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Guidance Document No: 21Guidance for reporting under the Water Framework Directive7 REPORTING REQUIREMENTS FOR PRESSURES, IMPACTS ANDPROGRAMMES OF MEASURES7.1 IntroductionArticle 5 of the WFD requires MS to identify the key pressures present in the RBDlikely to cause water bodies to be of less than good status. It also requires MS toassess the impacts on water bodies to support the determination of status.Article 11 of the WFD requires MS to ensure the establishment of a programme ofmeasures for each RBD, or part of international RBDs within its territory to achievethe objectives laid down in Article 4 of the Directive. The programme of measuresshould take account of the analyses carried out according to Article 5 and thesubsequent monitoring results collected with the network established under Article 8.For each RBD, the programme of measures must include “basic” and, where required,“supplementary measures”. Basic measures are listed in Article 11(3) of the Directive.The basic measures are divided into those measures which are regulated in other EUdirectives (Article 11 (3)(a)) (including those listed in Annex VI, part A) and thosemeasures additionally introduced by the WFD (Article 11 (3), sub-paragraphs (b) to(l)).A tentative list of supplementary measures (Article 11 (4)) are listed in Annex VI,part B.Article 4(4-9) of the WFD allows MS to extend the deadlines for the achievement ofgood status/potential or to set other objectives under certain specified circumstances.Additional information can be found in the CIS Paper on "Environmental Objectives"agreed in 2005 24 .Article 4(4-9) goes on to require MS to provide information regarding such extensionsor other objectives and the reasons for it in the River Basin Management Plan.Look Out!Member States first reported under Article 5 in 2005 and underArticle 8 in 2007. In 2010, data should only be resubmitted if any wasmissing from the original submission or if any of the information hassince changed.7.2 How will the Commission use the information reported?The purpose of the collection of the information is to identify the main pressureswithin the RBD. The summary information will be used to compile maps at aEuropean level of relevant pressures and to ensure that relevant pressures have beenidentified at RBD level. Statistics and information will be provided to the EuropeanParliament at EU wide level. Information will be provided to the public throughWISE.24 http://forum.europa.eu.int/Public/irc/env/wfd/library?l=/framework_directive/thematic_documents/environmental_objectives/environmental_20605pdf/_EN_1.0_&a=d41