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Article 3 is amended as follows: paragraph 1a is amended as follows: in the first subparagraph, the following points are added: ; the substances numbered 5, 9, 13, 15, 17, 21, 23, 24, 28, 30, 34, 37, 41 and 43 in Part A of Annex I, for which revised EQS are set, with effect from 22 December 2027, with the aim of achieving good surface water chemical status in relation to those substances by 22 December 2033 and preventing deterioration in the chemical status of surface water bodies in relation to those substances by means of programmes of measures included in the 2027 river basin management plans produced in accordance with Article 13(7) of Directive 2000/60/EC; the newly identified substances numbered 46 to 70 in Part A of Annex I, with effect from 22 December 2027, with the aim of achieving good surface water chemical status in relation to those substances by 22 December 2039 and preventing deterioration in the chemical status of surface water bodies in relation to those substances; for that purpose, Member States shall, by 22 December 2027, establish a supplementary monitoring programme and, by 22 December 2030, a preliminary programme of measures covering those substances; a final programme of measures, in accordance with Article 11 of Directive 2000/60/EC, shall be included in the 2033 river basin management plan produced in accordance with Article 13(7) of that Directive.’ the second subparagraph is replaced by the following: ‘Article 4(4) to (9) of Directive 2000/60/EC shall apply mutatis mutandis to the substances listed in points (i) and (ii), of the first subparagraph of this paragraph. Article 4(4) to (9) of Directive 2000/60/EC shall also apply mutatis mutandis to the substances listed in points (iii) and (iv) of the first subparagraph of this paragraph. Insofar as the time extensions provided for in Article 4(4) of that Directive are concerned, they shall be limited to a maximum of one further update of the river basin management plan except in cases where the natural conditions are such that the objectives cannot be achieved within that river basin management plan period.’; the following paragraph is added: ‘1b. EQS set at Union level for river basin specific pollutants in accordance with Article 16(4) of Directive 2000/60/EC and listed in Part C of Annex II to this Directive or additional river basin specific pollutants and corresponding EQS identified by Member States in accordance with Article 8d(1) of this Directive, shall take effect from the beginning of the following river basin management plan period after the date the EQS was set, with the aim of achieving good surface water chemical status in relation to those pollutants by the end of that river basin management plan period and of preventing deterioration in the chemical status of surface water bodies in relation to those pollutants. Article 4(4) to (9) of Directive 2000/60/EC shall apply mutatis mutandis to the pollutants referred to in the first subparagraph of this paragraph. Insofar as the time extensions provided for in Article 4(4) of that Directive are concerned, they shall be limited to a maximum of one further update of the river basin management plan except in cases where the natural conditions are such that the objectives cannot be achieved within that river basin management plan period.’ ; paragraph 2 is replaced by the following: ‘2. With regard to substances for which a biota EQS or a sediment EQS is laid down in Part A of Annex I, Member States shall apply such biota EQS or sediment EQS. With regard to substances other than those referred to in the first subparagraph, Member States shall apply the water EQS laid down in Part A of Annex I.’ ; in paragraph 6, the first subparagraph is replaced by the following: ‘6. Member States shall arrange for the long-term trend analysis of concentrations of those priority substances identified in Part A of Annex I as substances that tend to accumulate in sediment or biota, on the basis of monitoring in sediment or biota as part of the monitoring of surface water status carried out in accordance with Article 8 of Directive 2000/60/EC. Member States shall take measures aimed at ensuring, subject to Article 4 of Directive 2000/60/EC, that such concentrations do not significantly increase in sediment or biota.’ ; paragraph 7 is deleted; paragraph 8 is replaced by the following: ‘8. The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 9a to amend point 3 of Part B of Annex I in order to adapt it to scientific or technical progress.’ ;

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Source: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-10-08 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.