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L’eau: une ressource essentielle! Les acteurs européens de l’eau vous demandent de préserver notre ressource.

Vesi on oluline! Euroopa veesektor soovib, et teie aitaksite kaitsta vett kui meie ühist pärandit

Wasser zählt! Die europäische Wasserwirtschaft fordert Ihr EU-Engagement fürs Wasser ein!

Vatten är viktigt! Den europeiska vattenbranschen behöver din hjälp med att skydda vårt vatten.

Water matters! The European water sector wants you to guarantee our water heritage.

Read more about the work we did in 2018, including on the Drinking Water Directive and the Water Reuse Regulation. 

We also present what 2019 will bring us. 

The European Critical Infrastructure Protection Directive (2008/114/EC) of 8 December 2008 establishes a procedure for identifying and designating European Critical Infrastructures (ECI) in the energy and transport sectors, as well as a common approach for assessing the need to improve their protection. It is a key pillar of the European Programme for Critical Infrastructure Protection (EPCIP), which aims to protect critical infrastructures against a range of threats using an all-hazards approach.
Critical infrastructure is defined as an asset, system or part thereof located in a Member State which is essential for the maintenance of vital societal functions, health, safety, security, economic and/or social well-being of people. The disruption or destruction of said infrastructure would have a significant impact in a Member State as a result of the failure to maintain the aforementioned vital societal functions.

The wide range of products on the EU single market. The wide range of products on the EU single market are subject to many different EU policies that vary in scope, type and approach. These policies include different forms of legislation, guidance and financial and/or market incentives. They have various policy aims such as ensuring the safety of people that use or consume the products, maintaining fair competition on the EU internal market, climate change mitigation, protecting the environment, providing consumer protection and promoting more sustainable products.

Water and agriculture are intrinsically linked. It is therefore of the utmost importance that the new CAP protects the quality and quantity of water resources through an effective conditionality mechanism.
The European Commission’s CAP proposal contains a number of elements that could contribute to more sustainable agricultural practices. However, its provisions and requirements need strengthening in order to deliver tangible results.