# Directive 2000/60/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2000 establishing a framework for Community action in the field of water policy, Division 1.2.6: Procedure for the setting of chemical quality standards by Member States

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

In deriving environmental quality standards for pollutants listed in points 1 to 9 of Annex VIII for the protection of aquatic biota, Member States shall act in accordance with the following provisions. Standards may be set for water, sediment or biota.
Where possible, both acute and chronic data shall be obtained for the taxa set out below which are relevant for the water body type concerned as well as any other aquatic taxa for which data are available. The ‘base set’ of taxa are:
algae and/or macrophytes
daphnia or representative organisms for saline waters
fish.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/2000/60/annex/V/division/1/division/1.2/division/1.2.6 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2000-60/annex-V/division-1/division-1.2/division-1.2.6
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