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Bars show the degree to which Member States have proposed sites that are considered sufficient to protect the habitats and species mentioned in Habitats Directive Annex I and II (situation November 2003) (marine species and habitats are not considered).
Notes: Ireland, 307 lakes classified according to trophic status (for example, chlorophyll a concentrations)
EU-15 refers to EU Member States, EEA-EFTA to the EFTA countries, Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway, AC-10 to acceding countries (Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Slovakia and Slovenia - no data available from Cyprus) and CC-3 to candidate countries (Bulgaria, Romania and Turkey).
Due to inconsistencies in the Eurostat data set Norway is excluded for all years (efficiencies >100%).
It has been assumed that the main use of water for agriculture is for irrigation
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