# 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: CENTRAL-BALTIC RIVERS GEOGRAPHICAL INTERCALIBRATION GROUP RESULTS Biological Quality Element Macrophytes and Phytobenthos Sub-Biological Quality Element Phytobenthos

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

Country
National classification systems intercalibrated
Type
Ecological Quality Ratios
High-Good boundary
Good-Moderate boundary
Austria
Assessment of the biological quality elements — part Phytobenthos [Leitfaden zur Erhebung der biologischen Qualitätselemente, Teil A3 -Fließgewässer/Phytobenthos]
All types, altitude < 500 m
0,7
0,42
All types, altitude > 500 m
0,71
0,43
Belgium (Flanders)
Proportions of Impact-Sensitive and Impact-Associated Diatoms (PISIAD)
All types
0,8
0,6
Belgium (Wallonia)
IPS (Coste, in CEMAGREF, 1982; Lenoir & Coste, 1996 and Arrêté du Gouvernement wallon du 13 septembre 2012 relatif à l’identification, à la caractérisation et à la fixation des seuils d’état écologique applicables aux masses d’eau de surface et modifiant le Livre II du Code de l’Environnement, contenant le Code de l’Eau. Moniteur belge 12.10.2012)
All types
0,98
0,73
Czech Republic
Czech assessment method for rivers using phytobenthos
R-C3, R-C4, R-C5
0,8
0,63
Estonia
Indice de Polluosensibilité Spécifique (IPS)
All types
0,85
0,7
France
IBD 2007 (Coste et al, Ecol. Ind. 2009). AFNOR NF-T-90-354, December 2007. Arrêté ministériel du 25 janvier 2010 modifié relatif aux méthodes et critères d’évaluation de l’état écologique {…} des eaux de surface
All types
0,94
0,78
Germany
Verfahrensanleitung für die ökologische Bewertung von Fließgewässern zur Umsetzung der EG-Wasserrahmenrichtlinie: Makrophyten und Phytobenthos (PHYLIB), Modul Diatomeen
R-C1
0,67
0,43
R-C3
0,67
0,43
R-C4
0,61
0,43
R-C5
0,73
0,55
Ireland
Revised form of Trophic Diatom Index (TDI)
All types
0,93
0,78
Italy
Intercalibration Common Metric Index (ICMi) (Mancini & Sollazzo, 2009)
All types
0,89
0,7
Ireland
Revised form of Trophic Diatom Index (TDI)
All types
0,93
0,78
Lithuania
Lithuanian Phytobenthos Index
R-C1, R-C4, R-C5, R-C6
0,73
0,55
Luxembourg
Indice de Polluosensibilité Spécifique (IPS)
R-C3, R-C4 (low alkalinity)
0,98
0,78
R-C4 (high alkalinity), R-C5 and R-C6
0,99
0,78
Netherlands
KRW Maatlat
All types
0,8
0,6
Poland
Indeks Okrzemkowy IO dla rzek (Diatom Index for rivers)
All types
0,8
0,58
Spain
Diatom multimetric (MDIAT)
R-C2, R-C3, R-C4
0,93
0,7
Sweden
Swedish assessment methods, Swedish EPA regulations (NFS 2008:1) based on Indice de Polluosensibilité Spécifique (IPS)
All types
0,89
0,74
United Kingdom
Diatom Assessment for River Ecological Status (DARLEQ2)
All types
1,0
0,75

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2018/229/annex/division/1/division/2/division/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2018-229/annex/division-1/division-2/division-3
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