| Regulation: | Directive 2000/60/EC of 23 October 2000 establishing a framework for Community action in the field of water policy |
| Short name: | Water Framework Directive |
| Number: | 2000/60/EC |
| Issuing entity: | European Union and its agencies |
| Date: | 2000/10/23 |
| Reference: | https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32000L0060 |
| Hard/soft law instrument: | Hard law |
| Relevant justice questions: | Chosen justice question particularly relevant for the regulatory/policy framework (in the light of JUSTNORTH research, aimed at supporting future justice-focused research on Arctic governance):
Weighting values: Does the framework promote certain values and interests at the expense of others? Whose interests are being promoted? Is the framework trying to strike a balance, promote certain interests or obscure the tensions within society, including individual vs group/community/global community interests?
Procedural justice: What are the opportunities for participation in decision-making and who is envisaged as a stakeholder?
Landscape justice: Who owns this landscape? Who is excluded from the landscape and its governance?
Environmental justice and ethics: Are there any differences between different groups and regions in terms burdens or costs of the measures adopted?
Rights: Which rights and rights frameworks are expressly included in the governance framework, which are missing? |
| Level: | National and EU/EEA |
| Remarks: | |
| Brief description: | The Directive, sets out rules to halt deterioration in the status of European Union (EU) water bodies and achieve ‘good status’ for Europe’s rivers, lakes and groundwater by 2015.
Specifically, this includes,protecting all forms of water (surface*, ground*, inland* and transitional*);
restoring the ecosystems in and around these bodies of water; reducing pollution in water bodies;
guaranteeing sustainable water usage by individuals and businesses. |