Regulation 5 General duties

so as to ensure that, by the end of the bathing season in 2015, all bathing waters are classified under regulation 11 at least as “sufficient”;

so as to take such realistic and proportionate measures as they each consider appropriate with a view to increasing the number of bathing waters classified under regulation 11 as “good” or “excellent”; and

in all other respects, so as to ensure compliance with the F1provisions of the Bathing Water Directive F2, except where there is alternative provision in these Regulations.

to the appropriate Minister such information about the quality of bathing waters as the appropriate Minister may by notice reasonably require; and

to a local authority such information about the quality of the bathing waters that it controls as that local authority may by notice reasonably require.

in Article 2(13), the reference to Council Directive 85/337/EEC on the assessment of the effects of certain public and private projects on the environment were a reference to Council Directive 2011/92/EU on the assessment of the effects of certain public and private projects on the environment;

the following provisions were omitted—

in Article 6(3), the reference to Council Directive 2000/60/EC were a reference to Article 8 of that Directive;

the following provisions were omitted—

in Annex 3, in paragraph 1(a), the reference to Council Directive 2000/60/EC were omitted.

in paragraph 1, in the final indent, the reference to Community legislation were a reference to F5assimilated law;

in paragraph 2, the reference in the second sentence to Annex 5 to Council Directive 2000/60/EC were a reference to that Annex as modified by Part 1 of Schedule 5 to the Water Environment (Water Framework Directive) (England and Wales) Regulations 2017.