Chapters

• On the Advocate General
• The EU Water Framework Directive 2000/60 and the Court of Justice
• Overview
• History and general description
• What is the integrated water policy?
• Integration of Water Legislation
• Integration: repeal of EU water legislation
• Legal Mechanisms employed by the WFD
• Scope of application of the WFD
• Objectives
• Where we are?
• Article 4(1) + (3): artificial or heavily modified surface water bodies
• Article 4(1)(c) + Article 6 + Annex IV: protected areas
• Prohibition of Deterioration (1/3)
• Prohibition of Deterioration (2/3)
• Prohibition of Deterioration (3/3)
• Ecological Status
• Prohibition of Deterioration
• Exemptions – Article 4.7 (1/4)
• Exemptions – Article 4.7 (2/4)
• Exemptions – Article 4.7 (3/4)
• Exemptions – Article 4.7 (4/4)
• General requirements on Exemptions
• Achieving the status objectives - International and national River Basin Districts
• River Basin District: Main unit for water resource management
• Means to achieve the WFD environmental objectives
• Monitoring/classification of water bodies per RBD, Article 8, Annex V
• Economic analysis of water use per RBD Article 5, Annex III
• Means to meet the WFD environmental objectives
• Content of the RBMP
• Programme of measures
• Exemptions from the objectives of Article 4
• Exemptions – Article 4.4 & 4.5
• Exemptions – Article 4(4) and (5): disproportionate costs
• Exemptions – Article 4.6
• Relevance for Courts?
• Water Pricing (Article 9)