ARTICLE 3

Council Directive 79/923/EEC of 30 October 1979 on the quality required of shellfish waters · European Union

1 . MEMBER STATES SHALL , FOR THE DESIGNATED WATERS , SET VALUES FOR THE PARAMETERS LISTED IN THE ANNEX , IN SO FAR AS VALUES ARE GIVEN IN COLUMN G OR IN COLUMN I . THEY SHALL COMPLY WITH THE COMMENTS CONTAINED IN BOTH COLUMNS . 2 . MEMBER STATES SHALL NOT SET VALUES LESS STRINGENT THAN THOSE GIVEN IN COLUMN I OF THE ANNEX AND SHALL ENDEAVOUR TO OBSERVE THE VALUES IN COLUMN G , WHILE TAKING INTO ACCOUNT THE PRINCIPLE SET OUT IN ARTICLE 8 . 3 . FOR DISCHARGES OF EFFLUENTS FALLING WITHIN PARAMETERS ' ORGANOHALOGENATED SUBSTANCES ' AND ' METALS ' , THE EMISSION STANDARDS LAID DOWN BY THE MEMBER STATES PURSUANT TO COUNCIL DIRECTIVE 76/464/EEC OF 4 MAY 1976 ON POLLUTION CAUSED BY CERTAIN DANGEROUS SUBSTANCES DISCHARGED INTO THE AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT OF THE COMMUNITY ( 1 ) SHALL BE APPLIED AT THE SAME TIME AS THE QUALITY OBJECTIVES AND THE OTHER OBLIGATIONS ARISING FROM THIS DIRECTIVE , IN PARTICULAR THOSE RELATING TO SAMPLING .

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Source: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-10-13 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.