# 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: Biological Quality Element Benthic Invertebrate fauna

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

Country and Type
National classification systems
Ecological Quality Ratios
High-good boundary
Good-moderate boundary
Belgium
BEQI — Benthic Ecosystem Quality Index
0,75
0,5
Sub type D
Germany
AeTV — Aestuar Type Verfahren
0,8
0,6
Ireland
IQI — Infaunal Quality Index
0,75
0,64
Spain
TasBEM — Taxonomically Sufficient Benthic Multimetric
0,79
0,66
United Kingdom
IQI — Infaunal Quality Index
0,75
0,64
Sub type E
Germany
AeTV — Aestuar Type Verfahren
0,8
0,6
Germany
M-AMBI -
0,85
0,7
Ireland
IQI — Infaunal Quality Index
0,75
0,64
Spain
TasBEM — Taxonomically Sufficient Benthic Multimetric
0,79
0,66
United Kingdom
IQI — Infaunal Quality Index
0,75
0,64
Sub type F
Ireland
IQI — Infaunal Quality Index
0,75
0,64
Spain
TasBEM — Taxonomically Sufficient Benthic Multimetric
0,79
0,66
United Kingdom
IQI — Infaunal Quality Index
0,75
0,64

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2018/229/annex/division/2/division/10/division/4 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2018-229/annex/division-2/division-10/division-4
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