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In the Program of Measures (PoM) within the 2nd RBMP under the Water Framework Directive, the Key Types of Measures (KTM) addressed directly or indirectly to pesticide reduction in surface waters and groundwater:
KTM 3: Reduce pesticides pollution from agriculture
KTM 12: Advisory service for agriculture
KTM 13: Drinking water protection measures (e.g. establishment of safeguard- or buffer zones)
Based on the EU Commission consultation report (EC, 2019), the majority of Member States (21) ordered a total of 285 basic measures into KTM 3, six Member States ordered 25 measures into KTM 12, and 19 Member States ordered 243 basic measures into KTM 13 (Table 5.1). Between 15 and 16 Member States ordered 354 supplementary measures into these key types. In comparison to the total amount of basic measures (12 800), only 4% can be assigned to mitigation measures to reduce pesticide contamination; this is also valid for supplementary measures with only 3.5 %. Whereas “basic” measures are mandatory in all Member States, supplementary measures especially in agriculture are mostly applied on a voluntary basis.
Table 5.1 Overview of reported basic and supplementary measures for three key type measures assigned to reduce pesticide pollution in groundwater and surface water
Source: EC, 2019
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Paragraph above Table 5.1: numbers given here are not plausible, e.g. (285 * 21) + (6 * 25) + (19 * 243) = 10752, i.e. ~10800 basic measures instead of 12800. Moreover, it is stated that only 4% can be assigned to mitigation measures to reduce pesticide contamination. That is confusing, i.e. isn't the latter already predefined by those put in KTM 3. Here we have a total amount of 21 * 285 = 5985 which are ~56% of all basic measures.