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 (c. 60)

ANNEX VI U.K. LISTS OF MEASURES TO BE INCLUDED WITHIN THE PROGRAMMES OF MEASURES

PART A U.K.

Measures required under the following Directives:

(i)

The Bathing Water Directive (76/160/EEC);

(ii)

The Birds Directive (79/409/EEC)(1);

(iii)

The Drinking Water Directive (80/778/EEC) as amended by Directive (98/83/EC);

(iv)

The Major Accidents (Seveso) Directive (96/82/EC)(2);

(v)

The Environmental Impact Assessment Directive (85/337/EEC)(3);

(vi)

The Sewage Sludge Directive (86/278/EEC)(4);

(vii)

The Urban Waste-water Treatment Directive (91/271/EEC);

(viii)

The Plant Protection Products Directive (91/414/EEC);

(ix)

The Nitrates Directive (91/676/EEC);

(x)

The Habitats Directive (92/43/EEC)(5);

(xi)

The Integrated Pollution Prevention Control Directive (96/61/EC).

PART B U.K.

The following is a non-exclusive list of supplementary measures which Member States within each river basin district may choose to adopt as part of the programme of measures required under Article 11(4):

(i)

legislative instruments

(ii)

administrative instruments

(iii)

economic or fiscal instruments

(iv)

negotiated environmental agreements

(v)

emission controls

(vi)

codes of good practice

(vii)

recreation and restoration of wetlands areas

(viii)

abstraction controls

(ix)

demand management measures, inter alia, promotion of adapted agricultural production such as low water requiring crops in areas affected by drought

(x)

efficiency and reuse measures, inter alia, promotion of water-efficient technologies in industry and water-saving irrigation techniques

(xi)

construction projects

(xii)

desalination plants

(xiii)

rehabilitation projects

(xiv)

artificial recharge of aquifers

(xv)

educational projects

(xvi)

research, development and demonstration projects

(xvii)

other relevant measures

(1)

OJ L 103, 25.4.1979, p. 1.

(2)

OJ L 10, 14.1.1997, p. 13.

(3)

OJ L 175, 5.7.1985, p. 40. Directive as amended by Directive 97/11/EC (OJ L 73, 14.3.1997, p. 5).

(4)

OJ L 181, 8.7.1986, p. 6.

(5)

OJ L 206, 22.7.1992, p. 7.