Produced in partnership with Laura Bolado of Andes Legal Consulting Ltd

Practice notes
Key informationFloods Directive
TitleDirective 2007/60/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2007 on the assessment and management of flood risks (the Floods Directive)
Entry into force26 November 2007 (art 18)
Transposition deadline25 November 2009 (art 17)
National transpositionSee Eur-Lex information on national transposition measures, as provided by Member States
AmendmentsNone
SubjectFlooding

Purpose of the Floods Directive

The purpose of the Floods Directive is to establish a common framework for assessing, managing and reducing the risk that floods, particularly along rivers and in coastal areas, pose to human health, the environment, property and economic activity in the EU. It provides for the assessment of the risk of flooding in river basins, the mapping of flood hazards and risks in all regions where there exists a serious flood risk and the drawing up of flood risk management plans by Member States.

The Directive’s prevention and management measures are organised by river basin districts

Laura Bolado
Laura Bolado

EU Law Specialist

Laura worked in EU law for over two decades making it one her main area of expertise. In 2002 she worked for the European Commission (Brussels) and relocated to London in 2003 to work for the European Medicines Agency. There she gained first-hand experience on the functioning of the EU which she later applied in legal roles at pharmaceutical companies and law firms before turning to a more generalist approach to EU law at LexisNexis. At LexisNexis she helped develop and maintain EU Tracker (writing on the implementation of EU Directives in different EU jurisdictions, etc.) and assisted various departments with EU law matters in her EU Law Specialist capacity. Laura also delivered EU law training to several interns and legal professionals. Laura left LexisNexis in late 2013 to explore her options in different environments. In 2014 Laura lectured EU law at universities in Argentina, spoke at international conferences and continued with her contributions to national legal publications (Rubinzal and Abeledo Perrot/Thomson Reuters) in EU and Integration law. Laura became an author for PSL Public Law in October 2014. After returning to London in 2015 she run her own business which included regular contributions to PSL Environment, Energy and Public Law. From 2017 until 2020 Laura authored the Europe chapter of LexisNexis Civil Court Practice (Green Book). From 2019 until 2024 Laura contributed to Reg-Track writing on financial services, data protection, money laundering, environmental and social governance, etc. in several jurisdictions worldwide. As of 2025 Laura is part of Cube Global where she continues to write about various topics in a remote-contractual basis (as she has now relocated to Spain).

Education

Laura is a dual-qualified lawyer (Argentina and Spain) with two LLMs in European Law and in Information Technology Law awarded by the Universidad Complutense of Madrid, Spain.

Laura is a data protection professional certified by the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP CIPP/E) also holds an International Compliance Association certificate in Anti-Money Laundering. 

Read moreRead more
Powered by Lexis+®
Jurisdiction(s):
European Union
Key definition:
Style definition
What does Style mean?

A form of a document used as a model for similar documents.

Read more readmore

Popular documents

If a rentcharge is shown as being informally exonerated on title information, does this apply to the

If a rentcharge is shown as being informally exonerated on title information, does this apply to the current registered owner? Or does the informal exoneration only apply to the parties to the document which informally exonerated the rentcharge?This Q&A considers the situation where, at some

Late payment penalties—inheritance tax

Late payment penalties—inheritance taxWhile interest often accrues on overdue tax, the late payment of certain taxes may also attract a penalty. For information on the interest accruing on overdue tax, see Practice Notes: IHT—payment deadlines on death—Interest on IHT and Interest on late paid

If a beneficiary signs a deed of disclaimer of their share of an estate and the estate pays their legal

If a beneficiary signs a deed of disclaimer of their share of an estate and the estate pays their legal fees, will that count as a PET against their estate?A disclaimer is the refusal of a gift prior to acceptance. The refusal of the gift must take place before the beneficiary accepts any benefit

Can shares in a limited company that have not been paid-up at all be cancelled?

Can shares in a limited company that have not been paid-up at all be cancelled?A limited company having a share capital may not alter that share capital, except in the ways listed in section 617 of the Companies Act 2006 (CA 2006). Shares in a company cannot simply be cancelled without following an