1. Agenda item 1 – Transposition and implementation of WFD
Water Directors’ Meeting
Mondorf-les-Bains, 20 June 2005
Agenda item 1 –
Transposition and implementation of WFD

2. Report partially submitted
“WFD Scoreboard” for
Country
Notification (Art. 24)
Completeness
Conformity
Intercalibration (Site selection)
River Basin Districts (Art. 3 Reporting )
WISE submission
RBD Analysis (Art. 5 Reporting)
(non) communication
(non) conformity
(incorrect) implementation
Symbols
Explanations 
Report subm. +WISE 
Report submitted 
Report partially submitted 
Report not submitted
WFD Scoreboard
Status of information (28 May 2004):
The WFD Scoreboard gives a quick overview on the performance of the Member States as regards the legal transposition and the implementation elements of the Water Framework Directive 2000/60/EC (WFD) which have deadlines during 2004 and 2005.
Disclaimer:
The information in the tables, although attempting to be accurate and up to date, may not necessarily reflect the latest formal information that is available to the Commission. Hence, this information does not necessarily reflect the views of the European Commission. It intended for general information to the public but is not the basis on which the European Commission decides upon the necessity to launch legal proceedings against the Member States for not fulfilling the obligations of the Directive. Thus, it can not be interpreted as an overview table on ongoing or planned infringement cases.
Note: “WFD Scoreboard“ does not provide any information whether report is satisfactory and/or in line with the WFD

3. WFD Scoreboard 2004/2005 (EU 25 MS - part 1/3)AT BE CY CZ DE DK EE EL
Notification
(Art. 24)  * 
Intercalibration
(Site selection)
River Basin Distr. (Art. 3 Reporting )
WISE submission 
RBD Analysis
(Art. 5 Reporting)
Transposition of the WFD in the 15 former Member States
Status of information (28 May 2004):
Out of the 15 former Member States, 5 (AT, DK, EL, ES, IE) have notified the legal instruments to transpose the Water Framework Directive in time 2004.
In addition, Germany and Belgium have partially transposed the Directive. Germany has adopted a national framework legislation but adoption of specific legislation in the 16 Federal States („Länder“) needs to be completed. Only few „Länder“ have finalised that process yet. In Belgium, only the Flemish Region has transposed the WFD, Wallonie and Brussels Region are still working on the transposition.
From January to May, UK (with the exception for Gibraltar), France and Sweden have notified their legal transposition.
*: transposition for Brussels Region missing

4. WFD Scoreboard 2004/2005 (EU 25 MS - part 2/3)ES FI FR HU IE IT LU LT
Notification
(Art. 24)   
Intercalibration
(Site selection)
River Basin Distr. (Art. 3 Reporting)
WISE submission
RBD Analysis
(Art. 5 Reporting)
Transposition of the WFD in the 10 new Member States
Status of information (28 May 2004):
Out of the 10 new Member States, 8 have transposed and notified the Water Framework Directive by the accession date. MT and SK both confirmed that the transposition is completed, however formal notification to the Commission was still pending. This is expected to happen shortly.

5. WFD Scoreboard 2004/2005 (EU 25 MS - part 3/3)LV MT NL PL PT SE SK SI UK
Notification
(Art. 24)  
Intercalibration
(Site selection)
River Basin Distr. (Art. 3 Reporting )
WISE submission 
RBD Analysis
(Art. 5 Reporting)
Infringements started by the Commission
Status of information (28 May 2004):
The Commission has sent a letter of formal notice as regards „non-communication“ to 10 Member States on 27 January Only FR and UK have responded and sent the legal instruments for transposition since then, however the UK laws did not cover Gibraltar.
Reasoned Opinions are being prepared against 9 of the former 15 Member States for June 2004 for the following reasons:
transposition missing completely: FI, IT, LU, NL, PT, SE
transposition incomplete: BE (Wallonie, Bruxelles), DE (Länder), UK (Gibraltar)
As regards the 10 new Member States, no legal procedures will be necessary as regards “non-communication”.

6. Art. 3 MS submissions (2004 report)
23 MS have submitted paper and electronic submission of Article 3 Report, at least partially (GR)
15 MS have also or instead used the online prototype (WISE)
3 of these submissions are on-going and still incomplete, and (BE, MT, GR)
4 additional MS (ES, IT, SL, UK) have at least log in once into the system and submit very limited information
4 MS have not submitted any digital GIS information (AT, FI, SL, SE)
IT, ES have not yet submitted any official report

7. Article 3 reports submissions:
State of play – 17 June 2005

8. Compliance checking - Preliminary results
Different level of details and precision in the reports
Different interpretation and gap in guidance documents (e.g. missing attributes for international RBD)
Clarity of the report sometimes poor: some CA set-up is complex with unclear level of coordination and attribution of responsibilities

9. Compliance checking - Preliminary results (2)
International cooperation with EU countries or non EU MS not always considered, finalised or discussed
Assignment of groundwater to RBD unclear
RBD boundaries (ie. Administrative basis rather than river basins) was not an issue
Digital data set:
Cross border intrusion/overlap
No harmonisation across national borders
Incomplete coverage

10. Article 5 reports submissions:
State of play – 17 June 2005

11. Article 5 reports - First impressions
High diversity and different level of detail –> 60 pages vs. 24 CD ROMs
Several very good examples (int. river basins)
Several reports are not comprehensive and incomplete (e.g. chemical status, agricultural pressures)
Methodologies very divers, rarely harmonised between RBD and within int. RBD
Difficult to extract comparable data for analysis or compliance checking

12. Conclusions
Reporting quota increases steadily but geographical difference
Art. 3 compliance check will be completed in 2005 – report expected for next WD meeting
Diversity of article 5 reports will need to be analysed in more detail