Lessons learned

- Interim reporting - EU-com:s evaluation

of the Swedish PoM

Ann-Karin Thorén

Nordic/Irish workshop on measure library 2013-02-052

Swedish PoM 2009-2015 37/38 measures concerning public authorities and municipalities

Environmental Proetction Agency, Swedish Agency for Marine and Water Management (nr 2-8)Swedish Geological Survey (nr 9-12)Swedish Transport Administration (nr 13, 27)Swedish National Board of Housing, Building and Planning (nr 14)Swedish Board of Agriculture (nr 15-17)Kammarkollegiet (nr 18Myndigheten för samhällsskydd och beredskap (nr 19)Riksantikvarieämbetet (nr 20)Skogsstyrelsen (nr 21)Statens Livsmedelsverk (nr 22)Statistiska Centralbyrån (nr 23)Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute (nr 24-26)County administrative boards (21) (nr 28-31)Municipalities (290) (nr 32-37)

New rules and instructionsPlanning, strategies, prioritiesInvestigationsNew permits and licenses Improve monitoringConsulting/advise

EU-commission examine Swedish PoM:s

• The general scope of the application of measures is divided between a national scale (agencies etc), on RBD level and on water body level.

• The main authorities responsible for the implementation are authorities at the national level, and a big role is played by regions and the municipalities.

• It should be noted, that a large number of institutions are involved, making the administrative set-up difficult to overview and to some extend not transparent.

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Interim reporting of Basic measures 11.3.a (Urban Waste Water, Nitrate directive, Seveso, Habitat etc)11.3 b-l (Efficient water use, Controls on abstractions and impoundments, Controls on point sources discharges)

• Not always agreed upon how to implement these regulations among the responisble authorities

• Not always clear for the responisble authorities that these measures are supposed to be included in WFD PoM:s

• Not clear in PoM:s which WB:s are ”suffering” from pressures these directive are aiming at

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How to handle in PoM 2015 -2021?

• Swedish PoM:s 2015-2021 will still concern public authorities and municipalities

• National council of measures for WFD (aiming at streamlining with MSFD, BSAP etc)

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EU-commission examine Swedish PoM:s

• Sweden needs to improve its programme of measures to be more explicit on the specific measures that are being planned, to enable a transparent planning tool showing how the environmental objectives can be met in a coordinated manner across the RBDs.

• Meaningful information regarding the scope, the timing and the funding of the measures should be included in the programme of measures so the approach to achieve the objectives is clear.

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• There is no clear link between status assessment and the need for pressure reduction (nutrients, chemical pollutants and hydromorphology) and measures.

• Many of the measures are "administrative" (new investigations, monitoring etc).

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How to handle in PoM 2015 -2021?

• Swedish PoM:s 2015-2021 will still be mainly administrative and based upon law enforcement

• Clearify linkages status assesment/pressure reduction/measure/instrument

• Communication between responsible authorities

aiming at agreements upon efficient implementation

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Status/Impact

Pressure MeasureBM = Basic measureSM = Supplementary measure

Instrument, Responsibility

Finance description

Poor ecological status/nutrient enrichment

1.1.3 Point-UWWT_15000 Technical improvements, BM

Legal, New permit Regulatory authority

Operator/Polluter/User fees

Poor ecological status/nutrient enrichment

2.2 Diffuse - Agriculture Reduction of fertilizer usage, BM

Legal, Cross compliance, regulatory authority

Operator/Polluter

Poor chemical status/contaminatio by priority substances

2.2 Diffuse - Agriculture Reduction of pesticide usage, BM

Legal, cross compliance, regulatory authority

Poor status/Altered habitats

3.1 Abstraction - Agriculture

Water metering and fees, SM?

Financial, regulatory authority

Poor status/Altered habitats

4.2 FlowMorph - Hydroelectrical dam

Installation of fishladder, BM?

Poor status/Altered habitats

4.3 FlowMorph – Water supply reservoir

Technical measures 1 2 3 4  5 Basic 11.3 a Basic 11.3 b-l

Supplementary

Reduction/modification of fertiliser application       x x Nitrate

Reduction/modification of pesticide application           Plant protection

Change to low-input farming (e.g. organic farming practices)           ? Rural Development Funds

Hydromorphological measures leading to changes in farming practices x   x x xMeasures against soil erosion x x x   x ?Multi-objective measures (e.g. crop rotation, creation of enhanced buffer zones/wetlands or floodplain management)

    x x x Nitrate WFD7

Economic instruments          Compensation for land cover           ? ?Co-operative agreements          Water pricing specifications for irrigators          Nutrient trading          Fertiliser taxation          Non-technical measures          Additions regarding the implementation and enforcement of existing EU legislation          Institutional changes          Codes of agricultural practice x   x x xFarm advice and training x x x x xMeasures to increase knowledge for improved decision-making     x x xCertification schemes          Zoning (e.g. designating land use based on GIS maps)          Land use planning          Technical standards          Specific projects related to agriculture          Environmental permitting and licensing          

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• Easier to identify supplementary measures

• The environmental code

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• Additional measures in protected areas• The RBMP does not clearly identify the protected areas, which will not reach the more• stringent objectives according to other directives.. On the other hand, it is stated in the• RBMPs, that the PoM should also cover the needs for improvement in protected areas –• indicating that the measures to be taken should also ensure the fulfilment of the more• stringent objectives related to other directives.• In SE 5 it is stated that the favourable conservation status for NATURA 2000 areas have not• been used as a more stringent objective in the RBMP’s, as the status assessment regarding• NATURA 2000 areas has not yet been quality assured. It is mentioned, that the line between• good and poor ecological status according to the RBMP usually is a good indicator for a• favourable conservation status too.• Regarding the protection of drinking water, a number of administrative measures to support• the basic measures are mentioned in the RBMP’s, but not defined as supplementary or• additional. Examples are collection and storage of information, monitoring, planning,• statistics etc.

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