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The Water Framework Directive means business

31/08/04

Achieving best value from ‘the most comprehensive water legislation ever’ depends on everyone, but business has a leading role.

This article, by Barrie Clarke, Water UK Director of Communication, appeared in >elements magazine 24 (September 2004), published by The Environment Council.

You don’t have to be a card-carrying Europhile to accept that the EC directive factory has learned something recently. A conscious attempt to move on from prescription and ‘one-size-fits-all’ has led to directives like the subject of this article. The point of a ‘framework’ is that member states have scope to choose their route to compliance...

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