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

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

Type and Country
National classification systems intercalibrated
Ecological Quality Ratios
High-Good boundary
Good-Moderate boundary
R-M1
Bulgaria
IPS (Indice de polluo-sensibilité)
0,82
0,63
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
0,94
0,78
Greece
IPS (Coste in Cemagref, 1982) Intercalibrated (EQR IPS)
0,956
0,717
Italy
Intercalibration Common Metric Index (ICMi) (Mancini & Sollazzo, 2009)
0,8
0,61
Portugal
IPS (Coste in Cemagref, 1982)
0,97 (type 1)
0,73 (type 1)
0,91 (type 3)
0,68 (type 3)
Slovenia
Metodologija vrednotenja ekološkega stanja vodotokov na podlagi fitobentosa in makrofitov, fitobentos
0,8
0,6
Spain
IPS (Coste in Cemagref, 1982)
0,937
0,727
R-M2
Bulgaria
IPDS (Indice de polluo-sensibilité)
0,82
0,63
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
0,94
0,78
Greece
IPS (Coste in Cemagref, 1982) Intercalibrated (EQR IPS)
0,953
0,732
Italy
Intercalibration Common Metric Index (ICMi)
(Mancini & Sollazzo, 2009)
0,8
0,61
Portugal
IPS (Coste in Cemagref, 1982))
0,91 (type 2)
0,68 (type 2)
0,97 (type 4)
0,73 (type 4)
Slovenia
Metodologija vrednotenja ekološkega stanja vodotokov na podlagi fitobentosa in makrofitov, fitobentos
0,8
0,6
Spain
IPS (Coste in Cemagref, 1982)
0,938
0,727
R-M4
Cyprus
IPS (Coste in Cemagref, 1982)
0,91
0,683
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
0,94
0,78
Greece
IPS (Coste in Cemagref, 1982) Intercalibrated (EQR IPS)
0,932
0,716
Italy
Intercalibration Common Metric Index (ICMi)
(Mancini & Sollazzo, 2009)
0,8
0,61
Spain
IPS (Coste in Cemagref, 1982)
0,935
0,727
R-M5
Cyprus
IPS (Coste in Cemagref, 1982)
0,958
0,718
Italy
Intercalibration Common Metric Index (ICMi)
(Mancini & Sollazzo, 2009)
0,88
0,65
Portugal
IPS (Coste in Cemagref, 1982)
0,8 (Type 5)
0,651 (Type 5)
0,94 (Type 6)
0,7 (Type 6)
Slovenia
Metodologija vrednotenja ekološkega stanja vodotokov na podlagi fitobentosa in makrofitov, fitobentos
0,8
0,6
Spain
IPS (Coste in Cemagref, 1982)
0,935
0,7

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2018/229/annex/division/1/division/4/division/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2018-229/annex/division-1/division-4/division-3
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