# 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 LAKES GEOGRAPHICAL INTERCALIBRATION GROUP RESULTS Biological Quality Element Fish fauna

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

Description of common intercalibration types
Type
Lake characterisation
Altitude (m above sea level)
Mean depth (m)
Alkalinity (meq/l)
Residence time (years)
L-CB1
Lowland, shallow, calcareous
< 200
3 — 15
> 1
1 — 10
L-CB2
Lowland, very shallow, calcareous
< 200
< 3
> 1
0,1 — 1
L-CB3
Lowland, shallow, small, siliceous (moderate alkalinity)
< 200
3 — 15
0,2 — 1
1 — 10
L-CB4
Heavily modified water bodies
200 — 700
3 — 30
> 0,2
0,1 — 5
Countries sharing types that have been intercalibrated
Types L-CB1: Belgium, Germany, Denmark, Estonia, Ireland, Lithuania, Latvia, Netherlands, Poland, United Kingdom
Types L-CB2: Belgium, Germany, Denmark, Estonia, Ireland, Lithuania, Latvia, Netherlands, Poland, United Kingdom
Types L-CB3: Belgium, Denmark, Estonia, France, Latvia, Poland
Types L-CB4: Czech Republic
Country
National classification systems intercalibrated
Ecological Quality Ratios
High-good boundary
Good-moderate
Czech Republic
CZ-FBI
0,87
0,619
Denmark
Danish Lake Fish Index
0,75
0,54
EE
LAFIEE
0,8
0,61
Germany
DeLFI_SITE — Deutsches probennahmestandort-spezifisches Bewertungsverfahren für Fische in Seen zur Umsetzung der EG-Wasserrahmenrichtlinie
0,95
0,8
France
ELFI (European Lake Fish Index): Indice Ichtyofaune Lacustre (IIL)
0,73
0,49
Latvia
Latvian Lake Fish Index
0,76
0,57
Lithuania
Lithuanian Lake Fish Index
0,865
0,605
Netherlands
VISMAATLAT
0,8
0,6
Poland
LFI+
0,866
0,595
Poland
LFI EN
0,804
0,557

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2018/229/annex/division/1/division/9/division/4 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2018-229/annex/division-1/division-9/division-4
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