WFD Navigation Task Group
participation in CIS activities
The WFD is being
implemented in a series of stages.
Whilst Member States are ultimately responsible for implementing the WFD
and ensuring that water bodies achieve good status by 2015, it is a ‘framework’
Directive. As such, there was
necessarily a great deal of work to be completed to ensure consistent
interpretation of some of its provisions and to help address the sometimes significant
technical challenges it raises in a coordinated way. This work is being led by the European
Commission through the WFD ‘Common
Implementation Strategy’ (CIS) process.
The WFD Navigation Task
Group has coordinated the sector’s participation in the CIS process, including
preparing discussion documents and responses to various consultations. Navigation representation on the Strategic
Coordination Group and various CIS Working or Drafting Groups is summarised on
the following table:
|
WFD Common Implementation
Strategy: Group or Activity |
Navigation sector
representative(s). To contact a
particular representative, please enquire at wfd@pianc.info |
|
Strategic Coordination
Group |
Jan Brooke for ESPO Axel Netzband for CEDA Albert Willemsen, for EURMIG CCNR is also represented
(by Gernot Pauli) |
|
Hydromorphology Strategic Steering Group (see publications) |
Jan Brooke for PIANC and the WFD Navigation Task Group Jörg Rusche/Resi Hacksteiner for EBU CCNR is also represented
(by Gernot Pauli) |
|
CIS Environmental
Objectives Drafting Group including the following publications: -
WFD environmental objectives paper -
Policy paper on Article 4(7) (new developments) -
Policy paper on Articles 4(4) to 4(6) (exemptions) -
Consolidated Article 4 guidance |
Jan Brooke for PIANC and the WFD Navigation Task Group |
|
CIS Priority Substances
Working Group E |
Albert Willemsen, for EURMIG SedNet is involved but with a wider remit than only
navigation |
|
CIS Chemical Monitoring
Activity |
Stephen Hull for ESPO SedNet also participates but with a wider remit than
only navigation |
|
CIS Climate Change
Working Group |
Karin de Schepper for INE Maja Fickert for PIANC Albert Willemsen for EURMIG Jörg Rusche for EBU (through INE) |
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