Paris (France), 22 September 2008 (Draft) Mandate for the Drafting Group on Mixing Zones Paris (France), 22 September 2008 Madalina DAVID - Unit D.2 – Protection of Water and Marine Environment

Introduction Timetable for the EQS Directive: Adoption of the Rapporteurs’s Reports on the Common Position in the ENVI Committee Meeting RECOMMENDATION FOR SECOND READING.doc 06 May 2008 2nd reading in the Plenary Meeting of the European Parliament http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//TEXT+TA+P6-TA-2008-0283+0+DOC+XML+V0//EN 17 June 2008 Commission Communication on the 2nd reading http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=CELEX:52008PC0487:EN:NOT 17 July 2008 Formal adoption in Council http://register.consilium.europa.eu/pdf/en/08/st10/st10732.en08.pdf 23 June 2008 Publication End of 2008 Transposition (Art. 12) 18 months

Objectives to support WG E  the CIS of the WFD 2000/60/EC, establishing activities on mixing zones will focus on the development of a technical guidance for the identification of mixing zones  Article 4(4) of the EQS Directive the TGD will be tested using different types of water categories with different hydromorphological elements.

Organisation technical meetings: decided on an ad hoc basis/scheduled the progress report will be presented at the WG E meetings (twice/year: spring and autumn) the finalisation of the TGD: March 2009 and the adoption by the Article 21 Committee: June 2009 UK, NL, FR, DK and DG ENV will continue to co-lead the activity. The co-leader will present the updates to WG E. In the next step the progress reports will be presented to the SCG and the Water Directors.

Links with other activities Drafting Group on Mixing zones will work under umbrella of the WG E   CMA Similar expert groups: international marine conventions (OSPAR, Helsinki, Barcelona) international river conventions (Danube, Rhine) Community legislations (e.g. REACH, IPPC Directive, Pesticide/Biocide Directive)

Type and intensity of work Contribution to the drafting of technical guidance: ad hoc meetings e-mail exchanges for sharing experience collection and compilation of the information correcting the text discussions on the specific issues the Commission’s consultants shall support the Drafting Group WG E members are invited to contribute to this work detailed work programme: end of September 2008