# Commission Decision (EU) 2017/848 of 17 May 2017 laying down criteria and methodological standards on good environmental status of marine waters and specifications and standardised methods for monitoring and assessment, and repealing Decision 2010/477/EU (Text with EEA relevance), Article 9


In Article 13—
a) in paragraph 2, for the words from “in particular Directive 2000/60/EC” to “forthcoming legislation on environmental quality standards in the field of water policy” substitute “(in particular in relation to water quality, including urban waste-water treatment and bathing water quality)”;
b) in paragraph 3, omit “referred to in Article 7”;
c) in paragraph 4—
i) for “special areas of conservation pursuant to the Habitats Directive, special protection areas pursuant to the Birds Directive” substitute “special areas of conservation or special protection areas pursuant to assimilated law”;
ii) for “Community or Members States concerned in the framework of international or regional agreements to which they are parties” substitute “United Kingdom in the framework of international or regional agreements to which it is a party”;
d) in paragraph 5, omit─
i) “Community or”;
ii) “, individually or jointly,”;
iii) “competent authority or”;
e) in paragraph 10, omit “Subject to Article 16”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2017/848/annex/2/9 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2017-848/annex-2/9
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