Seminario sulle implicazioni per i porti e il trasporto marittimo della direttiva comunitaria quadro in materia di acque

European Sea Ports Organisation (ESPO) ha organizzato, insieme con altre sei associazioni europee ed internazionali (IAPH, EFIP, PIANC, CEDA, INE e IADC), un seminario sulle implicazioni per i porti e le vie d'acqua della direttiva quadro in materia di acque (EC/2000/60), che si svolgerà il prossimo 30 ottobre all'Auditorium Conscience Building di Bruxelles.

Obiettivo del seminario - ha precisato oggi ESPO - è di illustrare gli effetti negativi di questa normativa comunitaria sui porti, la navigazione e i dragaggi e di discutere di come il miglioramento della qualità delle acque possa essere combinato con il riconoscimento dell'importanza del trasporto marittimo sostenibile.

Programme

08:30 - 09:30	Registration

Background and Context: what is the WFD?		Session chair : Eric Van den Eede, PIANC
09:30	Eric Van den Eede, PIANC	Introduction
09:40	Helmut Bloech, European Commission, Directorate General for Environment, Unit Water, the Marine and Soil	Water Framework Directive ' position and future course
09:55	Dimosthenis Megalidis, European Commission Directorate General for Transport and Energy, Unit Short Sea Shipping and Ports	Facilitating waterborne transport to achieve sustainable transport in the EU
10:10	Georg Rast, World Wildlife Fund	WWF expectations concerning WFD and navigation
10:25	Discussion/Questions
10:35	Coffeebreak

Implications and Issues: the concerns expressed:		Session chair : David Whitehead, ESPO
11:00	Jan Brooke, Port of London Authority, UK	Water Framework Directive: possible implications for port operations and activities
11:15	Karin De Schepper, Inland Navigation Europe, Belgium	A concerted approach to sustainable navigation
11:30	Jean Louis Oliver, Voies Navigables de France, France	Implications of river basin management plans for commercial and leisure navigation
11:45	Axel Netzband, Strom-und Hafenbau Hamburg, Germany	We need a European sediment management guideline
12:00	Discussion/Questions
12:30	Lunchbreak

EU Working Groups and Implementation of the WFD: what is being done towards implementation so far?		Session chair : Charles Huygens, EFIP
14:00	David Corbelli, Scottish Environmental Protection Agency, Scotland	EU Common Implementation Strategy: introduction to EU working groups, including WG on "Heavily Modified Water Bodies"
14:20	Dietrich Borchardt, University Kassel, Germany	The ecological impact of inland navigation on rivers: implications for the HMWB designation process (case study Elbe and Main)
14:40	Stephen Hull, Associated British Ports marine environmental research, UK	Developing a practical approach to the implementation of the HMWB designation process in the UK
15:00	Dr. Jochen Fischer, Regional Council Gießen, Germany	Case study Middle Rhine - Morphological and biological criteria for the identification of waterways as HMWB
15:20	Discussion/Questions
15:40	Coffeebreak

Panel : Where do we go from here?		Chair : Dr Lindsay Murray, CEDA
16:00	Helmut Bloech, European Commission DG Environment Charles Huygens - Port of Brussels, Belgium, President of European Federation of Inland Ports David Whitehead ' British Ports Association, UK, Chairman of European Sea Ports Organisation Heide Jekel, Federal Environment Ministry of Germany Dr. Lindsay Murray, CEFAS, UK, representing Central Dredging Association Representatives invited from WFD implementing authorities in Netherlands and Portugal
16:50	Eric Van den Eede, PIANC	final remarks
17:00	End of seminar