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the following Article is inserted: ‘Article 8d River basin specific pollutants 1. Member States shall set and apply EQS for the river basin specific pollutants covered by the categories listed in Part A of Annex II to this Directive, where they identify those pollutants as posing a risk to water bodies in one or more of their river basin districts based on the analyses and reviews under Article 5 of Directive 2000/60/EC, in accordance with the procedure set out in Part B of Annex II to this Directive. By 22 December 2027, Member States shall inform the Commission of their list of river basin specific pollutants and EQS set pursuant to the first subparagraph of this paragraph. The Commission shall ensure that that information is made publicly available. Subsequent updates of the list of river basin specific pollutants identified by the Member States in accordance with the first subparagraph of this paragraph and their corresponding EQS shall be included in the river basin management plans to be produced under Article 13 of Directive 2000/60/EC. 2. Where EQS for river basin specific pollutants have been set at Union level in accordance with Article 16(4) of Directive 2000/60/EC, and listed in Part C of Annex II to this Directive, those EQS shall take precedence over EQS for river basin specific pollutants established at national level in accordance with paragraph 1 of this Article. Those EQS set at Union level shall also be applied by the Member States to establish whether the river basin specific pollutants listed in Part C of Annex II to this Directive pose a risk. 3. Compliance with the applicable national EQS or, where relevant, with the EQS set at Union level, is required for a water body to achieve good surface water chemical status, as defined in point 24 of Article 2 of Directive 2000/60/EC.’ ;

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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.