THE WATER FRAMEWORK DIRECTIVE (WFD) Contents and implications

WFD, CONTENTS AND IMPLICATIONS What is inside WFD? How does it work? selected key-points the general organisation What specific implications of WFD? in the decision-making process in the implementation 2/14

WFD, CONTENTS AND IMPLICATIONS What is inside WFD? How does it work? selected key-points the general organisation What implications of WFD? in the decision-making process in the implementation 3/14

AN OBLIGATION OF RESULT Good status General obligation Actions defined with regards to the goal Derogations to be justified 4/14 Contents

WFD, A NEVER-ENDED PROCESS continuous monitoring combined approach programme of measures assessment / characterisation Continuous improvement  good status in 2015  no deterioration 6-year cycles 5/14 Contents

A CONTINUOUS TRANSPARENCY Public participation art. 14 Economic justification of decisions art. 4 Frequent reporting to the Commission art. 22 6/14 Contents

FLOW CHART OF WFD'S PROCESS 12/2006 Art.8 Monitoring programme Art.14 RBMP working progr. 12/2003 Art.3 Transposition 3/2007 Art.15 Reporting Art.14 RBMP interim review 12/2007 Art.14 RBMP draft copies 3/2008 12/2004 Art.6 Register of protected areas Art.5 Characterisation of the district Identification of potential gaps Economic analysis Description of the district Baseline scenario Recovery of costs 3/2005 Art.15 Reporting 12/2009 Art.11 Programme of measures Art.13 RBMP Art.4 Designation of HMWB Deadline Goal Derogations 12/2012 Art.8 Combined approach Art.15 Interim report Art.15 Reporting 3/2010 Art.9 Water pricing policy Adequate contribution to recovery of costs 12/2010 New measures according to results of monitoring 12/2006 12/2015 Art.4 Good status Deliverables Main tasks "Sub-tasks" Actions / Measures

COMBINATION OF DIFFERENT SCALES FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF WFD Hydrological water bodies for characterisation of water status river basin for cost-effectiveness analysis when defining the programme of measures ... Socio-economic water services for assessment of the level of cost recovery water uses for economic analysis ... Administrative regional / national for the transposition of WFD… European for the elaboration of the list of priority substances ... 8/14 Contents

THE DIFFERENT HYDROLOGICAL SCALES USED FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF WFD Sub-basin/Sector/ Water type element of district to deal with particular aspects  no link with pollution Heavily modified water bodies (HMWB) human activity carried out makes it impossible to reach the goal without disproportionate costs (change activity…) sea District river basins + associated groundwaters and coastal waters Water bodies scale of evaluation of the achievement of good status 9/14 Contents

WFD'S GENERAL METHODOLOGY Characterisation of the district Initial situation Scenario trends Public participation Monitoring Implementation of directives Economic studies Evaluation of results Results vs goal =>relevance of measures? Identification of gaps X Business as usual Good status 2003 2015 gap How to do it? see Guidance documents 10/14 Programme of measures Fill the gap with basic + complementary measures Contents

WFD, CONTENTS AND IMPLICATIONS What is inside WFD? How does it work? selected key-points the general organisation What implications of WFD? in terms of methods in terms of instruments used 11/14

NOVELTY IN TERMS OF METHODS A structured process global process: long-term and cyclic approach connections with other European policies: CAP, regional, etc. stringent step by step methodology An open process involvement of professionals, experts and stakeholders all aspects of water management at hydrological scales unusual issues to be debated: disproportion of costs, recovery of costs, cost-effectiveness and cost-benefit ratios... Clear justification of important decisions HMWB, derogations... based on "objective" arguments: efficiency, benefits, ability to pay of citizens... 12/14 Implications

NOVELTY IN TERMS OF INSTRUMENTS Construction and use of baseline scenario horizontal approach: impacts of other policies on water water policy as a driver for evolutions: choices regarding water with impacts on other policies Economic tools cost-benefit and cost-efficiency analyses understanding of specificities and of outputs Unusual use of prices pricing policies as a tool aiming at a specific goal assessment of environmental costs: damages, resource cost... 13/14 Implications

ECONOMICS ANALYSIS IS NOT AN ISOLATED EXERCICE Integrated into technical issues: water utilities, quality of water, etc.. Integrated into interdisciplinary exercise: IRBM Decision-making oriented: concrete, operational, "ready-to-apply" Included into public participation process: clear, understandable... Opened to external skills Opened to non experts "Integration", the motto for economics under WFD 14/14 Implications