Abstract

The experience of legal regulation of relations in the sphere of waters protection from nitrate pollution in the EU is researched in this article. A scientific and theoretical analysis of the national legislation development, taking into account the requirements of Council Directive 91/676/EEC of 12 December 1991 concerning the protection of waters against pollution caused by nitrates from agricultural sources is provided. It is stated that our country does not follow the Association Agreement between Ukraine, on the one hand, and the European Union, the European Atomic Energy Community and their Member States, on the other hand, ratified by the Law of Ukraine of September 16, 2014 regarding of implementation of the above Directive (initial deadline – 2017). Extending the deadline to December 31, 2020, does not guarantee that the legislation will be conformed its requirements. So the Code of Good Agricultural Practices, the Methodology for Identifying Vulnerable Areas, and the Action Plan for Reducing Nitrate Pollution from Agricultural Sources have not been accepted until now. Accordingly, work is not being done regarding to: identify nitrate-vulnerable areas; creation of their register, also monitoring of nitrate content in surface and ground water. In addition, the experience of leading European countries shows that it is impossible to implement the provisions of this Directive with out organizing the financing of its activities and the creation of an effective system for monitoring their implementation. Keywords: water quality, water object, drinking water, nitrate pollution, vulnerable zone, monitoring of nitrate, content, implementation of legislation, rural area

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