MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE, NATURAL RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENT WATER FRAMEWORK DIRECTIVE (2000/60/EC)

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1 MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE, NATURAL RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENT WATER FRAMEWORK DIRECTIVE (2000/60/EC) JUNE 2004 REPORT Nicosia, June 2004

2 TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. Information to be reported in Geographical coverage of the river basin district 2 3. Competent authorities and address of competent authority Legal status of the competent authority Map showing geographic area of jurisdiction of competent authority Responsibilities of the competent authority Details of memberships and international relationships 5 APPENDIX A: APPENDIX B: Geographic Data Requirements by Feature CD-ROM

3 1 WATER FRAMEWORK DIRECTIVE (2000/60/EC) JUNE 2004 REPORT 1. Information to be reported in 2004 Article 3 of the Water Framework Directive (2000/60/EC) (also known as the WFD) requires: 1. Member States shall identify the individual river basins lying within their national territory and, for the purposes of this Directive, shall assign them to individual river basin districts. Small river basins may be combined with larger river basins or joined with neighbouring small basins to form individual river basin districts where appropriate. Where groundwaters do not fully follow a particular river basin, they shall be identified and assigned to the nearest or most appropriate river basin district. Coastal waters shall be identified and assigned to the nearest or most appropriate river basin district or districts. 2. Member States shall ensure the appropriate administrative arrangements, including the identification of the appropriate competent authority, for the application of the rules of this Directive within each river basin district lying within their territory. 3. Member States shall ensure that a river basin covering the territory of more than one Member State is assigned to an international river basin district. At the request of the Member States involved, the Commission shall act to facilitate the assigning to such international river basin districts. Member States shall ensure the appropriate administrative arrangements, including the identification of the appropriate competent authority, for the application of the rules of this Directive within the portion of any international river basin district lying within it s territory. Article 3 goes on to require: 7. Member States shall identify the competent authority by the date mentioned in Article Member States shall provide the Commission with a list of their competent authorities and of the competent authorities of all the international bodies in which they participate at the latest six months after the date mentioned in Article 24. For each competent authority the information set out in Annex I shall be provided.

4 2 Article 24 states: Member States shall bring into force the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with this Directive at the latest 22 December They shall forthwith inform the Commission thereof. It can therefore be concluded that Member States are required to inform the European Commission of the identification of river basin districts and competent authorities by 22 June An outline structure for the 2004 report, which the Member States must report to the European Commission by 22 June 2004 (Article 3 and Annex I of WFD) is shown in Table 1.1 below: Section WFD Reference 2. Geographical coverage of the river basin district Annex I (ii) 2.1 Description of the boundaries of the river basin district Annex I (ii) 2.2 Main rivers within the river basin district Annex I (ii) 2.3 Groundwaters within the river basin district Article 3 (1) 2.4 Coastal Waters associated to the river basin district Article 3 (1) 3. Competent Authorities 3.1 and address of the competent authorities Annex I (i) 3.2 Legal status of the competent authority Annex I (iii) 3.3 Responsibilities of the competent authority Annex I (iv) 3.4 Membership and International relationships Annex I (v) and Annex I (vi) Table 1.1: Outline Structure for 2004 Report, which the Member States must report to the European Commission by 22 June 2004 (Article 3 and Annex I of WFD) 2. Geographical coverage of the river basin district According to the Guidance on Reporting under the WFD the required information should be provided as a single national map for each layer of geographical information, as shown in the Table provided in Appendix A. All the required information is included on the CD - ROM attached in Appendix B. Please note that no layer is provided for Main Lakes (> 100 km 2 ) and National Border. Cyprus has no lakes > 100 km 2 while the national border is not applicable since Cyprus is an island. The regions given are administrative regions. An additional layer showing the coastline of Cyprus is also provided. One River Basin District has been identified. Hydrographically the island of Cyprus is subdivided into 9 hydrological regions made up of 70 watersheds. There are no rivers with perennial flow. Thus, the whole island is considered as one River Basin District, made up of all the watersheds.

5 3 3. Competent authorities According to the Guidance on Reporting under the WFD Member States should provide: and address of competent authority/ies; Legal status of the competent authority/ies; Digital map of the area of jurisdiction of the competent authority/ies. (This information is not specifically required by Annex I of the Directive); Responsibilities of the competent authority/ies; and Details of memberships and international relationships. 3.1 and address of competent authority The following information should be provided on each competent authority: Requirement of Annex I HQ Address General Contact Details Information to be supplied Official name of competent authority Abbreviation / Acronym MS Code Number (or building name) Minister of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Environment of the Government of the Republic of Cyprus MANRE CY MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE, NATURAL RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENT Loukis Akritas Ave. NICOSIA CYPRUS Street City Country Postal code 1411 Web-site address Under construction of a contact point Mr Makis Constantinides Title of post of contact point Permanent Secretary of Ministry of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Environment Status of contact point Not applicable Phone number (+357) constantinides.m@cytanet.com.cy Please note that only one Competent Authority (MANRE) has been identified.

6 4 3.2 Legal status of the competent authority A short description/summary of the legal status of the competent authority is provided below: The legislation establishing the competent authority and the legislation laying down the duties of the competent authority in relation to the WFD is the Water Protection and Management Law of 2004 (N.13(I)/2004). The relevant Articles of the Law establishing the competent authority and the River Basin District with effect from 22 December 2003, are articles 4, 5 and 34. The above Law was passed by the House of Representatives on 5 February 2004 and published in the Official Government Gazette on 20 February 2004 (No 3812, pages 85, I(I) - 180, I(I)), with effect from 22 December The Law may be downloaded from the web-site of the Water Development Department at The legislation laying down other duties of the competent authority relevant to the WFD is the Water and Soil Pollution Control Law of 2002 (N.106(I)/2002) and the Nature and Wild Life Protection and Management Law of 2003 (N.153(I)/2003). Both Laws may also be downloaded from the web-site of the Water Development Department at the same address as above. 3.3 Map showing geographic area of jurisdiction of competent authority The competent authority has responsibility over the whole River Basin District. Please note, however, that according to the provisions of Article 1 of Protocol No 10 on Cyprus, the application of the acquis is suspended in those areas of the Republic of Cyprus in which the Government of the Republic of Cyprus does not exercise effective control. Furthermore, the Memorandum of Understanding between the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Government of the Republic of Cyprus concerning responsibility for the implementation of the Protocol on the Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia in Cyprus provides for the application of the WFD in the Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia in Cyprus. An additional layer showing the Sovereign Base Areas referred to above is included on the CD - ROM attached in Appendix B. 3.4 Responsibilities of the competent authority In accordance with the Water Protection and Management Law of 2004 (N.13(I)/2004) the competent authority (MANRE) is responsible for all the roles specific to the WFD in the River Basin District except for the establishment of the programme of measures and the production of the river basin management plans. According to articles 4(3), 19 and 22 of the Law the establishment of the programme of measures and the production of the river basin management plans

7 are coordinated by the competent authority and approved by the Council of Ministers of the Republic of Cyprus (CoM). Table 1.3 below lists the roles that are to be carried out by the competent authority and the Council of Ministers. R01 Identification of river basin districts MANRE R02 Identification of water bodies MANRE R03 Identification of heavily modified and artificial water bodies MANRE R04 Identification of protected areas MANRE R05 Compilation and maintenance of register of protected areas MANRE R06 Characterisation and classification of water bodies MANRE R07 Definition of reference conditions MANRE R08 Review of impact of human activity MANRE R09 Economic analysis of water use MANRE R10 Identification of derogations MANRE R11 Monitoring of surface waters MANRE R12 Monitoring of groundwaters MANRE R13 Monitoring of protected areas MANRE R14 Take account of the principle of recovery of costs for water services MANRE R15 Establishment of emission controls etc. MANRE R16 Implementation of emission controls etc. MANRE R17 Establishment of programme of measures CoM R18 Implementation of programme of measures MANRE R19 Prior regulation of discharges MANRE R20 Regulation of abstractions MANRE R21 Ensuring compliance with prohibition of discharges of pollutants to MANRE groundwater R22 Implementation of measures to reduce pollution from accidents etc. MANRE R23 Public information MANRE R24 Public consultation MANRE R25 Implementation of controls on priority substances MANRE Table 1.3: Role of competent authority specific to the WFD in the RBD It should be noted that on matters related to the application of certain provisions of the Law, the Council of Ministers, according to Article 32(1) (a) of the Law, may make Regulations, which impose obligations or give powers to any public authority or to any natural or legal person, other than the competent authority. In case any of the above responsibilities are assigned according to the Law to another competent authority, the Commission will be informed within three months of the change coming to effect, in accordance with Article 3(9) of the WFD and Article 4(4) of the Law. 3.5 Details of memberships and international relationships This requirement is not applicable for Cyprus. 5

8 Geographic Data Requirements by Feature Layer Layer Feature Type Attribute Field Definition Type Mandatory Additional Main Rivers (> 100 km 2 ) 1 Ground waters 2 River Basin District RBD Polygon NAME Locally used name String 100 MSCode MS_CD Unique code within MS for the String 22 RBD River Basin, Sub-Basin Basins Polygon NAME Locally used name String 100 MSCode MS_CD Unique code for basin String 22 District DIST_CD Code for RBD to which the String 24 Code basin belongs Rivers Polyline NAME Locally used name String 100 MSCode MSCode Unique code within MS for the String 22 Main lakes (> 100 km 2 ) river Lakes Polygon NAME Locally used name String 100 MSCode MSCode Unique code within MS for the String 22 lake Ground Polygon NAME Locally used name String 100 MSCode MSCode Unique code within MS for the String 22 river Coastal waters Coastal Polygon NAME Locally used name String 100 MSCode MSCode Unique code within MS for the String 22 river National Border Border Polygon NAME Country (English or String 100 national language?) MSCode MSCode The two letter code for the MS String 2 1 For very large basin, > 1000 km 2 2 delineation of groundwater borders not coinciding with boundaries of river basin district, not groundwater bodies. 1

9 Regions Layer Major towns and cities Layer Feature Type Attribute Field Regions Polygon NAME Locally used region or federal state name MSCode MSCode Unique code within the MS for the region or state Country Ccode The two letter code for the MS Code Towns Point or NAME Locally used name for the town polygon or city MSCode MSCode Unique code within MS for the town or city Definition Type Mandatory Additional String 100 String 22 String 100 String 22 Source: Towards a Guidance on Reporting under the Water Framework Directive 2