Annexes to COM(2022)540 - Amendment of Directive 2000/60/EC on water policy, Directive 2006/118/EC on pollution of groundwater and Directive 2008/105/EC on quality standards in water policy - Main contents
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| dossier | COM(2022)540 - Amendment of Directive 2000/60/EC on water policy, Directive 2006/118/EC on pollution of groundwater and Directive ... |
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| document | COM(2022)540  |
| date | October 26, 2022 |
• Inclusion of wastewater surveillance through monitoring allowing defining new indicators on relevant scientific, analytical and epidemiological data.
Air quality legislation:
EU Member States have established an air quality monitoring network with some 16 000 sampling points for specific pollutants (often grouped at more than 4 000 monitoring locations) based on common criteria defined by the current Ambient Air Quality Directives. The modification suggested to the assessment regimes, monitoring and modelling of air quality will provide additional comparable and objective information that allows to regularly monitor and evaluate the development of air quality across the EU, including at lower pollution levels, which increasingly are seen as having health impacts also. It will also require Member States to increase the monitoring to pollutants of emerging concern, to keep under observation several air pollutants for which to date no harmonised EU-wide air quality monitoring exist.
Air quality data reported by Member States is made available to the public as a digital service by the European Environment Agency, including via the European Air Quality Index based on near-real time data. The availability of this data, and more precise requirements for information to be included in air quality plans, will also allow to keep the effectiveness of specific (often local) air quality measures under constant review. Clearer specific requirements on public information will make it easier and faster for citizens to access the outcomes of monitoring and evaluation of air quality data and related policy action.
This will allow for a more granular tracking of progress and achievements, by which the core indicator of success is the achievement by all Member States of the established EU air quality standards, including progress towards reaching these.
Grounds for the proposals / initiatives
Requirement(s) to be met in the short or long term including a detailed timeline for roll-out of the implementation of the initiative
Integrated Water Management:
The EEA will be the ‘one stop shop’ for processing and making available on a more regular basis (then currently the case) all monitoring and water status data coming from the Member States and this information will feed into the tasks of ECHA, which will be the ‘one stop shop’ for the provision of scientific support essential for the further development of standards to protect the aquatic environment. Some new tasks are resulting from the need to better and more systematically address groundwater pollution and to ensure more harmonised and better protection in respect of pollutants not of EU wide concern.
In more detail, it will require:
- One-off tasks linked to the setting up, by the EEA, of the system to directly access data generated under this proposal from Member States and to the identification or development, by ECHA, of several guidance documents and methodologies for monitoring and analysis of micro plastics and antimicrobial resistance genes; as well as the inclusion of national environmental quality standards for pollutants at River Basin District level in a repository of health based limit values managed by ECHA;
- Recurrent tasks, linked to the increased frequency and digitalisation / automated delivery mechanism of monitoring and status data to the EEA, the maintenance of the repository of standards for pollutants at River Basin District level by ECHA and the continuous scientific support by ECHA in the framework of the development/adaptation, every three years, of the surface and groundwater watch lists (for the purpose of monitoring and assessing pollutants of concern); and of the development/adaptation, every six years, of lists of substances/pollutants and corresponding EU wide EQS, every six years, for both surface water and groundwater, as well as for the identification, every six years, of EU wide standards for (surface and groundwater) pollutants currently regulated at River Basin District level where so required for the purpose of environmental protection and harmonised implementation.
Timeline
Q1 2023 – Q4 2023: inter institutional negotiation of the proposal
Q1/2 2024: entry into force.
Q2 2024 – Q4 2025: Development of the system to directly access data generated under this proposal from Member States, led by EEA and to be set out in an implementing act
Q2 2024 – Q4 2025: Development of the technical specifications (format, granularity, frequency) for the purpose of emission reporting (point source emissions not covered by the Regulation of the Industrial Emissions Portal, as well as diffuse emissions) to the EEA (Industrial Emissions Portal), led by the EEA and to be adopted by implementing act
Q1 2024 – Q4 2025: Identification and/or development of guidance documents and methodologies for measuring and analysing concentrations of micro-plastics and antimicrobial resistance genes in surface and groundwater bodies (to be identified/listed in the implementing act adopting the Watch lists), led by ECHA
Q2 2024 – Q3 2027: Development of 6th Freshwater Watch list and 1st Groundwater Watch list, and analyse and report on 5th Freshwater Watch list, led by ECHA and to be adopted by implementing act.
Q1 2026 onwards: annual retrieval of chemical pollution data by EEA and scientific support by ECHA to Watch list mechanism and to the preparation of delegated acts to adopt new EU wide environmental quality standards for additional substances (both for groundwater and surface water)
Q1 2024 onwards: scientific support by ECHA for the review and update, every six years, of the lists of priority substances and corresponding EQS in Annex I to Directive 2008/105/EC; of pollutants and corresponding EU wide quality standards in Annex I to Directive 2006/118/EC; of the lists of pollutants in part A of Annex II to Directive 2008/105/EC and possible development of EU wide standards for (some) pollutants on that list, as well as of the list of pollutants in Annex II to Directive 2006/118/EC; all lists and EQS to be set out in delegated acts.
Urban wastewater treatment directive:
The implementation planning for the main actions included in the preferred option are summarised in the table below:
By 2025 additional monitoring activities would be in place: this concerns non-domestic releases, health related parameters, key performance operator indicators together with actions to improve transparency.
National and EU databases including all the elements necessary to check compliance will be in place, and ‘vulnerable and marginalised people’ will be identified together with actions to improve access to sanitation.
This financial statement will secure funding for the EEA to provide a number of new activities foreseen in the UWWTD proposal.
These activities are of a different nature:
- Create and adapt the databases referred to in article 20 on monitoring of the legislative proposal;
- Allocate an expert on UWWTD to follow the file and make reports when needed
- One-off activities linked to preparation and negotiation of delegated/implemented acts
- Tasks related to the data treatment and analysis.
Timeline:
Q4 2022 - Q4 2023: negotiating the proposal. Due to a high ambitious proposal and the introduction of an Extended Producer Responsibility scheme, negotiations may require more resources and time than average
Q2 2024: kicking-off and working out.
Air quality legislation:
Tasks related to the reporting and exchange of information of air quality data. Additional efforts are needed to expand the infrastructure for and support the continuous reporting to also include air pollutants of emerging concerns as well as average exposure reduction obligations covering pollutants PM2.5 and NO2, to further expand the reporting infrastructure for up-to-date information from additional sampling points and modelling data as well as for air quality plans. (EEA support).
Tasks related to the assessment of ambient air quality: As the scientific understanding of air quality challenges, including the adverse health impacts at low concentration levels and by additional air pollutants of emerging concerns grows, additional support is needed to ensure policy action is underpinned by sound assessments of air quality data reported (including additional data that strengthened air quality monitoring and modelling will deliver). Furthermore, assessment of the links between air pollution, climate change, human and ecosystem health will need to be strengthened. (EEA support).
Tasks related to the scientific and technical support to air quality monitoring and modelling: As strengthened air quality monitoring and modelling is implemented, continued support will be required. Such support, fully complementary to work on air quality reporting and air quality assessments, focusses on the technical aspects of monitoring and modelling by competent authorities and includes the management and chairing of two key expert networks: the network of the national reference laboratories (AQUILA) and the forum of air quality modelling in Europe (FAIRMODE). The JRC has over the past decade supported these aspects of implementation of clean air legislation in Europe - including via a series of Administrative Arrangements. Note that JRC's input is also essential for the development of guidance documents that support the implementation of the revised Directives, and for the establishing of standards related to air quality monitoring and modelling in collaboration with the European Committee for Standardization (CEN).
Timeline:
Q1 2023 to Q2 2024 (est.): inter institutional negotiation of the proposal
Q2 2024 (est.): entry into force
Q1 2023 to Q4 2025: development of additional guidance documents in the areas of monitoring, modelling and air quality plans (DG ENV with JRC)
Q1 2023 to Q4 2025: development of standards in close cooperation with the European Committee for Standardization in the areas of monitoring, indicative measurements and modelling quality objectives (JRC with DG ENV)
Q3 2024 onwards: regular assessments by the EEA on progress in meeting the average exposure reduction obligations covering pollutants PM2.5 and NO2.
Q3 2024 onwards: regular assessment by the EEA of air pollutants of emerging concern, and on the links between air pollution, climate change, and health
Q3 2024 to Q4 2025: revision of the Commission’s implementing rules as regards the reciprocal exchange of information and reporting on ambient air (DG ENV)
Q1 2026 (est.): revised reporting obligations for Member States (to the EEA) start (i.e. depends on transposition timelines – important to have infrastructure ready)
Q3 2024 to Q4 2026: adjustments to the air quality data repository managed by the EEA, to include additional data made available through national data reporting
Q4 2028 (est.): first round of reporting of revised air quality plans to address risks of exceedances of revised air quality standards in 2030 (reporting to the EEA).
Added value of Union involvement (it may result from different factors, e.g. coordination gains, legal certainty, greater effectiveness or complementarities). For the purposes of this point 'added value of Union involvement' is the value resulting from Union intervention which is additional to the value that would have been otherwise created by Member States alone.
Integrated Water Management:
Surface and groundwater bodies in the EU are polluted by a range of different pollutants. As pollution travels downstream and 60% of European River Basin Districts are international, cooperation between Member States is essential and action at EU level necessary to address pollution and other transboundary impacts through the setting of harmonised standards and harmonised data collection and sharing systems between Member States. It is also important to increase transparency of data on chemicals and enable their use and re-use by the Commission and its agencies, in particular EEA and ECHA to increase scientific knowledge enabling further targeted action and enforcement.
Without action at EU level, it would become prohibitively expensive, especially for downstream Member States, to address pollution.
Harmonised standards will result in overall better environmental and human health protection, cost-effective and proportionate action by Member States and a level playing field for activities having to address potential impacts on water bodies across the EU.
The more regular sharing of monitoring and status data by means of automated data sharing mechanisms will enable more frequent and targeted controls and better preparedness to address potential issues of emerging concern. Access to streamlined data information bases will improve coherence of assessments and implementation across legislation.
The EEA will centralise data, process these and make them available for re-use for the purpose of policy making and implementation. ECHA will provide scientific support on the basis of an increasingly robust scientific database, thanks to centralising of cross-cutting scientific information in the field of chemicals and more streamlined monitoring and status data being made available by the EEA. Both agencies will play a pivotal role in the further implementation of water legislation, with synergies and up-to-date scientific data enabling for swifter adaptation to new areas of concern as well as better identification and prioritisation of most cost effective measures to address pollution.
On the other hand, the proposal will reduce the overall administrative burden by taking out those reporting obligations, which have not shown effective, i.e. which have not delivered the expected improved implementation. Other reporting obligations are simplified and better coherence is ensured with reporting under other instruments.
Finally the proposal aims at introducing more effective procedures for adapting the lists of substances and related environmental quality standards to scientific progress, whilst ensuring that these procedures will benefit from solid scientific data, based on streamlined reporting and close cooperation with the agencies.
Urban wastewater treatment directive:
EU action remains essential to ensure that all EU citizens can draw benefits from improved water quality of rivers, lakes, ground-waters and seas. As 60% of the EU water bodies are transboundary, it is necessary to ensure the same level of protection everywhere and at the same rhythm, to avoid the risk that efforts made by some MS are jeopardised by the lack of progress of others. The REFIT evaluation has shown that in most MS the Directive was the unique driver for investing in the required infrastructures.
The Directive would be fully aligned with all other key European Green Deal objectives, including the overarching climate-neutrality goal, while being fully consistent with several ongoing/planned legislative proposals such as the reviews of the Environmental Quality Standard Directive, the Bathing Water Directive, the Marine Strategy Framework Directive and the Evaluation of the Sewage Sludge Directive. It will also directly contribute to a better implementation of the SDG 6 on access to adequate and equitable sanitation.
Air quality legislation:
The objectives of the initiative cannot be sufficiently achieved at Member State level alone. This is due, firstly, to the transboundary nature of air pollution, as emissions from one Member State can contribute to ambient air pollution in other Member States. EU-wide action is necessary to ensure that all Member States take measures in order to reduce the risks to the population in each Member State.
Secondly, the Treaty requires to aim for a high level of protection taking into account the diversity of situations across the EU. The existing Directives and the proposed directive establish common air quality standards but leave the choice of means to the Member States, so that these can be adapted to local, regional and national circumstances.
Thirdly, equal treatment must be ensured as regards the economic implications of air pollution throughout all Member States and the ambient air quality experience by citizens across the Union.
Revised air quality standards and clearer rules for air quality monitoring will ensure a higher level of protection to EU citizens and better ambient air for the environment.
This will improve the information available of air quality challenges, and improve health (and thus decrease healthcare expenditures), decrease crop yield losses due to ozone, reduce absence from work due to illness (including of dependent children). Improving air quality is therefore expected to bring productivity and economic gains.
Improvements in the monitoring and modelling, in the way air quality plans are prepared and implemented, and in the sharing of information gathered by Member States will improve coherence of assessments and implementation across legislation.
Changes in relation to access to justice and penalties will improve public enforcement and therefore the attainment of results across the European Union.
Finally, the proposal aims at introducing more effective procedures for revising the air quality standards to scientific progress, whilst ensuring that these procedures will benefit from solid scientific data, based on streamlined reporting and close cooperation with the European Environmental Agency, also to make air quality information (incl. up-to-date data) available to decision-makers and a wider public.
Lessons learned from similar experiences in the past
Integrated Water Management:
The 2019 Fitness Check of EU water legislation confirmed that the Water Framework Directive and its two ‘daughter’ directives have triggered or reinforced action at European level to address the transboundary pressures on water resources at river basin level, both nationally and internationally. The setting of EU wide standards for pollutants can therefore be considered effective.
However the evaluation also concluded that there is a need to widen the scope to address pollutants of emerging concern and better protect human health and ecosystems including addressing several administrative and implementation issues.
Urban wastewater treatment directive:
The REFIT evaluation of the Directive’s effectiveness showed that it has been successful in reducing loads of the targeted pollutants from urban point sources (domestic/urban waste water and similar industrial pollution). There are still shortcomings in addressing remaining load of untreated urban wastewater. There is also a need to align the Directive with new political priorities and societal emerging concerns.
Morever, monitoring requirements set in Article 15 of the Directive have proven effective to drive compliance. However, technological advances allow today for more efficient and accurate monitoring of both existing and emerging pollutants. Information gathered from MS in the context of the impact assessment shows that there are large divergences among MS in terms of monitoring. Most MS are already collecting more frequent and broader information on more pollutants than what is required by the Directive. Yet, the knowledge on the quality and quantity of waste waters is insufficient in many in-stances. Several cases of over dimensioning of facilities but also storage capacities, leading to excessive costs and inefficient water collection and treatment, could have been avoided with a better understanding of the actual load to be treated.
Reporting requirements set by the Directive could be improved and modernised to ensure a better enforcement of the Directive.
Air quality legislation:
Lessons learned from the fitness check of air quality legislation published in November 2019 – SWD(2019)427 final.
This fitness check concluded that the Ambient Air Quality Directives have been partially effective in improving air quality and achieving air quality standards, but that not all their objectives have been met to date: the Directives had guided the establishment of a representative high-quality monitoring of air quality, set clear air quality standards, and facilitated the exchange of reliable, objective, comparable information on air quality, including to a wider public. However, they had been less successful in ensuring that sufficient action is taken to meet air quality standards and keep exceedances as short as possible, although on the other hand there has been a downward trend in air pollution and a reduction in the number and magnitude of exceedances.
Lessons from the fitness check on monitoring and eeporting in environment policy (SWD(2017) 230 final) in relation to air quality legislation have also been taken into account. In particular, this fitness check concluded that for air quality, the reporting utilises a state-of-the-art electronic reporting approach by which air quality information is made available in a standardised, machine readable and INSPIRE compliant form. The approach is explicitly geared towards streamlining the amount of information made available by Member States, to maximise the usefulness of such information and to reduce the administrative burden – but also leave scope for further streamlining at EU and national level (especially of new reporting requirements).
Compatibility with the Multiannual Financial Framework and possible synergies with other appropriate instruments
This action is consistent with other EU policies and ongoing initiatives stemming from the European Green Deal.
The initiative falls under Heading 3 (Natural Resources and the Environment), Title 9 (Environment and Climate Action) of the Multiannual Financial Framework. As detailed below, the implementation of this piece of legislation will require additional human resources and also some supporting expenditure in the EEA an ECHA. The corresponding increase of the subsidy to the agencies will be offset from the EU programme for the environment and climate action (LIFE) 2021–2027.
Assessment of the different available financing options, including scope for redeployment
Integrated Water Management:
Scientific support by ECHA, formerly carried out by JRC, SCHEER Committee, contractors
The scientific support is currently provided in a rather non-systematic manner, but based on a series of administrative arrangements with the JRC which are subject to frequent reviews and prolongations, renewable contracts with an independent expert on groundwater, contractors involved in the impact assessment, own resources (both JRC and DG ENV); there is a lot of reliance on contributions from Member States, in particular in the field of the Groundwater directive. The SCHEER which is managed by DG SANTE has provided numerous scientific opinions (e.g. under the EQSD, SCHEER adopted more than 50 opinions in the period 2011-2022). This does not allow for sufficiently coordinated, systematic, coherent and timely proposals. As regards ECHA, it currently does not have a legal mandate to perform any task related to the WFD.
The proposal aims to rationalise and improve the scientific process by replacing these non-systematic forms of support by a one ‘stop shop’ for all scientific support, i.e. ECHA. Under the Sustainable Chemicals Strategy and the ‘one substance one assessment’, ECHA will also be made responsible for all scientific aspects of all other chemicals legislation. This will guarantee scientific robustness and enable synergies between sources of information across legislation.
The contribution to ECHA will be compensated in full by a reduction of the LIFE budget. These resources are currently spent on the more patchy framework for the provision of scientific support (contractors, JRC Administrative Arrangements, SCHEER opinion).
Support on centralising and processing monitoring and status data – additional resources for EEA to ensure more regular information on water status – better implementation – identification of new needs
The EEA (3,5 FTE) currently hosts and manages an extensive database of water related information reported by the Member States electronically every six years; that database hosts the formal River Basin Management Plans which must be reported in accordance with Articles 13 and 15 of Directive 2000/60/EC, as well as additional information reported electronically on a voluntary basis, in accordance with guidance developed by the EC in cooperation with the Member States.
The database however does not include or link to actual monitoring data and status is only expressed in terms of ‘pass /fail’ good status, which does not provide much insight in the magnitude of exceedances and thus hampers focusing policy responses on pollution hotspots. In addition, as the information is only reported every six years, it is quickly outdated and not really useful to prioritise measures or address implementation issues (e.g. allegations in written questions, petitions and complaints cannot effectively be verified on the basis of outdated information).
The proposal therefore seeks to introduce an obligation for annual reporting, to the EEA, of monitoring and status data. This will yield valuable information to investigate the nexus between better water quality and improved human health by using data from the water quality monitoring and evaluation. Expected initial additional efforts needed to streamline reporting will, in the long-term, be compensated by reduced administrative burdens, resulting from the increased ‘digitalisation’ and mandatory ‘system to system reporting’ (automated data delivery mechanism).
Urban wastewater treatment directive:
The implementation of the Directive will require extensive data processing and analysis. Relying on the expertise of EEA has many advantages: systems aligned with other reporting to EEA (WFD, EPRTR); efficiency of processes; reduced risk of error introduction through use of different systems; development of content expertise and assessments based on detailed understanding of the data, since we know how data are derived.
In the absence of staff and operational expenditure, such developments will need to be funded by consultancy in DG ENV.
Air quality legislation:
Tasks related to the reporting and exchange of information of air quality data. The expansion of the infrastructure for and support the continuous reporting to include additional information on air quality can build on the existing ambient air quality portal and data repository managed by the EEA to secure efficiency gains through coherence with other environmental reporting streams. Setting up and maintaining an entirely new reporting infrastructure for the additional requirements established by the revised Directive (e.g. at the JRC or hosted by external consultants) would require a costly new development and entail the risk of inconsistencies with the existing reporting infrastructure. The most effective approach would thus be to strengthen the EEA’s resource for an expansion and subsequent maintenance of the existing ambient air quality portal and data repository – either through additional staff or internal redeployment. This would provide the best relationship between the resources employed and the achievement of objectives and the related tasks.
Tasks related to the assessment of ambient air quality. Air quality assessments are currently provided by the EEA on an annual basis, making use of the air quality data reported via the air quality portal and data repository, as well as of additional scientific knowledge of the impacts of air pollution on health and environment. With the strengthened provisions on air quality monitoring and modelling, additional information will become available including on pollutants of emerging concerns and on the links between air pollution, climate change, human and ecosystem health. The assessment of such data and information should be based on a regular and scientific robust basis, and in sync with the existing air quality assessments already provided by the EEA. It is thus preferable, also to secure a coherence of analysis, to integrate these tasks into the EEA rather than to outsource this to different external consultants. This will require additional specific competences and likely require additional staff. This would provide the best relationship between the resources employed and the achievement of objectives and the related tasks.
Tasks related to the scientific and technical support to air quality monitoring and modelling. Over the past decade, JRC has supported all tasks to the scientific and technical support to air quality monitoring and modelling – which require economic independence from providers of the equipment for quality monitoring and modelling. Specific task required include:
Support and guide the development of enhanced approaches related to air pollution monitoring and use of air quality modelling;
Support methodological improvements related to the spatial representativeness of air quality monitoring, harmonised air quality assessments, and source allocation;
Support on the elaboration of practical guidance for the implementation of the Ambient Air Quality Directive on air quality monitoring and modelling;
Organise and chair key support networks to further implementation of air policy at the national, regional, and urban level (e.g. AQUILA and FAIRMODE);
Support development of standards related to air quality monitoring and modelling in collaboration with the European Committee for Standardization (CEN).
JRC support would be best secured by assuring this is in the JRC work programme, and additional financial support to the tune of 100.000 EUR per year is provided. Continued JRC support would provide the best relationship between the resources employed and the achievement of objectives and the related tasks.
Duration and financial impact of the proposal/initiative
limited duration
in effect from [DD/MM]YYYY to [DD/MM]YYYY
Financial impact from YYYY to YYYY for commitment appropriations and from YYYY to YYYY for payment appropriations.
unlimited duration
Implementation with a start-up period from 2024 (for Urban Waste Water Treatment), from 2024 to 2025 (Integrated water management) from 2024 to 2027 (for Air quality legislation),
followed by full-scale operation.
Management mode(s) planned 67
Direct management by the Commission
by its departments, including by its staff in the Union delegations;
by the executive agencies
Shared management with the Member States
Indirect management by entrusting budget implementation tasks to:
third countries or the bodies they have designated;
international organisations and their agencies (to be specified);
the EIB and the European Investment Fund;
bodies referred to in Articles 70 and 71 of the Financial Regulation;
public law bodies;
bodies governed by private law with a public service mission to the extent that they provide adequate financial guarantees;
bodies governed by the private law of a Member State that are entrusted with the implementation of a public-private partnership and that provide adequate financial guarantees;
persons entrusted with the implementation of specific actions in the CFSP pursuant to Title V of the TEU, and identified in the relevant basic act.
MANAGEMENT MEASURES
Monitoring and reporting rules
Specify frequency and conditions.
The initiatives involve procurement, administrative arrangement with the JRC, increase of the contribution to the ECHA and to the EEA and impact on the COM HR). Standard rules for this type of expenditure apply.
Management and control system(s)
Justification of the management mode(s), the funding implementation mechanism(s), the payment modalities and the control strategy proposed
N/A – cf. above.
Information concerning the risks identified and the internal control system(s) set up to mitigate them
N/A – cf. above.
Estimation and justification of the cost-effectiveness of the controls (ratio of "control costs ÷ value of the related funds managed"), and assessment of the expected levels of risk of error (at payment & at closure)
N/A – cf. above.
Measures to prevent fraud and irregularities
Specify existing or envisaged prevention and protection measures, e.g. from the Anti-Fraud Strategy.
N/A – cf. above.
ESTIMATED FINANCIAL IMPACT OF THE PROPOSAL/INITIATIVE
Heading(s) of the multiannual financial framework and expenditure budget line(s) affected
Existing budget lines
In order of multiannual financial framework headings and budget lines.
| Heading of multiannual financial framework | Budget line | Type of expenditure | Contribution | |||
| Number | Diff./Non-diff. 68 | from EFTA countries 69 | from candidate countries 70 | from third countries | within the meaning of Article 21(2)(b) of the Financial Regulation | |
| 3 | 09 02 02 Circular Economy and quality of life | Diff. | YES | NO | /NO | NO |
| 3 | 09 10 01 European Chemicals Agency – environmental directives and international conventions | Diff. | YES | NO | NO | NO |
| 3 | 09 10 02 European Environment Agency | Diff. | YES | YES | NO | NO |
| 7 | 20 01 02 01 – Remuneration and allowances | Non-diff. | NO | NO | NO | NO |
New budget lines requested
N/A
Estimated financial impact of the proposal on appropriations
Summary of estimated impact on operational appropriations
The proposal/initiative does not require the use of operational appropriations
The proposal/initiative requires the use of operational appropriations, as explained below:
EUR million (to three decimal places)
| Heading of multiannual financial framework | 3 | Natural resources and environment |
| DG: ENV | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | 2027 and beyond | TOTAL | ||
| □ Operational appropriations | ||||||||
| 09 02 02 Circular Economy and quality of life | Commitments | (1) | 0,100 | 0,100 | 0,100 | 0,100 | 0,100 | 0,500 |
| Payments | (2) | 0,100 | 0,100 | 0,100 | 0,100 | 0,100 | 0,500 | |
| TOTAL appropriations for DG ENV | Commitments | =(1) | 0,100 | 0,100 | 0,100 | 0,100 | 0,100 | 0,500 |
| Payments | =(2) | 0,100 | 0,100 | 0,100 | 0,100 | 0,100 | 0,500 |
The amount reported above in 09.02.02 budget line will be needed to finance an administrative arrangement with the JRC and an additional financial support to the tune of 100 000 EUR per year for following tasks:
Support and guide the development of enhanced approaches related to air pollution monitoring and use of air quality modelling;
Support methodological improvements related to the spatial representativeness of air quality monitoring, harmonised air quality assessments, and source allocation;
Support on the elaboration of practical guidance for the implementation of the Ambient Air Quality Directive on air quality monitoring and modelling;
Organise and chair key support networks to further implementation of air policy at the national, regional, and urban level (e.g. AQUILA and FAIRMODE);
Support development of standards related to air quality monitoring and modelling in collaboration with the European Committee for Standardization (CEN).
| Agency: ECHA – Environmental Directives | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | 2027 | TOTAL | ||
| Title 1: Staff expenditure | Commitments | (1a) | 0,734 | 1,498 | 1,528 | 1,559 | 5,319 |
| Payments | (2a) | 0,734 | 1,498 | 1,528 | 1,559 | 5,319 | |
| Title 2: Infrastructure | Commitments | (1b) | 0,189 | 0,193 | 0,201 | 0, 201 | 0.779 |
| Payments | (2b) | 0,189 | 0,193 | 0,201 | 0, 201 | 0.779 | |
| Title 3: Operational expenditure | Commitments | (1c) | 0,673 | 0,686 | 0,702 | 0,718 | 2,779 |
| Payments | (2c) | 0,673 | 0,686 | 0,702 | 0,718 | 2,779 | |
| TOTAL appropriations for agency ECHA | Commitments | =1a+1b +1c | 1,596 | 2,377 | 2,427 | 2,477 | 8,878 |
| Payments | =2a+2b+2c | 1,596 | 2,377 | 2,427 | 2,477 | 8,878 |
ECHA costs include the cost for an additional 11 FTE, split between 7TA and 4 CAs, for the purpose of:
scientific support currently carried out by the JRC and DG ENV contractors and SANTE SCHEER committee (currently 6,35 FTE per year; under ECHA proposal this would amount to approximately 5,15 FTE; this means an effective redeployment of resources)
scientific support resulting from new obligations under the proposal:
- for setting an EU wide Environmental quality standards for pollutants of ‘national/regional’ concern (1 FTE per year for GW, 1 FTE for SW)
- for updating GW Annex I (1 FTE per year)
- for support on groundwater watch list (0,6 FTE per year)
- for identifying/developing methodologies for monitoring and analysing micro-plastics, antimicrobial resistance genes, (approximately 0,5 FTE plus approximately 1 for IT support plus 1,5 FTE for governance)
| Agency: EEA | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | 2027 | TOTAL | ||
| Title 1: Staff expenditure | Commitments | (1a) | 0,697 | 1,423 | 1,451 | 1,480 | 5,052 |
| Payments | (2a) | 0,697 | 1,423 | 1,451 | 1,480 | 5,052 | |
| Title 2: Infrastructure | Commitments | (1b) | |||||
| Payments | (2b) | ||||||
| Title 3: Operational expenditure | Commitments | (1c) | 0,490 | 0,620 | 0,420 | 0,420 | 1,950 |
| Payments | (2c) | 0,490 | 0,620 | 0,420 | 0,420 | 1,950 | |
| TOTAL appropriations for agency EEA | Commitments | =1a+1b +1c | 1,187 | 2,043 | 1,871 | 1,900 | 7,002 |
| Payments | =2a+2b +2c | 1,187 | 2,043 | 1,871 | 1,900 | 7,002 |
EEA costs include costs for 8 additional FTE (5 TA and 3 CA), as well as operational expenditure, for the purpose of:
Addressing the additional obligation for annual reporting, to the EEA, of monitoring and status data through ‘system to system reporting’ (automated data delivery mechanism): 4 FTEs (of which 3 will be additional/new TAs and 1 TA will be from EEA re-deployment) plus 130K of consultant’s support for year 1, then 80 K in year 2 and onwards. Development of a standardised database on water reuse (in the framework of the implementation of Regulation (EU) 2020/741 on water reuse) and management of related dataflows and preparation of EU wide overviews. The EEA will have to ensure control quality to ensure that Member States are reporting regularly in a harmonised and comparable way (2 additional CAs). In total, the additional resources to be allocated to the EEA for the Integrated water reporting and work on the water re-use will be 5 additional FTEs, split as 3 TAs and 2 CAs.
An UWWTD expert (1 additional CA) and IT support to set up and adapt databases in relation to Article 20 of the proposed recast of the urban wastewater treatment directive. It will also support the development of new compliance indicators e.g. on energy, micro-pollutants, as currently indicated under the new legislative proposal of the Directive. It will also be used to revise and update the UWWTD country profiles which now take the place of national reports https://water.europa.eu/freshwater/countries/uwwtIt and to revise existing dataflows, so that they can accommodate the new reporting requirements. Further streamlining with related dataflows (e.g. EPRTR and WISE) will be undertaken. The need for IT support amounts to 760 K in total, with 240 K for year 1, 260 K on year 2, and then 130 K onwards.
Tasks related to the reporting and exchange of information of air quality data will require resources for an expansion and subsequent maintenance of the existing ambient air quality portal and data repository. Tasks related to the assessment of ambient air quality will require resources to expand air quality assessments currently provided on an annual basis, especially as regards pollutants of emerging concerns and on the links between air pollution, climate change, human and ecosystem health. This will require additional specific competences and thus additional long-term expert staff (2 FTEs, both of them TAs).
□ TOTAL operational appropriations | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | 2027 | TOTAL | ||
| Commitments | (4) | |||||||
| Payments | (5) | |||||||
| □ TOTAL appropriations of an administrative nature financed from the envelope for specific programmes | (6) | |||||||
| TOTAL appropriations under HEADING 3 of the multiannual financial framework | Commitments | =4+6 | 0,100 | 2,774 | 4,297 | 4,170 | 4,245 | 15,587 |
| Payments | =5+6 | 0,100 | 2,774 | 4,297 | 4,170 | 4,245 | 15,587 |
Heading of multiannual financial framework | 7 | ‘Administrative expenditure’ |
This section should be filled in using the 'budget data of an administrative nature' to be firstly introduced in the Annex to the Legislative Financial Statement (Annex V to the internal rules), which is uploaded to DECIDE for interservice consultation purposes.
EUR million (to three decimal places)
| 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | 2027 and beyond | TOTAL | |||
| DG: ENV | |||||||
| □ Human resources | 0,314 | 0,314 | 0,314 | 0,314 | 1,256 | ||
| □ Other administrative expenditure | |||||||
| TOTAL DG ENV | Appropriations | 0,314 | 0,314 | 0,314 | 0,314 | 1,256 |
DG ENV additional staff (1 AD for Integrated Water Management and 1 AD for Air Quality) will:
Prepare and lead the adoption of new Commission implementing acts, establishing surface and groundwater watch lists of pollutants of emerging concern for their monitoring in view of assessing the need to set EU standards;
Prepare and lead the adoption of new Commission delegated acts, every six years, to review and update the list of pollutants and corresponding EU wide standards which need to be addressed for the purpose of protecting human health and the environment;
Sustain a dialogue on water management with Member States, EEA and ECHA including in the framework of relevant expert groups and committees;
Prepare and lead the adoption of new Commission implementing acts and delegated acts linked to the implementation of the new Air Quality Directive.
Support the team in the implementation of the revised Air Quality Directive, especially for new provisions requiring reinforced engagement with competent authorities.
Prepare and lead the development of technical guidance stemming from the revision, in the field of monitoring, modelling, and air quality plans.
The appropriations required for human resources will be met by appropriations from the DG that are already assigned to management of the action and/or have been redeployed within the DG, together if necessary with any additional allocation, which may be granted to the managing DG under the annual allocation procedure and in light of budgetary constraints.
| TOTAL appropriations under HEADING 7 of the multiannual financial framework | (Total commitments = Total payments) | 0,314 | 0,314 | 0,314 | 0,314 | 1,256 |
EUR million (to three decimal places)
| 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | 2027 and beyond | TOTAL | |||
| TOTAL appropriations under HEADINGS 1 to 7 of the multiannual financial framework | Commitments | 0,100 | 3,197 | 4,834 | 4,712 | 4,791 | 17,653 | |
| Payments | 0,100 | 3,197 | 4,834 | 4,712 | 4,791 | 17,653 |
Estimated output funded with operational appropriations
Commitment appropriations in EUR million (to three decimal places)
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| TOTALS |
Estimated impact on ECHA, EEA and COM administrative appropriations
Estimated impact on ECHA's human resources
The proposal/initiative does not require the use of appropriations of an administrative nature
The proposal/initiative requires the use of appropriations of an administrative nature, as explained below:
EUR million (to three decimal places)
| 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | 2027 | TOTAL |
| Temporary agents (AD Grades) Env Directives | 0,535 | 1,091 | 1,112 | 1,135 | 3,872 |
| Temporary agents (AST grades) | |||||
| Contract staff | 0,200 | 0,407 | 0,416 | 0,424 | 1,447 |
| Seconded National Experts |
| TOTAL | 0,734 | 1,498 | 1,528 | 1,559 | 5,319 |
Staff requirements (FTE):
| 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | 2027 | TOTAL |
| Temporary agents (AD Grades) Env Directives | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | |
| Temporary agents (AST grades) | |||||
| Contract staff REACH/CLP | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | |
| Seconded National Experts |
| TOTAL | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 |
Estimated impact on EEA’s human resources
The proposal/initiative does not require the use of appropriations of an administrative nature
The proposal/initiative requires the use of appropriations of an administrative nature, as explained below:
EUR million (to three decimal places)
| 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | 2027 | TOTAL |
| Temporary agents (AD Grades) | 0,526 | 1,074 | 1,095 | 1,117 | 3,813 |
| Temporary agents (AST grades) | |||||
| Contract staff | 0,171 | 0,349 | 0,356 | 0,363 | 1,239 |
| Seconded National Experts |
| TOTAL | 0,697 | 1,423 | 1,451 | 1,480 | 5,052 |
Staff requirements (FTE):
| 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | 2027 | TOTAL |
| Temporary agents (AD Grades) | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | |
| Temporary agents (AST grades) | |||||
| Contract staff | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | |
| Seconded National Experts |
| TOTAL | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 |
Estimated requirements on administrative appropriations in the Commission
Summary of estimated impact on administrative appropriations
The proposal/initiative does not require the use of appropriations of an administrative nature
The proposal/initiative requires the use of appropriations of an administrative nature, as explained below:
EUR million (to three decimal places)
| 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | 2027 and beyond | TOTAL |
| HEADING 7 of the multiannual financial framework | ||||||
| Human resources | 0,314 | 0,314 | 0,314 | 0,314 | 1,256 | |
| Other administrative expenditure | ||||||
| Subtotal HEADING 7 of the multiannual financial framework | 0,314 | 0,314 | 0,314 | 0,314 | 1,256 |
| Outside HEADING 7 73 of the multiannual financial framework | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Human resources | ||||||
| Other expenditure of an administrative nature | ||||||
| Subtotal outside HEADING 7 of the multiannual financial framework | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| TOTAL | 0,314 | 0,314 | 0,314 | 0,314 | 1,256 |
The appropriations required for human resources and other expenditure of an administrative nature will be met by appropriations from the DG that are already assigned to management of the action and/or have been redeployed within the DG, together if necessary with any additional allocation which may be granted to the managing DG under the annual allocation procedure and in the light of budgetary constraints.
Estimated requirements of human resources
The proposal/initiative does not require the use of human resources.
The proposal/initiative requires the use of human resources, as explained below:
Estimate to be expressed in full time equivalent units
| 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | 2027 and beyond | ||
| 20 01 02 01 (Headquarters and Commission’s Representation Offices) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | |
| 20 01 02 03 (Delegations) | ||||||
| 01 01 01 01 (Indirect research) | ||||||
| 01 01 01 11 (Direct research) | ||||||
| Other budget lines (specify) | ||||||
| 20 02 01 (AC, END, INT from the ‘global envelope’) | ||||||
| 20 02 03 (AC, AL, END, INT and JPD in the delegations) | ||||||
| XX 01 xx yy zz 74 | - at Headquarters | |||||
| - in Delegations | ||||||
| 01 01 01 02 (AC, END, INT - Indirect research) | ||||||
| 01 01 01 12 (AC, END, INT - Direct research) | ||||||
| Other budget lines (specify) | ||||||
| TOTAL | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
XX is the policy area or budget title concerned.
The human resources required will be met by staff from the DG who are already assigned to management of the action and/or have been redeployed within the DG, together if necessary with any additional allocation which may be granted to the managing DG under the annual allocation procedure and in the light of budgetary constraints.
Description of tasks to be carried out:
| Officials and temporary staff | Prepare and lead the adoption of new Commission implementing acts, establishing surface and groundwater watch lists of pollutants of emerging concern for their monitoring in view of assessing the need to set EU standards; Prepare and lead the adoption of new Commission delegated acts, every six years, to review and update the list of pollutants and corresponding EU wide standards which need to be addressed for the purpose of protecting human health and the environment; Sustain a dialogue on water management with Member States, EEA and ECHA including in the framework of relevant expert groups and committees; Prepare and lead the adoption of new Commission implementing acts and delegated acts linked to the implementation of the new Air Quality Directive. Support the team in the implementation of the revised Air Quality Directive, especially for new provisions requiring reinforced engagement with competent authorities. Prepare and lead the development of technical guidance stemming from the revision, in the field of monitoring, modelling, and air quality plans. |
| External staff |
Compatibility with the current multiannual financial framework
The proposal/initiative:
can be fully financed through redeployment within the relevant heading of the Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF).
The LIFE envelope (budget line 09.02.02) will be used to offset the increase of the ECHA and EEA subsidy.
requires use of the unallocated margin under the relevant heading of the MFF and/or use of the special instruments as defined in the MFF Regulation.
requires a revision of the MFF.
Third-party contributions
The proposal/initiative:
does not provide for co-financing by third parties
provides for the co-financing by third parties estimated below:
Appropriations in EUR million (to three decimal places)
| Year N 75 | Year N+1 | Year N+2 | Year N+3 | Enter as many years as necessary to show the duration of the impact (see point 1.6) | Total | |||
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| TOTAL appropriations co-financed |
Estimated impact on revenue
The proposal/initiative has no financial impact on revenue.
The proposal/initiative has the following financial impact:
on own resources
on other revenue
please indicate, if the revenue is assigned to expenditure lines
EUR million (to three decimal places)
| Budget revenue line: | Appropriations available for the current financial year | Impact of the proposal/initiative 76 | ||||||
| Year N | Year N+1 | Year N+2 | Year N+3 | Enter as many years as necessary to show the duration of the impact (see point 1.6) | ||||
| Article …………. |
For assigned revenue, specify the budget expenditure line(s) affected.
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Other remarks (e.g. method/formula used for calculating the impact on revenue or any other information).
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(1) Directive 2000/60/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2000 establishing a framework for Community action in the field of water policy (OJ L 327, 22.12.2000, p. 1).
(2) Directive 2006/118/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 December 2006 on the protection of groundwater against pollution and deterioration (OJ L 372, 27.12.2006, p. 19).
(3) Directive 2008/105/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 2008 on environmental quality standards in the field of water policy, amending and subsequently repealing Council Directives 82/176/EEC, 83/513/EEC, 84/156/EEC, 84/491/EEC, 86/280/EEC and amending Directive 2000/60/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 348, 24.12.2008, p. 84).
(4) Council Directive 91/676/EEC of 12 December 1991 concerning the protection of waters against pollution caused by nitrates from agricultural sources (OJ L 375, 31.12.1991, p. 1).
(5) Directive (EU) 2020/2184 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 2020 on the quality of water intended for human consumption (OJ L 435, 23.12.2020, p. 1).
(6) Council Directive 91/271/EEC of 21 May 1991 concerning urban waste-water treatment (OJ L 135, 30.5.1991, p. 40).
(7) Directive 2008/56/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 June 2008 establishing a framework for community action in the field of marine environmental policy (OJ L 164, 25.6.2008, p. 19).
(8) Directive 2006/7/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 February 2006 concerning the management of bathing water quality and repealing Directive 76/160/EEC (OJ L 64, 4.3.2006, p. 37).
(9) Directive 2007/60/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2007 on the assessment and management of flood risks (OJ L 288, 6.11.2007, p. 27).
(10) Council Directive 91/676/EEC of 12 December 1991 concerning the protection of waters against pollution caused by nitrates from agricultural sources (OJ L 375, 31.12.1991, p. 1).
(11) Article 16(4) and 16(7) of Directive 2000/60/EC (WFD); Article 7 of Directive 2008/105/EC (EQSD) and Article 10 of Directive 2006/118/EC (GWD).
(12) Commission Staff Working Document Fitness check of the Water Framework Directive, Groundwater Directive, Environmental Quality Standards Directive and Floods Directive, SWD(2019) 439 final.
(13) Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions, EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030 - Bringing nature back into our lives, COM(2020) 380 final.
(14) Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions, EU Action Plan Towards Zero Pollution for Air, Water and Soil – Pathway to a Healthy Planet for All, COM(2021) 400 final.
(15) Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the European Council, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions, The European Green Deal, COM(2019) 640 final.
(16) Regulation (EU) 2020/741 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 May 2020 on minimum requirements for water reuse (OJ L 177 of 5.6.2020, p. 32).
(17) COM (2022) 156 final/3 and COM/2022/157 final.
(18) Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions A Farm to Fork Strategy for a fair, healthy and environmentally-friendly food system, COM(2020) 381 final.
(19) COM(2022) 305 final.
(20) Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 October 2009 concerning the placing of plant protection products on the market and repealing Council Directives 79/117/EEC and 91/414/EEC (OJ L 309, 24.11.2009, p. 1).
(21) Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions A European Strategy for Plastics in a Circular Economy COM/2018/028 final.
(22) Directive (EU) 2019/904 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 June 2019 on the reduction of the impact of certain plastic products on the environment (OJ L 155, 12.6.2019, p. 1).
(23) Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions, A new Circular Economy Action Plan For a cleaner and more competitive Europe, COM/2020/98 final.
(24) Council Directive 86/278/EEC of 12 June 1986 on the protection of the environment, and in particular of the soil, when sewage sludge is used in agriculture (OJ L 181, 4.7.1986, p. 6).
(25) Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions, Chemicals Strategy for Sustainability Towards a Toxic-Free Environment COM(2020) 667 final.
(26) Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council and the European Economic and Social Committee, European Union Strategic Approach to Pharmaceuticals in the Environment, COM(2019) 128 final.
(27) Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions, Pharmaceutical Strategy for Europe, COM/2020/761 final.
(28) Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions on A European strategy for data, COM/2020/66 final.
(29) Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 December 2006 concerning the registration, evaluation, authorisation and restriction of chemicals (OJ L 396, 30.12.2006, p. 1).
(30) Commission Staff Working Document Fitness Check of the most relevant chemicals legislation (excluding REACH), as well as related aspects of legislation applied to downstream industries, SWD(2019) 199 final.
(31) wfd - Library (europa.eu)
(32) Ares(2022)4634431) 24 June 2022
(33) OJ C , , p. .
(34) OJ C , , p. .
(35) Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the European Council, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions, The European Green Deal (COM(2019) 640 final).
(36) Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions, Chemicals Strategy for Sustainability Towards a Toxic-Free Environment COM(2020) 667 final.
(37) Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions, Pathway to a Healthy Planet for All EU Action Plan: 'Towards Zero Pollution for Air, Water and Soil' COM(2021) 400 final.
(38) Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions A European Strategy for Plastics in a Circular Economy COM/2018/028 final.
(39) Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, The European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions Pharmaceutical Strategy for Europe COM/2020/761 final.
(40) Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030 Bringing nature back into our lives COM(2020) 380 final.
(41) Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions A Farm to Fork Strategy for a fair, healthy and environmentally-friendly food system COM(2020) 381 final.
(42) Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions EU Soil Strategy for 2030 Reaping the benefits of healthy soils for people, food, nature and climate, COM/2021/699 final.
(43) Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions Shaping Europe's digital future COM/2020/67 final.
(44) Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions on A European strategy for data, COM(2020) 66 final.
(45) Directive 2000/60/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2000 establishing a framework for Community action in the field of water policy (OJ L 327, 22.12.2000, p. 1).
(46) Directive 2008/105/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 2008 on environmental quality standards in the field of water policy, amending and subsequently repealing Council Directives 82/176/EEC, 83/513/EEC, 84/156/EEC, 84/491/EEC, 86/280/EEC and amending Directive 2000/60/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 348, 24.12.2008, p. 84).
(47) Decision No 2455/2001/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 November 2001 establishing the list of priority substances in the field of water policy and amending Directive 2000/60/EC (OJ L 331, 15.12.2001, p. 1).
(48) Directive 2006/118/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 December 2006 on the protection of groundwater against pollution and deterioration (OJ L 372, 27.12.2006, p. 19).
(49) Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 December 2006 concerning the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH), establishing a European Chemicals Agency (OJ L 396, 30.12.2006, p. 1).
(50) Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 October 2009 concerning the placing of plant protection products on the market and repealing Council Directives 79/117/EEC and 91/414/EEC (OJ L 309, 24.11.2009, p. 1).
(51) Regulation (EU) No 528/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 May 2012 concerning the making available on the market and use of biocidal products (OJ L 167, 27.6.2012, p. 1).
(52) Regulation (EU) 2019/6 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2018 on veterinary medicinal products and repealing Directive 2001/82/EC (OJ L 4, 7.1.2019, p. 43).
(53) Directive 2001/83/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 November 2001 on the Community code relating to medicinal products for human use (OJ L 311, 28.11.2001, p. 67).
(54) Directive 2009/128/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 October 2009 establishing a framework for Community action to achieve the sustainable use of pesticides, (OJ L 309, 24.11.2009, p. 71).
(55) Directive 2010/75/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 November 2010 on industrial emissions (integrated pollution prevention and control) (OJ L 334, 17.12.2010, p. 17).
(56) Council Directive 91/271/EEC of 21 May 1991 concerning urban waste-water treatment (OJ L 135, 30.5.1991, p. 40).
(57) Directive (EU) 2020/2184 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 2020 on the quality of water intended for human consumption (recast) (OJ L 435, 23.12.2020, p. 1).
(58) Commission Staff Working Document Fitness check of the Water Framework Directive, Groundwater Directive, Environmental Quality Standards Directive and Floods Directive, SWD(2019) 439 final.
(59) Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 March 2007 establishing an Infrastructure for Spatial Information in the European Community (INSPIRE) (OJ L 108, 25.4.2007, p. 1).
(60) Directive (EU) 2019/1024 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 June 2019 on open data and the re-use of public sector information (OJ L 172, 26.6.2019, p. 56).
(61) Regulation (EC) No 166/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 January 2006 concerning the establishment of a European Pollutant Release and Transfer Register and amending Council Directives 91/689/EEC and 96/61/EC (OJ L 33, 4.2.2006, p. 1).
(62) Regulation (EU) No 182/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 February 2011 laying down the rules and general principles concerning mechanisms for control by Member States of the Commission’s exercise of implementing powers (OJ L 55, 28.2.2011, p. 13).
(63) + OP: Please insert in the text the number of the Regulation contained in document COM (2022) 157 and insert the number, date, title and OJ reference of that Directive in the footnote
(64) Decision No 1313/2013/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 on a Union Civil Protection Mechanism (OJ L 347, 20.12.2013, p. 924).
(65) + OP: Please insert in the text the number of the Regulation contained in document COM (2022) 157++ OP: Please insert in the text the number of the Regulation contained in document COM (2022) 157+++ OP: Please insert in the text the number of the Regulation contained in document COM (2022) 157
(66) As referred to in Article 58(2)(a) or (b) of the Financial Regulation.
(67) Details of management modes and references to the Financial Regulation may be found on the BudgWeb site: https://myintracomm.ec.europa.eu/budgweb/EN/man/budgmanag/Pages/budgmanag.aspx
(68) Diff. = Differentiated appropriations / Non-diff. = Non-differentiated appropriations.
(69) EFTA: European Free Trade Association.
(70) Candidate countries and, where applicable, potential candidates from the Western Balkans.
(71) Outputs are products and services to be supplied (e.g.: number of student exchanges financed, number of km of roads built, etc.).
(72) As described in point 1.4.2. ‘Specific objective(s)…’
(73) Technical and/or administrative assistance and expenditure in support of the implementation of EU programmes and/or actions (former ‘BA’ lines), indirect research, direct research.
(74) Sub-ceiling for external staff covered by operational appropriations (former ‘BA’ lines).
(75) Year N is the year in which implementation of the proposal/initiative starts. Please replace "N" by the expected first year of implementation (for instance: 2021). The same for the following years.
(76) As regards traditional own resources (customs duties, sugar levies), the amounts indicated must be net amounts, i.e. gross amounts after deduction of 20 % for collection costs.