2^nd and 3^rd December 1999
 

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For questions on the logistics, please contact Christine Lebrun at the EEB, tel: 0032 2 2891090.
For questions on the content, please contact Martijn W. F. Peijs
 

Thursday 2^nd
 

Time	Subject	Speaker
Seminar on the Improvement of the Water Framework Directive
9:00	Opening and Purpose of the Seminar	Christian Hey EEB, EU Policy Director
9:15	The Water Framework Directive and the Position of the EEB	Martijn Peijs Co-ordinator EEB Water Campaign
9:45	Groundwater and article 21; Under Exposed Issues in the Common Position	Klaus Lanz Greenpeace Water Expert
10:15	The second reading from the point of view of the EP’s Environmental Committee	Alexander de Roo Vice Chairman EP´s Environmental Committee
10:45	Coffee
11:15	Reporting back from the meeting with Carolyn Jackson. (report from the meeting at 9:00 this morning with the chair of the Environmental Committee)	Peter Pollard Water Environment Expert Scottish Wildlife Trust
11.45	The Commission as a Broker between Parliament and Council	Helmut Bloech Commissions Head of the sector Water Protection, DGXI.D1
12.15	Impressions from the Floor	Impressions of 2 Rapporteurs
12:30	Lunch
14.00	The Water Framework Directive under the Finnish Presidency	Outi Berghall Counsellor on Environment of the Finnish Permanent Representation
14.30	Water Pricing, A Controversial Issue	Not confirmed yet
15:00	Looking Back at two-and–a-half Years of Water in the Environmental Committee.	Doeke Eisma Former Member of EP and it’s Environmental Committee
15:30	Coffee
16:00	The Political Background and the Problems during the Implementation of the Water Framework Directive.	Mark Pallemaerts Professor at the University of Brussels
17:30	Impressions from the Floor and Closing	Impressions by 3 Rapporteurs

Friday 3^rd
 

Joint Session on the Water Framework Directive and the EU Chemicals Policy
9:00	Opening and purpose of this morning session	Martijn Peijs Co-ordinator EEB Water Campaign
9:30	EU Chemicals Policy and the Position of the EEB	Elena Lymberidi EEB, EU Policy Assistant, Ecological Product Policy
10.00	Hazardous Substances and Water; the Case of Pesticides	Catherine Wattiez Pesticides expert, Pesticides Action Network Belgium
10:30	Coffee
11.00	A Short Update on the Water Framework Directive	Martijn Peijs  Co-ordinator EEB Water Campaign
11:15	Hazardous Substances in the Water Framework Directive; art 21 and OSPAR	Ute Meyer Policy Officer Seas-at-Risk
11:45	The Link Between the EU Chemicals Policy and the EU Water Policy	Susan Leubuscher Juridical Advisor Seas-at-Risk
12:15	Conclusions	Christian Hey, EEB, EU Policy Director
12:30	Joint lunch
14:00	Closed, Separate NGO Sessions on Water and Chemicals

 
 
 
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