European River Basin Districts: Are They Swimming in the Same Implementation Pool?
| Autor: | Keessen, A.M., van Kempen, J.J.H., van Rijswick, H.F.M.W., Robbe, J., Backes, Ch.W., UU LEG Research LAW Omgevingsrecht (Environmental Law), Afdeling Staats- en Bestuursrecht, Afd Staats-, Bestuursrecht & Rechtstheo. |
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| Přispěvatelé: | UU LEG Research LAW Omgevingsrecht (Environmental Law), Afdeling Staats- en Bestuursrecht, Afd Staats-, Bestuursrecht & Rechtstheo., Public Law, RS: FdR IC Milieurecht |
| Rok vydání: | 2010 |
| Předmět: |
Flexibility (engineering)
geography geography.geographical_feature_category Corporate governance media_common.quotation_subject Drainage basin Management Monitoring Policy and Law Directive Discretion environmental objectives Water resources Water Framework Directive Harm Political science Taverne implementation Law Environmental planning comparative study discretion media_common |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Environmental Law, 22(2), 197-221. Oxford University Press Journal of Environmental Law, 22(2), 197. Oxford University Press |
| ISSN: | 1464-374X 0952-8873 |
| DOI: | 10.1093/jel/eqq003 |
| Popis: | This article presents a comparative perspective of the implementation of the Water Framework Directive (WFD). The investigated Member States are the Netherlands, Luxembourg, Belgium, France, Germany, the United Kingdom, Denmark, Romania, Italy, Spain and Portugal. The implementation of the WFD in these Member States was researched with the help of legal experts who completed questionnaires or were interviewed and-limited to five Member States-through interviews with civil servants who were involved with the implemention of the WFD. This research demonstrates that the WFD leaves so much room for discretion that the Member States adopt different approaches concerning the implementation of fundamental parts of the Directive. Although the need for flexibility due to the differences in circumstances is recognised, the new governance approach of the WFD demonstrates a risk that unambitious national practices will leadto a lack of practical effectiveness. Especially in transboundary river basins this may harm more ambitious Member States. |
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