Article 12

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 · European Union

1. Where a Member State identifies an issue which has an impact on the management of its water but which cannot be resolved by that Member State, it shall notify the issue to the competent authorities of any relevant Member State and, where an international river basin district is concerned, to any relevant coordination structure identified under Article 3(4) and make recommendations for the resolution of it. 2. The Member States concerned shall cooperate to identify the sources of the issues referred to in paragraph 1 and the measures required for addressing those issues. Member States shall respond to each other in a timely manner and no later than three months after the notification referred to paragraph 1. 3. The Commission shall be informed of, and be invited to assist in, any cooperation referred to in paragraph 2 of this Article. Where appropriate, the Commission shall, taking into account the plans reported pursuant to Article 15, consider whether further action needs to be taken at Union level in order to reduce the transboundary impacts on water bodies.; 4. The Commission shall comment within a period of six months on any recommendations received from Member States in the context of the cooperation referred to in paragraphs 2 and 3. 5. Where a Member State faces exceptional circumstances of natural or anthropogenic origin or force majeure, in particular extreme floods and prolonged droughts, or significant pollution incidents, which could affect water bodies situated in other Member States, it shall ensure that the competent authorities for the affected water bodies in those Member States, as well as any relevant coordination structure identified under Article 3(4) for an international river basin, and the Commission, are informed without delay, and that the necessary cooperation, if not already in place, is established between the Member States affected and used to investigate the causes and address the consequences of the exceptional circumstances or incidents and mobilise emergency response as appropriate.

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Source: EUR-Lex CELLAR · retrieved 2026-08-09