The State of Water in Kosovo, 2010

Raport2.1.5 EUROPEAN UNION DIRECTIVES ON WATERAt the EU level, water management is regulated by several directives. The following tableprovides information for the purpose of these directives, the year of ratification and therate of harmonisation at our national legislation.Table 4 : The EU Directives on water quality and level of transposition at Kosovo national legislation 9 .Nr.Name of thedirectiveYear ofadoptionPurposeTransposedat nationallegislation (%)1Waterframeworkdirective(2000/60/EC)23 October2000Maintaining high status of water where itexists, preventing any deterioration in theexisting status of waters and achieving at least“good status” in relation to all waters by 2015252Directive forurban wastewater treatment(91/271/EEC)21 May 1991Protection of waters from adverse effects fromdischarges of urban wastewater from certainindustrial sectors273Drinking waterdirective (98/83/EC)3 November1998To protect human health from adverse effectsof any contamination of water intended to beused for human consumption, ensuring thedrinking water is healthy and clean474Nitratesdirective(91/676/EEC)12 December1991Preventing and reducing water pollutioncaused by Nitrates from agricultural sources162.2 INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK2.2.1 MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT AND SPATIAL PLANNING / WATERDEPARTMENTAccording to the Law on Waters (no. 2004/24), the Ministry of Environment and SpatialPlanning through the Water Department responsible for:• Determination and implementation of policies for water development in Kosovo;• Achievement of the objectives of the program approved by the Government;• Management of water resources;• Development of water strategic plan and other plans for water management;• Performing of related administrative and professional tasks• Other organizational and development tasks pursuant to the provisions of the waterlaw.9 9Report on progress monitoring, REC 2008, 200924120 © Agjencia e Kosoves per Mbrojtjen e Mjedisit