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kwantitatieve wateropgave

English translation: quantitative water management (policy/programme)

22:06 Sep 22, 2015
Dutch to English translations [PRO]
Finance (general)
Dutch term or phrase: kwantitatieve wateropgave
het betreft een kwantitatieve wateropgave, waarbij het waterschap het bevoegde gezag is
Yevgeni Gerasimenko
Ukraine
Local time: 07:25
English translation:quantitative water management (policy/programme)
Explanation:
see e.g.:

"11.4 European Union policy

Unlike the Netherlands, in the European Union (EU), environment, nature and water form one policy field institutionally (Environment Directorate-General). Sustainable

[…]

The European Council has to decide on environmental policy with a qualified majority. The European Treaty explicitly excludes spatial planning (called in the Treaty ‘town and country planning' and Hand use7) and ***quantitative water management*** from this decision-making procedure. In these fields, European policy can only be applied if the European Council acts unanimously on a proposal from the European Commission. In line with the European Treaty, the influence of the EU on the three national policy fields discussed earlier differs significantly. The following brief explanation will be extended in the next three subsections. The influence of the EU on Dutch water management policy focuses on water quality. There is hardly any EU influence on water quantity, because it is considered to be primarily an issue for national policy. […]" ("Water and Environment in Decision-making: Water Assessment, Environmental ..." @ https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=DN44G0CNnUEC&pg=PA224&lp... )

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Note added at 17 mins (2015-09-22 22:24:44 GMT)
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PS: I extracted the text from my ref via OCR. pls change:

and Hand use7 > and ‘land use’

etc.
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Michael Beijer
United Kingdom
Local time: 05:25
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3quantitative water management (policy/programme)
Michael Beijer
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refs
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quantitative water management (policy/programme)


Explanation:
see e.g.:

"11.4 European Union policy

Unlike the Netherlands, in the European Union (EU), environment, nature and water form one policy field institutionally (Environment Directorate-General). Sustainable

[…]

The European Council has to decide on environmental policy with a qualified majority. The European Treaty explicitly excludes spatial planning (called in the Treaty ‘town and country planning' and Hand use7) and ***quantitative water management*** from this decision-making procedure. In these fields, European policy can only be applied if the European Council acts unanimously on a proposal from the European Commission. In line with the European Treaty, the influence of the EU on the three national policy fields discussed earlier differs significantly. The following brief explanation will be extended in the next three subsections. The influence of the EU on Dutch water management policy focuses on water quality. There is hardly any EU influence on water quantity, because it is considered to be primarily an issue for national policy. […]" ("Water and Environment in Decision-making: Water Assessment, Environmental ..." @ https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=DN44G0CNnUEC&pg=PA224&lp... )

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Note added at 17 mins (2015-09-22 22:24:44 GMT)
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PS: I extracted the text from my ref via OCR. pls change:

and Hand use7 > and ‘land use’

etc.

Example sentence(s):
  • The European Treaty explicitly excludes spatial planning (called in the Treaty ‘town and country planning' and Land use) and quantitative water management from this decision-making procedure.
Michael Beijer
United Kingdom
Local time: 05:25
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 62
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Reference comments


4 mins
Reference: refs

Reference information:
Onroerend Goed Lexicon :

wateropgave =
expected volume of excess/additional water an area will have to accommodate;
measures to be taken for an area to accommodate excess/additional water

Michael Beijer
United Kingdom
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Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 62
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