European Union (EU was the ICPER contacting party until April 30, 2004, thus to the date of the accession of the Czech Republic to the EU on May 1, 2004)
International Commissions for the Protection of the Rhine, the Oder and the Danube rivers
non-governmental organisations
Principal objectives
making the use of water possible, especially promoting the retrieval of drinking water via river bank infiltration and enabling the agriculture to utilise the water and the sediments,
achieving the most natural ecosystem possible; one that can provide for healthy species population,
permanent strategy to decrease the burden imposed on the North Sea by the Elbe River basin.
To achieve these objectives, it is necessary
to improve the status of the Elbe River and its tributaries from the physical, chemical, and biological conditions point of view; the components involved are water, suspended solids, sediments, and organisms,
to improve the ecological value of the Elbe River riparian zone.