Common Implementation Strategy for the Water Framework Directive

INBO is a member of the Strategic Co-ordination Group for the WFD Common Implementation Strategy

● Invitation to Workshop on Cost-benefit study on the implementation of the WFD - (20 November 2006, Brussels) - See the agenda and the latest version of the Policy Paper WFD & Hydromorphology : "WFD and Hydro-morphological pressures Focus on hydropower, navigation and flood defence activities. Recommendations for better policy integration" (PDF 307Ko)

● Documents of the Strategic Co-ordination Group for the WFD Common Implementation Strategy meeting (Brussels, 8-9 November 2006) are availlable (ZIP file - 393 Ko)

● Policy summary (PDF 204Ko) of " towards a guidance document on eutrophication assessment in the context of european water policies" (15 February 2006)
Revised draft taking into account comments by the UK, NL and DG Environment

See also :

● Eutrophication assessment in the context of European water policies. (24 October 2005)
This paper represents guidance on how to assess eutrophication. It compares how eutrophication is understood, defined and assessed in EC Directives, policies, guidance and research, and proposes a new conceptual framework for eutrophication assessment across all water categories and policies. More ... (PDF - 1,7Mo)

● Discussion document on the exemptions to the WFD environmental objectives allowed for new modifications (WFD article 4.7) - released on November 9th, 2005. INBO's members are invited to send their comments, before November 28th, to INBO Technical Secretariat (inbo@wanadoo.fr) which will transmit to the Commission.

● Study commissioned jointly by the Scottish College of Agriculture; the Scottish Environment Protection Agency; and Soil and Water, Scotland, on reducing diffuse pollution from agriculture - Information

● The last meeting of the Strategic Co-ordination Group for the WFD Common Implementation Strategy
took place in Brussels on October 26th and 27th, 2005. The released documents (ZIP file - 1MO)
and also Invitation , Agenda of the meeting

● Environmental objectives under the Water Framework Directive
Policy summary and background document (June 2005)

● COMMISSION DECISION of 17 August 2005
on the establishment of a register of sites to form the intercalibration network in accordance with Directive 2000/60/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council

● Draft mandate for an activity on “Water Framework Directive and hydromorphological pressures resulting from hydropower, navigation and flood defence activities” Phase I: 2006

See also :

● All the communication and the final resolution of the "EURO INBO 2005" International meeting on the implementation of the European Water Framework Directive, in Namur, on September 29 and 30, 2005.

● Prototype Website for WFD ressource center : http://euro-wfd.inbo-news.org/

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