Classification of ecological continuity in the administrative division of the Rhine-Meuse basin

An Ecological Continuity Classification corresponds to all or part of a course or channel identified in an order made by the Basin Coordinating Prefect pursuant to Article L.214-17 of the Environmental Code. The classification into list 1 (1° of § I of Article L. 214-17 of the Environmental Code) is intended to protect certain rivers from degradation and allows a long-term preservation objective to be displayed. They cancel, replace, and complete the classification as “reserved rivers” under the 1919 Act. List 2 (2° of § 1 of Article L. 214-17 of the Environmental Code), annuls, replaces and supplements the concept of ‘rivers classified’ under L. 432-6 of the Environmental Code, must make it possible to ensure quickly the compatibility of existing works with the objectives of ecological continuity. The Ecological Continuity Ranking contributes among other things to the blue frame. The founding regulatory text of an Ecological Continuity Classification is the signed classification order by the Basin Coordinating Prefect in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article R.214-10 of the Environmental Code providing for departmental consultation of classification projects before validation by the Basin Coordinating Prefect. After consultation at departmental level, the prefect of the department sends to the basin committee a preliminary draft of Lists L.214-17-I for advisory opinion with a view to classifying under L.214-17-I. Once the opinion of the basin committee has been obtained, the Basin Coordinating Prefect decides whether or not to proceed with the classification. The Ecological Continuity Classification corresponds to the information mentioned in the classification. (Source: Technical and regulatory zoning of the water domain, Dictionary of data, SANDRE, June 2012). Files contained in the data package: — SegClasContEco_1_brm.TAB — SegClasContEco_2_brm.TAB生态连续性分类（Ecological Continuity Classification）指依据《环境法典》（Environmental Code）第L.214-17条，由流域协调省长（Basin Coordinating Prefect）发布的政令中划定的全部或部分河段或水道。 归入名录1（对应《环境法典》第L.214-17条第I款第1目）的分类，旨在保护特定河流免受退化，并可明确长期保护目标。该分类替代、废止并补充了1919年法案中"保护河流"的原有分类。 名录2（对应《环境法典》第L.214-17条第I款第2目）则废止、替代并补充了《环境法典》第L.432-6条中"划定河流"的相关概念，其核心目标是确保现有水利工程能够快速符合生态连续性的相关要求。 此外，生态连续性分级亦为蓝色框架体系的组成部分之一。 生态连续性分类的法定生效文本为流域协调省长依据《环境法典》第R.214-10条规定的程序签署的分类政令，该程序要求在流域协调省长核准分类方案前，需先完成省级意见征询。 完成省级意见征询后，相关省份的省长需将《环境法典》第L.214-17条第I款的名录草案提交至流域委员会，以获取咨询意见，用于推进依据该条款的分类工作。 获取流域委员会的咨询意见后，流域协调省长将最终决定是否启动分类程序。生态连续性分类即对应该政令中载明的相关信息。 （数据来源：《水域技术与监管区划数据集词典》，SANDRE，2012年6月） 数据包内含以下文件： — SegClasContEco_1_brm.TAB — SegClasContEco_2_brm.TAB