1. water.europa.eu Update on legal issues Strategic Coordination Group Update as of 5.11.2010 Marco Gasparinetti, DG ENV.D.1, European Commission

2. Strategic Co-ordination Group 10-11.11.2010 Transposition of new acts – WFD related Groundwater Directive (2006/118/EC) Deadline 16.1.2009 : Notification absent : DE Notification partial: CZ Status infringements : Reasoned opinions sent to DE (04) Application to the Court : CZ EQS Directive (2008/105/EC) Deadline 13.07.2010 Notifications received from : Full (DK, FR, LT, LV, NL, PT, SI, SK) Partial (BE, EE, FI, SW, UK) Letters of formal notice non-communication 23/9/2010 : Absent, 16 sent, 14 still missing : AT, BG, CY, CZ, DE, EL, ES, IT, LU, HU, MT, PL, RO Partial, 6 sent, 4 still partial : BE, EE, SW, UK Directive on chemical analysis (2009/90/EC) Deadline 20.8.2011 Complete notifications : LV Partial notification : FI, PT

3. Strategic Co-ordination Group 10-11.11.2010 Transposition of new acts - Floods Floods Directive (2007/60/EC) Deadline 26.11.2009 ! Status transposition : 21 complete notifications received : BE, BG, CY, DK, DE, EE, EL, ES, HU, IE, IT, LT, LV, MT, NL, PT, RO, SI, SK, SE, UK 5 partial notifications received : AT, CZ, FI, FR, LU 1 Member State has not transposed the Directive at all : PL Status infringements : 19 letters sent on 28.1.2010 to and of those 4 still absent or partial transposition: AT, FI, FR, PT. 3 letters sent on 27.5.2010 for partial transposition and of those 2 still open: CZ, LU Reasoned opinions, transposition still incomplete : FI, FR (M06), PL(07), CZ, AT(M09), LU(M10) Application to Court : FR(M10)

4. Strategic Co-ordination Group 10-11.11.2010Non-conformity Directive 2000/60/EC Non-conformity cases : Letters of Formal Notice sent, and case still open against 15 Member States (BE, BG, CZ, DE, DK, EE, ES, FI, IE, IT, PL, RO, SK, SE, UK) Cases closed : HU, LT, LV, SI, FR(M6), NL(M09) Follow up to LFN under consideration : BG, IE, IT, SK, UK Additional Letter of Formal Notice : DK, EE, SE, DE(M09) Follow up ALFN under consideration : DK, EE, SE, DE Reasoned Opinion : CZ, RO, ES, PL, FI(M6), BE(M09) Follow up RO under consideration : CZ, FI, ES, PL, RO, BE Conformity checking ongoing (late transposition) : LU Water services still an issue of concern. Directive 2007/60/EC and 2006/118/EC : Conformity assessments have started.

5. Strategic Co-ordination Group 10-11.11.2010 River Basin Management Plans State of play – 8.11.2010 Published (16) : AT, BG, CZ, DE, EE, FI, FR, HU, IE, IT, LU, LV, NL, SE, SK, UK + NO Consultation finished, plans not yet adopted or published (3): PL, RO, SI Consultation status (8) :  Member States consultations still ongoing : DK, LT, MT, CY.  Partial consultation : BE (Wallonia and Brussels), ES (18 RBD out of 24) consultations have not started !  Consultations have not yet started ! EL, PT Status infringements :  12 Letter formal notice sent (3.6.2010) and 11 still open : BE, CY, DK, EL, ES, LT, MT, PL, PT, RO, SI. Case closed : IE (M09).  Additional Letter of Formal Notice : ES (M10)  Reasoned opinion : BE, CY, DK, EL, PT, MT, SI (M10).

6. Strategic Co-ordination Group 10-11.11.2010 State of Play RBMPs and WISE reporting (8/11/10) NOTES: Status: 8/11/2010 The column “RBMP adopted” reflects the contents of DG Environment’s web page: http://ec.europa.eu/environment/water/participation/map_mc/map.htm http://ec.europa.eu/environment/water/participation/map_mc/map.htm GREEN - River Basin Management Plans adopted! YELLOW - consultations finalised, but awaiting adoption. RED - consultation have not started or ongoing. The WISE reporting columns reflect if largely complete (green), partial (yellow) or no reporting (red) has been done on the three parts expected: - Copies of the RBMP and PoM - XML files - GIS files If the plan has not been yet been finalised and adopted it is assumed that the information submitted in WISE reflects draft plans. MS RBMP adopted WISE reporting MS RBMP adopted WISE reporting MS RBMP adopted WISE reporting RBMP reported XMLGIS RBMP reported XMLGIS RBMP reported XMLGIS AT ES   MT  BE  FI NL BG FR PL  CY  HU  PT  CZ IE RO  DE IT SE DK  LT  SI  EE  LU  SK EL   LV UK

7. Strategic Co-ordination Group 10-11.11.2010 State of Play Floods reporting (Article 3 – administrative arrangements) Report submitted by all MS apart from : BG, EL, HU and MT. WFD information is assumed be applicable, and will be subject to checking. Other Units of Management : IE, IT Other main Competent Authorities than WFD: CY, DE, DK, ES, FI, FR, IE, IT, LT, SE, UK Compliance of the reported information and the relevant art 3 WFD information is being checked for compliance. Information to be uploaded on WISE shortly.