164
10 The Resilience of Transboundary Water Governance …
toothless “reporting” of transboundary water problems to the European Commission.
Ultimately, member states may also have direct recourse to the European Court of
Justice against fellow EU riparian states, but such procedure faces such legal and
political obstacles that render such an exercise a more or less futile adventure.
In conclusion: European water law displays an important hydropolitical gap as
it fails to provide effective mechanisms for the resolution of a potentially very wide
spectrum of transboundary legal disputes between EU member states.
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, pp 88–100
Baranyai G, Bartus G (2016) Anatomy of a deadlock: a systemic analysis of why the Gabˇ cíkovoNagymaros dam dispute is still unresolved. Water Policy 18:39–49
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, 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) Dispute settlement procedures and fresh water: multiplicity and
diversity at stake. In: Boschiero N et al (eds) International courts and the development of international law. TCM Asser, The Hague, pp 109–120
Canelas de Castro P (2009) Luso-Spanish Cooperation on the management of the waters of the
shared rivers—a model within the European Model? In: Conference Paper, http://umir.umac.mo/
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10 The Resilience of Transboundary Water Governance …
toothless “reporting” of transboundary water problems to the European Commission.
Ultimately, member states may also have direct recourse to the European Court of
Justice against fellow EU riparian states, but such procedure faces such legal and
political obstacles that render such an exercise a more or less futile adventure.
In conclusion: European water law displays an important hydropolitical gap as
it fails to provide effective mechanisms for the resolution of a potentially very wide
spectrum of transboundary legal disputes between EU member states.
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, pp 88–100
Baranyai G, Bartus G (2016) Anatomy of a deadlock: a systemic analysis of why the Gabˇ cíkovoNagymaros dam dispute is still unresolved. Water Policy 18:39–49
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, 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) Dispute settlement procedures and fresh water: multiplicity and
diversity at stake. In: Boschiero N et al (eds) International courts and the development of international law. TCM Asser, The Hague, pp 109–120
Canelas de Castro P (2009) Luso-Spanish Cooperation on the management of the waters of the
shared rivers—a model within the European Model? In: 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
Chatterjee I (2013) Evaluating international water treaty impacts & risks: The Albufeira Convention
and the Spanish Experience, University of California at Riverside. https://economics.ucr.edu/
seminars_colloquia/2013-14/applied_economics/I%20Chatterjee%20paper%20for%2011%
206%2013%20seminar.pdf. Accessed 12 Feb 2019
COM (European Commission) (2003) Towards a Guidance on Establishment of the Intercalibration Network and the Process on the Intercalibration Exercise. CIS Guidance Document No 6,
Luxembourg
COM (European Commission) (2009) River basin management in a changing climate. CIS guidance
document No. 24, Luxembourg
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
COM (European Commission) (2015a) Communication from the Commission to the European
Parliament and the Council: The Water Framework Directive and the Floods Directive: actions
towards the ‘good status’ of EU water and to reduce flood risks, COM (2015) 0120 final
COM (European Commission) (2015b) Ecological flows in the implementation of the Water Framework Directive. CIS guidance document No. 31, Luxembourg