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Directive 2000/60/EC establishing a framework for Community action in the field of water policy | Water Framework Directive | WFD [Abbr.]

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framework for a Community action in the field of water policy

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Water Policy: Toward the Year 2020

(5) In respect of Directive 2000/60/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2000 establishing a framework for Community action in the field of water policy , the proper implementation of that Directive as regards river basin management plans requires that France adopt and implement management plans containing technical and administrative measures to achieve good water status for, and to prevent the deterioration of all bodies of surface waters.

BONUS is of considerable relevance to a number of Union policies and directives including the Union Strategy for the Baltic Sea Region; the Common Fisheries Policy; the Common Agricultural Policy, Directive 2000/60/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2000 establishing a framework for Community action in the field of water policy (5); Directive 2008/56/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 June 2008 establishing a framework for Community action in the field of marine environmental policy (Marine Strategy Framework Directive) (6), as well as international commitments of the Union such as the H ...[+++]ELCOM Baltic Sea Action Plan.

The objectives of the EU with regard to water policy are laid down in Directive 2000/60/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2000 establishing a framework for Community action in the field of water policy (2), which will start to reach full implementation in the period 2010-2012.

Key action on water management includes continued implementation of the Water Framework Directive and the Community policy on water scarcity and droughts [49]. The objective of the Directive, achieving good environmental status of all waters by 2015, poses an important challenge as the majority of water bodies in the EU have been identified as at risk of failing to meet the objectives of the directive if no action is taken.