Framework directive: Legal pillar of Community water policy

摘要

Presented by the European Commission as a "model" of good management, Directive 2000/60/CE lays down a framework for Community policy in the field of water. It is based on the principle that water is not a commercial good like any other, but is rather a heritage that must be defended and protected, and on the acknowledgement that the resource is increasingly subject in the EU to constraints because of a continuous growth in demand.