Legislation
The WFD relates to and overarches a wide variety of Community
legislation, grouped hereafter according to:
- Directives containing measures included in the programme of measures
- Directives that establish emission limit values and environmental quality standards
- other relevant Directives
- council decisions and regulations
Legislation that will be repealed by December 2007 is marked '*'.
Legislation that will be repealed by December 2013 is marked '**'.
Links to legislation
Water Framework Directive (2000/60/EC)
Priority Substances Decision (2455/2001/EC)
Directives 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)