Protecting our groundwater against pollution

This directive (2006/118/EC) has been approved and was published in the Official Journal on 27 December 2006.

html version:
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2006:372:0019:01:EN:HTML

pdf version:
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2006:372:0019:0031:EN:PDF


A summary of the outcome of Conciliation can be seen at:- http://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/expert/infopress_page/

Additional information on Parliament's central website:

• Conciliation Committee: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/code/ongoing/default_en.htm
• Legislative Observatory: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/oeil/file.jsp?id=236412

The Directive must be transposed into UK law by 16 January 2009. Implementation in the UK will be overseen by DEFRA.

See: http://www.defra.gov.uk/environment/water/wfd/daughter-dirs.htm

Last updated 16 March 2007