Report on the exercise of the power to adopt delegated acts conferred on the Commission pursuant to Directive 2008/105/EC

Summary:

On 17 December 2018 the European Commission presented a report on the Commission's exercise of the power to adopt delegated acts under Directive 2008/105/EC on environmental quality standards in the field of water policy.

Further information:

Directive 2008/105/EC, as amended by Directive 2013/39/EU, sets environmental quality standards for the priority substances identified as posing a significant EU-wide risk to and via aquatic ecosystems. The Directive empowers the Commission to adopt delegated acts to adapt to scientific or technical developments the specifications in point 3 of Part B of Annex I to the Directive, i.e. specifications relating to the fraction in which the water environmental quality standards are defined and specifications relating to the assessment of compliance with the environmental quality standards for metals.