1. Updated information on integration of EU water policy into WISE SCG meeting May Unit D.2 Water and the Marine - WFD Team, DG Environment, European Commission

2. Bathing Water Directives (76/160/EEC & 2006/7/EC)
Annual EC Bathing Water report  publication on 02/06/08
DG ENV web site
WISE web site: geo-information on WISE map viewer & data viewer
New BWD /7/EC:
Meetings with MSs on 23/04/08; 26/06/08;30/09/08:
reporting sheets (links to WBs of WFD),
IT formats in Reportnet;
Reporting process with new IT technical arrangements will be ready by 30/09/08
Annual reports on BWD at EU level will be published by EEA starting from 2009
Notes for the Speaker:
More information on the Directive, the implementation process and also the guidance documents are available on the internet.

3. Nitrates Directive (91/676/EEC)
Reporting process through WISE / Reportnet ends by 1 July 2008
Next steps: :
QA/QC; EU-wide (production database)
Visualisation on WISE viewer :
Streamlining of NiD with SoE reporting
Notes for the Speaker:
More information on the Directive, the implementation process and also the guidance documents are available on the internet.

4. Drinking Water Directive (98/83/EC)
Reporting sheets agreed in 2007
Ongoing work in 2008:
Implementation of IT formats into WISE/Reportnet by 20/06/08
Meeting with MSs 20/06/08 on technicalities of reporting
Reporting process starts 01/06/08 until 15/02/09
Next steps: :
QA/QC; EU-wide (production database)
Visualisation on WISE viewer
Notes for the Speaker:
More information on the Directive, the implementation process and also the guidance documents are available on the internet.

5. Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive (91/271/EC)
Status on UWWTD Questionnaire-2007 on art.15 :
20 MS reported
Missing reports: EL, IRL, UK, PT, PL, MT
Data as reported by MSs will be published on WISE viewer on 02/06/08
Ongoing work in 2008:
(internal) IT Technical implementation of UWWTD questionnaire into WISE/Reportent ready by end 2008 for next reporting exercise to be launched in 2009
Meeting with MSs foreseen in October 2008
Notes for the Speaker:
More information on the Directive, the implementation process and also the guidance documents are available on the internet.

6. Other activities on WISE:
New water policies:
Marine Strategy Directive (MSD): concept of WISE – Marine for comments since February ’08 by 20 June’08
GWD, Floods Directive covered by WG C & WG F activities
First steps streamlining reporting among ENV and ESTAT :
Streamlining reporting between Estat/OECD JQ-IW and UWWTD Q2007
Research on possibilities what should be visualised on WISE viewer from Estat/OECD JQ-IW
Technical improvement of WISE functionalities
Notes for the Speaker:
More information on the Directive, the implementation process and also the guidance documents are available on the internet.

7. Proposal for a WISE workshop
To bring together experts from the various water policies to discuss common interests and horizontal issues linked to WISE development
WFD, UWWTD, bathing water, drinking water, nitrates...
1 day workshop
Autumn 2008 – back to back to WG D reporting or independent – to be confirmed
Notes for the Speaker:
More information on the Directive, the implementation process and also the guidance documents are available on the internet.

8. Thank you very much for your attention