{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2018-229/annex/division-1/division-12/division-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2018-229/annex/division-1/division-12/division-3.json",
  "legislation": "eudn/2018/229",
  "legislation_title": "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)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2018-229",
  "path": "annex/division/1/division/12/division/3",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "NORTHERN LAKES GEOGRAPHICAL INTERCALIBRATION GROUP RESULTS Biological Quality Element Benthic invertebrates Fauna",
  "text": "Description of types that have been intercalibrated\nType\nLake characterisation\nEcoregion\nAltitude(m absl)\nAlkalinity (meq/l)\nColour (mg Pt/l)\nLake littoral acidification\nL-N-BF1\nLowland/mid-altitude, low alkalinity, clear\nn.d.\n< 800\n0,05 — 0,2\n< 30\nLake profundal eutrophication\nL-N-BF2\nEcoregion 22, low alkalinity, clear and humic\n22\nArea > 1 km2, max depth > 6 m\n< 0,2\nn.d.\nTypes L-N-BF1: Norway, Sweden, United Kingdom, Ireland, Finland\nTypes L-N-BF2: Finland, Sweden\nCountry\nNational classificationmethods intercalibrated\nEcological Quality Ratios\nHigh-good\nGood-moderate\nLake littoral acidification\nNorway\nMultiClear: Multimetric Invertebrate Index for Clear Lakes\n0,95\n0,74\nSweden\nMILA: Multimetric Invertebrate Lake Acidification index\n0,85\n0,6\nUK\nLAMM (Lake Acidification Macroinvertebrate Metric)\n0,86\n0,7\nLake profundal eutrophication\nFinland\nRevised Finnish lake invertebrate fauna assessment method (PICM)\n0,8\n0,6\nSweden\nBQI (Benthic Quality Index)\n0,84\n0,67",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2018/229/annex/division/1/division/12/division/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T15:13:11.570988+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}