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Legislation related to the Water Framework Directive
   

The WFD relates to and overarches a large number of Community legislation. These have been ordered according to

1) Directives containing measures included in the programme of measures,
2) Directives that establish emission limit values and environmental quality standards,
3) Other relevant Directives,
4) Council decisions and regulations

Legislation that will be repealed by December 2007 is marked with a '*'. Legislation that will be repealed by December 2013 is marked with a '**'.
 

Links to legislation

Water Framework Directive (2000/60/EC)
Priority Substances Decision (2455/2001/EC)

Directive containing measures included in the programme of measures (annex VI, Part A)
 

Bathing Water Directive (76/160/EEC)
Birds Directive (79/409/EEC) amended in Directive (97/49/EC)
Drinking Water Directive (80/778/EEC as amended by Directive 98/83/EEC)
Environment Impact Assessment Directive (85/337/EEC)
Habitats Directive (92/43/EEC)
Integrated Pollution Prevention Control Directive (96/61/EC), amended by Directive (98/15/EC)
Major Accidents Directive (96/82/EC)
Nitrates Directive (91/676/EEC)
Plant Protection Products Directive (91/1414/EEC) amended by Directive (98/47/EEC)
Sewage Sludge Directive (86/278/EEC)
Urban Wastewater Treatment Directive (91/271/EEC), amended in directive (98/47/EC)

Directives that establish emission limit values and environmental qulaity standards (Annex IX)

Cadium Discharge Directive (83/513/EEC)
Dangerous Substances Directive (76/464/EEC), **
Dangerous Substance Discharges Directive (86/280/EEC)
Hexachlorocyclohexane Discharge Directive (84/491/EEC)
Mercury Directive (84/156/EEC)
Mercury Discharges Directive (82/176/EEC)

Other related directives

Directive (79/869/EEC) concerning the methods of measurement and frequencies of sampling and analysis of surface water intended for the abstraction of drinking water *
Exchange of Information Directive (77/795/EEC) *
Fish Life Directive (78/659/EEC) *
Groundwater Directive (80/68/EEC), **
Shellfish Waters Directive (79/923/EEC), amended by Directive (91/692/EEC)**
Surface Water Abstraction Directive (75/440/EEC)*

Council Decisions and regulations

Technical guidance document in support of Commission Directive (93/67/EEC)

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