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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2018-229/annex/division-1/division-7/division-3",
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  "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/7/division/3",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "VERY LARGE RIVERS GEOGRAPHICAL INTERCALIBRATION GROUP Biological Quality Element Macrophytes and Phytobenthos Sub-Biological Quality Element Phytobenthos",
  "text": "Country and Type\nNational classification systems intercalibrated\nEcological Quality Ratios\nHigh-Good boundary\nGood-Moderate boundary\nR-L1\nFinland\nFinnish river phytobenthos method\n0,8\n0,6\nSweden\nBenthic algae in running water — diatom analysis\n0,89\n0,74\nR-L2\nAustria\nAssessment of the Biological Quality Elements — part phytobenthos\n0,85\n0,57\nBulgaria\nIPS (Indice de Polluo-Sensibilité)\n0,76\n0,58\nCzech Republic\nAssessment system for rivers using phytobenthos\n0,8\n0,6\nEstonia\nEstonian surface water ecological quality assessment — river phytobenthos\n0,83\n0,64\nFrance\nIBD 2007 (Coste et al, Ecol. Ind. 2009). AFNOR NF T90-354, April 2016. Arrêté ministériel du 25 janvier 2010 modifié relatif aux méthodes et critères d’évaluation de l’état écologique {…} des eaux de surface\n0,92\n0,76\nSpain\nIPS (Coste in Cemagref, 1982)\n0,68\n0,48\nGermany\nVerfahrensanleitung für die ökologische Bewertung von Fließgewässern zur Umsetzung der EG-Wasserrahmenrichtlinie: Makrophyten und Phytobenthos (PHYLIB), Modul Diatomeen\n0,725\n0,55\nCroatia\nEcological status assessment system for phytobenthos in rivers based on diatoms\n0,8\n0,61\nHungary\nEcological status assessment for rivers based on diatoms\n0,762\n0,6\nItaly\nIntercalibration Common Metric Index (ICMi) (Mancini &Sollazzo 2009)\n0,89 (national type C)\n0,7 (national type C)\n0,82 (national type M3)\n0,62 (national type M3)\nNetherlands\nWFD-metrics for natural water types\n0,8\n0,6\nPortugal\nIPS — Specific Pollution Sensitivity Index\n0,9 (national type R_GRS/Guadiana river)\n0,67 (national type R_GRS/Guadiana river)\nSlovakia\nEcological status assessment system for rivers using phytobenthos\n0,9\n0,7\nSlovenia\nMetodologija vrednotenja ekološkega stanja vodotokov na podlagi fitobentosa in makrofitov, fitobentos\n0,8\n0,6",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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  "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."
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