# 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: VERY LARGE RIVERS GEOGRAPHICAL INTERCALIBRATION GROUP Biological Quality Element Macrophytes and Phytobenthos Sub-Biological Quality Element Phytobenthos

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

Country and Type
National classification systems intercalibrated
Ecological Quality Ratios
High-Good boundary
Good-Moderate boundary
R-L1
Finland
Finnish river phytobenthos method
0,8
0,6
Sweden
Benthic algae in running water — diatom analysis
0,89
0,74
R-L2
Austria
Assessment of the Biological Quality Elements — part phytobenthos
0,85
0,57
Bulgaria
IPS (Indice de Polluo-Sensibilité)
0,76
0,58
Czech Republic
Assessment system for rivers using phytobenthos
0,8
0,6
Estonia
Estonian surface water ecological quality assessment — river phytobenthos
0,83
0,64
France
IBD 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
0,92
0,76
Spain
IPS (Coste in Cemagref, 1982)
0,68
0,48
Germany
Verfahrensanleitung für die ökologische Bewertung von Fließgewässern zur Umsetzung der EG-Wasserrahmenrichtlinie: Makrophyten und Phytobenthos (PHYLIB), Modul Diatomeen
0,725
0,55
Croatia
Ecological status assessment system for phytobenthos in rivers based on diatoms
0,8
0,61
Hungary
Ecological status assessment for rivers based on diatoms
0,762
0,6
Italy
Intercalibration Common Metric Index (ICMi) (Mancini &Sollazzo 2009)
0,89 (national type C)
0,7 (national type C)
0,82 (national type M3)
0,62 (national type M3)
Netherlands
WFD-metrics for natural water types
0,8
0,6
Portugal
IPS — Specific Pollution Sensitivity Index
0,9 (national type R_GRS/Guadiana river)
0,67 (national type R_GRS/Guadiana river)
Slovakia
Ecological status assessment system for rivers using phytobenthos
0,9
0,7
Slovenia
Metodologija vrednotenja ekološkega stanja vodotokov na podlagi fitobentosa in makrofitov, fitobentos
0,8
0,6

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2018/229/annex/division/1/division/7/division/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2018-229/annex/division-1/division-7/division-3
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