Administrative Basin Commission

These commissions are set up in each river basin or group of basins, and are chaired by the Prefect Basin Coordinator. The commissions are made up of regional prefects, departmental prefects, heads of regional State environmental centres, the regional environment director, who has the role of basin delegate, and the paymaster of the region where the Basin Committee has its head office, as well as the head of the water agency.

The Administrative Basin Commission helps the Prefect Basin Coordinator to carry out his or her remit. The Commission is consulted about SDAGE (Blueprints for Water Development and Management), the programme of measures, and Blueprints for Forecasting High Water Levels