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Environmental information systems
Variation in requirements for sample number specified in directives
| Requirement | Directives |
| BIOTA | |
| NS | Aldrin (88/347/EEC) Shellfish Waters (79/923/EEC) Titanium Dioxide (82/883/EEC) Carbon tetrachloride (86/280/EEC) Proposed Ecological Directive (COM(93) 680) Dichloroethane(90/415/EEC) |
| Sufficient samples representative of aquatic environment | Cadmium (83/513/EEC) HCH (84/491/EEC) Mercury * (82/176/EEC) |
| SEDIMENT | |
| NS | Aldrin (88/347/EEC) Titanium Dioxide (82/883/EEC) Carbon tetrachloride (86/280/EEC) Proposed Ecological Directive (COM(93) 680) Dichloroethane(90/415/EEC) |
| Sufficient samples representative of aquatic environment | Cadmium (83/513/EEC) HCH (84/491/EEC) |
| WATER | |
| NS | Dichloroethane(90/415/EEC) Aldrin (88/347/EEC) Freshwater Fish (78/659/EEC) Sampling and Analysis (79/869/EEC) Drinking Water (80/778/EEC) Shellfish Waters (79/923/EEC) Bathing Water (76/160/EEC) Proposed Bathing Water (COM (94) 36) UWWT (91/271/EEC) |
| Sufficient samples representative of aquatic environment | Titanium Dioxide (82/883/EEC) Carbon tetrachloride (86/280/EEC) Proposed Landfill Directive(COM) 93 275) Mercury (84/156/EEC) Nitrates (91/676/EEC) Proposed Ecological Directive (COM(93) 680) Cadmium (83/513/EEC) HCH (84/491/EEC) Mercury (82/176/EEC) |
| Minimum of 1 representative sample of low dissolved oxygen conditions | Shellfish Waters (79/923/EEC) |
Notes:
* representative numbers and species of saltwater fish
ns not specified
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