European Water Framework Directive--How a River Basin Agency Got Involved in a Common Implementation of a Recent Water Framework Directive
The European Water Framework Directive applies to all the 27 States of the Union. The objective set therein is to achieve good status for all the water bodies by 2015; in situations where this goal cannot be reached by 2015, extensions to the deadline may be granted provided they are justified. The transposal of this Directive in France has been launched with a strong involvement on the part of River Basin Agencies. These are in actual fact the kingpins in the implementation of the various stages which were put forward by the Directive to achieve the agreed goal: issue of a state of play, definition of important issues, selection of remedial actions, economical assessment of the feasibility of such measures, public consultations, planning of actions ... reporting. The Rhone-Mediterranean and Corsica River Basin Agency is widely involved in this work. This presentation summarizes some of the key points of this major project. It stresses the impact of such work on the Water Development and Management Master Plan which is in effect at the time. The new Intervention Program (2007~2012) run by the Rhone River Basin Agency is also highly dependent on these directions: as a result, the approach followed is now based on targets and results to be attained, rather than in terms of equipment to be installed. Whereas the River Basin Agency used to depend mainly on a standard list of equipment for which funding was provided, it now sets itself the task of checking that the funding which is the subject of the aid is likely to efficiently contribute to the planned environmental benefit. If not, funding can be unavailable. In this approach, financial aid can vary widely depending on the areas: a given equipment may be inefficient here (which means it is no longer subsidized), while it is highly effective elsewhere (which leads to maximum rate for aid). In short, financial interventions can now be bound to a particular area and conditioned by the targeted goals.
European Water Framework Directive (EWFD) transposal French Water Agencies selective aid water funding
Jacky COTTET
President of Rhone River Basin Agency France (also President of Euro RIOB network)
国际会议
山东东营
英文
32-37
2007-10-16（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）