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Assessment of the River Basin Management Plans – preliminary findings Conference on River Basin Management Planning Ankara, 28 February 2012 water.europa.eu WFD principles • Protecting all water bodies, including transitional waters and coastal waters • Achievement of good status in all water bodies and no deterioration of status • Integrated planning process at river basin scale • Comprehensive assessment of pressures, impacts and status, including the ecological perspective • Economic instruments and water pricing • Integration of water policy with other policies (agriculture, transport, energy…) • Public participation and active involvement Slide 2 water.europa.eu WFD - Main objectives and elements • Good status in 2015 • • • • Ecological status Chemical status Quantitative status (groundwater) No deterioration • Key elements • Water quality defined in terms of biology, chemistry and morphology • Objectives set in river basin management plans • Programme of measures to achieve objectives as part of plans • Attention paid to socio-economic impacts through a process of duly justified exemptions • Integration of measures under other water-related EU legislation, contributing to these objectives Slide 3 water.europa.eu River basin districts Diversity of river basins Many transboundary rivers water.europa.eu Planning process Implementation of measures Programme of measures Setting objectives Monitoring and assessment Characterisation, pressure and impact and economic analysis Transposition, RBD delineation, competent authorities, administrative set-up, coordination arrangements State of adoption of river basin management plans RBMP adopted (23) Consultation on-going or not started (4) (all 4 MS that have not adopted are before the Court) water.europa.eu 6 WFD Timetable Transposition into national law Administrative arrangements Environmental analysis: Analysis of characteristics Assessment of human impacts Economic analysis of water use Monitoring programmes Public Participation starts Significant water management issues Draft river basin management plans Final river basin management plans Measures implemented at the latest Implementation, adjustment Slide 7 Dec 2003 Dec 2003 Dec 2004 Dec 2006 Dec 2006 Dec 2007 Dec 2008 Dec 2009 Dec 2012 2015 till 2027 water.europa.eu Common Implementation Strategy water.europa.eu 8 EC implementation reports • 1st implementation report (22 March 2007) COM(2007)128 final – Transposition into national law – Administrative arrangements – Environmental analysis & economic analysis of water use -> Presented at 1st European Water Conference • 2nd implementation report (1 April 2009) COM(2009)156 final – Monitoring programmes -> Presented at 2nd European Water Conference, together with a quick scan of 17 available draft River Basin Management Plans • 3rd implementation report – end 2012 – River basin management plans water.europa.eu 9 Some general preliminary findings + A lot of effort put into preparation of the plans + High uptake of the common framework and common language on water management provided by the WFD + Integration of ecological perspective into water management + Enhancement of international cooperation + Public participation, stakeholder involvement + Impressive improvement in the knowledge base + Some very good examples in every subject – Low ambition in many of the plans (extensive use of exemptions) – Lack of concrete measures and expected achievements (but programme of measures needs to be operational in 2012 only) – Lack of comparability in some issues (e.g. chemical status!) – Dressing “business-as-usual” as WFD water.europa.eu 10 2012 Blueprint to safeguard Europe’s waters Report on 2009 Report 2009 Report onon 2009 River Basin River Basin River Basin Management Management Plans Management Plans Plans « Fitness Check» Review Review Review Water Scarcity Water Scarcity Water Scarcity EU water & Droughts policy & Droughts Strategy &Strategy Droughts Strategy instruments Climate Change Climate Change Vulnerability Vulnerability & & Adaptation Adaptation Outlook of sustainability and vulnerability of EU water resources Policy Options Nov 2012 Blueprint To Safeguard EU Waters • Expected November 2012 • Consultation process • • Public consultation to be launched later this year 3rd European Water Conference http://waterblueprint2012.eu/, Brussels 24-25 May 2012, back to back to the Green Week water.europa.eu Thank you for your attention [email protected] http://water.europa.eu/policy water.europa.eu 12