Regulation establishing way of classifying the state of uniform parts of surface waters and environmental quality standards for priority substances.

This Regulation of the Minister of Environment, which is composed of ten paragraphs and 12 Annexes, establishes way of classifying the state of uniform parts of surface waters including: (1) physico-chemical, biological and hydro-morphological elements on the basis of quality factors for individual categories of uniform parts of water including different types of surface waters; (2) ecological state of uniform parts pf waters in natural watercourses, lakes and other natural basins, transitional waters and coastal waters; (3) ecological potential of artificial and highly modified uniform parts of surface waters; (4) chemical state of uniform parts of surface waters and environmental quality standards for priority substances and for other pollutions used to classify this state. The present Act also lays down the way of interpreting results of tests of quality factors specified above, way of assessment of the state of uniform parts of surface waters, way of presenting classification results, and frequency of classifying elements specified above, ecological state, ecological potential and chemical state of uniform parts of surface waters.