Published on 4 June 2026

Natural hazards: Acts and ordinances

Legal bases on national, european and international level

Legal bases gravitational natural hazards:

Acts and ordinances

• Hydraulic Engineering Act

• Ordinance on Hydraulic Engineering (WBV)

• Forest Act (ForA)

• Forest Ordinance (ForO)

Classified compilation: Federal law

• 721 Wasserbau und Wasserwirtschaft

• 921 Forstwesen

Classified compilation: International law

• 0.721 Wasserbau und Wasserwirtschaft

• 0.921 Forstwesen

Further acts and ordinances

• Subventionsgesetz (SuG)

• Bevölkerungs- und Zivilschutzgesetz (BZG)

• Bevölkerungsschutzverordnung (BevSV)

• Verordnung über den Bundesstab Bevölkerungsschutz (VBSTB)

• Raumplanungsgesetz (RPG)

• Raumplanungsverordnung (RPV)

• Federal Act on the Protection of Nature and Cultural Heritage (NCHA)

• Ordinance on the Protection of Nature and Cultural Heritage (NCHO)

• Federal Act on the Protection of Waters (WPA)

• Waters Protection Ordinance (WPO)

European legislation

• EUR-Lex: Directive on the assessment and management of flood risks

• EUR-Lex: Environment and climate change