(b)

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.’ ;

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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.