Box 2.

Other EU directives and regulations

Other EU directives and regulations which have or will have a significant influence on the management of the European seas are:

the Water Directive (Directive 2000/60/EC). The need to coordinate the implementation and monitoring of the Marine Directive with the Water Directive has specifically been emphasized;

the Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive (Directive 91/271/EEC);

the Nitrate Directive (1991);

the Common Agricultural Policy, CAP (1962);

the Common Fisheries Policy, CFP (Treaty of Rome 1957);

REACH (Registration, Evaluation, Authorization of Chemicals) (Regulation 1907/2006 EG).