Regulation


Risk of not achieving good status

Updated on 06/09/2018
Définition
Sens technique
Risk that, in 2015, the water bodies of a given area will not achieve the objectives set by the Water Framework Directive (WFD).
Source
according to the Artois-Picardy Water Agency

Athens Protocol

Updated on 06/09/2018
Définition
Sens technique
Protocol for the Protection of the Mediterranean Sea against Pollution from Land-Based Sources adopted on 17 May 1980 in Athens and entered into force on 17 June 1983. The Athens Protocol was modified by amendments adopted on 7 March 1996 in Syracuse. The agreement is now entitled "Protocol for the protection of the Mediterranean Sea against pollution from land-based sources and activities".
Source
according to the Mixed Syndicate of the Etang de Berre

Discharge standard

Updated on 06/09/2018
Définition
Sens technique
Value constituting a legal reference that cannot be exceeded during a discharge into to the environment.
Source
according to Downstream Seine Interdepartmental Water Syndicate

International waters

Updated on 06/09/2018
Définition
Sens commun
Maritime space not belonging to a particular State. As such, it is not subject to any national jurisdiction and belongs to the international community. International waters account for two-thirds of the Earth's oceanic surface.
Source
according to IFREMER

Important Bird Area

Updated on 07/03/2019
Définition
Sens commun

Area which is part of the scientific inventory developed under an international program of Birdlife International to identify the most favorable areas for the conservation of wild birds.

Source
According to french National museum of natural history
Sens technique

Area designated under the 1979 Birds Directive 79/409 / EEC. Areas of importance for the conservation of birds (IBAs) are sites that have been identified as important for certain bird species (breeding areas, seabirds). wintering or migration relay areas) during the scientific inventory program launched by the NGO Birdlife International. They don't have a particular legal status. The most suitable sites for the conservation of the most endangered birds are classified totally or partially in Special Protection Areas (SPAs). The latter, associated with the Special Areas of Conservation constitute the network of Natura 2000 sites.

Source
According to Green and Blue Habitat network ressource center
Sens réglementaire

Areas established pursuant to EEC Directive 79/409 on the protection of birds and their habitats. They have been delineated by the network of French ornithologists on the basis of the criteria proposed in a methodological note. After validation, they are designated to be designated Special Protection Areas (SPAs).

Source
According to Legifrance

Water abstraction

Updated on 26/10/2022
Définition
Sens commun

Extraction of fresh water from a groundwater source or surface, permanently or temporarily, and conveyed to the place of use. Water abstractions include all activities related levies generated by agriculture, industry (including energy), the supply of drinking water, or other (mineral spring authorized, production artificial snow).

Source
according to OFB, IOWater, SOeS and OCDE

Marine Strategy Framework Directive

Updated on 25/02/2019
Définition
Sens technique
Directive 2008/56/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing common framework and objectives for the protection and conservation of the marine environment by 2020. Member States shall assess the needs in the marine areas under their jurisdiction and develop their own strategies to achieve good ecological status of marine waters for which they are responsible. These strategies are designed to ensure the protection and restoration of European marine ecosystems and the ecological sustainability of economic activities linked to the marine environment.
Source
According to the European Commission

Management cycle

Updated on 13/07/2018
Définition
Sens réglementaire

Under the Water Framework Directive (WFD), it is a six-year management cycle (2010-2015, 2016-2021, 2022-2027, etc) given for achieving environmental objectives. Within a planning rationale, in each basin or group of basins, assessments and a register of protected areas were made in 2004 and programmes for monitoring water status were established late 2006. On this basis,

Source
According to the Ministry for the Environment

Right of access to information

Updated on 13/07/2018
Définition
Sens technique
According to the law, this means the right of any person, whether or not a French citizen, to ask a public utility to consult or obtain a copy of documents or information held by the said public utility. The right of access concerns administrative documents and environmental information. This measure intends to improve the transparency of public utilities.
Source
According to the Ministry for the Environment