water.europa.eu Assessment River Basin Management Plans CIS Strategic Coordination Group meeting Brussels, May 2011 Marieke van Nood WFD Team DG Environment, European Commission

water.europa.eu 2 Phased RBMP assessment – Preparatory phase: –2009 development of concept paper –2010 preparation of assessment methods and IT tools Screening assessment of RBMPs: –For 17 topics similar questions are answered for all Plans –Countries are phased according to availability of reported RBMPs –Phase 1: first half of 2011 – 10 countries –Phase 2: spring – autumn 2011 – 8 countries –Phase 3: starts in autumn, depends on availability remaining RBMPs Analysis and comparison of findings: –Feedback to MS once findings per MS are available –Horizontal assessments for all 17 topics across EU –Inclusion in 2012 Blueprint for Safeguarding EU Water Resources

water.europa.eu RBMP adopted (20) Consultation finalised, awaiting adoption (3) Consultation on- going or not started (4)

water.europa.eu 4 Phased RBMP assessment – MS Phase 1 : first half of 2011 AT, BU, CZ, FI, NL, SE, SK and FR, UK, DE Phase 2: spring – autumn 2011 BE (fl), EE, IT, HU, LT, LV, PL, RO Phase 3: autumn IE, LU, MT, CY assessments will start after summer - SI, DK, ES, PT, DK, BE (other regions) - tbc - include NO (arrangement with ESA)

water.europa.eu 5 Informal feedback to MS Intention: gradual feedback to MS from July onwards Aim: ensure that assessment is based on correct facts Findings will be reported in the 3 rd WFD Implementation Report

water.europa.eu 6 Reminder: topics for WFD assessment 1.Governance 2.Characterisation of the RBD 3.Monitoring of surface waters and groundwater 4.Classification of the ecological status of surface waters 5.Designation of HMWB and definition of ecological potential 6.Assessment of groundwater status 7.Environmental objectives and exemptions 8.Chemical status of surface waters 9.Programme of measures – general 10.Measures related to groundwater 11.Measures related to agriculture 12.Measures related to chemical pollution 13.Measures related to hydromorphology 14.Measures related to Article 9 (water pricing policies) 15.Additional measures in protected areas 16.Strategy to deal with water scarcity and droughts 17.Adaptation to climate change

water.europa.eu 7 Other assessments EEA 2012 State of the Environment report on Water EP initiated ‘top-down’ study of RBMPs on specific topics: –Governance: international coordination, administrative arrangements, enforcement, nature of plans –Methodologies: typologies, specific pollutants, intercalibration –Integration & measures: agriculture, hydromorphology, drinking water, mining, water uses –Innovation and economic issues Other studies & activities for 2012 Blueprint: –Fitness check –Blueprint Impact Assessment –Several studies related to Water Scarcity and Droughts –Many more…

water.europa.eu 8 WISE summary and aggregated information –Password protected (wfduser/Dir200060ec) –Use Internet Explorer as a browser –Dynamically populated web pages with reported information from the WFD master database Aggregation reports –Could reveal reporting issues, these will be fixed where possible –Other aggregation queries will be developed –Currently includes reported information from 17 MS

water.europa.eu 9 Examples of aggregated information - 1 DRAFT

water.europa.eu 10 Examples of aggregated information - 2 DRAFT

water.europa.eu 11 Examples of aggregated information - 3 DRAFT

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