EU Legislation, Initiatives, etc.
Defra: A second volume of guidance on River Basin Management Planning has been published by Defra and the Welsh Assembly Government for consultation (closes 19 May 2008). The guidance outlines the role of environmental quality standards in implementing the Water Framework Directive (WFD), explains the range of new standards that have been developed by the UK environment agencies and considers the way in which the Directive's costs & benefits should be balanced - See ‘Consultations’ section for more details.
Defra: A national public consultation (closes 23 May 2008) has been launched on options for implementing the outstanding Single Payment Scheme (SPS) aspects of the reforms to the EU fresh & processed fruit and vegetable regime and the EU wine regime - See ‘Consultations’ section for more details.
