European Parliament 23 May 2002, WRITTEN QUESTION E-1445/02 by Charles Tannock (PPE-DE) to the Commission. The extent of the Commission ban on the importation of selected Chinese food products.

The objectives of the water framework directive include at least two items of relevance to the situation as described in the written question: to establish a framework for the protection of inland surface waters, transitional waters, coastal waters and groundwater which: (a) promotes sustainable water use based on a long-term protection of available water resources and (b) contributes to