1. Update on legal issues Strategic Coordination Group
Update as of
DG ENV.D.1, European Commission

2. Transposition of new acts – WFD related
Groundwater Directive (2006/118/EC) Deadline
complete
Floods Directive (2007/60/EC) Deadline
Application to Court and still partial : FR(M10)
2nd Reasoned opinion and still partial: AT (M2/11) ***
EQS Directive (2008/105/EC) Deadline
Complete notifications received from (21) : AT, BG, CY, DK, EL, ES, FI, FR, HU, IE, IT, LT, LU, LV, MT, NL, PT, RO, SI, SK, SW
Partial transposition (5) : BE, CZ, EE, PL, UK
Transposition still missing (1) : DE
Status infringements :
Letters of formal notice (16 for absence of communication, 6 for partial communication only) sent 23/9/2010.
Reasoned opinions sent to : BE, CZ, EE (M1), PL(M2)
Directive on chemical analysis (2009/90/EC) Deadline
Complete notifications (8) : AT, ES, FI, IT, LV, MT, RO, SI
Partial notification (2) : DE, PT
*** see Communication from the Commission: Implementation of Article 260(3) of the Treaty (penalties and lump sums): OJ 15 January 2011 N° C 12, p.1 2

3. Non-conformity Directive 2000/60/EC Non-conformity cases :
Pre-258 letter (late transposition) : LU
Letters of Formal Notice sent, and case still open against 12 Member States (BE, BG, CZ, DE, DK, ES, FI, IE, IT, PL, SE, UK)
Follow up to LFN under consideration : BG, IE, IT
Additional Letter of Formal Notice : SE, DE(M09), UK(M11)
Reasoned Opinion : CZ, ES, PL, FI(M6), BE(M09), DK(M11)
Water services still an issue of concern.
Directive 2007/60/EC and 2006/118/EC :
Conformity assessments have started
Pre-258/pilot letter expected 1st semester 2011. 3

4. River Basin Management Plans State of play – 28.02.2011
Published (19) : AT, BG, CZ, DE, EE, FI, FR, HU, IE, IT, LT, LU, LV, NL, RO, SE, SK, UK + NO
Consultation finished, plans not yet adopted or published (3): CY, MT, SI
Consultation status (5) :
Member States consultations still ongoing : DK(until 04/2011)
Partial consultation : BE (Wallonia and Brussels), ES (16 RBD out of 25) consultations have not started !
Consultations have not yet started ! EL, PT
Status infringements :
12 Letter formal notice sent ( ) and 8 still open : BE, CY, DK, EL, ES, MT, PT, SI. Cases (to be) closed : IE, LT, PL, RO
Reasoned opinion, still open: BE, CY, DK, EL, PT, MT, SI (M10), ES(M1/11). 4