Question 14303 — natural disasters

Summary

Mr. Stéphane Trompille draws the attention of the Minister of the Interior to the criteria for recognition of a state of natural disaster for the areas affected by drought during the summer of 2018. In the Ain department, the summer of 2018 had significant consequences for the territory and the inhabitants: many homes are now cracked. In addition, the strong heat of July and August, added to the absence of rain during the month of September and a lack of precipitation during the month of October led the prefecture to impose restrictions on water use. In addition to these provisions, the urgency of the situation, faced with the growing distress of the affected families, implies that the recognition of the affected municipalities is today a priority in order to obtain compensation and reparation commensurate with the damage caused by the drought. If according to paragraph 3 of article L. 125-1 of the insurance code, resulting from law no. 82-600 of July 13, 1982, "are considered as the effects of natural disasters, () direct non-insurable material damage having had as its determining cause the abnormal intensity of a natural agent, when the usual measures to be taken to prevent this damage could not prevent their occurrence or could not be taken", it is actually difficult to obtain the status of natural disaster for the municipalities. Indeed, the recognition criteria are opaque, they are not fixed and vary according to the opinions of the prefect, the civil security service of the departmental directorate for population protection as well as that of the Ministry of the Interior. He therefore asks that less opaque criteria be established in order to protect areas and inhabitants victims of disasters and that public authorities are able to provide them with financial compensation quickly, particularly for those who are financially unable to remedy the damage suffered.

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