ANNEX II

QUALITY OBJECTIVES For those Member States which apply the exception provided for in Article 6 (3) of Directive 76/464/EEC, the emission standards which Member States must establish and ensure are applied, pursuant to Article 5 of that Directive, will be fixed so that the appropriate quality objective or objectives from among those listed below is (are) complied with in the area affected by discharges of HCH. The competent authority will determine the area affected in each case and will select from among the quality objectives listed in paragraph 1 the objective or objectives that it deems appropriate having regard to the intended use of the area affected, while taking account of the fact that the purpose of this Directive is to eliminate all pollution. 1. The following quality objectives (1), which will be measured at a point sufficiently close to the point of discharge, are hereby laid down pursuant to Article 2 of Directive 76/464/EEC with the object of eliminating pollution within the meaning of that Directive (2). 1.1. The total HCH concentration in inland surface waters affected by discharges must not exceed 100 nanograms per litre. 1.2. The total concentration of HCH in estuary waters and territorial sea waters must not exceed 20 nanograms per litre. 1.3. In the case of water used for the abstraction of drinking water, the HCH content must conform to the requirements of Directive 75/440/EEC (3). 2. In addition to the above requirements, HCH concentrations in inland surface waters must be determined by the national network referred to in Article 5 of this Directive and the results compared with a total HCH concentration of 50 nanograms per litre. If this concentration is not complied with at any one of the points on the national network, the reasons must be reported to the Commission. 3. The total concentration of HCH in sediments and/or molluscs and/or shellfish and/or fish must not increase significantly with time. 4. Where several quality objectives are applied to waters in an area, the quality of the waters must be sufficient to comply with each of those objectives.

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Source: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-11-05 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.