2008 Vulnerable Areas of the Rhine-Meuse Basin Administrative District [Historical Data]

The dataset contains the perimeters of the vulnerable areas of the administrative district of the Rhine-Meuse basin. Vulnerable areas are the lands designated in accordance with Article 3(2) of European Directive 91-676, the objectives of which are: — reduce water pollution caused or induced by nitrates from agricultural sources, — and prevent any new pollution of this type. Vulnerable areas are areas affected by pollution and those susceptible to pollution; be if the measures provided for in the Directive in its Article 5 are not taken. Each zone s'' extends over a geographical area that covers all or part of the territory of?#x27;' one or more municipalities. The list of vulnerable areas is drawn up under the responsibility of the Ministry in charge of the Environment (definition from: Ash, administrative reference 1997) Additional information about the dataset can be accessed from the &quot section; Dataset Files; the metadata sheet. Files contained in the dataset: — ZONEVUL_brm[_2008].TAB __Origin__ Bassin-Rhin-Meuse Basin Delegation Layer developed from BD-CARTHAGE (N_HYDRO_TRONC_BCA_000) __Partner organisations__ DREAL Grand Est [ex-Lorraine] (Regional Directorate for the Environment, Environment, Planning and Housing Greater East) __Links annexes__ * [XML metadata view](http://ogc.geo-ide.developpement-durable.gouv.fr/csw/all-dataset?REQUEST=GetRecordById&SERVICE=CSW&VERSION=2.0.2&RESULTTYPE=results&elementSetName=full&TYPENAMES=gmd:MD_Metadata&OUTPUTSCHEMA=http://www.isotc211.org/2005/gmd&ID=fr-120066022-jdd-c075f7a5-dec4-4cd7-b448-922cab6c76c6) [See this page on geo.data.gouv.fr](https://geo.data.gouv.fr/fr/datasets/959c733314254a6ebc1274be3102acd9e7a53038)