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For the purposes of implementing Article 5, the designated waters shall be deemed to conform to the provisions of this Directive if samples of such waters, taken at the minimum frequency specified in Annex I, at the same sampling point and over a period of 12 months, show that they conform to both the values set by the Member States in accordance with Article 3 and the comments contained in columns G and I of Annex I, as regards: 100 % of the samples for the parameters ‘organohalogenated substances’ and ‘metals’; 95 % of the samples for the parameters ‘salinity’ and ‘dissolved oxygen’; 75 % of the samples for the other parameters listed in Annex I. If, in accordance with Article 7(2), the sampling frequency for all the parameters in Annex I except ‘organohalogenated substances’ and ‘metals’ is lower than that indicated in Annex I, the values and comments referred to in the first subparagraph of this paragraph shall be complied with in the case of all the samples.

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Source: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-10-22 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.