Meeting of Eu Water Directors

INFORMAL MEETING OF EU WATER DIRECTORS Salzburg, 1-2 June 2006

AGENDA (Version 22/05/2006)

Thursday 1 st June 2006

09:00 Welcoming remarks/adoption of agenda

PART 1: IMPLEMENTATION OF THE WFD

9:15 Item 1: State of transposition/implementation (Art. 3, Art. 5) (update from the Commission, compliance checking -way forward)

9:30 Item 2: Common Implementation Strategy

1. General progress (report from Commission providing overview on ongoing work – including Committee - and state of play of documents to be produced)

2. Review on Rules of Procedures for CIS (document for discussion and endorsement presented by Commission)

3. Intercalibration process (report of state-of-play by Commission)

4. Cost-Effectiveness Analysis (document for discussion and endorsement presented by France)

5. WFD and River basin management plans: (report by France and Germany on outcome of the Workshop held in Bonn 8/9 May)

6. Future activities under the CIS Work Programme 2007-2009 (document for discussion and endorsement presented by Commission)

12:00 - 13:00 Lunch Break

13:00 Item 3: Reporting, WISE and Shared Environmental Information Systems (report on state-of-play) a. Overview on recent developments (presentation by Commission) b. Progress on uniform water GIS dataset and CCM2 (presentation by Commission, JRC) c. Information on WISE public launch in March 2007 (presentation by EEA) 13:45 Item 4: Integration aspects

Item 4.1: WFD and Agriculture

1. Information: a. Conference in Vienna (March 2006) (presented by Austria)

b. Strategic Steering Group on “WFD and Agriculture” (UK – EC; state of play - information)

2. Feedback on national strategies and programmes under Rural and Regional Developments (presentation by Commission)

3. Documents foreseen for endorsement a. Cross-compliance and the WFD

b. Co-operation and participation at the interface of EU Agricultural and Water Policies

c. Incentive water pricing and cost recovery in the WFD: elements for linking EU Agricultural and Water Policies

Item 4.2 : WFD and Hydromorphology (report by D/UK/Commission providing overview on ongoing work and state of play of documents to be produced)

PART 2: IMPLEMENTATION OF OTHER WATER DIRECTIVES

15:00 Item 5: Implementation of other water Directives

a. Nitrates directive (report by Commission – M. Hamell; state of implementation)

b. Urban waste water directive (report by Commission on state of implementation and

c. Reporting requirements; presentation by a MS t.b.c. on reporting requirements)

d. Discussion

17:00 Close of First Day

Friday 2 June 2006

PART 3: COUNCIL BUSINESS

09:00 Item 6: Flood Risk management (Info Points)

a. Progress on Directive on Assessment and Management of flood risks (report by AT) b. Conference on Flood Management in Vienna (report by AT) c. European Flood action Programme (state of play of ongoing activities; report by Commission) d. European Flood Alert System and European River Discharge Database project (presentation by Commission-JRC)

Item 7: State of play on Directives (Info Points) a. Progress of Daughter Directive on groundwater (report by A) b. Progress of Daughter Directive on priority substances (report by Commission) c. Marine Strategy (report by AT on Directive + Commission on Thematic Strategy and draft Green Paper)

10:15 Item 8: Water scarcity

a. Document on water scarcity (report by France – foreseen for endorsement) b. Information by Commission on state of play of its Report prepared for Council c. Discussion

PART 4: EMERGING ISSUES

10:45 Item 9: Water related issues and Climate Change

a. Report by Commission on activities at European Level including research / policy workshop

b. Climate Change and Water – German Conference (report by DE)

11:30 Item 10: Other business - EU Water Initiative - Report by Commission including Ministerial Meeting in Alma - Informal Meeting of WFD Competent Authorities at the World Water Week in Stockholm

- World Water Forum Mexico (AT)

- Adoption of summary report

12:30 Closing remarks followed by Lunch