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Directive 2006/7/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the management of bathing water quality and repealing Directive 76/160/EEC.

Country
European Union
Type of law
Legislation
Source
FAO , FAOLEX
Keywords
Abstract
With a view to preserving, protecting and improving human health and the environment, within the legal framework of Directive 2000/60/EC, the present Directive establishes provisions for: (a) the monitoring and classification of bathing water quality; (b) the management of bathing water quality; and (c) the provision of information to the public on bathing water quality. Member States are required to annually identify all bathing waters and define the length of the bathing season.
Attached files
http://faolex.fao.org/docs/pdf/eur62327.pdf
Web site
http://europa.eu
Date of text
Repealed
No
Serial Imprint
Official Journal of the European Union L 64, 4 March 2006, pp. 37-51.
Source language

English

Legislation status
in force
Legislation Amendment
No
Implements
Directive 2000/60/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a framework for Community action in the field of water policy.
Implemented by
D cret n 2007-983 relatif au premier recensement des eaux de baignade par les communes.
Legislative Decree No. 94 implementing Directive 2006/7/EC concerning the management of bathing water quality, as regards dissolved oxygen.
Real Decreto Nº 1341/2007 - Gestión de la calidad de las aguas de baño. Texto consolidado.
Arrêté du Gouvernement wallon modifiant le Livre II du Code de l'Environnement contenant le Code de l'Eau et relatif à la qualité des eaux de baignade.
Bathing Water Regulations 2008 (No. 1097 of 2008).
Quality of Bathing Water Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2008 (S.R. No. 231 of 2008).
Act amending the Waters Act.
Bathing Water Quality Ordinance.
Bathing Waters (Scotland) Regulations 2008 (S.S.I. No. 170 of 2008).
Arrêté du Gouvernement de la Région de Bruxelles-Capitale concernant la gestion de la qualité des eaux de baignade.
Bathing Water Quality Regulations 2008 (S.I. No. 79 of 2008).
Management of Bathing Water Quality Law, 2008 (Law No. 57(I)/2008).
Saxony Bathing Water Ordinance.
Act amending Water Law.
Bathing Waters (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2012 (S.S.I. No. 243 of 2012).
Bathing Water Regulations 2013 (No. 1675 of 2013).
Bathing Water Ordinance
Bathing Water Ordinance.
Bathing Water Ordinance.
Decree relative to bathing waters (SFS 2008:218).
Act amending and supplementing the Water Act.
Brandenburg Bathing Water Quality Ordinance.
Regulation on the management of bathing water.
Bavarian Bathing Water Ordinance.
Bathing Water Ordinance.
Bathing Water Quality (Amendment) Regulations 2011 (S.I. No. 351 of 2011).
Bathing Water Ordinance.
Regulation on controlling of the quality of bathing water.
Decree on profiles of surface water used for bathing.
Bathing Water Ordinance Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.
Bathing Water Ordinance.
Thüringen Bathing Water Ordinance (ThürBgwVO).
Regulation on the quality of bathing water.
Regulation on water profile in bathing water.
Legislative Decree No. 116 of 2008 implementing Directive 2006/7/EC concerning the management of bathing water quality and repealing Directive 76/160/EEC.
Ministerial Decree (Health Minister) 30 March 2010 laying down criteria to establish when bathing is forbidden and technical conditions to give application to the Legislative Decree 30 May 2008, n. 116 Implementing Directive 2006/7/EC concerning the management of bathing water quality and repealing Directive 76/160/EEC.
Cabinet Regulation No. 38 of 2012 on Procedures for Establishing and Maintaining Bathing Sites
Public Health Act (1995)
Decree (2010:1341) relative to protection of the marine environment.
Law No. 272 “On water”.
Regulation on indicators and values of acceptable pollution of surface waters and waste waters, on permits to discharge waste waters into surface water and sewerage, and on sensitive areas.
Water Act No. 364/2004.
Decree on the method of assessment of the status of surface water bodies, method of assessing the ecological potential of heavily modified and artificial bodies of surface water and the details on the program of the assessment of surface water.
Order No. 231 on quality requirements for environmental measurements.
Order No. 1311 on quality requirements for environmental measurements.
Repeals
Council Directive 76/160/EEC concerning the quality of bathing water.