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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 ...

Cette étude, commandée par le département thématique des droits des citoyens et des affaires constitutionnelles pour la commission des pétitions, donne un aperçu du cadre juridique et environnemental dans lequel a lieu la mesure des émissions d’azote dans l’eau au sein de l’Union, et de la manière dont la Commission européenne s’assure que les systèmes de surveillance et leurs résultats sont comparables dans l’ensemble de l’Union.

Vitale pour l'homme, les animaux et les plantes, l'eau est une ressource indispensable à l'économie. Sa protection et sa gestion dépassent les frontières nationales. La législation de l'Union européenne dans le domaine de l'eau a été transformée par l'adoption, en 2000, de la directive-cadre sur l'eau (DCE) qui a introduit une approche globale pour la gestion et la protection des eaux de surface et des eaux souterraines à l'échelle des bassins hydrographiques. La DCE est complétée par des accords ...

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.