Cross Compliance and the WFD

WFD and Agriculture Linkages at the EU Level

Publication: Report
Citation: Müssner, Rainer; Zbigniew Karaczun; Thomas Dworak and Katrina Mardsen 2006: Deliverable 12 – WFD and Agriculture Linkages at the EU Level – Final Report about Cross Compliance and the WFD. Ecologic – Institute for International and European Environmental Policy, Berlin.

Müssner, Rainer; Zbigniew Karaczun; Thomas Dworak and Katrina Mardsen 2006: Deliverable 12 – WFD and Agriculture Linkages at the EU Level – Final Report about Cross Compliance and the WFD. Ecologic – Institute for International and European Environmental Policy, Berlin.

Water Framework Directive and Agricultural Linkages at the EU Level: State of Play

25 April 2006
Thomas Dworak

Presentation:Speech

Based on an initiative of the Grüne Liga e.V. a seminar with the title: On the way towards the "Good status"- Critical aspects of the WFD was held on 24 March 2006. Rainer Müssner from Ecologic gave a presentation about the Common Agricultural Policy of the EU and the Water Framework Directive. The main focus of Müssner's presentation was the linkages between these policy areas and options to create synergies.

Common Agricultural Policy and Water Framework Directive

24 March 2006
Dr. Rainer Müssner

Presentation:Speech

On occasion of the international workshop on "Current spatial planning and river basin management planning according to the EU Water Framework Directive" held in Stockholm on 13 and 14 February 2006, Nadine Herbke spoke to participants predominantly from Scandinavia and the Baltic area on "Collaboration between WFD implementation and spatial planning: Experiences from Schleswig-Holstein".

Collaboration between Water Framework Directive Implementation and Spatial Planning: Experiences from Schleswig Holstein

14 February 2006
Nadine Herbke

Publication:Report

Policy makers are increasingly in need of accurate and timely information in order to meet reporting requirements linked to environmental legislation. This paper explores the extent to which Earth Observation (EO) based services, addressed by the joint ESA and EC initiative "Global Monitoring for Environment and Security (GMES)", can contribute to meeting the special reporting requirements of the major European Union water policy, namely the Water Framework Directive (WFD).

Possible Contributions of ESA Global Monitoring for Environment and Security Initiative for the WFD Implementation

Year 2005

Project:FP 6

The Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) and the Water Framework Directive (WFD) are two of the most influential European policies in the area of environmental issues. Within this sixth Framework Programme (FP6) project, Ecologic and the Warsaw Agricultural University (WAU) are analysing the legal and organisational interlinkages between both policies in order to elaborate future synergies while implementing, planning, financing and controlling the various requirements of the WFD and the CAP.

Water Framework Directive Meets Common Agricultural Policy

Opportunities for the future (CAP & WFD)

Apr 2005 - Jun 2006

Publication:Report

Herbke, Nadine; Thomas Dworak and Zbigniew M. Karaczun 2006: Deliverable 2.1 – WFD and Agriculture – Linkages at the EU Level. Analysis of the Policy and Legal Linkages between CAP and WFD. Ecologic/Warsaw Agricultural University, Berlin/Warsaw.

Analysis of the Policy and Legal Linkages between CAP and WFD

WFD and Agriculture Linkages at the EU Level

Year 2006

Publication:Report

Interwies, Eduard; Thomas Dworak; Benjamin Görlach and Aaron Best 2006: Deliverable 13 – WFD and Agriculture Linkages at the EU Level – Final Paper about Incentive water pricing and cost recovery in the WFD – Elements for linking EU Agricultural and Water Policies. Ecologic – Institute for International and European Environmental Policy, Berlin.

Incentive Water Pricing and Cost Recovery in the WFD

WFD and Agriculture Linkages at the EU Level – Elements for Linking EU Agricultural and Water Policies

Year 2006

Publication:Report

Dworak, Thomas; Nicole Kranz; Zbigniew Karaczun and Nadine Herbke 2006: Deliverable 14 – WFD and Agriculture Linkages at the EU level – Final Paper about Co-operation and participation at the interface of EU Agricultural and Water Policies. Ecologic – Institute for International and European Environmental Policy, Berlin.

Co-operation and Participation at the Interface of EU Agricultural and Water Policies

WFD and Agriculture Linkages at the EU Level

Year 2006

Publication:Report

Herbke, Nadine; Zbigniew Karaczun; Ruta Landgrebe-Trinkunaite and Thomas Dworak 2006: Deliverable 15 - WFD and Agriculture Linkages at the EU Level – Beyond 2007: Further Research Needs at EU level. Ecologic – Institute for International and European Environmental Policy, Berlin.

Beyond 2007: Further Research Needs at EU Level

WFD and Agriculture Linkages at the EU Level

Year 2006

Language: English
Authorship: Dr. Rainer Müssner

Thomas Dworak

Katrina Marsden

Zbigniew Karaczun (Warsaw Agricultural University)
Funding: European Commission, Directorate-General Research (DG Research), International
Published by: Ecologic Institute, Germany
Year: 2006
Dimension: 36 pp.
Project: Water Framework Directive Meets Common Agricultural Policy
Project ID: 1966
Table of contents: Click to show full table of contents

Policy Summary
1 Introduction
2 Cross Compliance and WFD implementation – Background information
2.1 The Common Agricultural Policy
2.2 Cross compliance
2.2.1 Cross-compliance in general context of environmental quality standards
2.3 Water Framework Directive
2.4 Timetable of CAP modifications and WFD implementation
2.5 Key messages
3 Interactions between Cross Compliance and WFD implementation?
3.1 How Cross Compliance can support the WFD implementation
3.1.1 Statutory Management Requirements (SMRs) (Annex III) directly or indirectly linked to the objectives of the WFD
3.1.2 Good agricultural and environmental conditions (GAEC) (Annex IV)
3.2 The Cross Compliance regime and its relation to agricultural pressures
3.3 Key messages
4 Implementing Cross- Compliance – lessons learned from the MS
4.1 SMR and GAEC
4.2 Control mechanism
4.3 The role of advisory systems
4.4 Key messages
5 Options to use the CC-schemes in the mid/long term perspective to contribute more effectively to the WFD objective
5.1 Options for a further development
5.2 Pros and Cons of the different options for improving Cross Compliance
5.3 Key messages
6 Conclusions
7 Bibliography
Annex 1: Overview of the SMRs that build the basis of CC including the relevant articles
Annex 2: Overview of the GAEC implementation in the EU 25 (stand 2005)
Annex 3: The implementation of CC in the New Member State – The Example of Poland
Tables
Table 1: Timetable between CAP and WFD
Table 2: How the SMRs could support to tackle various agricultural pressures on water
Table 3: GAEC and their potential for supporting WFD implementation
Table 4: Possible linkages between the WFD and the SMR
Table 5: The different options to further develop CC and their related pros and cons
Table 6: Statutory management requirements referred to in Article 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 (amended by Regulation (EC) No 21/2004)
Figures
Figure 1: Cross-compliance in context of environmental quality standards
Figure 2: Interlinkages between the Cross-Compliance Framework and the WFD
Keywords: Agriculture

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