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| A strategy for dealing with pollu
tion of water from chemicals is
set out in Article 16 of the
Water Framework Directive 2000/60/
EC (WFD). As a first step of
this strategy, a list of
priority substances was adopted (Decision
2455/2001/EC) identifyi
ng 33 substances of
priority concern at Community level. The proposal of a Directive of the European Parliament
and of the Council on environmen
tal quality standards
in the field of wa
ter policy (developed
under Article 16 of Directive 2000/60/EC) has
the objective to ensure a high level of
protection against risks to or via the aquatic
environment arising from
these 33 priority
substances by setting European environmenta
l quality standards.
In addition, the WFD
requires Member States to identify specific pollu
tants in the River Basins and to include them
in the monitoring programmes. Monitoring of
both WFD priority substances and other
pollutants for the purpose of determination of
the chemical and ecological status shall be
performed according to Article
8 and Annex V of the WFD.
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Keywords: WFD, MSFD, Contaminants , Pollutants , Contamination, Pollution, chemicals, hazardous substances, priority substances, Monitoring, Descriptor 8, Directive | |
Type | EU Guidance |
Published | 2009 |
Source | Office for Official Publications of the European Communities |
Ref. | KH-AN-09-019-EN-N |
Level | DE |
Language | EN |
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