Agenda Item 10 – SCG conclusions on New Work Programme and mandates 2005/2006

1. WFD Common Implementation Strategy Work Programme 2005/2006 Agenda Item 10 – SCG conclusions on New Work Programme and mandates 2005/2006

2. Item 10 – SCG conclusion General – main paper • Generally appreciated and going in the right direction • Several questions, in particular inter-relation between some groups • Written comments to authors of documents/mandates by 10 Nov • Revised versions of all documents to be submitted to WD by 18 Nov

3. Item 10 – SCG conclusion Issues with no drafted mandate • Priority Substances: consider keeping EAF, important that mandate includes all aspects of Art. 16 incl. measures • Flooding: establishment of EAF supported covering all aspects

4. Item 10 – SCG conclusion WG 2A mandate • Fully supported • Specific questions for clarifications on harmonisation and monitoring activity • Eutrophication activity already agreed, existing mandate will be incorporated in WP 2005/2006 of this group

5. Item 10 – SCG conclusion WG 2B mandate - general • Overall mandate for WG 2B supported but should be consistent with enclosed mandates of activities • clarity should be improved in particular as regards role of WG in relation to activities • Activities on CEA, key issues and research, PRB should be part of mandate • Inclusion/link to water scarcity and agriculture needs to be further discussed • Preparatory Group consisting of WGL, activity leaders and COM (ENV, JRC) should replace “Steering Group”

6. Item 10 – SCG conclusion WG 2B mandate – Key issues and RTD • Overall support • Lessons learnt from int. river basin will be considered

7. Item 10 – SCG conclusion WG 2B mandate – PRBs • New orientation of PRBs supported • “own initiative activities” needs to be clarified, quality control to be ensured

8. Item 10 – SCG conclusion WG 2B mandate – cost effectiveness • CEA is important to prepare the next steps for implementation of the WFD • Even if CEA is an economic concern it is absolutely necessary to have in the group one third of each category of following actors: technician, decision makers, economists • A adequate selection process to ensure the above is necessary, the revised mandate should include a first proposal • A link should be made with environmental objectives, role and contribution of the CEA activity to derogation discussion should be further worked out

9. Item 10 – SCG conclusion WG 2B mandate – cost effectiveness • The first task of the group is to find a common understanding of the concept of CEA, to define where and when CEA is necessary, to propose a level of ambition, to describe it in a practical way, and differentiating between basic and supplementary measures. • A first pre-selection of key issues will be proposed by the DG to the validation of the WG2B, the SCG and WD at the beginning of 2005 • Each key issue will be addressed in an Information sheet with a lot of examples to make sheet useful for RB practitioners

10. Item 10 – SCG conclusion WG 2C mandate • Products and terminology (e.g. of “sub-groups”) should be clarified • Aspects proposed for 2005 should be addressed in form of workshops and results should be summarised in joint report highlighting findings of these workshops • Mandate should be reviewed following the agreement on GWD, no work started on 2006 before review

11. Item 10 – SCG conclusion WG 2D mandate • Compliance checking DG should have following priorities; First priority, monitoring reporting to be finalised by end 2005 • Second priority, RBMP reporting for all aspects Annex VII to be finalised by mid 2007 • Overall, WG should focus on what should be in the summary report and what MS would provide on request • Activity sheets 2 needs to be thoroughly reviewed, DG should prepare new mandate for agreement of WD in June 2005

12. Item 10 – SCG conclusion WG 2D – GIS activity • Terminology should be clarified • Tasks of GIS steered by WG 2D and focus on implementation of spatial data questions for the WISE development • Further discussion on common datasets necessary, facilitation of data exchange

13. Item 10 – SCG conclusion Agriculture mandate • Activity widely supported • Need for involvement of AGRI community, presentation of Rural Director meeting • First results in 2005 should provide input in preparation of Rural Development Plans • Activity should cover all pressures from agriculture • Links to all CIS activities in particular 2B and eutro

14. Item 10 – SCG conclusion Chem. Monitoring mandate • General support, new activity in support of WGs GW and PS, one network of GW and SW experts • Need for guidance should be reviewed, all tools should be explored incl. models • Coastal and marine aspects should strengthened • Identify additional tasks to aspects already covered in monitoring guidance

15. Item 10 – SCG conclusion Chem. Monitoring mandate (2) • Mandate should be reviewed in the light of outcome of negotiations on GWD and PSD • Activity should not be agreed now but ad-hoc workshop on chem. monitoring experts and WG 2C and EAF/WG PS should discuss mandate in more detail • Revised and consulted mandate should be presented to WD under LUX Presidency

16. Item 10 – SCG conclusion Water scarcity mandate • Activity supported but should be clarified whether it should be part of WG 2B or as part of EUWI/WFD joint initiative (other agenda item) • CY will host next workshop in May 2005 • Link to EUWI important, outside CIS experts should be able to participate • IT joins Drafting Group • Address crisis and risk management, link to climate change should be strengthened • Scope should be clarified