Water Policy Framework (Amendment) Regulations, 2011 (L.N. 16 of 2011).

These Regulations provide for the implementation in Malta and Gozo of Environmental Quality Standards (EQS) for priority substances and certain other pollutants, with the aim of achieving good surface water chemical status. They also establish minimum performance criteria for methods of analysis to be applied by the competent authority when monitoring water status, sediment and biota, as well as rules for demonstrating the quality of analytical results.