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Article 11 of the WFD requires each Member state to establish a program of measures “for each river basin district, or for the part of an international river basin district within its territory,” and to implement such measures by 2012.  The effectiveness of PoM  is subject to review at six year intervals beginning in 2015.The WFD distinguishes between basic and supplementary measures (Annex VI Article11(2) and (3) of the Water Framework Directive). 

• Basic measures, which comprise the minimum water body protection development requirements, are already defined in existing EU directives or serve to meet basic water management requirements (pursuant to Article 11(3) of the WFD), including those laid out in Directive 91/271/EEC concerning urban wastewater treatment, Directive 91/676/EEC relating to nitrate pollution, and Directive 80/778/EEC concerning drinking water.
• Supplementary measures are necessary in cases where the basic measures are not sufficient to allow the WFD objectives to be reached. Such measures can include construction programs, rehabilitation projects, legislative, administrative and fiscal instruments, and educational projects.