What are the responsibilities of public bodies under the Environmental Code in the event of landslides?

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The Environmental Code establishes that the State, the regions, including the Autonomous Provinces of Trento and Bolzano, the provinces, municipalities, as well as mountain communities and land reclamation and irrigation consortia, according to their respective competences, contribute to the implementation of activities aimed at ensuring:

  • the protection and reclamation of the soil and subsoil;

  • the hydrogeological reclamation of the territory, with particular attention to managing the risk of landslides and hydrogeological instability;

  • the prevention of hydrogeological instability and landslides;

  • the securing of risk-prone situations (pursuant to Article 53 of Legislative Decree 152/2006).

Knowledge, Planning, and Intervention Activities

To this end, all the aforementioned entities carry out every appropriate action:

  • knowledge-related actions,

  • planning actions,

  • implementation of interventions, including for the management and prevention of hydrogeological instability and landslides, as provided in Article 53 of Legislative Decree 152/2006.

The knowledge-related activities specifically include actions such as:

  • data collection,

  • data processing,

  • data archiving,

as well as the implementation of any other initiatives deemed necessary for the achievement of the above-mentioned objectives, in accordance with Article 54 of Legislative Decree 152/2006.

Specific Competences of the Regions

In particular, the regions annually prepare a report on land use and the hydrogeological conditions of their territory and take any other necessary initiatives in the fields of:

  • land conservation,

  • land defense,

  • soil protection,

  • subsoil protection, with a focus on the prevention and management of landslides and hydrogeological instability, in accordance with Article 61 of Legislative Decree 152/2006.

Participation of Local Entities

Municipalities, provinces, mountain communities, land reclamation and irrigation consortia, as well as other public entities and public law entities based in the hydrographic district, participate in the exercise of regional functions related to soil defense, as established by the regions, either individually or in agreement with each other.
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