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As required by EU water legislation, and in line with the European Green Deal's zero pollution ambition, on 26 October 2022 the European Commission tabled a proposal to revise the lists of surface water and groundwater pollutants that need to be monitored and controlled for the purpose of protection of EU freshwater bodies, and the associated environmental quality standards. The proposal also seeks to remedy shortcomings identified in the current framework as regards chemical pollution in waters, ...

The impact assessment is informed by the findings of the European Commission's fitness check of the water directives, in line with the Better Regulation Guidelines' 'evaluate first' principle. The IA's strong points include a dynamic baseline that takes into account the likely changes to emissions, the current and proposed legislation, and external factors. The IA proposed a satisfactory range of options and was transparent in reporting the limitations of assessing the costs and benefits, which depend ...

This study, commissioned by the Policy Department for Citizens’ Rights and Constitutional Affairs for the Committee on Petitions (PETI) of the European Parliament, provides an overview of the legal and environmental context in which nitrogen emissions to water are measured in the EU, and how the European Commission makes sure that monitoring systems and their results are comparable throughout the EU. The study explores the development of nitrate concentrations in the EU in view of the European Green ...

Το νερό είναι απαραίτητο για τη ζωή του ανθρώπου, των ζώων και των φυτών, και απαραίτητος πόρος για την οικονομία. Η προστασία και η διαχείρισή του υπερβαίνουν τα εθνικά σύνορα. Η ενωσιακή νομοθεσία περί υδάτων αναμορφώθηκε με την έγκριση, το 2000, της οδηγίας πλαισίου για τα ύδατα (ΟΠΥ), η οποία εισήγαγε μια ολιστική προσέγγιση για τη διαχείριση και την προστασία των επιφανειακών και υπόγειων υδάτων με βάση τις λεκάνες απορροής ποταμού. Η ΟΠΥ συμπληρώνεται από διεθνείς συμφωνίες και διεθνή νομοθεσία ...

The Water Framework Directive, adopted in December 2000, set an ambitious target of achieving ‘good’ ecological status for all Europe’s rivers by 2015. Today however, 50% of European surface water is of poor ecological status and the chemical status of 40% is ‘unknown’. With better implementation of the legislation, and reaching the target of good ecological status for all European water bodies, the benefits would be at least €2.8 billion a year.

Within the current debate on unconventional gas and oil resources in Europe, the European Parliament organised a workshop to discuss the impacts of shale gas and shale oil extraction on the environment and on human health, ways of mitigating them and the appropriateness of the current EU legislative framework in the context of the future developments in this field.