COMMON IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGY FOR THE WATER FRAMEWORK DIRECTIVE (2000/60/EC) PILOTPILOT RIVERRIVER BASINBASIN OUTCOMEOUTCOME REPORTREPORT Testing of the WFD Guidance Documents. 2005 EUR: 21518 EN This document has been jointly prepared by the Joint Research Centre and the Directorate General Environment of the European Commission based on the work carried out by participants in the exercise: • CECINA (IT) • NEISSE (CS, DE and PL) • SOMES/SZAMOS (HU and RO) • GUADIANA - Portuguese part- (PT) • ODENSE (DA) • SCHELDT (BE, FR, NL) • JUCAR (ES) • OULUJOKI (FI) • SHANNON (IE) • MARNE (FR) • PINIOS (EL) • SULDALSVASSDRAGET (NO) • MOSEL-SAAR (BE, FR, DE and LU) • RIBBLE (EN) • TEVERE (IT) Edited By: Lorenzo Galbiati, Josè Manuel Zaldivar, Francesca Somma, Faycal Bouraoui, Marta-Cristina Moren-Abat, Giovanni Bidoglio and Joachim D’Eugenio. 2005 EUR: 21518 EN Pilot River Basin Outcome Report 1 LEGAL NOTICE Neither the European Commission nor any person acting on behalf of the Commission is responsible for the use which might be made of the following information. A great deal of additional information on the European Union is available on the Internet. It can be accessed through the Europa server (http://europa.eu.int) Luxembourg: Office for Official Publication of the European Communities ISBN 92-894-8980-4 © European Communities, 2005 Reproduction is authorised provided the source is acknowledged Printed in Italy Pilot River Basin Outcome Report 3 INDEX INDEX: Structure of the document.. 7 Pilot River Basin Exercise general introduction. 8 Structure of the PRB exercise. 9 Main aims of the PRB testing exercise. 9 Context of the PRB testing: a rich diversity. 10 CHAPTER 1: Introducing Phase 1a. 13 CHAPTER 2: Outcome of the testing, Phase 1a. 13 2.1. How to deal with Guidance Documents. 13 2.2. Usefulness of Guidance Documents (in general and specific GDs).. 13 2.3. Transversal issues – coherence between Guidance Documents. 17 2.4.Practical Problems. 20 CHAPTER 3. Conclusion and recommendations, Phase 1a. 25 Conclusions. 25 Recommendations. 25 CHAPTER 4. Introduction, Phase 1b. Linking Phase 1a and Phase 1b. 27 4.1 Critical improvements/developments since Phase 1a by Guidance Document . 27 4.2 New perspectives/lessons learnt since Phase 1a. 28 CHAPTER 5. Outcome of the testing, Phase 1b. 31 5.1 Interlinkages between Guidance Documents. 31 5.2 Transversal issues – coherence between Guidance Documents.. 31 5.3 Other issues/other approaches (implementation). 36 CHAPTER 6. Conclusion and recommendations, Phase 1b. 39 Conclusions. 39 Recommendations. 39 ANNEX I: Case studies.. 41 Case studies Phase 1a.. 41 Odense. 43 Oulujoki. 46 Mosel-Saar. 47 Marne. 47 Neisse. 50 Shannon. 51 Jucar . 54 Suldal.. 56 Tevere. 58 Ribble. 60 Case studies Phase 1b.. 61 Tevere. 61 Suldal.. 65 Odense. 66 Shannon. ..