Article 7 — Incidents and accidents

Without prejudice to Directive 2004/35/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council ( 12 ), in the event of any incident or accident significantly affecting human health or the environment, Member States shall take the necessary measures to ensure that: (a) the operator informs the competent authority immediately; (b) the operator immediately takes the measures to limit the consequences for human health or the environment and to prevent further possible incidents or accidents; and (c) the competent authority requires the operator to take any appropriate complementary measures that the competent authority considers necessary to limit the consequences for human health or the environment and to prevent further possible incidents or accidents. In the event of pollution affecting drinking water resources, including transboundary resources, or affecting waste water infrastructure in the case of indirect discharge, the competent authority shall inform the drinking water and waste water operators affected of the measures taken to prevent damage being caused, or remedy the damage caused, by that pollution to human health and the environment. In the event of any incident or accident significantly affecting human health or the environment in another Member State, the Member State in whose territory the accident or incident has occurred shall ensure that the competent authority of the other Member State is immediately informed. Transboundary and multidisciplinary cooperation between the affected Member States shall be aimed at limiting the consequences for the environment and human health and to prevent further possible incidents or accidents.

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