1Directive (EU) 2026/805 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 March 2026 amending Directive 2000/60/EC establishing a framework for Community action in the field of water policy, Directive 2006/118/EC on the protection of groundwater against pollution and deterioration and Directive 2008/105/EC on environmental quality standards in the field of water policyText with EEA relevance.

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§ Article 4

Article 4(4) to (9) of Directive 2000/60/EC shall apply mutatis mutandis to the substances referred to in the first subparagraph of this paragraph. Insofar as the time extensions provided for in Article 4(4) of that Directive are concerned, they shall be limited to a maximum of one further update of the river basin management plan except in cases where the natural conditions are such that the objectives cannot be achieved within that period.

1b.

Threshold values established in accordance with Article 3(1)(b) and the threshold values listed in Part D of Annex II shall take effect from the beginning of the following river basin management plan period after the date the threshold value was set, with the aim of achieving good groundwater chemical status in relation to the corresponding substances by the end of that river basin management plan period and of preventing deterioration in the chemical status of groundwater bodies in relation to those substances.

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Threshold values referred to in paragraph 1(b) may be established at the national level, at the level of the river basin district or the part of the international river basin district falling within the territory of a Member State, or at the level of a body or a group of bodies of groundwater.

Threshold values referred to in paragraph 1(b) and (c) shall be applied at the level relevant to the occurrence of the pollutant.

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(d) paragraph 5 is replaced by the following:

Member States shall publish all threshold values referred to in paragraph 1(b) of this Article in their river basin management plans to be produced under Article 13 of Directive 2000/60/EC, together with a summary of the information set out in Part C of Annex II to this Directive.

Member States shall, by 22 December 2027, inform the Commission of their lists of pollutants of national concern and national threshold values referred to in paragraph 1(b). The Commission shall ensure that that information is made publicly available. Subsequent updates of the list of national threshold values shall be published in accordance with the first subparagraph of this paragraph.

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(e) in paragraph 6, the first subparagraph is replaced by the following:

Member States shall amend the list of threshold values applied in their territories whenever new information on pollutants, groups of pollutants or indicators of pollution, also taking into account the precautionary principle, indicates that a threshold value needs to be set for an additional substance, that an existing threshold value needs to be modified or that a threshold value previously removed from the list needs to be re-inserted. If relevant threshold values are established or amended at Union level, Member States shall adapt the list of threshold values applied in their territories to those values.

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(5) Article 4 is amended as follows:

(a) in paragraph 2, point (b) is replaced by the following:

(b) the values for the groundwater quality standards listed in Annex I and the threshold values referred to in Article 3(1)(b) and (c) are not exceeded at any monitoring point in that body or group of bodies of groundwater; or

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(b) the following paragraph is inserted:

2a.

The Commission is empowered to adopt an implementing act to establish a list of pesticide metabolites that may be found in groundwater and for which an assessment of their relevance has been carried out in the Union, indicating whether they are relevant or not relevant, by 11 May 2028. The list shall not include metabolites assessed as being of no concern. The list shall be based on data generated during the process for approving active substances under Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council

Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 October 2009 concerning the placing of plant protection products on the market and repealing Council Directives 79/117/EEC and 91/414/EEC (OJ L 309, 24.11.2009, p. 1, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2009/1107/oj).

and Regulation (EU) No 528/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council

Regulation (EU) No 528/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 May 2012 concerning the making available on the market and use of biocidal products (OJ L 167, 27.6.2012, p. 1, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2012/528/oj).;

and associated scientific output from the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) and the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA), and, if available, new scientific data on existing metabolites or newly discovered previously unidentified metabolites. The Commission shall adopt an implementing act to update the list at least every six years. The implementing acts referred to in this paragraph shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 9(2) of this Directive.

(6) the following Article is inserted:

Article 6a

Watch list

The Commission is empowered to adopt implementing acts to establish, having regard to scientific reports prepared by ECHA in accordance with paragraph 2 of this Article, a watch list of substances for which Union-wide monitoring data are to be gathered by the Member States for the purpose of supporting future reviews of Annexes I and II and to lay down the formats to be used by the Member States for reporting the results of that monitoring and related information to the Commission. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 9(2).

The watch list shall contain a maximum of five substances, groups of substances, or indicators of pollution at any one time, and the possible methods of analysis for each substance. Those methods shall not entail excessive costs for the competent authorities. The substances to be included in the watch list shall be selected from amongst those substances for which the information available indicates that they could pose a significant risk at Union level to or via the aquatic environment and for which monitoring data are insufficient. This watch list shall include substances of emerging concern.

On the basis of the scientific reports prepared by ECHA in accordance with paragraph 2, the Commission shall include microplastics and appropriate indicators of the presence, evolution or transmission of antimicrobial resistance (indicators of antimicrobial resistance) in the watch list, provided that methods of sampling and analysis that are reliable and do not entail excessive cost are available. By 1 December 2027 the Commission shall identify such methods of sampling and analysis.

ECHA shall prepare scientific reports to assist the Commission in selecting the substances, and indicators for inclusion in the watch list referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article, taking into account the following information:

(a) Annex I to Directive 2008/105/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council

Directive 2008/105/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 2008 on environmental quality standards in the field of water policy, amending and subsequently repealing Council Directives 82/176/EEC, 83/513/EEC, 84/156/EEC, 84/491/EEC, 86/280/EEC and amending Directive 2000/60/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 348, 24.12.2008, p. 84, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dir/2008/105/oj).

and the results of the most recent review of that Annex, as well as the results of the most recent review of Annex I to this Directive;

(b) the watch lists established in accordance with Directives 2008/105/EC and (EU) 2020/2184;

(d) Member States’ characterisation of river basin districts in accordance with Article 5 of Directive 2000/60/EC and the results of monitoring programmes established in accordance with Article 8 of that Directive;

(e) information on production volumes, use patterns, intrinsic properties (including mobility in soils and, where relevant, particle size), concentrations in the environment and adverse effects on human health and the aquatic environment of a particular substance or group of substances, including information gathered in accordance with Directive 2001/83/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council

Directive 2001/83/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 November 2001 on the Community code relating to medicinal products for human use (OJ L 311, 28.11.2001, p. 67, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dir/2001/83/oj).

, Regulations (EC) No 1907/2006

Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 December 2006 concerning the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH), establishing a European Chemicals Agency, amending Directive 1999/45/EC and repealing Council Regulation (EEC) No 793/93 and Commission Regulation (EC) No 1488/94 as well as Council Directive 76/769/EEC and Commission Directives 91/155/EEC, 93/67/EEC, 93/105/EC and 2000/21/EC (OJ L 396, 30.12.2006, p. 1, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2006/1907/oj).

and (EC) No 1107/2009, Directive 2009/128/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council

Directive 2009/128/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 October 2009 establishing a framework for Community action to achieve the sustainable use of pesticides, (OJ L 309, 24.11.2009, p. 71, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dir/2009/128/oj).

and Regulations (EU) No 528/2012, (EU) 2019/6

Regulation (EU) 2019/6 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2018 on veterinary medicinal products and repealing Directive 2001/82/EC (OJ L 4, 7.1.2019, p. 43, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2019/6/oj).

and (EU) 2022/2379

Regulation (EU) 2022/2379 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 November 2022 on statistics on agricultural input and output, amending Commission Regulation (EC) No 617/2008 and repealing Regulations (EC) No 1165/2008, (EC) No 543/2009 and (EC) No 1185/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council and Council Directive 96/16/EC (OJ L 315, 7.12.2022, p. 1, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2022/2379/oj).

of the European Parliament and of the Council;

(f) research projects and scientific publications, including, information on trends, and forecasts based on modelling or other predictive assessments, as well as information and data collected by remote sensing technologies, earth observation, such as Copernicus services, in situ sensors and devices, or citizen science data, taking advantage of the opportunities offered by artificial intelligence and advanced data analysis and processing;

(g) recommendations from stakeholders;

(h) recommendations from the working groups established under the Common Implementation Strategy for Directive 2000/60/EC;

(i) information on emissions, discharges and losses available in the Industrial Emissions Portal under Regulation (EU) 2024/1244 of the European Parliament and of the Council

Regulation (EU) 2024/1244 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 April 2024 on reporting of environmental data from industrial installations, establishing an Industrial Emissions Portal and repealing Regulation (EC) No 166/2006 (OJ L, 2024/1244, 2.5.2024, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2024/1244/oj).

, as well as any additional information available on substances covered by permits under Directive 2010/75/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council

Directive 2010/75/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 November 2010 on industrial and livestock rearing emissions (integrated pollution prevention and control) (OJ L 334, 17.12.2010, p. 17, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dir/2010/75/oj).;

The scientific reports prepared by ECHA in accordance with paragraph 2 shall present a list of candidate substances, groups of substances, or indicators, an indicative method of analysis and maximum acceptable limit of quantification for each of them, with a supporting reference to scientific literature or guidance.

By 1 February 2028 and every three years thereafter, ECHA shall prepare a report summarising the findings of the scientific reports prepared in accordance with paragraph 2 and shall make that report publicly available. .

By 1 June 2028, the Commission shall establish the first watch list referred to in paragraph 1, and update it every three years thereafter.

When updating the watch list, the Commission shall remove any substance, group of substances, or indicator from the watch list, where the Commission considers it possible to assess the risk for the aquatic environment without additional monitoring data. However, an individual substance, group of substances, or indicator may be kept on the watch list for another period of three years where additional monitoring data are needed to assess the risk to the aquatic environment.

The Commission may also add one or more additional substances, groups of substances, or indicators where it considers, having regard to the scientific reports of ECHA, that there could be a widespread risk to the aquatic environment, subject to the updated watch list containing a maximum of five substances, groups of substances, or indicators, in accordance with paragraph 1.

Microplastics and indicators of antimicrobial resistance shall not be kept on the watch list for a second consecutive period of three years unless a harmonised and reliable risk assessment methodology is available which, when applied, shows that the monitoring data collected during the first monitoring period are insufficient to assess the risk they pose to or via the aquatic environment.

Member States shall monitor each substance, group of substances, and indicator on the watch list referred to in paragraph 1 at selected representative monitoring stations over a 24-month period. The monitoring period shall commence within six months of the establishment of the watch list, but sampling and analysis need not commence at the start of that period.

Each Member State shall select at least two monitoring stations, plus the number of stations equal to its total area in km2 of groundwater bodies divided by 45000, rounded to the nearest integer.

Where a Member State is in a position to generate sufficient, comparable, representative and recent monitoring data for a particular substance, group of substances, or indicator from existing monitoring programmes or studies, it may decide not to undertake additional monitoring under the watch list mechanism for that substance, group of substances, or indicator, provided that the substance, group of substances, or indicator was monitored using a methodology that is compliant with the methods of analysis referred to in the implementing act establishing the watch list.

Member States shall make available the results of the monitoring referred to in paragraph 6 of this Article annually in accordance with Article 8(4) of Directive 2000/60/EC and with the implementing act establishing the watch list as adopted pursuant to paragraph 1 of this Article. They shall also make available information on the representativeness of the monitoring stations and on the monitoring strategy.

At the end of the 24-month period referred to in paragraph 6 ECHA shall review the monitoring results and assess which substances, groups of substances, or indicators need to be monitored for another 24-month period and therefore are to be kept on the watch list and which substances, groups of substances, or indicators can be removed from the watch list.

Where the Commission, having regard to the assessment by ECHA referred to in the first subparagraph of this paragraph, concludes that no further monitoring is required to further assess the risk to the aquatic environment, that assessment shall be taken into account in the review of Annex I or II referred to in Article 8.

(7) Article 8 is replaced by the following:

Article 8

Review of Annexes I to IV and specific provisions for certain substances

The Commission shall review the list of pollutants and indicators of pollution and the corresponding quality standards for those pollutants set out in Annex I by 11 May 2032 and every six years thereafter and, where appropriate, accompany the review with a legislative proposal to update the list of pollutants and the corresponding quality standards.

The Commission shall review the list of pollutants and indicators of pollution for which Member States have to consider establishing national threshold values set out in Part B of Annex II by 11 May 2032 and every six years thereafter and, where appropriate, accompany the review with a legislative proposal to update the list of pollutants in Part B of Annex II.

The Commission shall review the repository of harmonised threshold values in Part D of Annex II by 11 May 2032 and every six years thereafter and, where appropriate, accompany the review with a legislative proposal to update the repository and the corresponding harmonised threshold values in Part D of Annex II.

When conducting the reviews referred to in paragraphs 1, 2 and 3, the Commission shall take the scientific reports prepared by ECHA pursuant to paragraph 6 into account.

The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 8a to amend Parts A and C of Annex II and Annexes III and IV concerning guidelines for the establishment of threshold values by Member States, information to be provided by Member States with regard to the pollutants and indicators of pollution for which threshold values have been established, the assessment of groundwater chemical status and the identification and reversal of significant and sustained upward trends in order to adapt them to scientific and technical progress.

For the purpose of assisting the Commission with regard to the review of Annexes I and II, ECHA shall prepare scientific reports. Those reports shall take account of the following:

(a) the opinions of the Committee for Risk Assessment (RAC) and the Committee for Socio-Economic Analysis (SEAC) of ECHA;

(b) the results of the monitoring programmes established in accordance with Article 8 of Directive 2000/60/EC;

(d) the outcome of the reviews of the Annexes to Directive 2008/105/EC and Directive (EU) 2020/2184;

(e) information and requirements to address soil pollution;

(f) Union research programmes and scientific publications, including the latest available information resulting from remote sensing technologies, earth observation, such as Copernicus services, in situ sensors and devices and citizen science data, leveraging the opportunities offered by new technologies, which could include artificial intelligence, advanced data analysis and processing;

(g) comments and information from relevant stakeholders, including national regulatory authorities and other relevant bodies;

(h) recommendations from the working groups established under the Common Implementation Strategy for Directive 2000/60/EC.

The scientific reports referred to in the first subparagraph shall include proposals for quality standards or threshold values for the respective pollutants or indicators of pollution as well as a suitable analytical method.

Every six years, ECHA shall prepare and make publicly available a report, summarising the findings of the scientific reports prepared under paragraph 6. The first report shall be submitted to the Commission by 11 May 2030.

When next conducting the review referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article, the Commission shall consider establishing a quality standard for PFAS Total in groundwater and aim to complement the guidance on monitoring PFAS Total in drinking water, developed in accordance with Article 13(7) of Directive (EU) 2020/2184, to make it applicable to monitoring PFAS Total in groundwater. Member States are encouraged to already apply that guidance to monitor PFAS Total in groundwater and to report the data in accordance with Article 8(4) of Directive 2000/60/EC. Considering the toxicity, persistence and prevalence of trifluoroacetic acid (TFA) in the environment, the Commission shall, at the next review, also consider establishing a quality standard for TFA separately, or as a part of a sum, in Annex I to this Directive.

When next conducting the review referred to in paragraph 1, the Commission shall consider whether to establish quality standards for the sum(s) of selected pharmaceuticals by mode of action and for the sum of bisphenols; for this reason sum(s) of selected pharmaceuticals by mode of action and sum of bisphenols are listed in Annex V to Directive 2006/118/EC. The Commission shall also consider whether a risk-based approach could be taken to establishing quality standards for total pharmaceuticals and total bisphenols in groundwater, supported by suitable monitoring methods.

When next conducting the review referred to in paragraph 1, the Commission shall consider whether to revise the quality standards in Annex I for individual pesticides, total pesticides and for non-relevant metabolites in groundwater.

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(8) the following Article is inserted:

Article 8a

Exercise of the delegation

The power to adopt delegated acts is conferred on the Commission subject to the conditions laid down in this Article.

The power to adopt delegated acts referred to in Article 8(5) shall be conferred on the Commission for a period of six years from 10 May 2026. The Commission shall draw up a report in respect of the delegation of power not later than nine months before the end of the six-year period. The delegation of power shall be tacitly extended for periods of an identical duration, unless the European Parliament or the Council opposes such extension not later than three months before the end of each period.

The delegation of power referred to in Article 8(5) may be revoked at any time by the European Parliament or by the Council. A decision to revoke shall put an end to the delegation of the power specified in that decision. It shall take effect the day following the publication of the decision in the Official Journal of the European Union or at a later date specified therein. It shall not affect the validity of the delegated acts already in force.

Before adopting a delegated act, the Commission shall consult experts designated by each Member State in accordance with the principles laid down in the Interinstitutional Agreement of 13 April 2016 on Better Law-Making.

As soon as it adopts a delegated act, the Commission shall notify it simultaneously to the European Parliament and to the Council.

A delegated act adopted pursuant to Article 8(5) shall enter into force only if no objection has been expressed either by the European Parliament or by the Council within a period of two months of notification of that act to the European Parliament and the Council or if, before the expiry of that period, the European Parliament and the Council have both informed the Commission that they will not object. That period shall be extended by two months at the initiative of the European Parliament or of the Council.

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(9) Article 9 is replaced by the following:

Article 9

Committee procedure

The Commission shall be assisted by a committee. That committee shall be a committee within the meaning of Regulation (EU) No 182/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council

Regulation (EU) No 182/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 February 2011 laying down the rules and general principles concerning mechanisms for control by Member States of the Commission’s exercise of implementing powers (OJ L 55, 28.2.2011, p. 13, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2011/182/oj).;

Where reference is made to this paragraph, Article 5 of Regulation (EU) No 182/2011 shall apply.

Where the committee delivers no opinion, the Commission shall not adopt the draft implementing act and Article 5(4), third subparagraph, of Regulation (EU) No 182/2011 shall apply.

(10) Article 10 is deleted;

(11) Annex I is replaced by the text set out in Annex III to this Directive;

(12) Annex II is amended in accordance with Annex IV to this Directive;

(13) in Annex III, point 2(c) is replaced by the following:

(c) any other relevant information including a comparison of the annual arithmetic mean concentration of the relevant pollutants at a monitoring point with the groundwater quality standards set out in Annex I and with the threshold values referred to in Article 3(1)(b) and (c).

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(14) in Annex IV, Part B, point 1, the introductory wording is replaced by the following:

the starting point for implementing measures to reverse significant and sustained upward trends will be when the concentration of the pollutant reaches 75 % of the parametric values of the groundwater quality standards set out in Annex I and of the threshold values referred to in Article 3(1)(b) and (c), unless:

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(15) the text set out in Annex V of this Directive is added as Annex V.

Article 3

Amendments to Directive 2008/105/EC

Directive 2008/105/EC is amended as follows:

(1) the title is replaced by the following:

Directive 2008/105/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 2008 on environmental quality standards and on the prevention and control of surface water pollution, amending and subsequently repealing Council Directives 82/176/EEC, 83/513/EEC, 84/156/EEC, 84/491/EEC, 86/280/EEC and amending Directive 2000/60/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council

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(2) in Article 2 the following point is added:

(3) indicator of pollution means a parameter which can be monitored to give a value that is representative of the level or concentration of a pollutant or a group of pollutants and thus of the risk posed by them.

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(3) Article 3 is amended as follows:

(a) paragraph 1a is amended as follows:

(i) in the first subparagraph, the following points are added:

(iii) the substances numbered 5, 9, 13, 15, 17, 21, 23, 24, 28, 30, 34, 37, 41 and 43 in Part A of Annex I, for which revised EQS are set, with effect from 22 December 2027, with the aim of achieving good surface water chemical status in relation to those substances by 22 December 2033 and preventing deterioration in the chemical status of surface water bodies in relation to those substances by means of programmes of measures included in the 2027 river basin management plans produced in accordance with Article 13(7) of Directive 2000/60/EC;

(iv) the newly identified substances numbered 46 to 70 in Part A of Annex I, with effect from 22 December 2027, with the aim of achieving good surface water chemical status in relation to those substances by 22 December 2039 and preventing deterioration in the chemical status of surface water bodies in relation to those substances; for that purpose, Member States shall, by 22 December 2027, establish a supplementary monitoring programme and, by 22 December 2030, a preliminary programme of measures covering those substances; a final programme of measures, in accordance with Article 11 of Directive 2000/60/EC, shall be included in the 2033 river basin management plan produced in accordance with Article 13(7) of that Directive.

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(ii) the second subparagraph is replaced by the following:

Article 4(4) to (9) of Directive 2000/60/EC shall apply mutatis mutandis to the substances listed in points (i) and (ii), of the first subparagraph of this paragraph.

Article 4(4) to (9) of Directive 2000/60/EC shall also apply mutatis mutandis to the substances listed in points (iii) and (iv) of the first subparagraph of this paragraph. Insofar as the time extensions provided for in Article 4(4) of that Directive are concerned, they shall be limited to a maximum of one further update of the river basin management plan except in cases where the natural conditions are such that the objectives cannot be achieved within that river basin management plan period.

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(b) the following paragraph is added:

1b.

EQS set at Union level for river basin specific pollutants in accordance with Article 16(4) of Directive 2000/60/EC and listed in Part C of Annex II to this Directive or additional river basin specific pollutants and corresponding EQS identified by Member States in accordance with Article 8d(1) of this Directive, shall take effect from the beginning of the following river basin management plan period after the date the EQS was set, with the aim of achieving good surface water chemical status in relation to those pollutants by the end of that river basin management plan period and of preventing deterioration in the chemical status of surface water bodies in relation to those pollutants.

Article 4(4) to (9) of Directive 2000/60/EC shall apply mutatis mutandis to the pollutants referred to in the first subparagraph of this paragraph. Insofar as the time extensions provided for in Article 4(4) of that Directive are concerned, they shall be limited to a maximum of one further update of the river basin management plan except in cases where the natural conditions are such that the objectives cannot be achieved within that river basin management plan period.

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With regard to substances for which a biota EQS or a sediment EQS is laid down in Part A of Annex I, Member States shall apply such biota EQS or sediment EQS.

With regard to substances other than those referred to in the first subparagraph, Member States shall apply the water EQS laid down in Part A of Annex I.

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(d) in paragraph 6, the first subparagraph is replaced by the following:

Member States shall arrange for the long-term trend analysis of concentrations of those priority substances identified in Part A of Annex I as substances that tend to accumulate in sediment or biota, on the basis of monitoring in sediment or biota as part of the monitoring of surface water status carried out in accordance with Article 8 of Directive 2000/60/EC. Member States shall take measures aimed at ensuring, subject to Article 4 of Directive 2000/60/EC, that such concentrations do not significantly increase in sediment or biota.

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(e) paragraph 7 is deleted;

(f) paragraph 8 is replaced by the following:

The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 9a to amend point 3 of Part B of Annex I in order to adapt it to scientific or technical progress.

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(4) Article 5 is replaced by the following:

Article 5

Inventory of emissions, discharges and losses

On the basis of the information collected in accordance with Articles 5 and 8 of Directive 2000/60/EC and other available data, each Member State shall establish an inventory of emissions, discharges and losses of all priority substances listed in Part A of Annex I to this Directive and all substances identified by the Member State as river basin specific pollutants for each river basin district or part of a river basin district within their territory.

The first subparagraph shall not apply to emissions, discharges and losses reported by electronic means, on a yearly basis, to the Industrial Emissions Portal established under Regulation (EU) 2024/1244 of the European Parliament and of the Council

Regulation (EU) 2024/1244 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 April 2024 on reporting of environmental data from industrial , establishing an Industrial Emissions Portal and repealing Regulation (EC) No 166/2006 (OJ L, 2024/1244, 2.5.2024, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2024/1244/oj).;

, in accordance with Article 7 of that Regulation.

Member States shall update their inventories as part of the reviews specified in Article 5(2) of Directive 2000/60/EC.

The reference period for the establishment of values in the updated inventories shall be the year before the year in which the reviews specified in Article 5(2) of Directive 2000/60/EC are to be completed.

As part of those updates, Member States shall ensure that the point source emissions to water that do not fall under the scope of Regulation (EU) 2024/1244 or that fall below the annual reporting thresholds set out in that Regulation, as well as the emissions of pollutants from diffuse sources as defined in point (12) of Article 3 of that Regulation, to water, are also reported by electronic means to the Commission, in order to be made available in the Industrial Emissions Portal established under that Regulation, at least every six years, and aggregated at the level of each river basin district or part thereof within a Member State’s territory.

The Commission shall adopt an implementing act establishing the format of the reporting referred to in the third subparagraph of this paragraph. That implementing act shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 9(2) of this Directive. When establishing that implementing act, the Commission shall be assisted, where so required, by the EEA.

Member States shall ensure that the river basin management plans established in accordance with Article 13 of Directive 2000/60/EC include a clear reference or weblink to all the information on emissions to water made available in the Industrial Emissions Portal in accordance with paragraphs 1 and 4 of this Article.

(5) in Article 7a, paragraph 1 is replaced by the following:

For priority substances that fall within the scope of Directive 2001/83/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council

, Regulations (EC) No 1907/2006

or (EC) No 1107/2009

of the European Parliament and of the Council, Directives 2009/128/EC

or 2010/75/EU

of the European Parliament and of the Council or Regulations (EU) No 528/2012

or (EU) 2019/6 of the European Parliament and of the Council

, the Commission shall, taking into account the monitoring data referred to in Article 8(4) of Directive 2000/60/EC, and as part of the report referred to in Article 18(1) of that Directive, assess whether the measures in place at Union and Member State level are sufficient to achieve the EQS for priority substances and the cessation or phasing-out objective for discharges, emissions and losses of priority hazardous substances in accordance with point (a) of Article 4(1) of Directive 2000/60/EC.

(6) Articles 8, 8a and 8b are replaced by the following:

Article 8

Review of Annexes I and II

The Commission shall consider establishing quality standards for PFAS Total in surface waters at the next review of Annex I to this Directive to be conducted in accordance with Article 16 of Directive 2000/60/EC and aim to complement the guidance on monitoring PFAS Total in drinking water, developed in accordance with Article 13(7) of Directive (EU) 2020/2184 of the European Parliament and of the Council

Directive 2006/118/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 December 2006 on the prevention and control of groundwater pollution (OJ L 372, 27.12.2006, p. 19, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dir/2006/118/oj).

, to make it applicable to monitoring PFAS Total in surface waters. Member States are encouraged to already apply that guidance to monitor PFAS Total in surface waters and to report the data in line with Article 8(4) of Directive 2000/60/EC. Considering the toxicity, persistence and prevalence of trifluoroacetic acid (TFA) in the environment, the Commission shall consider establishing a quality standard for TFA separately in Annex I to this Directive at the next review.

A parameter Sum of Bisphenols and parameters for the sum(s) of selected pesticides by mode of action and selected pharmaceuticals by mode of action are included in Annex III to this Directive. The Commission shall review the possible inclusion of these parameters in the priority substances list at its next review of Annex I to this Directive to be conducted in accordance with Article 16 of Directive 2000/60/EC, and set EQS as appropriate. The Commission shall also consider at the next review whether a risk-based approach could be taken to establishing EQS for total bisphenols, total pesticides and total pharmaceuticals in surface waters, supported by suitable monitoring methods.

The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts, in accordance with Article 9a, to amend Part B of Annex II in order to adapt it to scientific and technological progress.

Article 8a

Specific provisions for certain substances

In the river basin management plans produced in accordance with Article 13 of Directive 2000/60/EC, without prejudice to the requirements of Section 1.4.3 of Annex V to that Directive regarding the presentation of the overall chemical status and the objectives and obligations laid down in point (a) of Article 4(1), point (k) of Article 11(3) and in Article 16(6) of that Directive, Member States may provide additional maps to present the chemical status as provided for in Section 1.4.3 of Annex V of Directive 2000/60/EC.

Member States may monitor substances identified in Part A of Annex I to this Directive as substances behaving like ubiquitous PBTs less intensively than is required for priority substances in accordance with Article 3(4) of this Directive and Annex V to Directive 2000/60/EC, provided that the monitoring is representative and a statistically robust baseline is available regarding the presence of those substances in the aquatic environment. As a guideline, in accordance with the second subparagraph of Article 3(6) of this Directive, monitoring should take place at least every three years, unless the use or emission of the substance, or technical knowledge and expert judgment, justify another interval.

Over a period of two years from 1 January 2030, Member States shall monitor the presence of estrogenic substances in water bodies, using effect-based monitoring methods. Sampling and analysis need not commence at the start of that two-year period, but shall be conducted at least four times each year. Member States shall conduct the monitoring at a selection of the sites where the three estrogenic hormones 17-beta estradiol (E2), Estrone (E1) and 17-alpha-ethinylestradiol (EE2), listed in Part A to Annex I to this Directive, are being monitored using conventional analytical methods in accordance with Article 8 of Directive 2000/60/EC and Annex V thereto in order to obtain comparative results at a range of concentrations. Data shall be reported together, and in accordance with Article 8(4) of that Directive. The number of sites shall be no fewer than that specified in Article 8b(3) of this Directive for monitoring substances on the watch list. Member States may start the monitoring before 1 January 2030 as long as the technical specifications referred to in paragraph 4 of this Article have been adopted. Member States shall not use the effect-based results from the two-year comparative monitoring period for the purpose of classifying the chemical status of the monitored water bodies as described in Section 1.4.3 of Annex V to Directive 2000/60/EC.

By 1 December 2027, the Commission shall adopt an implementing act setting out the technical specifications for the monitoring of estrogenic substances using effect-based monitoring methods. The implementing act shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 9(2).

Within 18 months of the data being reported by the Member States, the Commission shall publish a report comparing the results from the conventional analytical and the effect-based methods and analyse the possibility of using effect-based monitoring methods in conjunction with an effect-based trigger value for estrogens as defined in point 35a of Article 2 of Directive 2000/60/EC for screening purposes to support the assessment of chemical status.

In the context of future reviews of the list of pollutants in accordance with Article 16(2) of Directive 2000/60/EC, taking into account the analysis in the report referred to in the first subparagraph of this paragraph, the Commission shall consider setting a trigger value for estrogens for screening purposes and for the assessment of chemical status. Once effect-based methods are ready to use also for other substances, the Commission shall consider, in the context of future reviews, requiring Member States to use them, if necessary, at least initially in parallel with conventional analytical methods, and consider setting corresponding trigger values.

Article 8b

Watch list

The Commission is empowered to adopt implementing acts to establish, having regard to scientific reports prepared by the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) in accordance with paragraph 1a of this Article, a watch list of substances for which it is necessary to gather Union-wide monitoring data from the Member States for the purpose of supporting future reviews in accordance with Article 16(2) of Directive 2000/60/EC and to lay down the formats to be used by the Member States for reporting the results of that monitoring and related information to the Commission. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 9(2).

The watch list shall contain a maximum of 10 substances, groups of substances, or indicators of pollution at any one time and shall indicate the monitoring matrices and the possible methods of analysis for each substance. Those monitoring matrices and methods shall not entail excessive costs for the competent authorities. The substances to be included in the watch list shall be selected from amongst the substances for which the information available indicates that they could pose a significant risk at Union level to, or via, the aquatic environment and for which monitoring data are insufficient. The watch list shall include substances of emerging concern.

On the basis of the scientific reports prepared by ECHA in accordance with paragraph 1a, the Commission shall include microplastics and appropriate indicators of the presence, evolution or transmission of antimicrobial resistance (indicators of antimicrobial resistance) in the watch list, provided that methods of sampling and analysis that are reliable and do not entail excessive costs are available. By 1 December 2027, the Commission shall identify such methods of sampling and analysis.

1a.

ECHA shall prepare scientific reports to assist the Commission in selecting the substances and indicators for inclusion in the watch list referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article, taking into account the following information:

(a) Annex I to Directive 2006/118/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council

and the results of the most recent review of that Annex, as well as the results of the most recent regular review of Annex I to this Directive;

(b) the watch lists established in accordance with Directives 2006/118/EC and (EU) 2020/2184;

(e) information on production volumes, use patterns, intrinsic properties, including, where relevant, particle size, concentrations in the environment and adverse effects on human health and the aquatic environment of a substance, including information gathered in accordance with Directive 2001/83/EC, Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006, Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council

Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 2008 on classification, labelling and packaging of substances and mixtures, amending and repealing Directives 67/548/EEC and 1999/45/EC, and amending Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 (OJ L 353, 31.12.2008, p. 1, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2008/1272/oj).

, Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009, Directive 2009/128/EC, Regulation (EU) No 528/2012 and Regulation (EU) 2022/2379 of the European Parliament and of the Council

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(f) research projects and scientific publications, including information on trends and forecasts based on modelling or other predictive assessments, as well as information and data collected by remote sensing technologies, earth observation, such as Copernicus services, in situ sensors and devices or citizen science data, taking advantage of the opportunities offered by artificial intelligence, and advanced data analysis and processing;

(g) recommendations from the working groups established under the Common Implementation Strategy for Directive 2000/60/EC;

(h) information on emissions, discharges and losses available in the Industrial Emissions Portal under Regulation (EU) 2024/1244, as well as any additional information available on substances covered by permits under Directive 2010/75/EU.

1b.

The scientific reports prepared by ECHA in accordance with paragraph 1a shall present a list of substances, groups of substances, or indicators, the recommended monitoring matrix, and an indicative method of analysis and maximum acceptable limit of quantification for each of them, with a supporting reference to scientific literature or guidance.

1c.

By 1 February 2028 and every three years thereafter, ECHA shall prepare a report summarising the findings of the scientific reports prepared in accordance with paragraph 1a and shall make that report publicly available.

The Commission shall update the watch list referred to in paragraph 1 by 1 May 2028, and every three years thereafter.

When updating the watch list, the Commission shall remove any substance or indicator from the watch list for which a risk-based assessment as referred to in Article 16(2) of Directive 2000/60/EC can be conducted without additional monitoring data. However, an individual substance, group of substances, or indicator may be kept on the watch list for another period of maximum three years where additional monitoring data are needed to assess the risk to the aquatic environment.

Each updated watch list shall also include one or more additional substances, groups of substances, or indicators for which the Commission considers, on the basis of the scientific reports of ECHA, that there could be a widespread risk to or via the aquatic environment, subject to the updated watch list containing a maximum of 10 substances, groups of substances, or indicators, in accordance with paragraph 1.

Microplastics and indicators of antimicrobial resistance shall not be kept on the list for a second consecutive period of three years unless a harmonised and reliable risk assessment methodology is available which, when applied, shows that the monitoring data collected during the first monitoring period are insufficient to assess the risk they pose to or via the aquatic environment.

Member States shall monitor each substance, group of substances, and indicator on the watch list referred to in paragraph 1 at selected representative monitoring stations over a 24-month period. The monitoring period shall commence within six months of the inclusion of the substance in the list, but sampling and analysis need not commence at the start of that period.

Each Member State shall select at least one monitoring station, plus one station if it has more than one million inhabitants, plus the number of stations equal to its geographical area in km2 divided by 60000, rounded to the nearest integer, plus the number of stations equal to its population divided by five million, rounded to the nearest integer.

In selecting the representative monitoring stations, the monitoring frequency and the timing for each substance, group of substances, or indicator, Member States shall take into account seasonal variability in rainfall, water levels, use patterns and the possibility of the substance, group of substances, or indicator occurring. The frequency of monitoring shall be no less than twice per year when carried out in water and no less than once per year when carried out in sediment or biota. When higher frequencies are required, as for substances that are sensitive to climatic or seasonal variabilities, the increase in frequency shall be set out and technically justified in the implementing act establishing the watch list adopted pursuant to paragraph 1.

Where a Member State is in a position to generate and provide the Commission with sufficient, comparable, representative and recent monitoring data for a particular substance, group of substances, or indicator from existing monitoring programmes or studies, it may decide not to undertake additional monitoring under the watch list mechanism for that substance, group of substances, or indicator, provided that the substance, group of substances, or indicator was monitored using a methodology that is compliant with the monitoring matrices and the methods of analysis referred to in the implementing act establishing the watch list, as well as with Commission Directive 2009/90/EC

Commission Directive 2009/90/EC of 31 July 2009 laying down, pursuant to Directive 2000/60/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council, technical specifications for chemical analysis and monitoring of water status (OJ L 201, 1.8.2009, p. 36, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dir/2009/90/oj).;

Member States shall make available the results of the monitoring referred to in paragraph 3 of this Article annually in accordance with Article 8(4) of Directive 2000/60/EC and with the implementing act establishing the watch list adopted pursuant to paragraph 1 of this Article. They shall also make available information on the representativeness of the monitoring stations and on the monitoring strategy.

At the end of the 24-month period referred to in paragraph 3 ECHA shall review the monitoring results and assess which substances, groups of substances, or indicators need to be monitored for another 24-month period and therefore are to be kept on the watch list and which substances, groups of substances, or indicators can be removed from the watch list.

Where the Commission, having regard to the assessment by ECHA referred to in the first subparagraph of this paragraph, concludes that no further monitoring is required to further assess the risk to the aquatic environment, this assessment by ECHA shall be taken into account in the review of the lists of substances in Annex I or Part C of Annex II to this Directive, in accordance with Article 16 of Directive 2000/60/EC.

(7) the following Article is inserted:

Article 8d

River basin specific pollutants

Member States shall set and apply EQS for the river basin specific pollutants covered by the categories listed in Part A of Annex II to this Directive, where they identify those pollutants as posing a risk to water bodies in one or more of their river basin districts based on the analyses and reviews under Article 5 of Directive 2000/60/EC, in accordance with the procedure set out in Part B of Annex II to this Directive.

By 22 December 2027, Member States shall inform the Commission of their list of river basin specific pollutants and EQS set pursuant to the first subparagraph of this paragraph. The Commission shall ensure that that information is made publicly available.

Subsequent updates of the list of river basin specific pollutants identified by the Member States in accordance with the first subparagraph of this paragraph and their corresponding EQS shall be included in the river basin management plans to be produced under Article 13 of Directive 2000/60/EC.

Where EQS for river basin specific pollutants have been set at Union level in accordance with Article 16(4) of Directive 2000/60/EC, and listed in Part C of Annex II to this Directive, those EQS shall take precedence over EQS for river basin specific pollutants established at national level in accordance with paragraph 1 of this Article. Those EQS set at Union level shall also be applied by the Member States to establish whether the river basin specific pollutants listed in Part C of Annex II to this Directive pose a risk.

Compliance with the applicable national EQS or, where relevant, with the EQS set at Union level, is required for a water body to achieve good surface water chemical status, as defined in point 24 of Article 2 of Directive 2000/60/EC.

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(8) Article 9a is amended as follows:

(a) paragraphs 2 and 3 are replaced by the following:

The power to adopt delegated acts referred to in Article 3(8) and Article 8(3) shall be conferred on the Commission for a period of six years from 10 May 2026. The Commission shall draw up a report in respect of the delegation of power at the latest nine months before the end of the six-year period. The delegation of power shall be tacitly extended for periods of an identical duration, unless the European Parliament or the Council opposes such extension not later than three months before the end of each period.

The delegation of power referred to in Article 3(8) and Article 8(3) may be revoked at any time by the European Parliament or by the Council. A decision to revoke shall put an end to the delegation of the power specified in that decision. It shall take effect the day following the publication of the decision in the Official Journal of the European Union or at a later date specified therein. It shall not affect the validity of any delegated acts already in force.

3a.

Before adopting a delegated act, the Commission shall consult experts designated by each Member State in accordance with the principles laid down in the Interinstitutional Agreement of 13 April 2016 on Better Law-Making.

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(b) paragraph 5 is replaced by the following:

A delegated act adopted pursuant to Article 3(8) or Article 8(3) shall enter into force only if no objection has been expressed either by the European Parliament or the Council within a period of two months of notification of that act to the European Parliament and the Council or if, before the expiry of that period, the European Parliament and the Council have both informed the Commission that they will not object. That period shall be extended by two months at the initiative of the European Parliament or of the Council.

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(9) Article 10 is deleted;

(10) Annex I is amended in accordance with Annex VI to this Directive;

(11) the text set out in Annex VII to this Directive is added as Annex II;

(12) the text set out in Annex VIII to this Directive is added as Annex III.

Article 4

Transposition

Member States shall bring into force the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with this Directive by 21 December 2027. They shall immediately communicate the text of those measures to the Commission.

When Member States adopt those measures, they shall contain a reference to this Directive or be accompanied by such a reference on the occasion of their official publication. They shall determine how such reference is to be made.

Member States shall communicate to the Commission the text of the main measures of national law which they adopt in the field covered by this Directive.

Article 5

Entry into force

This Directive shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

Article 6

Addressees

This Directive is addressed to the Member States.

Done at Brussels, 30 March 2026.

For the European Parliament

The President

R. Metsola

For the Council

The President

M. Panayiotou

Annex

ANNEX I

Annex V to Directive 2000/60/EC is amended as follows:

(1) Sections 1.1.1 to 1.1.4 are replaced by the following:

1.1.1.

Rivers

Biological elements

Composition and abundance of aquatic flora

Composition and abundance of benthic invertebrate fauna

Composition, abundance and age structure of fish fauna

Hydromorphological elements supporting the biological elements

Hydrological regime

quantity and dynamics of water flow

connection to groundwater bodies

River continuity

Morphological conditions

river depth and width variation

structure and substrate of the river bed

structure of the riparian zone

General physico-chemical elements supporting the biological elements

Thermal conditions

Oxygenation conditions

Salinity

Acidification status

Nutrient conditions

1.1.2.

Lakes

Biological elements

Composition, abundance and biomass of phytoplankton

Composition and abundance of other aquatic flora

Composition and abundance of benthic invertebrate fauna

Composition, abundance and age structure of fish fauna

Hydromorphological elements supporting the biological elements

Hydrological regime

quantity and dynamics of water flow

residence time

connection to the groundwater body

Morphological conditions

lake depth variation

quantity, structure and substrate of the lake bed

structure of the lake shore

General physico-chemical elements supporting the biological elements

Transparency

Thermal conditions

Oxygenation conditions

Salinity

Acidification status

Nutrient conditions

1.1.3.

Transitional waters

Biological elements

Composition, abundance and biomass of phytoplankton

Composition and abundance of other aquatic flora

Composition and abundance of benthic invertebrate fauna

Composition and abundance of fish fauna

Hydro-morphological elements supporting the biological elements

Morphological conditions

depth variation

quantity, structure and substrate of the bed

structure of the intertidal zone

Tidal regime

freshwater flow

wave exposure

General physico-chemical elements supporting the biological elements

Transparency

Thermal conditions

Oxygenation conditions

Salinity

Nutrient conditions

1.1.4.

Coastal waters

Biological elements

Composition, abundance and biomass of phytoplankton

Composition and abundance of other aquatic flora

Composition and abundance of benthic invertebrate fauna

Hydromorphological elements supporting the biological elements

Morphological conditions

depth variation

structure and substrate of the coastal bed

structure of the intertidal zone

Tidal regime

direction of dominant currents

wave exposure

General physico-chemical elements supporting the biological elements

Transparency

Thermal conditions

Oxygenation conditions

Salinity

Nutrient conditions;

(2) in Section 1.2.1, the table Physico-chemical quality elements is replaced by the following:

General physico-chemical quality elements

ElementHigh statusGood statusModerate statusGeneral conditions

The values of the general physico-chemical elements correspond totally or nearly totally to undisturbed conditions.

Nutrient concentrations remain within the range normally associated with undisturbed conditions.

Levels of salinity, pH, oxygen balance, acid neutralising capacity and temperature do not show signs of anthropogenic disturbance and remain within the ranges normally associated with undisturbed conditions.

Temperature, oxygen balance, pH, acid neutralising capacity and salinity do not reach levels outside the ranges established so as to ensure the functioning of the type specific ecosystem and the achievement of the values specified above for the biological quality elements.

Nutrient concentrations do not exceed the levels established so as to ensure the functioning of the ecosystem and the achievement of the values specified above for the biological quality elements.

Conditions consistent with the achievement of the values specified above for the biological quality elements.;

(3) in Section 1.2.2, the table Physico-chemical quality elements is replaced by the following:

General physico-chemical quality elements

ElementHigh statusGood statusModerate statusGeneral conditions

The values of the general physico-chemical elements correspond totally or nearly totally to undisturbed conditions.

Nutrient concentrations remain within the range normally associated with undisturbed conditions.

Levels of salinity, pH, oxygen balance, acid neutralising capacity, transparency and temperature do not show signs of anthropogenic disturbance and remain within the ranges normally associated with undisturbed conditions.

Temperature, oxygen balance, pH, acid neutralising capacity, transparency and salinity do not reach levels outside the ranges established so as to ensure the functioning of the ecosystem and the achievement of the values specified above for the biological quality elements.

Nutrient concentrations do not exceed the levels established so as to ensure the functioning of the ecosystem and the achievement of the values specified above for the biological quality elements.

Conditions consistent with the achievement of the values specified above for the biological quality elements.;

(4) in Section 1.2.3, the table Physico-chemical quality elements is replaced by the following:

General physico-chemical quality elements

ElementHigh statusGood statusModerate statusGeneral conditions

The general physico-chemical elements correspond totally or nearly totally to undisturbed conditions.

Nutrient concentrations remain within the range normally associated with undisturbed conditions.

Temperature, oxygen balance and transparency do not show signs of anthropogenic disturbance and remain within the ranges normally associated with undisturbed conditions.

Temperature, oxygenation conditions and transparency do not reach levels outside the ranges established so as to ensure the functioning of the ecosystem and the achievement of the values specified above for the biological quality elements.

Nutrient concentrations do not exceed the levels established so as to ensure the functioning of the ecosystem and the achievement of the values specified above for the biological quality elements.

Conditions consistent with the achievement of the values specified above for the biological quality elements.;

(5) in Section 1.2.4, the table Physico-chemical quality elements is replaced by the following:

General physico-chemical quality elements

ElementHigh statusGood statusModerate statusGeneral conditions

The general physico-chemical elements correspond totally or nearly totally to undisturbed conditions.

Nutrient concentrations remain within the range normally associated with undisturbed conditions.

Temperature, oxygen balance and transparency do not show signs of anthropogenic disturbance and remain within the ranges normally associated with undisturbed conditions.

Nutrient concentrations do not exceed the levels established so as to ensure the functioning of the ecosystem and the achievement of the values specified above for the biological quality elements.

Conditions consistent with the achievement of the values specified above for the biological quality elements.;

(6) in Section 1.2.5, the table is amended as follows:

(a) the fifth row for the entry Specific synthetic pollutants is deleted;

(b) the sixth row for the entry Specific non-synthetic pollutants is deleted;

(7) Section 1.2.6 is deleted;

(8) in Section 1.3, the following paragraphs are added:

Where the monitoring network involves earth observation and remote sensing rather than local sampling points, or other innovative techniques, the map of the monitoring network shall include information on the quality elements and the water bodies or groups of water bodies which have been monitored using such monitoring methods. Reference shall be made to CEN, ISO, or other international or national standards that have been applied to ensure that the temporal and spatial data obtained are as reliable as those obtained through the use of conventional monitoring methods at local sampling and measuring points.

Member States may apply passive sampling methods to monitor chemical pollutants, where appropriate, in particular for screening purposes and for long term assessment, on the condition that those sampling methods do not underestimate the concentrations of pollutants for which environmental quality standards apply, and thus reliably identify failure to achieve good status, and that chemical analysis of water, biota or sediment samples, according to the environmental quality standards applied, is conducted wherever such failure is observed. Member States may also apply effect-based monitoring methods subject to the same conditions.;

(9) in Section 1.3.1, the last paragraph, Selection of quality elements, is replaced by the following:

Selection of quality elements

Surveillance monitoring shall be carried out for each monitoring site for a period of one year during the period covered by a river basin management plan. The surveillance monitoring shall cover the following:

(a) parameters indicative of all biological quality elements;

(b) parameters indicative of all hydromorphological quality elements;

(d) priority substances which are discharged or otherwise deposited into the river basin or sub-basin;

(e) river basin specific pollutants.

However, where the previous surveillance monitoring exercise showed that the body concerned reached good status and there is no evidence from the review of impact of human activity referred to in Annex II that the impacts on the body have changed, the surveillance monitoring shall be carried out once during the period covered by three consecutive river basin management plans.;

(10) Section 1.3.2 is amended as follows:

(a) in the third paragraph, Selection of monitoring sites, the introductory part is replaced by the following:

Operational monitoring shall be carried out for all those bodies of water which on the basis of either the impact assessment carried out in accordance with Annex II or surveillance monitoring are identified as being at risk of failing to meet their environmental objectives under Article 4 and for those bodies of water into which priority substances are discharged or otherwise deposited or into which river basin specific pollutants are discharged or otherwise deposited in significant quantities. Monitoring points shall be selected for priority substances as specified in the legislation laying down the relevant environmental quality standard. In all other cases, including for priority substances where no specific guidance is given in such legislation, monitoring points shall be selected as follows:;

(b) in the fourth paragraph, Selection of quality elements, the second indent is replaced by the following:

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all priority substances discharged or otherwise deposited into water bodies and all river basin specific pollutants discharged or otherwise deposited into water bodies in significant quantities.;

(11) in Section 1.3.4, the fourth paragraph is replaced by the following:

Monitoring frequencies shall be adjusted, if necessary, to take account of the variability in parameters resulting from variation in both anthropogenic and natural conditions.

The times at which monitoring is undertaken shall be selected so as to take account of the impact of seasonal variations in substance use or water levels on the monitoring results, and thus ensure that the results effectively reflect any changes in the water body caused by anthropogenic pressure and by climatic variation. As regards priority substances whose concentration is likely to peak over short periods as a result of seasonal fluctuations in their use, monitoring shall, during those peak periods, be carried out at intervals shorter than for other substances, where necessary, to ensure that adequate information is obtained on the concentration of those substances.;

(12) in Section 1.3.4, in the table, the sixth row under the heading Physico-chemical, the words Other pollutants are replaced by River basin specific pollutants;

(13) Section 1.4.1 is amended as follows:

(a) in point (vii), the second sentence is deleted;

(b) point (viii) is deleted;

(ix) The results of the intercalibration exercise and the values established for the Member State monitoring system classifications in accordance with points (i) to (viii) shall be published within six months of the adoption of the implementing act in accordance with Article 21.;

(14) in Section 1.4.2 the following point is added:

(iv) Member States may provide additional maps that present the ecological quality information for one or more of the following quality elements separately:

Biological elements,

Hydromorphological elements supporting the biological elements,

Physico-chemical elements supporting the biological elements.

Member States may also provide maps or tables indicating the degree of change for those quality elements compared to the previous planning cycle.;

(15) in Section 1.4.3, the first paragraph is replaced by the following:

A body of water shall be recorded as achieving good chemical status where it has a good surface water chemical status as defined in Article 2(24). If not, the body shall be recorded as failing to achieve good chemical status.;

(16) in Section 1.4.3, after the table with Chemical status classification and Colour code the following paragraphs are inserted:

Member States may provide additional maps that present the chemical status information for one or more of the following substances separately from the information for the rest of the substances identified in Part A of Annex I of Directive 2008/105/EC:

(a) priority substances identified in Part A of Annex I of Directive 2008/105/EC as substances behaving like ubiquitous persistent, bioaccumulative and toxic substances (uPBTs);

(b) newly identified priority substances in the latest review carried out by the Commission in accordance with Article 16(2) of this Directive;

(c) priority substances for which revised and stricter EQS has been set in the latest review in accordance with Article 16(2) of this Directive;

(d) substances identified as river basin specific pollutants according to Article 8d of Directive 2008/105/EC and based on the assessment of pressures and impacts on surface water bodies carried out in accordance with Annex II to this Directive.

Member States may also present the extent of any deviation from the EQS value for the substances referred to in points (a) to (d) of the first subparagraph in the river basin management plans. Member States providing such additional maps shall seek to ensure their inter-comparability at river basin and at Union level.;

(17) in Section 2.2.1, the following paragraph is added:

Where the monitoring network involves earth observation methods or remote sensing rather than local sampling points, or other innovative techniques, reference shall be made to CEN, ISO, or other international or national standards that have been applied to ensure that the temporal and spatial data obtained are as reliable as those obtained through the use of conventional monitoring methods at local sampling points.;

(18) Section 2.3.2 is replaced by the following:

2.3.2.

Definition of good groundwater chemical status

ElementGood statusConcentrations of pollutants

The chemical composition of the groundwater body is such that the concentrations of pollutants, as specified below:

do not exhibit the effects of saline or other intrusions

do not exceed the groundwater quality standards as referred to in Annex I to Directive 2006/118/EC, the threshold values for groundwater pollutants and indicators of pollution set pursuant to Article 3 (1) (b), of that Directive and the Union wide threshold values set pursuant to Article 8 (3) of that Directive

are not such as would result in failure to achieve the environmental objectives specified under Article 4 for associated surface waters nor any significant diminution of the ecological or chemical quality of such bodies nor in any significant damage to terrestrial ecosystems which depend directly on the groundwater body

ConductivityChanges in conductivity are not indicative of saline or other intrusion into the groundwater body

(19) in Section 2.4.1, the following paragraph is added:

Where the monitoring network involves earth observation or remote sensing rather than local sampling points, or other innovative techniques, reference shall be made to CEN, ISO, or other international or national standards that have been applied to ensure that the temporal and spatial data obtained are as reliable as those obtained through the use of conventional monitoring methods at local sampling points.;

(20) in Section 2.4.3, under operational monitoring, the paragraph on Frequency of monitoring is replaced by the following:

Frequency of monitoring

Operational monitoring shall be carried out for the periods between surveillance monitoring programmes at a frequency sufficient to detect the impacts of relevant pressures, including, where relevant, seasonal variation in the use of substances and of short- and long-term variations in recharge that might affect chemical status parameters, and at a minimum frequency of once per year, unless greater intervals would be justified on the basis of technical knowledge and expert judgement, in particular if it can be shown that over successive years, no exceedance or sustained upward trend has been detected for a particular parameter.;

(21) Section 2.4.5 is replaced by the following:

2.4.5.

Interpretation and presentation of groundwater chemical status

In assessing the chemical status of groundwater, the results of individual monitoring points within a groundwater body shall be aggregated for the body as a whole. The mean value of the results of monitoring at each point in the groundwater body or group of bodies shall be calculated for the following parameters:

(a) chemical parameters for which quality standards have been set in Annex I to Directive 2006/118/EC;

(b) chemical parameters for which national threshold values have been set pursuant to Article 3(1)(b) of Directive 2006/118/EC;

(c) chemical parameters for which Union wide threshold values have been set pursuant to Article 8(3) of Directive 2006/118/EC.

The mean values referred to in the first paragraph shall be used to demonstrate compliance with good groundwater chemical status defined by reference to the quality standards and threshold values referred to in the first paragraph.

Subject to Section 2.5, Member States shall provide a map of groundwater chemical status, colour-coded as follows:

Poor: red

Good: green

(a) newly identified substances in the latest review in accordance with Article 8 of Directive 2006/118/EC;

(b) substances for which revised and stricter quality standards (QS) or threshold values are established in accordance with Article 8 of Directive 2006/118/EC.

Member States may also present the extent of any deviation from the QS or threshold value for the substances referred to in points (a) and (b) of the first subparagraph in the river basin management plans. Member States providing such additional maps shall seek to ensure their inter-comparability at river basin and Union level.

Member States shall also indicate, by a black dot on the map, those groundwater bodies which are subject to a significant and sustained upward trend in the concentrations of any pollutant resulting from the impact of human activity. Reversal of such a trend shall be indicated by a blue dot on the map.

These maps shall be included in the river basin management plans..

Annex

ANNEX II

Annex VIII to Directive 2000/60/EC is amended as follows:

(1) points 11 and 12 are deleted.

(2) the following point is added:

Microorganisms, genes or genetic material reflecting the presence of microorganisms resistant to antimicrobial agents, in particular microorganisms pathogenic to humans or livestock..

Annex

ANNEX III

Annex I to Directive 2006/118/EC is replaced by the following:

Annex

ANNEX I

QUALITY STANDARDS (QS) FOR GROUNDWATER POLLUTANTS AND INDICATORS OF POLLUTION

Where, for a given body of groundwater, it is considered that the groundwater quality standards could result in failure to achieve the environmental objectives specified in Article 4 of Directive 2000/60/EC for associated bodies of surface water, or in any significant deterioration of the ecological or chemical quality of such bodies, or in any significant damage to terrestrial ecosystems which depend directly on that body of groundwater, more stringent threshold values shall be established in accordance with Article 3 of and Annex II to this Directive. Provided that a reliable methodology is available to assess the presence of groundwater ecosystems, more stringent quality standards shall also be established for groundwater bodies where such ecosystems are present, unless the groundwater quality standards have been set to protect human health and are already sufficiently strict to protect those ecosystems.

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EU number: European Inventory of Existing Commercial Substances (EINECS) or European List of Notified Chemical Substances (ELINCS).

This parameter is the QS expressed as an annual average value. Unless otherwise specified, it applies to the total concentration of all substances and isomers.

Pesticides means plant protection products and biocidal products referred to in Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 and in Article 3 of Regulation (EU) No 528/2012 respectively.

For that parameter, Member States shall monitor the active substances present in pesticidal products currently or previously used in their territory and any found to be present as a result of transboundary pollution, and their relevant and non-relevant metabolites, degradation and reaction products, drawing, when available, on the list to be established in accordance with Article 4(2a) of this Directive. Member States may stop monitoring specific active substances and their metabolites if they are no longer being used in their territory, provided that past monitoring has consistently shown that those substances and metabolites do not occur in the groundwater body.

A pesticide metabolite shall be deemed relevant if there is reason to consider that it has intrinsic properties comparable to those of the parent active substance in terms of its toxicity for the target pest or that either itself or its transformation products generate a health risk for consumers or the environment.

Total means the sum of all individual pesticides detected and quantified in the monitoring procedure, including their relevant metabolites, degradation and reaction products.

This refers to the PFAS listed in point 3 of Part B of Annex III to Directive (EU) 2020/2184. The parameter and the quality standard shall be updated according to amendments to that Directive.

This refers to the following compounds, listed with their CAS number and EU number: Perfluorohexane sulfonic acid (PFHxS), (CAS 355-46-4, EU 206-587-1); Perfluorooctanesulfonic acid (PFOS) (CAS 1763-23-1, EU 217-179-8); Perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) (CAS 335-67-1, EU 206-397-9); Perfluorononanoic acid (PFNA) (CAS 375-95-1, EU 206-801-3). For the sum of 4 PFAS, the CAS numbers listed refer only to the protonated form of the individual PFAS but the sum applies to the total concentration of the dissolved substances including protonated and deprotonated forms and their isomers linear and branched.

Member States shall apply a default quality standard of 1 μg/l unless they provide reliable evidence, including from tests of acute and chronic toxicity on the taxonomic group confidently predicted to be the most sensitive, that a more or less strict standard is justified, in which case they shall apply that standard, up to a maximum of 5 μg/l.

The total concentration of nrMs for which the default quality standard of 1 μg/l for individual nrMs applies, or a stricter standard, shall not exceed 5 μg/l.

The total concentration of nrMs for which standards above 1 and up to 5 μg/l for individual nrMs apply shall not exceed 12,5 μg/l.

Total means the sum of all individual nrMs in each individual quality-standard category detected and quantified in the monitoring procedure, which should cover at least the nrMs listed in accordance with Article 4(2a).

When a reliable methodology is available, Member States shall assess the presence of groundwater ecosystems in groundwater bodies whose characteristics could support their existence and set, if such ecosystems are present, and in line with Article 3(1)(b), a stricter threshold value for this substance that is adequate to protect those ecosystems.

Total means the sum of concentrations of Trichloroethylene and Tetrachloroethylene..

(1)(2)(3)(4)(5)(6)Entry NoName of substanceCategory of substancesCAS numberEU numberQuality Standard [μg/l unless otherwise indicated]1NitratesNutrientsnot applicablenot applicable50 mg/l2Active substances in pesticides, including their relevant metabolites, degradation and reaction productsPesticidesnot applicablenot applicable0,1 (individual)0,5 (total)3PFAS3.1Sum of PFASIndustrial substancesSee table note 6See table note 6The parametric value as defined in Part B of Annex I to Directive (EU) 2020/21843.2Sum of 4 PFASIndustrial substancesSee table note 7See table note 70,00444CarbamazepinePharmaceuticals298-46-4not applicable2,55SulfamethoxazolePharmaceuticals723-46-6not applicable0,16PrimidonePharmaceuticals125-33-72,5

7Non-relevant metabolites of pesticides (nrMs)Pesticidesnot applicablenot applicable1 or up to 5 (individual)5 or 12,5 (total)8Trichloroethylene and Tetrachloroethylene (sum of two)Industrial substances79-01-6 and 127-18-4201-167-4 and 204-825-910 (total)

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ANNEX IV

Annex II of Directive 2006/118/EC is amended as follows:

(1) in Part A, the following paragraph is inserted after the first paragraph:

In accordance with Article 15 of Directive 2000/60/EC, Member States shall ensure that competent authorities inform the Commission of threshold values for pollutants and indicators of pollution.;

(2) in Part B, point 2 is replaced by the following:

Man-made synthetic substances

including synthetic substances with identical natural counterparts which may occur in groundwater, but where any natural background level is, at most, low.;

Trichloroethylene

Tetrachloroethylene

(3) in Part C, the title is replaced by the following:

Information to be provided by Member States with regard to the pollutants and indicators of pollution for which threshold values have been established by the Member States;

(4) the following Part is added:

Part D

Repository of harmonised threshold values for man-made synthetic substances

including synthetic substances with identical natural counterparts which may occur in groundwater, but where any natural background level is, at most, low.

in groundwater of national, regional or local concern

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EU number: European Inventory of Existing Commercial Substances (EINECS) or European List of Notified Chemical Substances (ELINCS).

Pharmaceutical active substances as defined in Directive 2001/83/EC and Regulation (EU) 2019/6.

Member States shall apply this threshold value unless a standard or threshold value has been specifically set for the substance concerned at Union or national level for either surface or groundwater. When a reliable methodology is available, Member States shall assess the presence of groundwater ecosystems in groundwater bodies whose characteristics could support their existence and set, if such ecosystems are present, and in accordance with Article 3(1)(b), a stricter threshold value if necessary to protect those ecosystems..

(1)(2)(3)(4)(5)(6)Entry NoName of substanceCategory of substancesCAS numberEU number

Threshold value

[μg/l unless otherwise indicated]

Individual pharmaceutical active substancesPharmaceuticals2,5

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ANNEX V

The following Annex is added in Directive 2006/118/EC

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ANNEX V

SUBSTANCES SUBJECT TO REVIEW FOR POSSIBLE INCLUSION IN ANNEX I WITH A UNION-WIDE GROUNDWATER QUALITY STANDARD

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EU number: European Inventory of Existing Commercial Substances (EINECS) or European List of Notified Chemical Substances (ELINCS)..

(1)(2)(3)(4)(5)(6)Entry NoName of substanceCategory of substancesCAS numberEU number

Threshold value

[μg/l unless otherwise indicated]

Sum(s) of selected pharmaceuticals by mode of actionPharmaceuticalsSum of bisphenolsIndustrial substances

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ANNEX VI

Annex I to Directive 2008/105/EC is amended as follows:

(1) the title is replaced by the following:

ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY STANDARDS (EQS) FOR PRIORITY SUBSTANCES IN SURFACE WATERS;

(2) Part A is replaced by the following:

PART A: ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY STANDARDS

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EU number: European Inventory of Existing Commercial Substances (EINECS) or European List of Notified Chemical Substances (ELINCS).

This parameter is the EQS expressed as an annual average value (AA-EQS). Unless otherwise specified, it applies to the total concentration of all substances and isomers.

Inland surface waters encompass rivers and lakes and related artificial or heavily modified water bodies.

This parameter is the EQS expressed as a maximum allowable concentration (MAC EQS). Unless otherwise specified, it applies to the total concentration of all substances and isomers. Where the MAC EQS are marked as not applicable, the AA EQS values are considered protective against short-term pollution peaks in continuous discharges since they are significantly lower than the values derived on the basis of acute toxicity.

If an EQS for biota or sediment is given, it, rather than the water EQS, shall be applied, without prejudice to Article 3(3) of this Directive allowing an alternative biota taxon, or another matrix, to be monitored instead, as long as the EQS applied provides an equivalent level of protection. Unless otherwise specified, it applies to the total concentration of all substances and isomers. Unless otherwise indicated, the biota EQS relate to fish. fw fish indicates the biota EQS for freshwater fish monitored in inland waters; sw fish indicates the biota EQS for saltwater fish monitored in other surface waters. For substances numbered 15 (Fluoranthene), 28 (PAHs), and 51 (Bisphenol-A) the biota EQS refers to crustaceans and molluscs. For the purpose of assessing chemical status, monitoring of Fluoranthene PAHs, and Bisphenol-A in fish is not appropriate. For substance number 37 (Dioxins and dioxin-like compounds), the biota EQS relates to fish, crustaceans and molluscs, in line with point 4.1.5 of Annex I to Commission Regulation (EU) 2023/915 ().

For the group of priority substances covered by brominated diphenylethers (No 5), the EQS refer to the sum of the concentrations of congener numbers 28, 47, 99, 100, 153 and 154.

Tetra, Penta, Hexa, Hepta, Octa and Decabromodiphenylether (CAS numbers 40088-47-9, 32534-81-9, 36483-60-0, 68928-80-3, 32536-52-0, 1163-19-5, respectively).

For Cadmium and its compounds (No 6) the EQS values vary depending on the hardness of the water as specified in five class categories (Class 1: < 40 mg CaCO3/l, Class 2: 40 to < 50 mg CaCO3/l, Class 3: 50 to < 100 mg CaCO3/l, Class 4: 100 to < 200 mg CaCO3/l and Class 5: ≥ 200 mg CaCO3/l).

No indicative parameter is provided for this group of substances. The indicative parameter(s) shall be defined through the analytical method.

DDT total comprises the sum of the isomers 1,1,1 trichloro 2,2 bis (p chlorophenyl) ethane (CAS 50 29 3, EU 200 024 3); 1,1,1 trichloro 2 (o chlorophenyl) 2 (p chlorophenyl) ethane (CAS 789 02 6, EU 212 332 5); 1,1-dichloro 2,2 bis (p chlorophenyl) ethylene (CAS 72 55 9, EU 200 784 6); and 1,1 dichloro 2,2 bis (p chlorophenyl) ethane (CAS 72 54 8, EU 200 783 0).

These EQS refer to bioavailable concentrations of the substances.

Nonylphenol (CAS 25154-52-3, EU 246-672-0) including isomers 4-nonylphenol (CAS 104-40-5, EU 203-199-4) and 4-nonylphenol (branched) (CAS 84852-15-3, EU 284-325-5).

Octylphenol (CAS 1806-26-4, EU 217-302-5) including isomer 4-(1,1’,3,3’-tetramethylbutyl)-phenol (CAS 140-66-9, EU 205-426-2).

Benzo(a)pyrene (CAS 50-32-8) (RPF 1), benzo(b)fluoranthene (CAS 205-99-2) (RPF 0,1), benzo(k)fluoranthene (CAS 207-08-9) (RPF 0,1), benzo(g,h,i)perylene (CAS 191-24-2) (RPF 0), indeno(1,2,3-cd)pyrene (CAS 193-39-5) (RPF 0,1), chrysene (CAS 218-01-9) (RPF 0,01), benzo(a)anthracene (CAS 56-55-3) (RPF 0,1), dibenz(a,h)anthracene (CAS 53-70-3) (RPF 1) and fluoranthene (CAS 206-44-0) (RPF 0,01). Fluoranthene also appears separately in row 15. The PAHs anthracene and naphthalene are listed only separately because no RPF is available.

For the group of polyaromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) (No 28), the biota EQS refers to the sum of the concentrations of eight of the nine PAHs listed in footnote 15 expressed as benzo(a)pyrene equivalents based on the carcinogenic potencies of the substances relative to that of benzo(a)pyrene, i.e. the RPFs in footnote 15. Benzo(g,h,i)perylene does not need to be measured in biota for the purposes of determining compliance with the overall biota EQS. The biota EQS for fluoranthene in row 15 must also be complied with.

Tributyltin compounds including tributyltin-cation (CAS 36643-28-4).

Sediment EQS.

There is insufficient information available to set a MAC-EQS for these substances.

This refers to the following compounds:

7 polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins (PCDDs): 2,3,7,8-T4CDD (CAS 1746-01-6, EU 217-122-7), 1,2,3,7,8-P5CDD (CAS 40321-76-4), 1,2,3,4,7,8-H6CDD (CAS 39227-28-6), 1,2,3,6,7,8-H6CDD (CAS 57653-85-7), 1,2,3,7,8,9-H6CDD (CAS 19408-74-3), 1,2,3,4,6,7,8-H7CDD (CAS 35822-46-9), 1,2,3,4,6,7,8,9-O8CDD (CAS 3268-87-9)

10 polychlorinated dibenzofurans (PCDFs): 2,3,7,8-T4CDF (CAS 51207-31-9), 1,2,3,7,8-P5CDF (CAS 57117-41-6), 2,3,4,7,8-P5CDF (CAS 57117-31-4), 1,2,3,4,7,8-H6CDF (CAS 70648-26-9), 1,2,3,6,7,8-H6CDF (CAS 57117-44-9), 1,2,3,7,8,9-H6CDF (CAS 72918-21-9), 2,3,4,6,7,8-H6CDF (CAS 60851-34-5), 1,2,3,4,6,7,8-H7CDF (CAS 67562-39-4), 1,2,3,4,7,8,9-H7CDF (CAS 55673-89-7), 1,2,3,4,6,7,8,9-O8CDF (CAS 39001-02-0)

12 dioxin-like polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB-DLs): 3,3’,4,4’-T4CB (PCB 77, CAS 32598-13-3), 3,3’,4’,5-T4CB (PCB 81, CAS 70362-50-4), 2,3,3’,4,4’-P5CB (PCB 105, CAS 32598-14-4), 2,3,4,4’,5-P5CB (PCB 114, CAS 74472-37-0), 2,3’,4,4’,5-P5CB (PCB 118, CAS 31508-00-6), 2,3’,4,4’,5’-P5CB (PCB 123, CAS 65510-44-3), 3,3’,4,4’,5-P5CB (PCB 126, CAS 57465-28-8), 2,3,3’,4,4’,5-H6CB (PCB 156, CAS 38380-08-4), 2,3,3’,4,4’,5’-H6CB (PCB 157, CAS 69782-90-7), 2,3’,4,4’,5,5’-H6CB (PCB 167, CAS 52663-72-6), 3,3’,4,4’,5,5’-H6CB (PCB 169, CAS 32774-16-6), 2,3,3’,4,4’,5,5’-H7CB (PCB 189, CAS 39635-31-9).

For the group of Dioxins and dioxin-like compounds (No 37), the biota EQS refers to the sum of the concentrations of the substances listed in footnote 20 expressed as toxic equivalents based on the World Health Organisation 2005 Toxic Equivalence Factors.

CAS 52315-07-8 refers to an isomer mixture of cypermethrin, alpha-cypermethrin (CAS 67375-30-8, EU 257-842-9), beta-cypermethrin (CAS 65731-84-2, EU 265-898-0), theta-cypermethrin (CAS 71691-59-1) and zeta-cypermethrin (CAS 1315501-18-8, EU 257-842-9).

This refers to 1,3,5,7,9,11-Hexabromocyclododecane (CAS 25637-99-4, EU 247-148-4), 1,2,5,6,9,10-Hexabromocyclododecane (CAS 3194-55-6, EU 221-695-9), α-Hexabromocyclododecane (CAS 134237-50-6), β-Hexabromocyclododecane (CAS 134237-51-7) and γ-Hexabromocyclododecane (CAS 134237-52-8).

For freshwater used for the abstraction and preparation of drinking water.

For freshwater not used for the abstraction and preparation of drinking water.

This refers to the following compounds, listed with their CAS number, EU number and Relative Potency Factor (RPF):

Perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) (CAS 335-67-1, EU 206-397-9) (RPF 1), Perfluorooctane sulfonic acid (PFOS) (CAS 1763-23-1, EU 217-179-8) (RPF 2), Perfluorohexane sulfonic acid (PFHxS) (CAS 355-46-4, EU 206-587-1) (RPF 0,6), Perfluorononanoic acid (PFNA) (CAS 375-95-1, EU 206-801-3) (RPF 10), Perfluorobutane sulfonic acid (PFBS) (CAS 375-73-5, EU 206-793-1) (RPF 0,001), Perfluorohexanoic acid (PFHxA) (CAS 307-24-4, EU 206-196-6) (RPF 0,01), Perfluorobutanoic acid (PFBA) (CAS 375-22-4, EU 206-786-3) (RPF 0,05), Perfluoropentanoic acid (PFPeA) (CAS 2706-90-3, EU 220-300-7) (RPF 0,03), Perfluoropentane sulfonic acid (PFPeS) (CAS 2706-91-4, EU 220-301-2) (RPF 0,3005), Perfluorodecanoic acid (PFDA) (CAS 335-76-2, EU 206-400-3) (RPF 7), Perfluorododecanoic acid (PFDoDA or PFDoA) (CAS 307-55-1, EU 206-203-2) (RPF 3), Perfluoroundecanoic acid (PFUnDA or PFUnA) (CAS 2058-94-8, EU 218-165-4) (RPF 4), Perfluoroheptanoic acid (PFHpA) (CAS 375-85-9, EU 206-798-9) (RPF 0,505), Perfluorotridecanoic acid (PFTrDA) (CAS 72629-94-8, EU 276-745-2) (RPF 1,65), Perfluoroheptane sulfonic acid (PFHpS) (CAS 375-92-8, EU 206-800-8) (RPF 1,3), Perfluorodecane sulfonic acid (PFDS) (CAS 335-77-3, EU 206-401-9) (RPF 2), Perfluorotetradecanoic acid (PFTeDA) (CAS 376-06-7, EU 206-803-4) (RPF 0,3), Perfluorohexadecanoic acid (PFHxDA) (CAS 67905-19-5, EU 267-638-1) (RPF 0,02), Perfluorooctadecanoic acid (PFODA) (CAS 16517-11-6, EU 240-582-5) (RPF 0,02), 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoro-2-(heptafluoropropoxy)propionic acid (HFPO-DA) (CAS 13252-13-6) (RPF 0,06), 2,2,3-trifluoro-3-(1,1,2,2,3,3-hexafluoro-3-(trifluoromethoxy)propoxy)propanoic acid (CAS 919005-14-4) (RPF 0,03), 2- (Perfluorohexyl)ethyl alcohol (6:2 FTOH) (CAS 647-42-7, EU 211-477-1) (RPF 0,02), 2-(Perfluorooctyl)ethanol (8:2 FTOH) (CAS 678-39-7, EU 211-648-0) (RPF 0,04) and 2,2-difluoro-2-((2,2,4,5-tetrafluoro-5-(trifluoromethoxy)-1,3-dioxolan-4-yl)oxy) acetic acid (C6O4) (CAS 1190931-41-9) (RPF 0,06), Trifluoroacetic acid (TFA) (CAS 76-05-1, EU 200-929-3) (RPF 0,002).

For the group of PFAS (No 65), the EQS refer to the sum of the concentrations of the 25 PFAS listed in footnote 26 expressed as PFOA-equivalents based on the potencies of the substances relative to that of PFOA, i.e. the RPFs in footnote 26. The critical EQS is the biota EQS (relating to fish consumption) and must therefore be complied with. The AA-EQS are not equivalently protective.

Pesticides means plant protection products as referred to in Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 and biocidal products as defined in Article 3 of Regulation (EU) No 528/2012.

The minimum performance criteria laid down in Directive 2009/90/EC apply to each individual substance within the group of substances but taking account of the need to quantify the contribution of each substance to the total concentration for comparison with the EQS.

With the following exceptions: the four pesticides to be monitored in biota or sediment, i.e. the substances numbered 16, 30, 34 and 44, and glyphosate.

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Commission Regulation (EU) 2023/915 of 25 April 2023 on maximum levels for certain contaminants in food and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1881/2006 (OJ L 119, 5.5.2023, p. 103, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2023/915/oj).;

(1)(2)(3)(4)(5)(6)(7)(8)(9)(10)(11)(12)(13)Entry NoName of substanceCategory of substancesCAS numberEU number

AA-EQS Inland surface waters

[μg/l]

AA-EQS

Other surface waters

[μg/l]

MAC-EQS

Inland surface waters

[μg/l]

MAC-EQS

Other surface waters

[μg/l]

EQS

Biota

[μg/kg wet weight]

or EQS Sediment [μg /kg dry weight] where so indicated

Identified as a priority hazardous substanceIdentified as an Ubiquitous Persistent, Bioaccumulative and Toxic (uPBT) substanceIdentified as a substance that tends to accumulate in sediment and/or biota(1)The substance Alachlor has been moved to Part C of Annex II(2)AnthraceneIndustrial substances120-12-7204-371-10,10,10,10,1XX(3)The substance Atrazine has been moved to Part C of Annex II(4)BenzeneIndustrial substances71-43-2200-753-71085050(5)Brominated diphenylethersIndustrial substancesnot applicablenot applicable0,140,0140,00028XXX

(6) Cadmium and its compounds

(depending on water hardness classes)

Metals7440-43-9231-152-8

≤ 0,08 (Class 1)

0,08 (Class 2)

0,09 (Class 3)

0,15 (Class 4)

0,25 (Class 5)

0,2

≤ 0,45 (Class 1)

0,45 (Class 2)

0,6 (Class 3)

0,9 (Class 4)

1,5 (Class 5)

≤ 0,45 (Class 1)

0,45 (Class 2)

0,6 (Class 3)

0,9 (Class 4)

1,5 (Class 5)

XX(6a)The substance Carbon tetrachloride has been moved to Part C of Annex II(7)C10-13 ChloroalkanesIndustrial substances85535-84-8287-476-50,40,41,41,4XX(8)The substance Chlorfenvinphos has been moved to Part C of Annex II(9)Chlorpyrifos (Chlorpyrifos-ethyl)Pesticides – organophosphate2921-88-2220-864-44,6 × 10-44,6 × 10-50,00265,2 × 10-4XXX

(9a) Cyclodiene pesticides:

Aldrin

Dieldrin

Endrin

Isodrin

Pesticides – organochlorine

309-00-2

60-57-1

72-20-8

465-73-6

206-215-8

200-484-5

200-775-7

207-366-2

Σ = 0,01Σ = 0,005not applicablenot applicableX(9b)DDT totalPesticides – organochlorinenot applicablenot applicable0,0250,025not applicablenot applicableXpara-para-DDT50-29-3200-024-30,010,01not applicablenot applicableX(10)1,2-DichloroethaneIndustrial substances107-06-2203-458-11010not applicablenot applicableX(11)DichloromethaneIndustrial substances75-09-2200-838-92020not applicablenot applicable(12)Di(2-ethylhexyl)-phthalate (DEHP)Industrial substances117-81-7204-211-01,31,3not applicablenot applicableXX

(13)DiuronPesticides – herbicide330-54-1206-354-40,0490,00490,270,054(14)EndosulfanPesticides – organochlorine115-29-7204-079-40,0050,00050,010,004X(15)FluorantheneIndustrial substances206-44-0205-912-47,62 × 10-47,62 × 10-40,120,0126,1XXX(16)HexachlorobenzenePesticides – organochlorine118-74-1204-273-90,50,05

8 fw fish

1 sw fish

XX(17)HexachlorobutadieneIndustrial substances (solvents)87-68-3201-765-59,5 x 10-49,5 × 10-40,60,0621XX(18)HexachlorocyclohexanePesticides – insecticides608-73-1210-168-90,020,0020,040,02XX

(19)IsoproturonPesticides – herbicide34123-59-6251-835-40,30,31,01,0(20)Lead and its compoundsMetals7439-92-1231-100-41,21,31414XX(21)Mercury and its compoundsMetals7439-97-6231-106-70,070,0711XXX(22)NaphthaleneIndustrial substances91-20-3202-049-522130130(23)Nickel and its compoundsMetals7440-02-0231-111-423,18,28,2(24)Nonylphenols (4-Nonylphenol)Industrial substancessee footnote 13see footnote 130,0370,00182,10,17X(25)Octylphenols ((4-(1,1’,3,3’-tetramethylbutyl)-phenol))Industrial substancessee footnote 14see footnote 140,10,01not applicablenot applicableX

(26)PentachlorobenzeneIndustrial substances608-93-5210-172-00,0070,0007not applicablenot applicableXX(27)PentachlorophenolPesticides – organochlorine87-86-5201-778-60,40,411X(28)Polyaromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs)Combustion productsnot applicablenot applicablenot applicablenot applicablenot applicablenot applicableSum of Benzo(a)pyrene equivalents 0,6XXXBenzo(a)pyrene50-32-8200-028-50,50,050,6Benzo(b)fluoranthene205-99-2205-911-90,0170,017see footnote 16Benzo(k)fluoranthene207-08-9205-916-60,0170,017see footnote 16

Benzo(g,h,i)perylene191-24-2205-883-88,2 × 10-38,2 × 10-4see footnote 16Indeno(1,2,3-cd)pyrene193-39-5205-893-2not applicablenot applicablesee footnote 16Chrysene218-01-9205-923-40,070,007see footnote 16Benzo(a)anthracene56-55-3200-280-60,10,01see footnote 16Dibenz(a,h)anthracene53-70-3200-181-80,0140,0014see footnote 16Fluoranthene206-44-0205-912-40,120,012see footnote 16

(29)The substance Simazine has been moved to Part C of Annex II(29a)TetrachloroethyleneIndustrial substances127-18-4204-825-91010not applicablenot applicable(29b)TrichloroethyleneIndustrial substances79-01-6201-167-41010not applicablenot applicableX(30)Tributyltin compounds (Tributyltin-cation)Pesticides – biocide36643-28-4not applicable0,00020,00020,00150,00151,6XXX(31)The substance Trichlorobenzenes has been moved to Part C of Annex II(32)TrichloromethaneIndustrial substances67-66-3200-663-82,52,5not applicablenot applicable(33)TrifluralinPesticides – herbicides1582-09-8216-428-80,030,03not applicablenot applicableX

(34)DicofolPesticides – organochlorine115-32-2204-082-04,45 × 10-30,185 × 10-3not applicablenot applicable

111 fw fish

4,6 sw fish

XX(35)Perfluorooctane sulfonic acid (PFOS) and its derivativesIndustrial substances1763-23-1217-179-8Covered by substance group 65 (Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) – sum of 25)(36)QuinoxyfenPesticides – fungicide124495-18-7not applicable0,150,0152,70,54XX(37)Dioxins and dioxin-like compoundsIndustrial byproductsnot applicablenot applicablenot applicablenot applicable

Sum of PCDDs+ PCDFs+ PCB-DLs

equivalents 3,5 × 10-5

XXX(38)AclonifenPesticides – herbicide74070-46-5277-704-10,120,0120,120,012(39)BifenoxPesticides – herbicide42576-02-3255-894-70,0120,00120,040,004

(40)CybutrynePesticides – biocide28159-98-0248-872-30,00250,00250,0160,016(41)CypermethrinPesticides – pyrethroid52315-07-8257-842-93 × 10-53 × 10-66 × 10-46 × 10-5X(42)DichlorvosPesticides – organophosphate62-73-7200-547-76 × 10-46 × 10-57 × 10-47 × 10-5(43)Hexabromocyclododecane (HBCDD)Industrial substancesSee footnote 23See footnote 234,6 × 10-42 × 10-50,50,05

90 fw fish

3,5 sw fish

XXX(44)Heptachlor and heptachlor epoxidePesticides – organochlorine76-44-8 / 1024-57-3200-962-3/ 213-831-01,7 × 10-71,7 × 10-73 × 10-43 × 10-50,013XXX(45)TerbutrynPesticides – biocides886-50-0212-950-50,0650,00650,340,034

(46)17 alpha-ethinylestradiol (EE2)Pharmaceuticals – estrogenic hormone57-63-6200-342-21,7 × 10-51,6 × 10-6not derivednot derived(47)17 beta-estradiol (E2)Pharmaceuticals – estrogenic hormone50-28-2200-023-80,000189 × 10-6not derivednot derived(48)AcetamipridPesticides – neonicotinoid135410-20-7 / 160430-64-8603-921-10,0370,00370,160,016(49)AzithromycinPharmaceuticals – macrolide antibiotic83905-01-5617-500-50,0190,00190,180,018X(50)BifenthrinPesticides – pyrethroid82657-04-3617-373-69,5 × 10-59,5 × 10-60,0110,001X(51)Bisphenol-A (BPA)Industrial substances80-05-7201-245-81,7 x 10-41,7 x 10-4130510,025X

(52)CarbamazepinePharmaceuticals – anticonvulsant298-46-4206-062-72,50,251,6 × 103160(53)ClarithromycinPharmaceuticals – macrolide antibiotic81103-11-9658-034-20,130,0130,130,013X(54)ClothianidinPesticides -neonicotinoid210880-92-5433-460-10,010,0010,340,034(55)DeltamethrinPesticides – pyrethroid52918-63-5258-256-61,7 × 10-61,7 × 10-71,7 × 10-53,4 × 10-6X(56)DiclofenacPharmaceuticals – anti-inflammatory15307-86-5 / 15307-79-6239-348-5 / 239-346-40,040,00425025X(57)ErythromycinPharmaceuticals – macrolide antibiotic114-07-8204-040-10,50,0510,1X

(58)EsfenvaleratePesticides – pyrethroid66230-04-4613-911-91,7 × 10-51,7 × 10-60,00850,00085X(59)Estrone (E1)Pharmaceuticals – estrogenic hormone53-16-7200-164-53,6 × 10-41,8 × 10-5not derivednot derived(60)GlyphosatePesticides – herbicide1071-83-6213-997-4

0,1

86,7

8,67

not applicable

398,6

39,86(61)IbuprofenPharmaceuticals – anti-inflammatory15687-27-1239-784-60,140,014X(62)ImidaclopridPesticides – neonicotinoid138261-41-3 / 105827-78-9428-040-80,00686,8 × 10-40,0570,0057(63)NicosulfuronPesticides – herbicide111991-09-4601-148-40,00878,7 × 10-40,230,023

(64)PermethrinPesticides – pyrethroid52645-53-1258-067-92,7 × 10-42,7 × 10-50,00252,5 × 10-4X(65)Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) – sum of 25Industrial substancesnot applicablenot applicableSum of PFOA equivalents 0,0044Sum of PFOA equivalents 0,0044not applicablenot applicableSum of PFOA equivalents 0,077XXX(66)SilverMetals7440-22-4231-131-30,01

0,006 (10‰ salinity)

0,17 (30‰ salinity)

0,022not derived(67)ThiaclopridPesticides – neonicotinoid111988-49-9601-147-90,010,0010,050,005(68)ThiamethoxamPesticides – neonicotinoid153719-23-4428-650-40,040,0040,770,077

(69)TriclosanPesticides – biocides3380-34-5222-182-20,020,0020,020,002(70)Sum of active substances in the pesticides listed in this tablePesticidesnot applicablenot applicable0,2

(3) Part B is amended as follows:

(a) in point 1, the first paragraph is replaced by the following:

For any given surface water body, applying the AA-EQS means that, for each representative monitoring point within the water body, the arithmetic mean of the concentrations measured at different times during the year does not exceed the standard.;

(b) in point 2, the first paragraph is replaced by the following:

For any given surface water body, applying the MAC-EQS means that the measured concentration at any representative monitoring point within the water body does not exceed the standard..

Annex

ANNEX VII

The following Annex is added to Directive 2008/105/EC:

Annex

ANNEX II

ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY STANDARDS FOR RIVER BASIN SPECIFIC POLLUTANTS

PART A: INDICATIVE LIST OF CATEGORIES OF RIVER BASIN SPECIFIC POLLUTANTS

Organohalogen compounds and substances which may form such compounds in the aquatic environment.

Organophosphorous compounds.

Organotin compounds.

Substances and preparations, or the breakdown products of such, which have been proved to possess carcinogenic or mutagenic properties or properties which may affect steroidogenic, thyroid, reproduction or other endocrine-related functions in or via the aquatic environment.

Persistent hydrocarbons and persistent and bioaccumulable organic toxic substances.

Cyanides.

Metals and their compounds.

Arsenic and its compounds.

Biocides and plant protection products.

Materials in suspension, including micro/nanoplastics

Microorganisms, genes or genetic material reflecting the presence of microorganisms resistant to antimicrobial agents, in particular microorganisms pathogenic to humans or livestock.

PART B: THE PROCEDURE FOR DERIVING ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY STANDARDS FOR RIVER BASIN SPECIFIC POLLUTANTS

Methods used for the establishment of EQS for river basin specific pollutants shall include the following steps:

(a) identification of the receptors and compartments or matrices at risk from the substance of concern;

(b) collation and quality assessment of data on the properties of the substance of concern, including its (eco)toxicity, in particular from reports on laboratory, mesocosm and field studies which cover both chronic and acute effects in both fresh and saltwater environments;

(c) extrapolation of (eco)toxicity data to no-effect or similar concentrations using deterministic or probabilistic methods, and selection and application of appropriate assessment factors to address uncertainties and derive EQS;

(d) comparison of EQS for different receptors and compartments, and selection of critical EQS, i.e. the EQS that provides protection to the most sensitive receptor in the most relevant compartment or matrix.

PART C: REPOSITORY OF HARMONISED ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY STANDARDS FOR RIVER BASIN SPECIFIC POLLUTANTS

CAS: Chemical Abstracts Service.

EU number: European Inventory of Existing Commercial Substances (EINECS) or European List of Notified Chemical Substances (ELINCS).

This parameter is the EQS expressed as an annual average value (AA-EQS). Unless otherwise specified, it applies to the total concentration of all substances and isomers.

Inland surface waters encompass rivers and lakes and related artificial or heavily modified water bodies.

This parameter is the EQS expressed as a maximum allowable concentration (MAC EQS). Where the MAC EQS are marked as not applicable, the AA EQS values are considered protective against short-term pollution peaks in continuous discharges since they are significantly lower than the values derived on the basis of acute toxicity.

If a biota EQS is given, it, rather than the water EQS, shall be applied, without prejudice to Article 3(3) of this Directive allowing an alternative biota taxon, or another matrix, to be monitored instead, as long as the EQS applied provides an equivalent level of protection. Unless otherwise indicated, the biota EQS relate to fish.

Substance previously listed as a priority substance in Annex X to Directive 2000/60/EC or Annex I to Directive 2008/105/EC..

Entry NoName of substanceCategory of substancesCAS numberEU number

AA-EQS

Inland surface waters

[μg/l]

AA-EQS

Other surface waters

[μg/l]

MAC-EQS

Inland surface waters

[μg/l]

MAC-EQS

Other surface waters

[μg/l]

EQS

Biota

[μg/kg wet weight] or EQS Sediment where so indicated [μg /kg dry weight]

1AlachlorPesticides15972-60-8240-110-80,30,30,70,72Carbon tetrachlorideIndustrial substances56-23-5200-262-81212not applicablenot applicable3ChlorfenvinphosPesticides470-90-6207-432-00,10,10,30,34SimazinePesticides122-34-9204-535-211445TrichlorobenzenesIndustrial substances – solvent12002-48-1234-413-40,40,4not applicablenot applicable6AtrazinePesticides – herbicides1912-24-9217-617-80,60,62,02,0

Annex

ANNEX VIII

The following Annex is added in Directive 2008/105/EC

Annex

ANNEX III

SUBSTANCES SUBJECT TO REVIEW FOR POSSIBLE IDENTIFICATION AS PRIORITY SUBSTANCES

CAS: Chemical Abstracts Service.

EU number: European Inventory of Existing Commercial Substances (EINECS) or European List of Notified Chemical Substances (ELINCS)..

Name of substanceCAS numberEU numberSum of Bisphenolsnot applicablenot applicableSum(s) of selected pesticides by mode of actionnot applicablenot applicableSum(s) of selected pharmaceuticals by mode of actionnot applicablenot applicable

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År: 2026
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