European Union Water Framework Directive

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European Union directive environmental law water policy framework

The European Union Water Framework Directive is a key EU environmental law that sets comprehensive standards and goals for protecting and improving the quality and ecological health of inland and coastal waters across member states.

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
EU Water Framework Directive	7
European Union Water Framework Directive canonical	2
Water Framework Directive	2
Directive 2000/60/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a framework for Community action in the field of water policy	1
EU Water Framework Directive river basin district	1
European Union water directives	1

Statements (55)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	European Union directive ⓘ environmental law ⓘ water policy framework ⓘ
adoptedBy	Council of the European Union ⓘ European Parliament ⓘ
aimsTo	protect coastal waters ⓘ protect groundwater ⓘ protect inland surface waters ⓘ protect transitional waters ⓘ
allows	deadline extensions under specific conditions ⓘ less stringent environmental objectives under strict criteria ⓘ
appliesTo	Member States of the European Union ⓘ surface form: EU Member States
bindingOn	Member States of the European Union ⓘ surface form: EU Member States
cameIntoForceOn	2000-12-22 ⓘ
coreObjective	achieve good chemical status of waters ⓘ achieve good ecological status of waters ⓘ enhance protection and improvement of the aquatic environment ⓘ mitigate the effects of floods and droughts ⓘ prevent further deterioration of aquatic ecosystems ⓘ promote sustainable water use ⓘ reduce pollution of groundwater ⓘ
dateAdopted	2000-10-23 ⓘ
defines	chemical status standards for priority substances ⓘ ecological status classification system ⓘ
environmentalObjective	no deterioration in the status of water bodies ⓘ protection of aquatic ecosystems and wetlands ⓘ
implementedThrough	national legislation of Member States ⓘ
introducesConcept	river basin management ⓘ
jurisdiction	European Union ⓘ
legalBasis	Article 175 of the Treaty establishing the European Community ⓘ
managementUnit	river basin district ⓘ
monitoredBy	European Commission ⓘ European Environment Agency ⓘ
officialName	European Union Water Framework Directive self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Directive 2000/60/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a framework for Community action in the field of water policy
policyArea	climate change adaptation ⓘ environmental protection ⓘ water management ⓘ
promotes	cost recovery for water services ⓘ integrated river basin management ⓘ use of economic instruments in water policy ⓘ
relatedTo	EU directives ⓘ surface form: EU Floods Directive EU marine strategy framework directive ⓘ surface form: EU Marine Strategy Framework Directive Nitrates Directive ⓘ Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive ⓘ
requires	classification of water bodies ⓘ economic analysis of water use ⓘ monitoring of water status ⓘ programmes of measures ⓘ public participation in water management planning ⓘ river basin management plans ⓘ
requiresReportingTo	European Commission ⓘ
setsDeadline	2015 for achieving good status of most waters ⓘ
shortName	European Union Water Framework Directive self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: EU Water Framework Directive WFD ⓘ
subjectOf	infringement procedures against non-compliant Member States ⓘ

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Subject: European Union Water Framework Directive
Description of subject: The European Union Water Framework Directive is a key EU environmental law that sets comprehensive standards and goals for protecting and improving the quality and ecological health of inland and coastal waters across member states.

Referenced by (14)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Seine River Basin → subjectTo → European Union Water Framework Directive ⓘ

Kierbesluit → relatedTo → European Union Water Framework Directive ⓘ

Hoogheemraadschap van Rijnland → follows → European Union Water Framework Directive ⓘ

this entity surface form: European Union water directives

EU marine strategy framework directive → relatedTo → European Union Water Framework Directive ⓘ

subject surface form: EU Marine Strategy Framework Directive

this entity surface form: Water Framework Directive

European Union Water Framework Directive → officialName → European Union Water Framework Directive self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Directive 2000/60/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a framework for Community action in the field of water policy

European Union Water Framework Directive → shortName → European Union Water Framework Directive self-linksurface differs ⓘ