I(Acts whose publication is obligatory)DIRECTIVE 2000/60/EC OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCILof 23 October 2000establishing a framework for Community action in the field of water policyTHE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THEEUROPEAN UNION,Having regard to the Treaty establishing the EuropeanCommunity, and in particular Article 175(1) thereof,Having regard to the proposal from the Commission (1),Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and SocialCommittee (2),Having regard to the opinion of the Committee of theRegions (3),Acting in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article251 of the Treaty (4), and in the light of the joint textapproved by the Conciliation Committee on 18 July 2000,Whereas:(1) Water is not a commercial product like any other but,rather, a heritage which must be protected, defendedand treated as such.(2) The conclusions of the Community Water PolicyMinisterial Seminar in Frankfurt in 1988 highlighted theneed for Community legislation cover...