Parliamentary question - O-000078/2020Parliamentary question
O-000078/2020

Implementation of the EU water legislation

Question for oral answer  O-000078/2020
to the Commission
Rule 136
Christophe Hansen, Sara Cerdas, Nicolae Ştefănuță, Marco Dreosto, Martin Häusling, Joanna Kopcińska, Malin Björk, Eleonora Evi
on behalf of the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety

Procedure : 2020/2613(RSP)
Document stages in plenary
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O-000078/2020
Texts tabled :
O-000078/2020 (B9-0502/2020)
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Parliament welcomes the Commission’s conclusion that the Water Framework Directive[1] (WFD) is fit for purpose, yet considers that its implementation needs to be improved and speeded up. Even though the WFD has been successful in setting up a governance framework for integrated water management for hundreds of thousands of bodies of water in the EU, in slowing down the deterioration of water status and in reducing chemical pollution, less than half of EU’s bodies of water are classified as being in good status in spite of the 2015 deadline. Moreover, only one out of the four freshwater indicators has shown progress over the last 10-15 years, and there have been a number of issues related to the implementation of the water legislation, largely due to the inadequate funding and insufficient integration of environmental objectives into sectoral policies. In this context, we would welcome answers from the Commission to the following questions:

Submitted: 07/12/2020

Lapses: 08/03/2021

Last updated: 8 December 2020
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