10.3. Estimates of cost of measures

Article 19 of the WFD requires the European Commission to review the Directive and to propose any necessary amendments. As a part of this review, the European Commission needs to be able to assess the costs and benefits of the implementation of the Directive.

Class: Costs

1. Please include here any comments which apply to all the schema elements in this Class.
2. In addition to those general schema element level comments, we welcome your views on: a) whether you think this Class can be simplified;  and b) whether you think the linkages with other reporting Classes or Schemas can be improved, and how;

costOfMeasuresScale20092015 - Required.(MSorRBD_Enum)

Indicate whether the costs reported refer to this specific RBD or for the Member State as a whole.

costOfMeasuresPeriod20092015 - Required.

Report the time period (e.g. 2009--2015, 2009--2014, etc) to which the reported costs refer.

article113aInvestment20092015 - Required.

Report the total investment expenditure (in millions of Euros) of measures under Article 11.3.a that were effectively implemented during the first planning cycle.

article113bl114115Investment20092015 - Required.

Report the total investment expenditure (in millions of Euros) of measures under Articles 11.3.b-l and Articles 11.4 and 11.5 that were effectively implemented during the first planning cycle.

article113al114115Investment20092015 - Conditional.

Report the total investment expenditure (in millions of Euros) of measures under Articles 11.3.a, 11.3.b-l, 11.4 and 11.5 that were effectively implemented during the first planning cycle if only aggregated data is available.

costExplanation20092015Reference - Required.(ReferenceType)

Provide a reference or hyperlink to the relevant document and section where specific information can be found on how the costs reported for the first planning cycle have been calculated. This information must be uploaded to WISE or made available on the web.

costOfMeasuresScale20152021 - Required.(MSorRBD_Enum)

Indicate whether the costs reported refer to this specific RBD or for the Member State as a whole.

costOfMeasurePeriod20152021 - Required.

If the reported costs are not for the whole of the second planning cycle, report the reference year (in the format YYYY) or period (in the format YYYY--YYYY) used as the basis of the calculation of costs.

article113aInvestment20152021 - Required.

Report the total investment expenditure (in millions of Euros) of planned measures under Article 11.3.a during the second planning cycle.

article113aAnnual20152021 - Required.

Report the total annual operational and maintenance costs, and any other costs, (in millions of Euros) of planned measures under Article 11.3.a during the second planning cycle.

article113aDepreciation20152021 - Required.(YesNoCode_Enum)

Indicate whether depreciation has been included in the total annual costs reported in article113aAnnual20152021. The default selection should be ‘No’ (i.e. it has been excluded).

article113bl114115Investment20152021 - Required.

Report the total investment expenditure (in millions of Euros) of planned measures under Articles 11.3.b-l and Articles 11.4 and 11.5 during the second planning cycle.

article113bl114115Annual20152021 - Required.

Report the total annual operational and maintenance costs, and any other costs, (in millions of Euros) of planned measures under Articles 11.3.b-l, and 11.4 and 11.5 during the second planning cycle.

article113bl114115Depreciation20152021 - Required.(YesNoCode_Enum)

Indicate whether depreciation is included in the total annual costs reported in article113bl114115Annual20152021. The default selection should be ‘No’ (i.e. it has been excluded).

costExplanation20152021Reference - Required.(ReferenceType)

Provide references or hyperlinks to the relevant documents and sections where specific information can be found on how the costs reported for the second planning cycle have been calculated. .  Guidance on what should be included in this document is provided in Section 10.3.3.3.

euFunds20092015 - Required.

Report the total investment expenditure for the Programme of Measures for the first planning cycle, which were financed by EU funds as an estimated cost or range. 

euFunds20152021 - Required.

Report the estimated total investment expenditure for the Programme of Measures for the second planning cycle that are expected to be financed by EU funds, as an estimated cost or range.

Guidance on contents of RBMPs/Background documents

(Please see the full text of this sub-section in the WFD Reporting Guidance 2016 or above chapter)

Include here any comments that relate to the information contained in this sub-section of the Reporting Guidance, namely concerning information you think could/should be reported electronically and information which you believe should not be included in the River Basin Management Plans or background documents.