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Percentage of European coastal bathing waters complying with mandatory values (or with at least sufficient quality) and meeting guide values (or with excellent quality) for the year 2011 by sea region

Figure Created 22 Sep 2012 Published 13 Nov 2012 Last modified 29 Nov 2012

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Topics: Water and marine environment

Sea regions arranged by the percentage of compliance with mandatory values (or at least sufficient quality). EU Member States, Croatia and Montenegro. Five Member States (Austria, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Luxembourg and Slovakia) and Switzerland have no coastal bathing waters. The quality classes under the New Bathing Water Directive (2006/7/EC) are jointed with compliance categories under the Bathing Water Directive (76/160/EEC).

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Units:: % of coastal bathing waters
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The sea region delineation is according to the Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD) Article 4. As the catchment area of the North-east Atlantic Ocean region is very big, the sub-region level is used, i.e. the Greater North Sea incl. the Kattegat and the English Channel, while other subregions of the North-east Atlantic Ocean are merged into the Atlantic Ocean region. French bathing waters in the Northwest Atlantic Ocean are also included in the Atlantic Ocean region. The Mediterranean Sea region includes Spanish bathing waters on the African coasts. French bathing waters in the Indian Ocean are not included in regional statistics.

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21 Mar 2012 - Percentage of European coastal bathing waters complying with mandatory values and meeting guide values of the Bathing Water Directive for the year 2010 by sea region

17 Dec 2010 - Percentage of European coastal bathing waters complying with mandatory values and meeting guide values of the Bathing Water Directive for the year 2009 by sea region

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Atlantic Ocean Baltic Sea Belgium Black Sea Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Denmark Estonia Finland France Germany Greece Ireland Italy Latvia Lithuania Malta Mediterranean Sea Montenegro Netherlands North Sea Poland Portugal Romania Slovenia Spain Sweden United Kingdom