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The Commission will also continue to keep EU water legislation under review.

The existing water legislation provides a robust framework for a sustainable and efficient water management: in particular, the Water Framework Directive (WFD), adopted in 2000, can be considered a milestone of European water policy. Taking an integrated approach that focuses on water management at river basin level, the Directive extends the scope of water protection to all surface water and groundwater and sets a target for sustainability in terms of the ecological, chemical and quantitative ‘good status’ to be reached by European water bodies by 2015.

7. Reminds the Member States of their obligations under the WFD to achieve good water status by 2015; urges the Commission to take determined action to bring Member States' infringements of EU law in the field of water to an end; calls at the same time for further assistance, for example through comprehensive guidelines and effective instruments, to be developed and made available to foster capacity-building in particular for regional authorities and river basin agencies, to ensure a level playing field and assist the Member States in achieving better compliance at future stages of implementation of EU water policy, in order to deliver on water policy commitments; points out that, in many instances, petitions have uncovered problems rela ...[+++]ted to the transposition and proper implementation of the EU water legislation and invites the European Commission to be more determined in its inquiries, in particular when examining petitions;

14. Calls for EU water legislation to be updated ‐ as appropriate ‐ to properly take into account technological advances for the reuse and recycling of water in order to allow a cost- and energy-efficient reuse of treated wastewater for irrigation and industry as well as the reuse of greywater in households; calls for measures for proper monitoring of the chemical and biological quality of reclaimed water; calls on the Commission to consider formulas to create incentives for more widespread use of treated wastewater, greywater and rainwater, in order to help to mitigate water stress;

7. Reminds the Member States of their obligations under the WFD to achieve good water status by 2015; urges the Commission to take determined action to bring Member States’ infringements of EU law in the field of water to an end; calls at the same time for further assistance, for example through comprehensive guidelines and effective instruments, to be developed and made available to foster capacity-building in particular for regional authorities and river basin agencies, to ensure a level playing field and assist the Member States in achieving better compliance at future stages of implementation of EU water policy, in order to deliver on water policy commitments; points out that, in many instances, petitions have uncovered problems rela ...[+++]ted to the transposition and proper implementation of the EU water legislation and invites the European Commission to be more determined in its inquiries, in particular when examining petitions;

14. Calls for EU water legislation to be updated — as appropriate — to properly take into account technological advances for the reuse and recycling of water in order to allow a cost- and energy-efficient reuse of treated wastewater for irrigation and industry as well as the reuse of greywater in households; calls for measures for proper monitoring of the chemical and biological quality of reclaimed water; calls on the Commission to consider formulas to create incentives for more widespread use of treated wastewater, greywater and rainwater, in order to help to mitigate water stress;