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5.1.1. Measures under the Water Framework Directive

The planning of measures to improve water body status and to reach the environmental objectives is part of the river basin management planning under the WFD. Such measures are planned within the program of measures (PoM) for implementation during the current management cycle. Measures are distinguished between basic measures, which comprise the minimum waterbody protection and development requirements, already defined in existing directives, and supplementary measures. Supplementary measures are those measures designed and implemented in addition to the basic measures where they are necessary to achieve environmental objectives and comprise for example construction and rehabilitation projects, as well as legal, administrative or management instruments and training measures (BMU/UBA, 2016).

For the reporting of the planning of measures in the PoM, 25 Key Types of Measures (KTM) were defined (European Commission, 2016). Those KTM are measures that are expected to bring the substantial improvements to reach the objectives. One KTM comprise often more than one measure. The number of measures assigned to a specific KTM depends on national planning of measures.