As of: 10 may 2005
Act to Improve Preventive Flood Control
of 3 May 2005, in force since 10 may 2005
(Federal Law Gazette I of 9 May 2005 page 1224)
New Flood Control Act enters into force
Preventive flood protection is improved significantly
The new Flood Control Act entered into force on 10th May 2005. For the first time, the Flood Control Act lays down uniform and stringent legal provisions for the prevention of flood damage on a nationwide level. The Act is based on the Five-Point Programme which was presented by the German
government immediately after the flood disaster of the Elbe river in the summer of 2002. 
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