+Article 2 Definitions

Article 2 Definitions

Article 2

Definitions

For the purposes of this Directive, the definitions laid down in Article 2 of Directive 2000/60/EC and in Article 2 of Commission Directive 2009/90/EC of 31 July 2009 laying down, pursuant to Directive 2000/60/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council, technical specifications for chemical analysis and monitoring of water status ( 1 ) shall apply.

In addition, the following definitions shall apply:

(1) 

‘matrix‘ means a compartment of the aquatic environment, namely water, sediment or biota;

(2) 

‘biota taxon’ means a particular aquatic taxon within the taxonomic rank ‘sub-phylum’, ‘class’ or their equivalent;

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(3) 

‘indicator of pollution’ means a parameter which can be monitored to give a value that is representative of the level or concentration of a pollutant or a group of pollutants and thus of the risk posed by them.

1. Vue d’ensemble

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1.1 Références

1.2 Exigences identifiées

1.3 Normes associées

2. Exigences identifiées

Exigences

3. Normes associées

Normes