1 / 6

Framework for Community Water Policy | European Directive Summary

Directive from October 23rd, 2000, aims to protect water resources, reduce pollution, and achieve good water quality by 2015. It sets deadlines for key actions such as monitoring and implementing environmental measures. The Czech Republic transposed the directive into legislation through various acts and decrees, dividing responsibilities among the government, Ministry of Agriculture, catchment area managers, and CEI.

kkeys
Download Presentation

Framework for Community Water Policy | European Directive Summary

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. DIRECTIVE 2000/60/ESof the European Parliament and Council from October 23rd 2000establishing a framework for Community action in the field of water policy Ladislav Bíža CEI Prague

  2. Purpose of the Directive • Create a framework for protection of all kinds of water • Prevent further deterioration and improve the state of water resources • Enhance sustainable use of water • Purposefully decrease emissions and leakages of priority dangerous substances • Decrease pollution of ground waters • Contribute to soften the effects of floods and dry periods

  3. MAIN AIM OF THE DIRECTIVE • Achieve good state of all kinds of water by 2015 • Deadlines of key measures: • 6/2005 – calibrate classification of ecological state of waters • 2006 – put monitoring in operation • 2009 – ensure measures to achieve environmental goals • 2009 – prepare catchment area plans • 2010 - introduce price policy

  4. Czech Republic • Transposition of the Directive into legislation: • Acts (254/2001Coll., 274/2001Coll. and others) • Government Decrees • Decrees • 3 main catchment areas • 8 catchment areas

  5. RESPONSIBILITY • Government of the CR – approve the plan of main catchment areas • Ministry of Agriculture – prepares plans of 3 main catchment areas • Managers of catchment areas – prepare plans of 8 catchment areas • CEI – consulting role

  6. INFORMATION RESOURCES • Ministry of Agriculture - www.mze.cz • Ministry of Environment - www.env.cz • River Boards State Enterprises - www.povodí.cz • Water Management Research Institute of T.G.Masaryk - www.vuv.cz • Thank you for attention

More Related