108
8 Transboundary Water Governance in the European Union
regardless of the extensive, environmentally progressive and technically detailed
internal water legislation of the EU (Baranyai 2015).
As, however, the Convention was opened for accession by countries outside
the UNECE region in 2013, global interest has risen steadily, not least because of the
dedicated campaigning by UN leaders and institutions.
68 Given that the EU is the
single biggest bloc of parties in the Convention’s system, a more active presence of
the European Commission in the Convention’s activities and bodies could multiply
the global impact of the EU’s own internal water policy too. If nothing else, the
potential of global political benefits should trigger a more substantial engagement of
EU institutions in the implementation of the UNECE Water Convention.
References
Baranyai G (2015) The water convention and the European Union: the benefits of the convention
for EU member states. In: Tanzi A et al (eds) The UNECE convention on the protection and use
of transboundary watercourses and international lakes—its contribution to international water
cooperation. Leiden, Boston, Brill Nijhoff, pp 88–100
Baranyai G (2016) Managing upstream-downstream dichotomy in European rivers: a critical analysis of the law and politics of transboundary water cooperation in the European union. In: EDSI The
water footprint in decision sciences. Proceedings of the 7th EDSI conference, Helsinki, Finland,
pp 318–330
Belinskij A (2015) Cooperation between Finland and the Russian Federation. In: Tanzi A et al
(eds) The UNECE convention on the protection and use of transboundary watercourses and
international lakes—its contribution to international water cooperation. Leiden, Boston, Brill
Nijhoff, pp 310–318
Bernardini F (2015) The normative and institutional evolution of the convention. In: Tanzi A et al
(eds) The UNECE convention on the protection and use of transboundary watercourses and
international lakes—its contribution to international water cooperation. Leiden, Boston, Brill
Nijhoff, pp 32–48
Boisson de Chazournes L (2013) Fresh water in international law. Oxford University Press, Oxford
Canelas de Castro P (2009) Luso-spanish cooperation on the management of the waters of the
shared rivers—a model within the European model? conference paper, http://umir.umac.mo/
jspui/bitstream/123456789/15128/1/4446_0_MEDITERRANEAN%20CONF%20-%20LusoSpanish%20wATERManagement%20-MODEL%20within%20the%20Model-%2002022009.
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68 See e.g. opening remarks of Ban Ki-moon, UN Secretary-General at the 2013 Budapest Water
Summit, urging non-UNECE countries to join the Convention. https://www.un.org/sg/en/content/
sg/statement/2013-10-08/secretary-generals-opening-remarks-budapest-water-summit-prepared
(accessed 12 February 2019).
8 Transboundary Water Governance in the European Union
regardless of the extensive, environmentally progressive and technically detailed
internal water legislation of the EU (Baranyai 2015).
As, however, the Convention was opened for accession by countries outside
the UNECE region in 2013, global interest has risen steadily, not least because of the
dedicated campaigning by UN leaders and institutions.
68 Given that the EU is the
single biggest bloc of parties in the Convention’s system, a more active presence of
the European Commission in the Convention’s activities and bodies could multiply
the global impact of the EU’s own internal water policy too. If nothing else, the
potential of global political benefits should trigger a more substantial engagement of
EU institutions in the implementation of the UNECE Water Convention.
References
Baranyai G (2015) The water convention and the European Union: the benefits of the convention
for EU member states. In: Tanzi A et al (eds) The UNECE convention on the protection and use
of transboundary watercourses and international lakes—its contribution to international water
cooperation. Leiden, Boston, Brill Nijhoff, pp 88–100
Baranyai G (2016) Managing upstream-downstream dichotomy in European rivers: a critical analysis of the law and politics of transboundary water cooperation in the European union. In: EDSI The
water footprint in decision sciences. Proceedings of the 7th EDSI conference, Helsinki, Finland,
pp 318–330
Belinskij A (2015) Cooperation between Finland and the Russian Federation. In: Tanzi A et al
(eds) The UNECE convention on the protection and use of transboundary watercourses and
international lakes—its contribution to international water cooperation. Leiden, Boston, Brill
Nijhoff, pp 310–318
Bernardini F (2015) The normative and institutional evolution of the convention. In: Tanzi A et al
(eds) The UNECE convention on the protection and use of transboundary watercourses and
international lakes—its contribution to international water cooperation. Leiden, Boston, Brill
Nijhoff, pp 32–48
Boisson de Chazournes L (2013) Fresh water in international law. Oxford University Press, Oxford
Canelas de Castro P (2009) Luso-spanish cooperation on the management of the waters of the
shared rivers—a model within the European model? conference paper, http://umir.umac.mo/
jspui/bitstream/123456789/15128/1/4446_0_MEDITERRANEAN%20CONF%20-%20LusoSpanish%20wATERManagement%20-MODEL%20within%20the%20Model-%2002022009.
doc. Accessed 12 Feb 2019
COM (European Commission) (2012) Communication from the commission to the European parliament, the council, the European economic and social committee and the committee of the
regions: a blueprint to safeguard Europe’s water resources, COM (2012) 0673 final
Costa L, Vergés J, Barraqué B (2008) Shaping a new Luso-Spanish convention. Economics working
papers 082008, Católica Porto Business School, Universidade Católica Portuguesa
Craig P, De Búrca G (2003) EU law, text, cases, and materials. Oxford University Press, Oxford
Dellapenna J, Gupta J (2008) The evolution of global water law. In: Dellapenna J, Gupta J (eds) He
evolution of the law and politics of water. Springer, Dordrecht, pp 3–20, p. 10
68 See e.g. opening remarks of Ban Ki-moon, UN Secretary-General at the 2013 Budapest Water
Summit, urging non-UNECE countries to join the Convention. https://www.un.org/sg/en/content/
sg/statement/2013-10-08/secretary-generals-opening-remarks-budapest-water-summit-prepared
(accessed 12 February 2019).