Preliminary List of Participants

COMMITTEE ON THE ENVIRONMENT, PUBLIC HEALTH AND FOOD SAFETY THE SECRETARIAT

Brussels, 16 November 2007

SUMMARY NOTE ENVI COMMITTEE DELEGATION TO FRANCE, 4-5 OCTOBER 2007

1. Introduction: composition and objectives of the delegation

The main objective of the delegation was to study the state of implementation of EU Environmental legislation in France.

The delegation consisted of five members: Mr Philip Bushill-Matthews (EPP-ED, UK), Mr Boguslav Sonik (EPP-ED, Poland), Mr Ioannis Gklavakis (EPP-ED, Grece), Mrs Anne Ferreira (PES, France) and Mrs Hiltrud Breyer (V/ALE). On the first day the delegation was chaired by Mrs Ferreira and Mr Bushill-Matthews and on the second by Mr Bushill-Matthews and Mr Sonik. The delegation was accompanied by Mrs Conceição Gonçalves and Mr Siegfried Breier (Environment Committee secretariat), as well as by Mrs Amarilly Gersony (EPP-ED group staff), Mrs Tamara Miczki (ALDE group staff), Mr Axel Singhofen (V/ALE group staff), Mrs Laureen Knott (Assistant to Mr Bushill-Matthews) and the interpreters (see Annex I - list of participants).

2. Preparatory meeting with the European Commission

Before departure the delegation was briefed by Mr Julio García Burgués and Mr Marc Clément, DG Environment, about the situation in France with regard to the implementation of EU environmental legislation. France is ranking 3rd in number of complaints received in environmental domain, after ES and IT. At the beginning of September France had 51 cases opened of which 31 have reached the stage of "infringement", distributed as follows: 5 cases of non-communication of legislation, 9 of non-conformity and 27 of bad application (6 waste, 9 water, 16 nature and impact, 4 air/climate change, 1 GMOs and 1 chemicals). Some difficult cases (dates of hunting, designation of sites for Birds and Habitats Directives) have been recently closed with satisfactory results (see Annex II - briefing note).

- 1 - 3. Programme: meetings and visits

The delegation met the French State Secretary for the Environment and some environmental NGOs and visited 4 sites : INERIS, Bruitparif, L'Oréal and the Waste water treatment plant of Achères. The meeting at the French Assemblée nationale was cancelled at short notice (see Annex III - programme).

Visit to INERIS

INERIS is a public industrial and commercial establishment, created in 1990 to carry out studies and research on the prevention of risks caused by economic activities to human health and safety and to the environment. The delegation was welcomed by Mr Laflèche, Deputy Managing Director, who gave a general overview on the work of INERIS. Mr Hubert and Mr Macé, scientific directors, made presentations on "The environmental impacts of chemical substances and related agents" and on "The EU virtual Institute for Integrated Risk Management".

An important share of the activities of INERIS is centred on research, but also on the evaluation of risks, in order to enable decision-makers in the public and private sector to take appropriate measures on environmental safety. INERIS is also active in the area of certification of specific equipments and products, setting standards at national and international levels, and consultancy and training (transfer of scientific knowledge, provision of databases, publications, etc). In addition, INERIS is involved in European and international partnerships for research directly applied to business. The EU-VRi is a European organization which provides the highest quality of professional service, consulting, information and education needed in the area of modern integrated risk management and management of emerging risks (EU-VRi, www.eu-vri.eu).

A debate took place at the end of each presentation. The members of the delegation were mainly interested in INERIS' recent works on biocides, REACH, GPL cars, CFC replacing products, etc. They discussed research on nanotechnology and nanoparticles and the progress made on allergic tests. Cancer tests are being developed but reproductive tests will need more than 10 years to produce results, according to the expectations of the scientists in INERIS.

Visit to Bruitparif

The purpose of the visit to Bruitparif was to discuss the implementation of the Noise Directive (Directive 2000/49/EC on the evaluation and management of noise in the environment) in the Ile de France Region. Bruitparif is a citizens' action group with the mission of assessing the exposure of the inhabitants to all kinds of noise (cars, trains, airplanes, neighbourhood, etc.), providing authorities and the public with collected information and developing a decision- support-system for local authorities.

The Directive is transposed into national French law but Bruitparif pointed out some major difficulties: the Paris agglomeration (i.e. the Ile de France Region) is made of 396 districts and, for the application of the Directive, 238 local/regional authorities are involved. Therefore, the status of implementation of the Directive differs considerably. Several local authorities are running studies to comply with the obligations and others are already planning concrete implementation projects. The Noise Directive imposes the presentation of the noise maps by the end of July 2007.

- 2 - The Ile de France Region (?) published recently a study on "Noise and Health" in the Region and alerted the responsible Minister of remaining problems regarding the implementation of the Directive.

The delegation was welcomed by Mr Marotte, President of Bruitparif, and Mrs Mietlicki, Director of Bruitparif. Answering to questions of the delegation it appears that one of the major concerns of the population is air traffic noise, not only related to the three big Paris airports but also to small regional airports emerging in rural areas. The delegation was able to observe (to listen to) the noise "en direct" from the streets of Paris, the machinery used and how the data is stocked and processed.

Visit to L'Oréal

The delegation was welcomed by Mr. Jean Michel Kennes, Head of L'Oréal Brussels Office, and Mr Bruno Bernard, Group Head for "Care, Colour and Hair Quality". Members were informed about the L'Oréal Group and some programmes launched by L'Oréal, such as "For Women in Science", and "Hairdressers of the World against AIDS", launched in partnership with UNESCO.

The delegation visited two laboratories accompanied by Mr Bruno Bernard and Mrs Marcelle Regnier, Scientific Adviser - Pioneer of Skin culture. In one of the laboratories research is focussed on skin, rebuilding and reconstructing, combating photo-ageing (due to UV exposure) and chronological ageing. In the other laboratory research is concentrated on hair and stem cells deriving from the hair follicle. The experiments are conducted for different kinds of skin or hair, like Asiatic or African. L'Oréal applies validated and accepted alternative methods to animal testing in research and product development (L'Oréal stopped animal testing on final products in 1989).

M. Pierre Simoncelli, Director Sustainable Development, presented the commitments of L'Oréal to sustainable growth, to promote employee development and to reduce environmental impact. M. Hervé Toutain, Senior Director Worldwide Safety Evaluation and Regulatory Affairs, conducted the discussion on the planned revision of the Cosmetics Directive (Directive 76/768/EEC). L'Oréal contributed to the public consultation launched by the Commission in January 2007. It supported the idea that the introduction of a single Regulation would solve discrepancies in the EU and give reasonable delays for products compliance; two distinct annexes would cover the regulatory needs (one restrictive and one negative list) and the evaluation of the safety of a product should be under the responsibility of the industry following EU general guidelines. It showed its preferences for an EU system of notifications and post- marketing surveillance. The testing and marketing bans of the current Directive have not been discussed. The COM does not intend to change the animal testing regime under the Cosmetics Directive.

Questions were raised about toxicity of substances on the neurological system, the use of natural substances (plants) and the obligation of labelling. L'Oréal suggested to organise a further meeting in Brussels on nanotechnology since this issue was considered to be of high practical relevance in the cosmetic sector.

- 3 - Meeting with NGOs

The delegation met with environmental NGOs to discuss the state of play regarding implementation of environmental law in France. Mr Benoist Busson, France Nature Environnement, welcomed the opportunity to meet MEPs and to express concerns of NGOs about the implementation of EU environmental legislation.

Mr Busson compared the legal requirements in European and French law and highlighted difficulties in the application of International Treaties in which Member States but not the Community are involved as parties. NGOs contested transposition and application of horizontal Directives, such as SEA (the Strategic Environmental Assessment Directive 2001/42/EC), for lack of public consultation, and IPPC (Directive 91/61/EC), for applying too high thresholds, or the Habitats Directive (92/43/EEC), for not enough classified sites. France was condemned by the European Court for non-compliance with the Birds Directive (79/409/EEC) on the dates for birds hunting.

The delegation discussed also the application of GMO-related law, since France was condemned for non compliance with the Directive 2001/18/EC. French NGOs regretted the absence of EU legislation on co-existence and the lack of protection for bio producers. They stressed that the National debate in the framework of the so-called" Grenelle de l'environnement" has raised expectations in relation to the announcement of an independent High Authority for GM conflicts.

On biodiversity, the NGOs considered that better protection should be granted to the Ultra peripheral French regions as they represent one of the biggest reservoirs on European biodiversity. On water treatment and the implementation of the Water Framework Directive (2000/60/EC), the NGOs showed their interest on the programmed visit of the delegation to the Achères site and the progress on the implementation of the 3rd phase. The NGOs are following with close interest the preparation of the future EU directives on Soil and Plant Protection as well as Pesticides.

The following representatives from NGOs attended the meeting: Mrs Juliette Leroux, FNAB (Fédération Nationale de l'Agriculture Biologique des régions de France), Mrs Anne Furet, Inf'OGM, Mrs Marie-Cécile Jean, MDRGF (Mouvement pour le Droit et le Respect des Générations Futures), and Mrs Alison Duncan, Ligue pour la Protection des Oiseaux, partner of Bird Life international.

Meeting with Mrs Nathalie Kosciusko-Morizet, French State Secretary for the Environment

The State Secretary gave an overview on the environmental policy of the new French government. The main initiative is the so-called "Le Grenelle de l'environnement", which aims at National commitments for future environmental policy in France. The Grenelle is in the process of finalizing its first phase. The basis for future environmental policy will be settled after a general participation of civil society, public institutions and NGOs in the Grenelle- process, at regional and local level.

France had a systematic delay on transposing EU environmental Directives but recovered a lot

- 4 - from 2004 (from 23 Directives missing the deadlines to 9). The French system being not centralised at National level but dispersed at regional and local level, required taking strong measures to improve the state of transposition and the delays should be reabsorbed by the end of this year. One of the Directives falling under this situation is the Directive on urban waste water and the Regional Agencies will suffer penalties if they do not comply within the given deadlines.

The State Secretary pointed out that a certain lack of flexibility in legislation might create additional problems in implementation of EU-law. Lead poisoning in France, for example, is mainly caused by paintings instead of old plumbing but the legislation does not recognise it. She stressed that misunderstandings in local communities about the prioritisation of measures to be applied can also lead to difficulties in implementation of EU-legislation.

The State Secretary stressed the importance of prevention in areas like waste and the need of a system of fiscal incentives, namely on packaging, which could finance eco-conception. France is strongly investing on the research on bio-plastics. In view of the implementation of the Noise Directive, the State Secretary pointed out that France would almost fully comply within the deadlines for agglomerations over 250 000 inhabitants, although some difficult issues should be tackled as priorities, such as night flights or school cantines. When speaking about biofuels and CO2 release, she recognised that the "Grenelle de l'environnement" had not made much progress over it but she was in favour of decoupling petrol and foodstuffs.

Finally, the State Secretary emphasised that France is looking forward to the EU Council Presidency in the second half of 2008 and a fruitful, close cooperation with the European Parliament.

Visit to the wastewater treatment plant of Seine Aval

Located in the North of Paris (Maisons-Laffitte, Achères) but downstream the Seine, the plant, built in 1940, provides wastewater treatment for the Region of Ile de France. It is one of the five water treatment plants from SIAAP (Syndicat interdépartemental pour l'assainissement de l'agglomération parisienne). In the beginning only carbon pollutants were treated. But with an increasing environmental demand, strictly regulated at EU level, the site had to adapt to technical and scientific progress. It began to remove phosphates pollutants in 2000, and it is now moving to the removal of nitrogen pollutants. This third phase should be operational by 80% in 2007. The site has a treatment capacity of 2 100 000 m3/day.

On its way to Achères, the delegation had a brief presentation of the water policy in France and in particular, in relation to the site to be visited. On arrival the delegation started the visit at the industrial site on a bus tour; the site occupies a huge area of 350 hectares and pays particular attention to the rehabilitation of the Seine's river banks and its fauna and flora. The participants could observe the basins and the buildings where the primary and secondary treatments. They could also observe the circuit for the sludge treatments and recovery for agricultural use as well as the third phase of waste water treatment where the clarifloculation for phosphates pollutants takes place.

The actual cornerstone of the Seine Aval plant is the nitrogen pollution treatment unit. It is the last stage in the wastewater treatment chain before the water is discharged into the Seine. The treatment is carried out in two stages: nitrification (the feeding of oxygen to micro-organisms to provoke the transformation of the ammonia nitrogen into nitrates) followed by denitrification

- 5 - (depriving micro-organisms of oxygen to make them transform the nitrates - produced in the first stage - into gaseous nitrogen).

During the debate some questions were raised on the types of contamination of upstream waters, like PCBs, radioactivity, medicines and zinc (in particular during storms). The delegation was also interested to know how the waste water treatment plants could cope with the reinforcement of environmental quality standards in the field of water policy (Laperrouze report amending the Water Framework Directive) and the identification of new possible "priority substances" or "priority hazardous substances ".

The Directive 91/271/EEC requires identification of sensitive areas by the end of 1993 and installation of tertiary treatment in agglomerations discharging to these by the end of 1998. In number (currently 41) and compliance costs involved (many billions of euros), waste water cases represent the most important infringement category in the water sector and one of the most important in environment policy. 4 infringement cases are open in the case of France (including the Seine river basin). In one case, the COM issued a letter of Formal Notice for non- compliance with a Court judgement of 19 December 2005.

Annex I - list of participants Annex II - briefing note Annex III - programme

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ANNEX I

ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE DELEGATION TO

FRANCE, 3-5 OCTOBER 2007

List of participants

Members of the European Parliament:

Ioannis GKLAVAKIS EPP-ED (EL)

Philip BUSHILL-MATTHEWS EPP-ED (EN)

Boguslaw SONIK EPP-ED (PL)

Anne FERREIRA PSE (FR)

Hiltrud BREYER GREENS/EFA (DE)

European Parliament Staff: Siegfried BREIER (Environment Committee secretariat) Conceição GONÇALVES (Environment Committee secretariat)

Political Groups Staff: Amarylli GERSONY (Advisor, EPP-EDGroup) Tamara MICZKI (Advisor, ALDE Group) Axel SINGHOFEN (Advisor, GREENS/EFA Group)

Interpreters: J. PEDUSSAUD K. TWIDLE N. JAMIESON M. ROUSSOU-ATZITI D. TZAMTZIS

Assistants to Members: Lauren KNOTT (Assistant to Mr Bushill-Matthews) - 7 - ANNEX II

BRIEFING NOTE FROM THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION (DG ENV)

INFRINGEMENTS CASES FRANCE

Objective

In view of the planned mission of EP ENVI Committee Members to France from 3 - 5 October 2007, DG ENV is a briefing and overview on implementation of environmental Community law in France as regard:

(1) General overview (2) Article 228 cases for France (implementation of a Court ruling). (3) Implementation of Urban Waste Water Directive (visit of Paris Waste Water Treatment Plant).

(1) General overview

Scene setter

The Commission as guardian of the Treaties has to ensure that EU legislation, as adopted by Council and Parliament is fully and correctly implemented and enforced in all EU Member States (article 211 of the Treaty).

European environmental legislation which represents more than 200 legislative acts is a very substantial part of the EU legislation with direct and concrete consequences on many aspects of citizens' life. It is therefore of highest importance to ensure proper implementation of this legislation.

Key points

 France has currently 51 cases opened and 28 of these have reached the stage of “infringement” (beginning of September). The number of complaints from citizens, NGOs and local authorities is high (due partly to the size of the Country, France is ranking 3rd in number of complaints received in environmental domain after ES and IT).  Some of the “old cases” have been concluded with satisfactory results: the Natura2000 designation case (lack of designation of sites for Birds and Habitats Directive) has be closed in March 2007 with substantial designation of sites by France. The case related to hunting has been closed in 2006 with compliance of France as far as hunting dates are concerned.

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Scene setter 5 cases are at the stage of the article 228 procedure i.e. a Court Judgement has been delivered and the execution of the Court Judgement is at stake with a potential 2nd referral to the Court if failure to comply with the judgement.

Key points

 2 cases (Etang de Berre and Nitrate Bretagne) have lead to adoption by France of a set of measures ensuring conformity with the Court case. The Commission follows closely the implementation of these measures and the consequences of the measures on restoration of environment (water quality for Nitrates, ecological status of Etang de Berre).  The Commission has referred to the Court the case concerning absence of transposition by France of directive 2001/18/EC about GMOs in February 2007. In March 2007, France has adopted 3 decrees which, from France’s point of view, cover the transposition issue. However, France faces penalties since from 1 January 2007, the Commission has decided not to withdraw cases in the Court in the case of 2nd application.  A case concerns illegal landfills in France. The Court ruling has been delivered by the end of March 2007. The Commission follows closely the implementation of the Court case (meetings with French authorities, reports requested from France).  The last 228 case is the case concerning urban waste treatment in sensitive areas (see below).

(3) Urban Waste Water cases

Scene setter

The Directive (91/271/EEC) requires identification of sensitive areas by the end of 1993 and installation of tertiary treatment in agglomerations discharging to these by the end of 1998; provision of secondary treatment in larger agglomerations discharging to "normal" areas by the end of 2000; and provision of secondary treatment in smaller agglomerations by the end of 2005. New Member States enjoy staggered deadlines.

In number (currently 41) and compliance costs involved (many billions of euros), waste water cases represent the most important infringement-category in the water sector and one of the most important in environment policy overall.

Key points

 4 cases are open in the case of France. The Paris area case falls under the scope of the “sensitive area” case (ruling of the Court on 23 September 2004) where a tertiary treatment (N+P) is needed. This case covers 121 agglomerations in France.  France has designated the “sensitive areas” in 2005 and 2006. For the Seine river basin, designation dated 23 December 2005. As a consequence of this designation treatment of sewage plants discharging in the Seine river are required to be upgraded (tertiary treatment). This is in particular the case for Paris area.

- 9 -  The Commission issued a Letter of Formal Notice for non-compliance with the Court Judgement on 19 December 2005. The next step should be the issuing of Reasoned Opinions for France and all other Member States concerned (7 Cases in total) indicating a time-frame for compliance compatible with the requirements of the Directive.  The case has been identified by Senator Fabienne Keller (for French Senate) in her report on implementation of EC environmental legislation as one of the major cases to follow given the level of investments and the role of local governments in ensuring compliance with the Directive.

Contact point: Marc Clément (A2,  64045)

Date: 19 September 2007

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Member State FRANCE Environmental Policy-development and legislation: Ministry for Ecology and Sustainable Development. This is Administration and responsible for formulating environmental policy and for drafting legislation. Minister Implementation: The Ministry for Ecology and Sustainable Development is also responsible for implementing environmental policies, with the collaboration of regional and departmental authorities (Préfets, DIREN, DRIRE) at the decentralized level. It should be noted that the Ministry for Ecology does not have its own enforcement body at the departmental level. This is a small Ministry compared with others such as the Ministry for Infrastructure, Agriculture or Industry. The Ministry for Ecology depends on these other Ministries for carrying out control inspections at the local departmental level. Minister: Jean-Louis Borloo Overall state of the Water: Water resources are rich but agriculture is the main water-consuming sector and contributes environment only 1% to the global taxes on water use. Nutrient pollution by agriculture is a serious concern, especially in Brittany. Insufficient designation of sensitive areas and treatment of numerous agglomerations cause inter alia high pollution of the North Sea by nitrates. Nature: France hosts 4 bio-geographic regions (Atlantic, Continental, Mediterranean and Alpine). About 10 % of France is designated under EU nature legislation. Nature resources are still important but at risks as subjected to important pressures. Overall number of Infringements: 31 cases Complaints: 15 6/09/07 : 51 Own-initiative: 5 (infringements, complaints and own- initiatives) Non-communication 5 cases: 1 ECJ judgement case (228 case concerning GMO's. The referral to the Court has been done of legislation (2nd time) requesting penalties + non-communications for directive 2004/107/EC air quality directive, Liability Directive 2004/35/EC and 2006/102/EC 2006/105/EC adaptation after Romania and Bulgaria accession. Non-conformity of 9 cases: The main non-conformity problems identified to date cover the EIA procedure, landfill legislation directive, the habitats directive, the species protection regime and surface water for drinking parameters end-of-life-vehicles and water framework directives. Conformity-checks currently being undertaken for other directives may disclose some general problems. Bad application of Waste: 6 cases. Important implementation gaps remain, including key priority obligations, such as a legislation high number of illegal landfills. A major Commission case on illegal landfills has be brought before the ECJ during 2005. A high number of complaints concern waste management operations. Water: 9 cases. Nutrient pollution by agriculture is a serious concern, especially in Brittany (the area of greatest concentration of pig production) This has seriously affected drinking water sources, leading to several Commission infringement procedures, including an ECJ ruling in 2001 and a subsequent “228” procedure. Urban waste water treatment deficits are significant. They include the lack of appropriate treatment of wastewater in numerous agglomerations (including Paris), and the failure to transmit information on monitoring data. Nature and Impact: 16 cases. Major efforts for nature designations (Special Protection Areas for wild birds and proposed Sites of Community Importance for habitats) have been made by France in 2006. Issues related to non-conformity of legislation remain. A substantial number of cases refers to local projects. Air/Climate change: 4 cases. Infringements usually concern the bad application of secondary obligations of EC legislation (i.e. reporting obligations). GMOs: 1 case. These cases concern authorisations of GMOs delivered by Agriculture Ministry. Chemicals: 1 case; Horizontal case for non-conformity with Seveso II directive Pressure of High. In terms of complaints France ranks 3th of the EU25. 5 cases at 228 stage. complaints and European Parliament Key Messages  Efforts should be made to achieve timely and correct transposition of EC environmental legislation into French law.  Need to encourage France to establish good horizontal co-ordination between the Ministries and local authorities.

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ANNEX III

ENVI COMMITTEE DELEGATION TO

FRANCE 3-5 October 2007

Programme

Wednesday, 3 October 2007

Travel to Paris Arrival at Hotel Mercure Paris Wagram Arc de Triomphe 3 Rue Brey, 75017 Paris Tel. (+33)1/56680001, Fax: (+33)1/56680002

Thursday, 4 October 2007

7.45 Departure from the hotel to the "Institut National de l'Environnement Industriel et des Risques" (INERIS)

8.30 - 10.00 Presentation of INERIS 60/62, rue d'Hauteville, PARIS 75010 - Presentation of INERIS by Mr Vincent Lafleche, Directeur Général Adjoint d'INERIS - Discussion

10.00 Departure to "Bruitparif"

10.45 - 12.00 Visit of "Bruitparif" in Paris 25, rue coquillière, 75001 Paris - Presentation by Mrs Fanny Mietlicki, Directrice de Bruitparif, and Mr Pascal Marotte, President of Bruitparif and Conseiller Régional (groupe politique: les verts) - 12 - 12.00 Departure to L'Oréal (Clichy)

13.15 Lunch at L'Oréal Centre Eugène Schuelle(Headquarters), 41, rue Martre, 92117 Clichy

14.30 Transfer to the L' Oréal Research and Development Facility Centre de Recherche Charles Zviak, 90, rue du Général Roguet, 92110 Clichy

14.45 Presentation of L'Oréal's R&D activities Mr Bruno Bernard, Group Head for "Care, Colour and Hair Quality"

15.05 Group 1 visit of capillary laboratories Mr Bruno Bernard

Group 2 visit of skin culture laboratories Mrs Marcelle Regnier, Scientific Adviser - Pioneer of Skin Culture

15.25 Group 2 visit of capillary laboratories Mr Bruno Bernard

Group 1 visit of skin culture laboratories Mrs Marcelle Regnier

15.45 L'Oréals Sustainable Development Activities Mr Pierre Simoncelli, Director Sustainable Development

16.25 Cosmetics Directive Mr Hervé Toutain, Senior Director Worldwide Safety Evaluation and Regulatory Affairs

17.00 Transfer to EP Office (Paris)

18.30 Meeting with environmental NGOs at EP Office (Paris) 288, Blvd. St Germain, 75007 Paris - Introduction on implementation of environmental Community law in France, France Nature Environnement - Discussion appr. 19.30 End of the official programme (1st day)

- 13 - Friday, 5 October 2007

(Check-out from the hotel) Mercure Paris Wagram Arc de Triomphe 3 Rue Brey, 75017 Paris Tel. (+33)1/56680001, Fax: (+33)1/56680002

7.45 Departure to the French Ministry for Environment

8.30 Meeting with French State Secretary for Environment, Mrs Nathalie Kosciusko-Morizet 20, Avenue de Ségur, 75007 Paris, 5th Floor (Minister Suite)

9.30 Departure to Waste Water Treatment Plant (Achères)

10.30- 11.45 Site Visit of Waste Water Treatment Plant (Achères)

11.45 Departure to Paris

12.30 End of Programme

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