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Variations in requirements for sample location specified in directives and international agreements
| Requirement | Directives |
| Biota | |
| 1. DIRECTIVES | |
| NS | Proposed Ecological Directive (COM(93) 680) |
| Designated waters | Shellfish (79/923/EEC) |
| Area affected by discharge | Dichloroethane (90/415/EEC) Aldrin (88/347/EEC) Carbon tetrachloride (86/280/EEC) Cadmium (83/513/EEC) HCH (84/491/EEC) Mercury (82/176/EEC) Titanium Dioxide 3 (82/883/EEC) |
| 2. INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS | |
| Near-shore stations | Baltic Sea 1974/92 (Micro-organisms) |
| NS | Baltic Sea (Helsinki) 1974/92 (Dibenzofurans, dibenzodioxins) Technical Co-operation (Bu/Gr) 1991 Danube (Regensburg) 1987, Mura 1954 |
| Designated areas | North Sea (NSTF) 1987 North East Atlantic (Paris) 1974 - JMP North East Atlantic (OSPAR) 1992 |
| Designated areas (away from coast) | Baltic Sea (Helsinki) 1974/92 (HCH, chlordanes, HCB, PAH, PCB, dieldrin, DDD, DDE, DDT, phytoplankton, metals) |
| Sediment | |
| 1. DIRECTIVES | |
| NS | Proposed Ecological Directive (COM(93) 680) |
| Area affected by discharge | Dichloroethane(90/415/EEC) Aldrin (88/347/EEC) Carbon tetrachloride (86/280/EEC) Cadmium (83/513/EEC) HCH (84/491/EEC) Titanium Dioxide 3 (82/883/EEC) |
| 2. INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS | |
| NS | Drava 1954, Frontier waters (Au/Cz) 1970 Water Economy (Au/Hu) 1956, Mura 1954 |
| Designated areas | Baltic Sea (Helsinki) 1974/92 North Sea (NSTF) 1987 North East Atlantic (Paris) 1974 - JMP North East Atlantic (OSPAR) 1992 |
| Water | |
| 1. DIRECTIVES | |
| NS | Nitrates 1 (91/676/EEC) Proposed Ecological Directive (COM(93) 680) |
| Designated waters | Freshwater Fish (78/659/EEC) Shellfish Waters (79/923/EEC) Bathing Water (76/160/EEC) Proposed Bathing Water (COM (94) 36) |
| Place where surface water is abstracted before being sent for purification | Surface Water (75/440/EEC) |
| Initial analysis at source | Drinking Water (80/778/EEC) |
Table E.1 continued
| Requirement | Directives |
| Area affected by discharge | Mercury (82/176/EEC) Titanium Dioxide 3 (82/883/EEC) Cadmium (83/513/EEC) Mercury (84/156/EEC) HCH (84/491/EEC) Carbon tetrachloride (86/280/EEC) Aldrin (88/347/EEC) Dichloroethane(90/415/EEC) UWWT (91/271/EEC) |
| Inflow region at ground (0) level and two measuring points in outflow region of groundwater | Proposed Landfill Directive (COM (93) 275) |
| In outflow region of groundwater around the site where waste is disposed | Titanium Dioxide (82/883/EEC) |
| At sampling locations specified in 75/440/EEC | Sampling and Analysis (79/869/EEC) Nitrates (91/676/EEC) (NO 3 only) |
| At sampling stations representative of surface waters | Nitrates (91/676/EEC)(NO 3 only) |
| At sampling stations representative of groundwater aquifers | Nitrates (91/676/EEC)(NO 3 only) |
| To check there are no adverse effects in less sensitive waters | UWWT (91/271/EEC) |
| 2. INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS | |
| Designated areas | Baltic Sea (Helsinki) 1974/92 North Sea (NSTF) 1987 North East Atlantic (Paris) 1974 - JMP North East Atlantic (OSPAR) 1992 |
| Mobile stations | Technical Co-operation (Bu/Gr) 1991 |
| Fixed stations | Mura 1954 (Flow); Water economy (Au/Hu) 1956 (Flow, water level) Rhine 1976; Rhine (hydrology) 1989 Elbe 1990; Technical Co-operation (Bu/Gr) 1991 |
| NS | Drava 1954; Mura 1954 Water economy (Au/Hu) 1956 Lake Constance 1960 Frontier waters (Au/Cz) 1970 Frontier waters (Au/Sl) 1970 Danube (Bucharest) 1985 Danube (Regensburg) 1987 North Sea (conference) 1990 |
Notes:
1 To review eutrophic state of surface waters
2 Temperature upstream and downstream of thermal discharge, within designated waters
3 Also in area not affected by discharge
ns Not specified
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