Water Framework Directive and Floods Directive latest news Eionet freshwater workshop Copenhagen, 14-15 June 2018 Joaquim Capitão DG Environment – Unit C.1, Clean Water

Contents Recent policy developments Status of adoption and reporting of 2nd RBMPs and 1st FRMPs Assessment of 2nd RBMPs and 1st FRMPs Fitness Check of EU water policy, including the Water Framework Directive and Floods Directive Next reporting Implementation support initiatives

Recent policy developments Proposal for a Regulation on minimum requirements for water reuse Adopted on 28 May 2018 No new reporting requirements for Member States Commission Decisions on Intercalibration and surface water Watch List New or updated guidance documents (Art. 4(7), derivation of EQS)

Status of adoption and reporting of 2nd RBMPs and 1st FRMPs River Basin Management Plans All Plans adopted and communicated to the Commission, except Ireland and Canary Islands (Spain) All Plans reported electronically except Greece, Ireland, Lithuania, Canary Islands (Spain) and Gibraltar (UK) Flood Risk Management Plans All Plans adopted and communicated to the Commission, except Greece and Canary Islands (Spain) All Plans reported electronically except Greece and Canary Islands (Spain)

Towards a Fitness Check of EU water legislation Assessment of 2nd River Basin Management Plans and 1st Flood Risk Management Plans (2017/2018) Additional inputs Fitness Check of EU water legislation - Commission report of fitness check (evaluation) by mid-2019 Reporting of the River Basin Management Plans EEA State of Water report Outcomes of the Common Implementation Strategy (both for WFD, GW, EQSD and FD) Results of the 2012 Fitness Check of EU Water policy UWWTD evaluation Non-REACH chemicals evaluation Study on Integrated Assessment Study on Blue2 LIFE projects Public consultation under the Fitness Check

Tentative timetable … RBMP COM reports 2019 Fitness Check Reporting measures Reporting measures Reporting measures … RBMP RBMP1 RBMP2/FRMP1 RBMP3/FRMP2 RBMP4/FRMP3 2009 2015 2021 2027 Blueprint 2012 first RBMP March 2015 full first cycle Mid-2018 2nd RBMP/1st FRMP COM reports 2019 Evaluation Report 2019 Fitness Check Evaluation 4Q 2019 New COM takes office

Assessment of RBMPs and FRMPs 3 dimensions: RBMPs, FRMPs and transboundary RBDs Format: EU overview and Member State annexes Process: analysis of key topics, previous recommendations; focus on progress and shortcomings Commission’s Implementation Report expected for September 2018 EEA report on status and pressures to be published in early July

Evaluation of EU water policy Drinking Water Directive (2016) Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive (ongoing) Fitness Check (ongoing) Water Framework Directive Environmental Quality Standards Directive Groundwater Directive Floods Directive

Fitness Check EU water legislation Roadmap published in November 2017 Evaluation study started recently Factual basis COM assessment of RBMPs and FRMPs Study supporting the evaluation of WFD & FD Integrated assessment (drivers, pressures, state, impacts, resources – and how policy areas interact) Economic study (BLUE2) ECA performance audit on floods (conclusion Q4 2018) Other evidence and contributions (public consultations, EU water conference in Vienna, OECD study “water investment needs and financing capacities in the 28 EU MSs”) Reporting of the River Basin Management Plans EEA State of Water report Outcomes of the Common Implementation Strategy (both for WFD, GW, EQSD and FD) Results of the 2012 Fitness Check of EU Water policy UWWTD evaluation Non-REACH chemicals evaluation Study on Integrated Assessment Study on Blue2 LIFE projects Public consultation under the Fitness Check

Fitness Check – how will it be done? Assessment criteria… Effectiveness Efficiency Relevance Coherence EU value added … and process Elaborate baseline scenario, intervention logic, develop framework, methodology and work plan for evaluation of information and evidence Review relevant available information and evidence Consultation with Member States and key stakeholders & public participation

Next reporting Intermediate reporting on implementation of the WFD Programmes of Measures (December 2018) 3rd RBMPs (March 2022) Watch list (December 2018) Supplementary monitoring programme and preliminary programme of measures for new substances in the 2013 EQS Directive (December 2018) Preliminary Flood Risk Analysis (March 2019) Flood Hazard and Risk Maps (March 2020) Flood Risk Management Plans (March 2022)

Implementation support Common Implementation Strategy WP 2016-2018 and beyond Enforcement strategy (including infringements) Water – Agriculture nexus: governance, investments, knowledge & innovation -> NWRMs included) Pharmaceuticals in the environment Investment instruments (MFF post 2020) European Innovation Partnership on Water New Urban Water Agenda 2030, launched in 2017

Water Industries Directives latest news Eionet freshwater workshop Copenhagen, 14-15 June 2018 Michel Sponar DG Environment – Unit C.2, Marine Environment and Water Industry (presented by Joaquim Capitão)

Recent developments Drinking Water Urban waste water treatment Proposal adopted 1/02/2018 Co-decision in 2018/2019 Urban waste water treatment REFIT evaluation started Oct. 2017 Evaluative study ongoing, first findings on key issues 16/07/2018 Bathing water WHO recommendations - available on CIRCABC and EUROPA Bathing Water by end June Compliance assessment – 28 country reports to be sent to MS for comments still in June, final EU report by Nov 2018

Reporting Drinking Water Urban waste water treatment Bathing water New ways of reporting in the proposal Work to be carried out with EEA to prepare new reporting Urban waste water treatment Analysis of reporting methods ongoing (evaluation) In the mid term: new tool mixing EEA current system and SIIF Bathing water Reporting system is appropriate But findings of the compliance promotion exercice will have to be taken into account

Drinking Water 7 meetings in the Council, draft report from the EP General agreement on: The introduction of the risk based approach Using WHO recommendations as a basis for discussion New ways of reporting Remaining issues: More stringent parameters than WHO - PFO’s and PFA’s, CLO3 and CLO4 Access to water (subsidiarity) Material in contact with water – ok for harmonization but in the DWD (COM proposal is to use Construction Product Directive)

Pre-identified topics UWWTD Key issues Pre-identified topics Separate sub-studies to be developed Storm water overflows Individual appropriate systems Energy efficiency Small agglomerations Emerging substances Sensitive areas Late and inappropriate implementation Monitoring requirements Over- and under-dimensioning Lack of clarity/ coherence Quantification of cost and benefits

Where are we? Approved validation form Q3 2017 Publication of roadmap, 28 replies from public Finalisation of ToR Q4 2017 Launch evaluative study Speed dating with selected stakeholders Q1 2018 Publication of consultation strategy Development of scenarios (JRC) Development of public consultation questionnaire Q2 2018 Presentation of first findings on key issues Expert workshops… Q3 2018… Cooperation with WFD FC

Exchange of best practices Support to implementation Awareness raising Project with OECD Objective: have an overview on water -investment needs /financing capacities General Get a solid basis Exchange of best practices Support to implementation Awareness raising Specific Common approach to Investments needs Comparison of financing strategies Pro active dialogue with some MS

Preliminary conclusions Higher reliability for water and sanitation compared to WFD and Floods Some inconcistencies in reporting Room of manœuvre limited for some MS’s EU funds still needed in some MS Ex ante conditions

Fine tune current estimates Next steps Fine tune current estimates Finalisation of country fiches List of MS to be visited (time to apply!!!) Publication of the results

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