The program of the day:
Groundwater in the EU is under pressure from agricultural pollution, illegal abstraction, climate change… How should Member States obligations under the Water Framework Directive be interpreted and what follows if targets are not met? The speakers in this panel look at recent decisions of the European Court of Justice and discuss the consequences.
Host: Thomas Ormond, Regional administration in Frankfurt/M.
Speakers: Christoph Sobotta, Legal Secretary, Chambers of Advocate General Juliane Kokott, Court of Justice of the European Union and Marleen van Rijswick, Utrecht University