Review Dossier on the Legal Regime of Water Resources and Land Related to Water Bodies in the European Union (Based on the Examples of France and Slovakia)
Published on 20 March 2026, 15:00Abstract. This dossier analyses the legal regulation of water resources and land related to water bodies at the level of the European Union, with particular reference to France and Slovakia. It establishes that France applies a mixed public-private regulatory model, whereas in Slovakia constitutionally enshrined state ownership of groundwater and watercourses is combined with administrative and legal restrictions governing the use of land associated with water bodies.
Keywords: water resources, property rights, water fund lands, water bodies, basin principle, state ownership, water law, environmental law.
02/2026