Update on legal issues Strategic Coordination Group Update as of 28.2.2011 DG ENV.D.1, European Commission

Transposition of new acts – WFD related Groundwater Directive (2006/118/EC) Deadline 16.1.2009 complete Floods Directive (2007/60/EC) Deadline 26.11.2009 Application to Court and still partial : FR(M10) 2nd Reasoned opinion and still partial: AT (M2/11) *** EQS Directive (2008/105/EC) Deadline 13.07.2010 Complete notifications received from (21) : AT, BG, CY, DK, EL, ES, FI, FR, HU, IE, IT, LT, LU, LV, MT, NL, PT, RO, SI, SK, SW Partial transposition (5) : BE, CZ, EE, PL, UK Transposition still missing (1) : DE Status infringements : Letters of formal notice (16 for absence of communication, 6 for partial communication only) sent 23/9/2010. Reasoned opinions sent to : BE, CZ, EE (M1), PL(M2) Directive on chemical analysis (2009/90/EC) Deadline 20.8.2011 Complete notifications (8) : AT, ES, FI, IT, LV, MT, RO, SI Partial notification (2) : DE, PT *** see Communication from the Commission: Implementation of Article 260(3) of the Treaty (penalties and lump sums): OJ 15 January 2011 N° C 12, p.1 2

Non-conformity Directive 2000/60/EC Non-conformity cases : Pre-258 letter (late transposition) : LU Letters of Formal Notice sent, and case still open against 12 Member States (BE, BG, CZ, DE, DK, ES, FI, IE, IT, PL, SE, UK) Follow up to LFN under consideration : BG, IE, IT Additional Letter of Formal Notice : SE, DE(M09), UK(M11) Reasoned Opinion : CZ, ES, PL, FI(M6), BE(M09), DK(M11) Water services still an issue of concern. Directive 2007/60/EC and 2006/118/EC : Conformity assessments have started Pre-258/pilot letter expected 1st semester 2011. 3

River Basin Management Plans State of play – 28.02.2011 Published (19) : AT, BG, CZ, DE, EE, FI, FR, HU, IE, IT, LT, LU, LV, NL, RO, SE, SK, UK + NO Consultation finished, plans not yet adopted or published (3): CY, MT, SI Consultation status (5) : Member States consultations still ongoing : DK(until 04/2011) Partial consultation : BE (Wallonia and Brussels), ES (16 RBD out of 25) consultations have not started ! Consultations have not yet started ! EL, PT Status infringements : 12 Letter formal notice sent (3.6.2010) and 8 still open : BE, CY, DK, EL, ES, MT, PT, SI. Cases (to be) closed : IE, LT, PL, RO Reasoned opinion, still open: BE, CY, DK, EL, PT, MT, SI (M10), ES(M1/11). 4