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COMMISSION NOTICE Guidelines providing a common understanding of the term ‘environmental damage’ as defined in Article 2 of Directive 2004/35/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on environmental liability with regard to the prevention and remedying of environmental damage · European Union

| 141. | From the definition of ‘good groundwater chemical status’, it can be inferred that groundwater chemical status refers to concentrations of chemical pollutants as well as conductivity. Conductivity relates to saline or other intrusion (146). Pursuant to Article 17 of the Water Framework Directive, Directive 2006/118/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 December 2006 on the protection of groundwater against pollution and deterioration (147) (‘the Groundwater Directive’) has been adopted. This, amongst other things, provides for Union standards for concentrations of nitrates and pesticides in groundwater (148), as well as for the obligation for Member States to adopt national thresholds for a series of other pollutants listed in its Annex.

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Source: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-09-25 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.