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Article 1 Purpose and scope

1. Overview

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Article 1 1.

This Directive lays down provisions for:

(a) 

the monitoring and classification of bathing water quality;

(b) 

the management of bathing water quality; and

(c) 

the provision of information to the public on bathing water quality.
Article 1 2.
The purpose of this Directive is to preserve, protect and improve the quality of the environment and to protect human health by complementing Directive 2000/60/EC.
Article 1 3.

This Directive shall apply to any element of surface water where the competent authority expects a large number of people to bathe and has not imposed a permanent bathing prohibition, or issued permanent advice against bathing (hereinafter bathing water). It shall not apply to:

(a) 

swimming pools and spa pools;

(b) 

confined waters subject to treatment or used for therapeutic purposes;

(c) 

artificially created confined waters separated from surface water and groundwater.

1.1 References

1.2 Identified Requirements

1.3 Related Standards

2. Identified Requirements

Requirements

3. Related Standards

Standards