Luxembourg, 28/06/2007 (Agence Europe) - The EU27 environment ministers easily reached a political agreement on 28 June in Luxembourg on the draft directive establishing surface water quality norms with a view to achieving good quality maritime and inland waters by 2015. The agreement reached on this proposal, which completes the framework directive on water (2000/60/.EC), is the result of a compromise concocted by the outgoing German EU Presidency, and is very close to the Commission's...