WATECO - 2003 - Common implementation strategy for the Water Frame

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WFD Common Implementation Strategy – Progress and Work Programme 2003/2004 ___________________________________________________________________________________ • Overall timetable Tasks 1. Guidance for reporting under the WFD 2. Assessment of State of Environment 3. Information for International organisations 4. Assessment of Policy Effectiveness 5. Information for the Public 2003 2004 2005 2006 • Lead countries/body The Commission / DG ENV will be the leader of WG 2.D. It will be assisted by a European Steering Team involving the following bodies: COM / JRC, COM / EUROSTAT, EEA • Participants In addition the Steering Team, all Member States, other countries in the CIS, stakeholders and NGOs can nominate experts to this group through their representative in the Strategic Coordination Group. • Links with other activities The WG has to take into account the ongoing activities on the revision of the “Reporting Directive” (91/692/EEC) as well as under the INSPIRE initiative. • Type and intensity of work In its work, the WG will be supported by topic drafting teams responsible for preparing working documents and preliminary guidelines to be discussed and agreed. The WG and the topic drafting teams will have to deal with a wide range of technical issues (data exchange procedures, geographical information systems, web based applications etc…). It will also need to maintain close interactions with other WGs to address the reporting aspects resulting from their work in an appropriate way. 43
WFD Common Implementation Strategy – Progress and Work Programme 2003/2004 ___________________________________________________________________________________ WG 2.D – Reporting Activity sheet 1 – Guidance for reporting under the WFD i. Objectives The objective of the guidance activity is to identify the information and the data that must be communicated to the Commission in order for the Member States to fulfil their legal obligations under the WFD. The ways of a harmonised and systematic communication between the member states and the Commission will also need to be worked out. The reported data and information will enable the Commission to establish whether member States are in compliance with the WFD. The principles put forward in the document “Reporting for Water – Concept Report” should be followed by the DG. Guidelines will be developed to ensure that the information and data are comparable, plausible, and consistent and that cross-checking can be carried out (for example when two member States report on a common River Basin). They should also promote a harmonised level of implementation, by ensuring that common procedures are followed where appropriate e.g. on intercalibration and other methodologies. The result of the work of other WG has to be carefully taken into consideration to guarantee coherence and avoid duplication. The existing national or international information systems or reporting mechanisms will be taken into consideration for developing the guidelines. ii. Tasks and expected outcomes A stepwise approach (in terms of tasks and time) will be followed for the work: a. Identification of information / data to be reported as well as their type (numerical, textual, maps); b. Definition of the level of aggregation / details; c. Establishment of technical formats. Options will be examined for the 2004 reporting mechanisms. Guidance will be established, to be put before the Article 21 Committee (in the form of a draft decision). The 2004 reporting covers: competent authorities and the geographical coverage of River Basin Districts. Guidance will further be developed on the reporting modalities for 2005/2006, to be put before the Article 21 Committee for discussion during 2004. This reporting covers: a. River basin characteristics, the impact of human activity on the status of surface water and groundwater and an economic analysis of water use - Article 5 and Annexes II and III of the WFD; b. Monitoring programmes - Article 8 of the WFD; c. River basin management plans - Article 13 of the WFD; d. Progress on the implementation of programmes of measures – Article 15 of WFD. For each of these reporting requirements, the concept of an electronically based reporting system will be elaborated along the principles enunciated in the document ‘Common Vision for Future Reporting Structure’. Particular attention will be given to the 44
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