Programme of Measures

A River Basin District level document including measures (actions) to be carried out in order to achieve the objectives set out in the revised SDAGE (Blueprint for Water Development and Management), including the WFD environmental objectives. The measures are concrete steps combined with a timescale and a financial evaluation. The steps may be of a regulatory, financial or contractual nature. The programme of measures includes:

• The basic measures, which are the minimum requirements to respect, starting with the application of the current Community and national water protection legislation. Article 11 and Annex VI of the WFD list the basic measures.
• Supplementary measures, encompassing any measures taken in addition to the basic measures in order to meet the WFD’s environmental objectives. Annex VI of the WFD provides a non-exhaustive list of these measures which can be of different types, including legal, economic, fiscal and administrative.