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Priority substances

Priority substances. Water Directors meeting Paris 24-25 November 2008 Jorge Rodriguez Romero European Commission, DG Environment Unit D.2 – Water and Marine, WFD Team Coordinator. Environmental Quality Standards Directive. Timetable of EQS Directive.

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Priority substances

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  1. Priority substances Water Directors meeting Paris 24-25 November 2008 Jorge Rodriguez Romero European Commission, DG Environment Unit D.2 – Water and Marine, WFD Team Coordinator

  2. Environmental Quality Standards Directive Timetable ofEQS Directive

  3. Art 3: sets the Environmental Quality Standards for Priority Substances MS may designate mixing zones adjacent to points of discharge technical guidelines to be adopted by comitology MS should establish an inventory of emissions, discharges and losses of Priority Substances 2018: COM should verify the reduction or cessation objectives Technical guidelines for the establishment of the inventory to be adopted by comitology Art 8: COM should consider inter alia the 13 substances in Annex III of the EQS Directive for possible identification as PS and PHS COM should report in 24 months accompanying if relevant with proposals to identify new PS as PHS, or to identify certain PS as PHS or to set corresponding EQS for surface water, sediment or biota Environmental quality standards (Art. 3)

  4. Work programmefor the review of the PS

  5. Monitoring database • 24 Member States & CH and NO (BG, EL and MT missing) 5.068.940 analysis, 937 substances • new data collection is still needed, in particular for: • the Member States who did not provide data or report small datasets • sediment and biota • transitional and coastal waters • 13 substances that are in the Annex III of the new Directive • 15 January 2009: data submission using the available data end-user tool

  6. To elaborate the technical guidelines as requested in Article 4(4) EQS Directive Drafting Group: co-chaired by the UK, NL and COM Other participants (DE, HU, EUROELECTRIC, CEFIC, CONCAWE, EUREAU and ESPO + BE - to test the guidance) early 2009: 1stdraft guidance Testing phase 2nd trimester 2009 Finalisation autumn 2009, adoption by WFD Committee early 2010 Water Directors are invited to endorse the draft mandate and the proposed approach of the drafting group Draft Mandate for a mixing zones guideline

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