This report is published annually by the Commission prior to the bathing season of the current year. Its purpose is to inform the public of the quality of bathing areas in the Community's various Member States over the past year. This report therefore relates to the 1999 bathing season. It also...

2009 is an important year for European water policy. The Water Framework Directive (WFD) requires that Member States establish the first River Basin Management Plans (RBMPs) for all 110 river basin districts across the EU by the end of the year, which include specific measures to ensure that all...