UK Water Body Management Planning in Times of Brexit: Slow De-Europeanisation?

This article investigates the extent to which the English and Scottish approaches to water body management planning in times of Brexit constitute a slow De- Europeanisation of law- and policymaking in this field. The article’s starting point is theWater Framework Directive 2000/60/EC (‘WFD’ or ‘Directive’)which requires the EU Member States tomanage both surface water bodies and groundwater ‘with the aimof achieving’ good statuswithin a specified timeframe.

The primary management tools for this purpose are the River Basin Management Plans (‘RBMP’) and the Programmes of Measures.2 The original deadline for the achievement of good status was 2015. However, the WFD authorises a variety of exceptions and derogations from the aim of achieving good water status by 2015. More specifically, where Member States determine that in relation to a water body the good status objective for reasons of either technical feasibility, or disproportionate costs, or natural  conditions cannot reasonably be achieved by the 2015 deadline, the WFD authorises the Member States to extend the deadline for its attainment by up to twelve years; longer extensions are permissible only where it is natural conditions which preclude the achievement of the good status objective by 2027.



Copyright: © Lexxion Verlagsgesellschaft mbH
Quelle: EurUp 04/2023 (Dezember 2023)
Seiten: 11
Preis: € 32,00
Autor: PD Dr. Christian Heitsch
 
 Diesen Fachartikel kaufen...
(nach Kauf erscheint Ihr Warenkorb oben links)
 Artikel weiterempfehlen
 Artikel nach Login kommentieren


Login

ASK - Unser Kooperationspartner
 
 


Unsere content-Partner
zum aktuellen Verzeichnis



Unsere 3 aktuellsten Fachartikel

Hochlauf der Wasserstoffwirtschaft
© Lexxion Verlagsgesellschaft mbH (8/2024)
Überblick über und Diskussion der Maßnahmen zum beschleunigten Ausbau der Wasserstoffinfrastruktur in Deutschland

Die innerstaatliche Umsetzung des Pariser Klimaschutzübereinkommens - ein Rechtsvergleich
© Lexxion Verlagsgesellschaft mbH (8/2024)
Like all public international law treaties, the Paris Climate Accords rely on national law for their implementation. The success of the agreement therefore depends, to a large extent, on the stepstaken or not taken by national governments and legislators as well as on the instruments and mechanisms chosen for this task. Against this background, the present article compares different approaches to the implementation of the Paris Agreement, using court decisions as a means to assess their (legal) effectiveness.

Klimaschutzrecht und Erzeugung erneuerbarer Energien in der Schweiz
© Lexxion Verlagsgesellschaft mbH (8/2024)
Verschachtelte Gesetzgebung unter politischer Ungewissheit