Article 8

This Directive may be waived: (a) in the case of certain parameters marked (0) in the Annex, because of exceptional weather or geographical conditions; In no case may the exceptions provided for in this Article disregard the requirements essential for public health protection. Where a Member State waives the provisions of this Directive, it shall forthwith notify the Commission thereof, stating its reasons and the periods anticipated. when bathing water undergoes natural enrichment in certain substances causing a deviation from the values prescribed in the Annex. Natural enrichment means the process whereby, without human intervention, a given body of water receives from the soil certain substances contained therein.

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Source: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-11-10 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.