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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

| 143. | For the purposes of assessing the significance of damage by reference to the five reference concepts, the following classes and divisions of ‘waters’ all need to be distinguished: — Groundwaters; — Rivers; — Lakes; — Transitional waters; — Coastal waters; territorial waters; — Artificial and heavily modified water bodies.

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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.