1. Update on RBMP&FRMP adoption and reporting Assessment of RBMP&FRMP
SCG meeting
17 May 2017
Thomas Petitguyot
DG ENV, Clean Water Unit

2. Status of adoption of 2nd RBMPs in Member States
Pending:
AT, EL, ES (Canary islands), IE and LT
GREEN - all second River Basin Management Plans adopted YELLOW - part of the second River Basin Management Plans adopted RED - second River Basin Management Plans not yet adopted
Updated 16th May 2017

3. Status of reporting of 2nd RBMPs into WISE
Pending:
DE, DK, LU, MT, UK (Gibraltar)
(+ those MS which haven't adopted their plans)
+ corrections: FR, IT
Updated 16th May 2017

4. Status of adoption of 1st FRMPs in Member States
Pending: EL, IE, LT and SI

5. Overall timeline for the assessment
Common to 1st FRMPs and 2nd RBMPs
MS reports: legal obligation = March 2016
EC Implementation report for WFD and FD:
legal obligation = end 2018
initial intention = early 2018, as an early input to the evaluation process
Delays in adoption and reporting of plans into WISE
 Deadline for consideration in EC report: 31 May 2017

6. Scope of the assessment
Second RBMPs:
country specific assessments
assessment at EU level (overview)
First FRMPs:
International coordination in water resources and flood management:
iRBD/iUoM specific assessments

7. Assessment of 2nd RBMPs Main guiding questions:
Status of implementation of WFD requirements?
Compliant implementation?
Progress made since the 1st cycle?
Follow-up of COMM's previous recommendations? +
Identification of good practices
Recommendations for the future steps

8. Staged approach to RBMPs assessment

9. Dashboards – reported information per topic
 on-line interactive viewer

10. Topics for RBMPs assessment
Governance
Characterisation of the RBD (delineation of water bodies, typology and pressure analysis)
Monitoring, assessment and classification of ecological status in SWB
Monitoring, assessment and classification of chemical status in SWB
Monitoring, assessment and classification of quantitative status in GWB
Monitoring, assessment and classification of chemical status in GWB

11. Topics for RBMPs assessment
Designation of HMWB, definition of GEP
Environmental objectives and exemptions
Programme of measures – general & measures related to other significant pressures
Measures related to abstractions and water scarcity
Measures related to pollution from agriculture
Measures related to pollution from sectors other than agriculture
Measures related to hydromorphological alterations

12. Topics for RBMPs assessment
Economic analysis and water pricing policies
Considerations specific to protected areas (identification, monitoring, objectives and measures)
Adaptation to drought and climate change

13. Stage I: Sense-checking & screening assessment
Phase 1:
Information in the dashboards
All topics for all MS
 generic questionnaires
Phase 2:
Information in RBMPs and background documents
Specific topics in a given MS
 topic-specific questionnaires
Phase 3:
First conclusions on compliance, progress since 1st cycle and follow-up of COM recommendations

14. Stage II: In-depth assessments
Case-by-case basis, identified with the assessment on stage I
 Selection of topics, questions and RBD / MS

15. Assessment of 1st FRMPs Main guiding questions:
Status of implementation of FD requirements?
Compliant implementation? +
Identification of good practices
Identification of weaknesses
Recommendations
8 key topics
Based on WISE reporting, FRMPs, background documents (PFRAs, FHRMs…)

16. Assessment process - FRMPs
 topic-specific questionnaires
Cf. "Concept Paper: Compliance checking of the Floods Directive Implementation – Checking and assessing Member States' Flood Risk Management Plans" [Jan. 2016]

17. Documents to be circulated in the coming days:
Note on the methodology
Link to on-line "dashboards" (RBMPs and FRMPs)
Assessment questionnaires (RBMPs and FRMPs)
For information
To SCG members only

18. Thanks for your attention
Previous reports available at:
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