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COMMISSION NOTICE Guidelines providing a common understanding of the term ‘environmental damage’ as defined in Article 2 of Directive 2004/35/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on environmental liability with regard to the prevention and remedying of environmental damage · European Union

| 131. | To understand the material scope of ‘water damage’, it is necessary to understand what is meant by the expression ‘waters concerned’. ‘Waters’ encompass all waters covered by the Water Framework Directive – see Box 8 below. The purpose of the Water Framework Directive is to ‘establish a framework for the protection of inland surface waters, transitional waters, coastal waters and groundwater’ (138). The waters referred to in this quotation are the waters covered by the Water Framework Directive. The Water Framework Directive applies to all of them, regardless of their size and characteristics (139). Further relevant definitions are set out in Box 9 below. The waters ‘concerned’ are those affected by damage. Box 8: Definition of ‘waters’

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Source: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-09-25 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.