The Water Framework Directive 200060CE

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The Water Framework Directive(2000/60/CE)

• Scheme for integrated basin management in Europe
• Introduction on role of economics

Malta, 09 January 2007 Yannick Pochon, Short Term
Expert Twinning light MT2004/IB/EN/07T
 Development of Programme of Measures in
Maltese Water Catchment District (Implementation
of EU Water Framework Directive)    
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The WFD a major text for water policy
Before
With the WFD
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Panorama of European Directives
From a sectorial to an integrated approach
98/83/EU and 80/68/EEC
 drinking water   
79/869/EEC   shellfish waters 
78/659/EU  waters supporting fish life 
76/160/EEC  bathing water  75/440/EEC
 surface water intended for the
abstraction of
drinking water 
Daughter Directivesof 76/464/EEC 80/68/EEC
  groundwater  76/464/EEC dangeroussubstanc
es 
96/61/EEC   IPPC  91/676/EEC  nitrates  91/271
/EEC  Urban Waste Water 
Quality of Aquatic body
Discharges
WATER FRAMEWORK DIRECTIVE 2000/60/EC
Directives to be repealed by the Water
Framework Directive
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WFD leans on confirmed or reinforced principles

• Management by hydrographic districts
• Planification on the horizon 2015
• Protection of aquatic ecosystems and terrestrian
  ecosystems which depends directly from
• Economical analysis (new)
• Public participation (new)

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2015
2000
2021
2027
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Some Objectives and obligations of results
Environmental objectives

• Reach the good status of surface waters
  (ecological and chemical) and groundwaters
  (chemical and quantitative),
• No deterioration,
• Objectives to reach in protected areas,
• To suppress the discharges of prioritary
  dangerous substances in 20 years and et to
  reduce emissions of prioritary substances

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Some objectives and obligations of results

• OBLIGATIONS OF RESULTS FOR ALL THE BODIES
• All the aquatic bodies are concerned rivers
  and streams, lakes, groundwaters, coastal zone
  wetlands
• A stong ambition clearly expressed obligations
  of results
•  Going in the right way isnt sufficient
• The good status in 2015 has to be reached
  unless motivated derogations

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Somes bodies couldnt reach the objectives of
Good Status in 2015

•  derogations  on delays 2021, 2027
• less stricts objectives (pollution pressures too
  important)
• The  heavily modified  on physical aspects
  (navigation, energy, urban area) objective
  good potential

But everything has to be justified on technical
and economical point of view !
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Reinforcement of economical approach
The text of the Water Framework Directive is
introducing a deep use of economical analysis in
the process of integrated basin management.
Economic analysis, a decision tool for

• Optimising the choice of measures
• Use of cost-effectiveness analysis for the
  definition of the programme of measures
• Justifying the derogations to objectives
• Use of cost-benefit analysis to justify time
  delays and lower objectives for the water bodies
• Assessment of the cost recovery for water
  services
• Including environmental and ressource costs

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A DOUBLE ROLE FOR ECONOMICS

• Tool for decision-making
• provides information
• provides a better view of water uses and services
• helps assessing impacts, ranking measures
• allows to take account of environmental costs and
  benefits

• Measures for the achievement of goal
• incentive water pricing policies
• recovery of costs
• fees, licences, fiscal measures, optimal choices
• co-operative agreements...

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Three steps approach
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Links, references

• CIS and european working groups
• Wateco guidance
• Pilot River Basins
• Art 4.7 exemptions

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Thank you for your attention and future
participation to the project
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The stakes of WFD overall context
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IDEA OF ESTABLISHMENT OF THE COMMON WATER POLICY
OF THE UEINTEGRATED WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT
DETERIORATING WATER STATUS
CHAOS
FLOOD RISK
DIFFERENT MODELS OF WATER MANAGEMENT
LACK OF COHERENT SYSTEM OF WATER MONITORING AND
CLASSIFICATION
INCOHERENT ECONOMICAL INSTRUMENTS
LACK OF COHERENT DATA BASE
PROCESS OF THE UE EXTENSION
INTEGRATED WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT
Involving the public in the decision making
process
Integral approach to the surface and groundwater
Taking into account the natural environments
aspects
Sub-basin approach
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A common process of implementation

• For all of the Member States, the WFD is
  proposing a common process of implementation
  including
• A common Calendar,
• Thematic International Working groups,
• Some shared  steps  and comparison of results

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A common process of implementation Organisation
of european works
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WFD Scoreboard - Nov 2006
Scoreboard and all MS reports publicly availble
through http//europa.eu.int/comm/environment/wat
er/water-framework/