# 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 Rivers Geographical Intercalibration Groups All — Very Large Rivers

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

Description of types that have been intercalibrated
Type
River characterisation
Catchment area of stretch (km2)
Alkalinity (meq/l)
R-L1
Very large low alkalinity rivers
> 10 000
< 0,5
R-L2
Very large medium to high alkalinity rivers
> 10 000
> 0,5
Countries sharing types that have been intercalibrated:
R-L1: Finland, Norway, Sweden
R-L2: Austria, Belgium (Flanders), Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2018/229/annex/division/1/division/7 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2018-229/annex/division-1/division-7
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