Component 5.2 Harald Marent, Veronika Koller-Kreimel, Austrian Ministry for Agriculture, Forestry, Environment and Water Management Edith Hödl-Kreuzbauer,

Component 5.2 Harald Marent, Veronika Koller-Kreimel, Austrian Ministry for Agriculture, Forestry, Environment and Water ManagementEdith Hödl-Kreuzbauer, Stephan Nemetz, Austrian Environment Agency

EU-Twinning Project RO2006/IB/EN-09 “Implementation and Enforcement of the Environmental Acquis

at National Level and Coordination of 8 Regional Twinning Projects, Phase II”

Workshop on reporting obligations in the

water acquis communautaire –

Draft River Basin Management Plan & Water Information System for Europe (WISE)




Institutional aspects & cooperation of WFD implementation in Austria

Edith Hödl-Kreuzbauer

Harald Marent




1. Levels of governance

2. Legislation and division of tasks

3. Water on Ministerial level & other institutions involved

4. Cooperation – contact point

5. Reporting on water – timetable




(1) Levels of governance

- Austrian Government(Ministers - Ministries)

- 9 Federal States (State Governor)

- around 100 Regional Governments (Head of Regional Government)

- 2.360 Municipalities(Majors)




(2) Legislation and division of tasks

• “Austrian Constitution (B-VG 1930)”: Water Law in Article 10: Legislation and Implementation – Austrian Federal Government

• Water Act (1959)

• Implementation and Controlling/Monitoring: mostly through the Federal States

• Data Collection: Cooperation between Austrian Government and Federal States

• Reporting: Austrian Government in Cooperation with the Federal States (e.g. WFD, UWWTD, Fish-Directive)




(3) Water Policy on Ministerial Level

• Agriculture, Forestry, Environment and Water Management (e.g. Water Framework Directive, Nitrates Directive, UWWTD, Floods Directive)

• Health, Family and Youth (Bathing Waters, Drinking Waters, Mineral (filled) Waters)

• Science and Research (Research Funding)• Transport, Innovation and Technology (TREN – Danube)• Economics and Labour (Energy – Hydropower)




(3) Water policy on ministerial level – Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, Environment and Water Management

- Division VII 1 – National Water Management

- Division VII 2 – International Water Management(Interface to the International Institutions – e.g. EC, International Water Commissions, Transboundary Water Commissions)

- Division VII 3 – Water Balance (Water Quantity)- Division VII 4 – Technical Principles of Water Management (Expert Judgement, Reservoirs)- Division VII 5 – Flood Control Management (Protection of People because of Floods)- Division VII 6 – Water Management in Residual Areas (Funding: Water Supply and Waste Water

Treatment)

- Other Divisions (e.g. GIS, Agriculture, Legal Service, etc.)




(3) Other institutions involved in WFD implementation

• Federal Agency of Water Management – BAW (subordinated Department of the Ministry)

• Federal Environment Agency – Umweltbundesamt (UBA)• Federal States Administration (different divisions)• External consultants




(4) Cooperation – Contact point

- Austrian Federal Ministry and Federal States Administration (different divisions) – Co-operation through “Contact Point” (“Verbindungsstelle der Bundesländer”)

- for important Directives (e.g. Nitrates, UWWTD, WFD): one person representing the Federal States is present in Committee-Meetings (1 technical expert Ministry, 1 legal advisor Ministry & 1 member from the Federal States)

Result: Federal States can follow closely the activities of the Ministry in Brussels – developing trustfulness




Austria

“Individual Reports”Different Reporting-Cycles

Dangerous Substances Dir.76/464/EEC and

5 “Daughter Directives”

Titanium Dioxide Dir. 78/176/EECShellfish Water Dir. 79/923/EEC

Fish Water Dir. 78/659/EECGroundwater Dir (old) 80/68/EEC

Drinking Water Directives75/440/EEC and 79/689/EEC

Drinking Water Dir. - Quality98/83/EC

Urban Waste Water TreatmentDirective 91/271/EEC

Article 15 / 16 /17 – 2 Years

Nitrates Directive 91/676/EEC4 Year Reporting Cycle

Bathing Waters Dir. (2007/6/EC)Yearly Reporting

Info – Exchange Surface Waters77/795/EEC -Yearly Reporting

IPPC – Directive 96/61/EC 3 Year Reporting Cycle

Reporting Directive 91/692/EEC3 Year Reporting-Cycle

“Water Framework Directive” 2000/60/EC

Report “Intercalibration Network”

Article 3 Report (Authorities and RBD)

Article 5 Report (First Analysis)6 Year Reporting Cycle

Article 8 Report(Monitoring Programs)

River Basin ManagementReport - 6 Year Reporting Cycle

Health, Familyand Youth

Agriculture, Forestry, Environmentand Water Management

“Flood Directive” 2007/60/EC







Documents

Component 5.2 Harald Marent, Veronika Koller-Kreimel, Austrian Ministry for Agriculture, Forestry, Environment and Water Management Edith Hödl-Kreuzbauer,