2006/0129(COD)

Water Environmental Quality Standards Directive

Proposal for a DIRECTIVE OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on environmental quality standards in the field of water policy and amending Directive 2000/60/EC

Stage: In force, reached 24 Dec 2008
In force: In force since 13 Jan 2009 · CELEX 32008L0105
Transposition deadline: 13 Jul 2010
Procedure: Directive · Ordinary legislative procedure
Last activity: 13 Jan 2009

2 acts

Delegated and implementing acts beneath it

By status: 1 adopted, 1 published.

Act	Kind	Status	Adoption
Watch list of surface-water pollutants	Implementing · Decision	Adopted	Q3 2024
Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2025/439	Implementing · Decision	Published

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17 documents

Documents

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Report · A6-0125/2007Parliament
Report · A6-0192/2008Parliament
Proposal · COM(2018)0847Commission
Proposal · COM(2021)0970Commission
Text adopted · Directive 2008/0105Commission
Text adopted · OJ L 348 24.12.2008, p. 0084Commission
Committee opinion · PE378.705Parliament
Report · PE378.719Parliament
Amendments · PE378.727Parliament
Committee opinion · PE380.994Parliament
Committee opinion · PE382.209Parliament
Report · PE402.794Parliament
Amendments · PE404.754Parliament
SEC(2006)0947Commission
Text adopted · SP(2007)3179Parliament
Text adopted · T6-0190/2007Parliament
Text adopted · T6-0283/2008Parliament

Summary

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Directive 2008/105/EC sets environmental quality standards (EQS) for priority substances in surface waters, amended by Directive (EU) 2026/805 in force since 10 May 2026. It applies to Member States, requiring compliance with revised EQS for substances 46–70 by 22 December 2039. New monitoring obligations include effect-based methods for estrogens from 1 January 2030.

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