1. Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive
Water Directors’ meeting
Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive
Agenda Item 8
Council Directive 91/271/EEC of ,
as amended by Commission Directive 98/15/EC of

2. Infringements on UWWTD
41 - total number:
10 – before the ECJ or existing ECJ judgements
11 – horizontal cases on sensitive areas
7 – horizontal cases on normal areas
13 – single cases
+ previous 6 single cases integrated into the horizontal cases
Only Germany, Austria, Denmark performing considerably
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3. Infringements on UWWTD: EU-15
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4. Infringements on UWWTD – by MS
Before the ECJ or existing ECJ judgements - 10:
Belgium -1, Spain – 2, Greece – 3, France – 1, Italy - 2
Horizontal cases on sensitive areas (Art.3 & Art.5) – 11:
Greece, Spain, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Portugal, Finland, Sweden, UK – 2 cases
Horizontal cases on normal areas (Art.3 & Art.4) – 7:
Greece, Spain, France, Ireland, Italy, Portugal, UK
Single cases & mixed cases – 13:
Greece - 1, Spain – 4, Ireland - 1, Italy - 1, Portugal - 1, UK - 5
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5. Infringements on UWWTD – by MS
Horizontal cases on sensitive areas – 11:
9 – Reasoned opinion (RO); 2 – Letter of formal notice (LFN)
Horizontal cases on normal areas – 7:
2 – RO; 5 – LFN
Single cases & mixed cases – 13:
6 – RO; 7 - LFN
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6. Status of compliance EU-15 Agglomerations load 5495 55 210 52 2698 51
Agglomerations
load
number
compliance %
p.e. million SA
5495 55
210 52 NA
2698 51
261 39
big cities
571 54
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7. Normal areas
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8. Art.17 reporting – inventory of agglomerations
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9. Thank you very much for the attention
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