1. 2.4. Reporting and developments
Water Director’s meeting,
Paris, November 2008
2.4. Reporting and developments
Unit D.2 Water and the Marine,
DG Environment, European Commission
and European Environment Agency

2. Contents Documents: Consolidated WFD Reporting Guidance
Consolidated WISE-SOE Reporting Guidance
WISE GIS Guidance
Information point:
WFD schema development
Progress on integration of other directives into WISE
Conclusions of WISE workshop
Documents / actions:
Reporting sheets economics
Towards WISE as a distributed system

3. Expected outcome Water Directors endorse: WISE package of guidances:
WFD consolidated reporting guidance,
WISE SoE consolidated reporting sheets,
WISE GIS guidance
Reporting sheets on economics (to be integrated in the WFD guidance)
Endorse in principle the RBMP schemas and agree to proceed with testing in early Water Directors to mandate the SCG to agree the final versions.
To agree to launch a pilot exercise on WISE as distributed system using WFD Art.8 reporting as a case study

4. 1-3. WISE package of guidances
Consolidated WFD Reporting Guidance
Elements of consolidated guidance
Two reporting sheets on economics to be included when agreed
Consolidated WISE SoE Reporting Guidance
With new reporting sheets on: Water Quantity, Emissions to water, Nutrients in transitional and coastal waters, Biological elements
Updated WISE GIS Guidance
No open points left. WDs are invited
to agree on three guidance documents
WFD-with the incorporation of the reporting sheets on economics after separate agreement
SoE - giving WGD the mandate to supervise final editorial adjustments

5. 4. WFD Schema development
En extensive streamlining/consolidation/simplification/avoid duplication effort has been done to produce the current WFD schemas
New/updated version of schemas is being finalised with some corrections and improvements for testing , (few comment received)
Schemas testing will be performed with voluntary countries early 2009
For WDs:
to endorse schemas in principle;
to agree to go for testing in early 2009 and
to delegate SCG to agree on final version of schemas after testing phase

6. 5. Integration of other EU water directives into WISE
Nitrates directive (91/676/EEC) :
Reporting exercise (period ) via WISE launched early 2008
Deadlines 30 Jun’08 (EU-15) and 30 Oct’08 (EU-10); no obligation for EU-2
Until 21 Nov’08: 22 reports in WISE, that include reports from EU-2 & Norway
Missing reports: Greece, Lithuania, Luxemburg, Malta, Spain and UK
Bathing water directives (76/160/EEC and 2006/7/EC):
1 Jun’08 – press conference on EC synthesis report
26 Jun’08; 30 Sept’08: Workshops setting reporting process for new directive in WISE
31 Oct’08: reporting exercise under new and old BWD launched via Reportnet with deadline to upload data by 31 Dec’08,
EEA/ETC-W from now on will coordinate reporting for BWD
status-and-monitoring/state-of-bathing-water

7. 5. Integration of other EU water directives into WISE
Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive (91/271/EEC):
Reporting exercise on UWWTD Questionnaire 2007 done as stand-alone exercise via CD-ROMS transfer
15 Oct’08: status of urban waste water treatment is presented in WISE map viewer;
Missing reports from Ireland and Greece
27-28 Oct’08 : workshop with MSs
Next reporting exercise expected to take place in 2009 via Reportnet
Drinking Water Directive (98/83/EC):
16 Jul’08 and 21 Oct’08 : workshops with MS on reporting for DWD integration into WISE : xml schemas , data dictionary, WISE reporting arrangements, etc
Reporting exercise for reporting period will be available via WISE by end of 2008; deadline to report –end Feb’09

8. Status as at 31 October 2008
UWWTD EU 27 Production DB allows a quick and easy presentation of data by means of standardised DB-queries
agglomerations (476,5 M p.e.) in EU 21
UWWTPs in EU 21

9. 6. WISE workshop 12 November, Paris Conclusions I
A strong partnership between EU institutions and Member States is essential for the successful development of WISE
There is a need to continue and strengthen streamlining efforts covering various reporting exercises (main responsibility of EU institutions). Whilst double reporting should be avoided, adequate links between the various reporting flows should be maintained to enable the use of information (main responsibility of MS).
Several key components of WISE should be jointly developed by EU institutions and the respective experts groups, notably QA/QC rules, and concepts for visualisation and assessment
WISE QA/QC rules: checking usability – improve the development of technical specifications and rules
Concepts for visualisation: accessibility – ensuring the way information is presented makes sense
Concepts for assessment: exploitation of information in a meaningful and useful way – development of indicators

10. 6. WISE workshop 12 November, Paris Conclusions II
The development of WISE as a distributed system in line with INSPIRE and SEIS principles is a complex process that needs a stepwise approach. The proposed pilot phase to be performed in 2009 will allow some Member States and EEA to gather practical experience and share it with others.
There is a need to clarify, discuss and agree how the development of WISE as a distributed system will be made compatible with the existing reporting obligations. Ultimately, WISE will benefit from the developments under SEIS.
To ensure networking among reporters within MSs, among MSs, between EU and MSs by creating and maintaining a directory of reporters / data providers on Reportnet
WISE as a building block and pilot project for INSPIRE and SEIS

11. INSPIRE and SEIS, and link to WISE
Current legislative proposal in drafting phase
Objective: EU e-reporting for EU environmental legislation based on SEIS principles  SEIS/EU eReporting module
Draft planning: to be ready for adoption by the Commission in March’09  EP and Council 2011
Link to WISE: pilot exercise on WISE as distributed system in early’09
INSPIRE (2007/2/EC) into force 15 May’07; transposition by May’09
Implementing Rules: metadata, network services, data specifications, data and service sharing, monitoring and reporting
Metadata IR 14 May’08 approved by INSPIRE Regulatory Committee
Cooperation between SDI WISE TG and INSPIRE Thematic Group on Hydrography  updated WISE GIS guidance; data specifications (link to WFD)
Spatial Data Infrastructures, e.g. SDI-WISE concentrates on metada and GIS service developments
WISE - INSPIRE links in piloting exercise planned to include investigations on: data specifications development, discovery and view services of WISE

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