Although the process has a direct environmental target, a homogenisation of water governance arrangements was de facto and indirectly generated. However, the European Commission has noticed serious delays in the delivery of river basin management plans (RMBP). To date, 91 out of 170 hydrographical districts have published their plans, only 14 countries delivering their plans on time: France, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Germany, Luxembourg, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Austria, Romania, Bulgaria, Latvia, Finland and Sweden.