06c3dcab-77bd-462b-b19e-32ac72d9155d European Environment Agency Kongens Nytorv 6 Copenhagen K 1050 Denmark sdi@eea.europa.eu pointOfContact 2025-10-09T10:35:07.623497Z ISO 19115-3:2018 1.0 WISE WFD Protected Areas under the Water Framework Directive 2024-12-13 publication eea_wise-wfd-protected-areas_s DAT-221-en The WISE WFD protected areas data set contains the location of areas which have been designated as requiring special protection of their surface water and groundwater, or for the conservation of habitats and species directly depending on water, including economically significant aquatic species (e.g. shellfish). According to the Article 6 of the Water Framework Directive (WFD, Directive 2000/60/EC), Member States shall ensure the establishment of a register of all areas lying within each River Basin District which have been designated as requiring special protection under specific Community legislation for the protection of their surface water and groundwater, or for the conservation of habitats and species directly depending on water, including the protection of Natura 2000 sites and economically significant aquatic species (e.g. shellfish). European Environment Agency Kongens Nytorv 6 Copenhagen K 1050 Denmark sdi@eea.europa.eu http://www.eea.europa.eu WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link European Environment Agency public website pointOfContact https://sdi.eea.europa.eu/public/catalogue-graphic-overview/40e6624e-cd58-4183-8a5d-61795100b133.png Montenegro Albania United Kingdom Iceland Switzerland EU27 (from 2020) Norway Netherlands Denmark Estonia Lithuania Slovenia Bulgaria Spain Slovakia Sweden Belgium Greece Poland Croatia Luxembourg Italy Ireland Romania Finland Latvia Czechia Portugal Cyprus France Hungary Malta Austria Germany Continents, countries, sea regions of the world. 2015-07-17T12:00:00 publication geonetwork.thesaurus.external.place.regions 2021 1.1.2 2024 1.1.6 EEA Management Plan 2021-08-25 publication geonetwork.thesaurus.local.theme.eea-mp Water Water Nature protection and restoration Agriculture and food EEA topics 2020-09-24 publication geonetwork.thesaurus.external.theme.eea-topics drinking water protection area urban waste water nitrate directive bathing water Water Framework Directive environment bathing water nitrate directive urban waste water drinking water protection area Water Framework Directive GEMET 2021-11-30 publication geonetwork.thesaurus.external.theme.gemet Area management/restriction/regulation zones and reporting units Soil Area management/restriction/regulation zones and reporting units GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 2008-06-01 publication geonetwork.thesaurus.external.theme.httpinspireeceuropaeutheme-theme Urban waste water sensitive areas - nutrient sensitive areas (Water Framework Directive) Directive 91/676/EEC Directive 2006/7/EC Directive 91/271/EEC Designated waters (Water Framework Directive) Bathing water sites (Bathing Water Directive) Bathing waters - recreational waters (Water Framework Directive) Protected areas (Water Framework Directive) Drinking water protection areas (Water Framework Directive) Nitrate vulnerable zones - nutrient sensitive areas (Water Framework Directive) Directive 2000/60/EC Sensitive areas, less sensitive areas and catchments (Urban Waste-Water Treatment Directive) Sensitive area catchments (Urban Waste-Water Treatment Directive) Sensitive areas (Urban Waste-Water Treatment Directive) Less sensitive areas (Urban Waste-Water Treatment Directive) INSPIRE priority data set 2018-06-12T11:16:28 publication geonetwork.thesaurus.external.theme.httpinspireeceuropaeumetadatacodelistPriorityDataset-PriorityDataset Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive - National Implementation Programme Water Framework Directive - River Basin Management Plans - 2016 RBDSUCA XML data Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive - Implementation Bathing Water Directive - Identification of Bathing Waters (until 2019) Water Framework Directive - River Basin Management Plans - 2016 Spatial data Bathing Water Directive - Monitoring and Classification of Bathing Waters (until 2019) Nitrates Directive - Report Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive - Situation Report Water Framework Directive - River Basin Management Plans - 2016 Reporting Bathing Water Directive - Monitoring and Classification of Bathing Waters Water Framework Directive - River Basin Management Plans - 2016 RBD XML data Bathing Water Directive - Identification of Bathing Waters Water Framework Directive - River Basin Management Plans - 2022 RBD XML data Water Framework Directive - River Basin Management Plans - 2022 Reporting Water Framework Directive - River Basin Management Plans - 2022 Spatial data Reporting obligations 2023-02-06 publication geonetwork.thesaurus.external.theme.rod-eionet-europa-eu European Spatial scope 2019-05-22 publication geonetwork.thesaurus.external.theme.httpinspireeceuropaeumetadatacodelistSpatialScope-SpatialScope 40e6624e-cd58-4183-8a5d-61795100b133 18a28ff8-a85f-44b0-8508-1286b13b0074 ec23d640-f405-40d1-8bb0-927ad62f654d fdc18531-e1d6-498c-b217-c33e11acde37 664b1fe6-1436-49a4-b95e-add885aacec0 f80004d5-00b9-4736-b465-bf3ebbd88406 cdb7af74-b12d-49f5-b716-bd64c7a0f864 3b05a991-63d6-4c69-a218-3d08d467c0d4 bc44d1b7-d9fd-4225-8684-ac737e54a6d8 eb60b99d-0ac8-4e2f-82da-b24c71cbc240 fe1aca53-a424-4472-b4fe-9c57ef0af51e vector 100000 250000 utf8 environment geoscientificInformation inlandWaters -31.23088 34.08796 27.855944 70.09227 -46.582 37.0898 22.2688 71.636 -63.1729 55.5773 -21.3806 71.1532 -66.0059 -50.8887 1.5818 20.3034 42.1436 58.3154 -22.4313 -10.8333 2006-01-01 2006-12-31 2016-01-01 2019-09-30 2016-01-01 2019-12-31 2016-01-01 2021-07-02 2016-01-01 2024-03-11 2016-01-01 2024-07-12