# Commission Decision (EU) 2018/229 of 12 February 2018 establishing, pursuant to Directive 2000/60/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council, the values of the Member State monitoring system classifications as a result of the intercalibration exercise and repealing Commission Decision 2013/480/EU (notified under document C(2018) 696) (Text with EEA relevance), Division: Water category Lakes Geographical Intercalibration Group Mediterranean lakes

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

Description of types that have been intercalibrated
Type
Lake characterization
Altitude(m)
Annual mean precipitation (mm) and T ( oC)
Mean depth (m)
Area (km2)
Catchment (km2)
Alkalinity (meq/l)
L-M5/7
Reservoirs, deep, large, siliceous, ‘wet’ areas
< 1 000
> 800 and/or < 15
> 15
0,5 — 50
< 20 000
< 1
L-M8
Reservoirs, deep, large, calcareous
< 1 000
—
> 15
0,5 — 50
< 20 000
> 1
Countries sharing types that have been intercalibrated
Types L-M5/7: France, Greece, Italy, Portugal, Spain
Types L-M8: Cyprus, France, Greece, Italy, Spain

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2018/229/annex/division/1/division/11 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2018-229/annex/division-1/division-11
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