Annexes to COM(2012)670 - Implementation of the Water Framework Directive (2000/60/EC) River Basin Management Plans

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dossier COM(2012)670 - Implementation of the Water Framework Directive (2000/60/EC) River Basin Management Plans.
document COM(2012)670 EN
date November 14, 2012
Agreement, with specific timetable agreed therein. Therefore, Norway has adopted 9 pilot RBMP.

[6]           The Court has ruled against Belgium, Greece and Portugal for not having adopted and reported the plans. A judgement on Spain is pending.  The cases are: Greece - C‑297/11,  Belgium - C‑366/11,  Portugal - C-223/11

[7]               Updated overview at http://ec.europa.eu/environment/water/participation/map_mc/map.htm

[8]               See accompanying Commission Staff Working papers

[9]               ES, PT and EL not included because of the lack of RMBPs

[10]             Ecological status: countries that have not reported RBMPs, or not reported exemptions or have high unknown status, are not included. 

[11]             Chemical status: More than 40% of the surface water bodies are reported as "unknown chemical status" and for the rest of WB the assessment is not comparable.

[12]             Numbers do not include FI and SE which have a very large number of small WB in good status

[13]             Article 4.4(c)

[14]             Article 4.4, 4.5, and 4.7

[15]             Communication on the Review of the European Water Scarcity and Droughts policy

[16]             Council Directive 91/271/EEC concerning urban waste-water treatment. OJ L135, 30.5.91 and Council Directive 91/676/EEC concerning the protection of waters against pollution caused by nitrates from agricultural sources. OJ L375, 31.12.91.

[17]             6th Commission summary on the Implementation of the Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive-Commission Staff Working Paper SEC(2011)1561 final (reference years 2007/2008)

[18]             Directive 2008/1/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 January 2008 concerning integrated pollution prevention and control Integrated pollution prevention and control Directive OJ L 24, 29.1.2008, p. 8–29. To be replaced by Directive 2010/75/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 November 2010 on industrial emissions (IED) as of 7 January 2014. See http://ec.europa.eu/environment/air/pollutants/stationary/ippc/key_impl.htm.

[19]             The Commission has started infringement procedures against 9 Member States that have implemented a narrow interpretation of water services limited to drinking water and water treatment.

[20]             See on DG ENV website in all EU languages: "Guidance for administrations on making WFD agricultural measures clear and transparent at farm level" and "Handbook on Farm Advisory Systems and water protection".

[21]             http://ec.europa.eu/agriculture/cap-post-2013/legal-proposals/index_en.htm

[22]             CIS Policy Paper on WFD and Hydromorphological pressures. Recommendations for better policy integration (2006). http://circa.europa.eu/Public/irc/env/wfd/library?l=/framework_directive/thematic_documents/hydromorphology/hydromorphology/_EN_1.0_&a=d

[23]             Ibidem; see also Joint Statement on Inland Navigation and Environmental Sustainability in the Danube River Basin (2007); PLATINA project Good Practice Manual on Sustainable Waterway Planning (2011); Commission's Guidance document on sustainable inland waterway development and management in the context of EU nature legislation (2012).

[24]             Directive 2008/56/EC establishing a framework for community action in the field of marine environmental policy, O.J. L174,25.06.2008