Paragraph 2

in paragraph 6—

after paragraph 7 insert—

“8.

(1)

This paragraph 8 has effect for the purposes of the reference in paragraph 6 to Article 8 of, and Annex 5 to, Directive 2000/60/EC.

(2)

Article 8 of that Directive is to be read as if—

(a)

in paragraph 1—

(i)

for “Member States” there were substituted “the United Kingdom”;

(ii)

in the final indent, the reference to “Community legislation” were a reference to retained EU law;

(b)

in paragraph 2, in the second sentence, the reference to Annex 5 of Directive 2000/60/EC were a reference to that Annex as modified by paragraph 8(3) below;

(c)

in paragraph 3, the second sentence were omitted.

(3)

Annex 5 of that Directive is to be read as if—

(a)

any reference to “Community legislation” were a reference to retained EU law;

(b)

references in tables 1.2.1 to 1.2.5 to Directive 91/414/EC, wherever they occur, were references to Regulation (EC) 1107/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the placing of plant protection products on the market;

(c)

references in tables 1.2.1 to 1.2.5 to Directive 98/8/EC, wherever they occur, were references to Regulation (EC) 528/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the making available on the market and use of biocidal products;

(d)

in section 1.3.1, in the unnumbered paragraph headed “selection of monitoring points”, the fourth indent (referring to “the Information Exchange Decision 77/795/EEC”) were omitted;

(e)

in section 1.3.5, the reference to “the Drinking Water Directive” were a reference to retained EU law which transposed Directive 98/83/EC on the quality of water intended for human consumption;

(f)

in section 1.4.1—

(i)

in point (iii), for the words from “shall be established” to the end there were substituted “are as set out in Commission Decision 2018/229 establishing, pursuant to Directive 2000/60/EC of the Parliament and of the Council, the values of the Member State monitoring system classifications as a result of the intercalibration exercise”;

(ii)

points (iv) to (ix) were omitted;

(g)

in section 1.4.3, for the words “Annex IX, Article 16 and under other relevant Community legislation” there were substituted “Annex 1 to Directive 2008/105/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 2008 on environmental quality standards in the field of water policy and under other relevant retained EU law”;

(h)

in section 2.3.2, for “other relevant Community legislation in accordance with Article 17” there were substituted “retained EU law which transposed Directive 2006/118/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 December 2006 on the protection of groundwater against pollution and deterioration^f1”;

(i)

in section 2.4.5—

(i)

“Without prejudice to the Directives concerned” were omitted;

(ii)

for “Article 17” there were substituted “retained EU law which transposed Directive 2006/118/EC”;

(j)

any reference to a “Member State” or “Member States” were a reference to the United Kingdom;

(k)

any reference to any Article or Annex of Directive 2000/60/EC were read in accordance with paragraph 8(4) below.

(4)

For the purposes of paragraph 8(3)(k), any reference to any Article or Annex of Directive 2000/60/EC is to be read as if—

(a)

any reference to a “Member State” or “Member States” were a reference to the United Kingdom;

(b)

any reference to “Community legislation” were a reference to retained EU law;

(c)

any reference to Article 8 were a reference to that Article as modified by paragraph 8(2) above;

(d)

any reference to Article 13 were a reference to that Article except in so far as it gives rise to any obligation under Article 15;

(e)

in Article 4—

(i)

in paragraph 1—

(aa)

in point (a)(iv), for “Article 16(1) and (8)” there were substituted “retained EU law which transposed Directive 2008/105/EC”;

(bb)

in point (b)(iii), in the second subparagraph, for “paragraphs 2, 4 and 5 of Article 17” there were substituted “retained EU law which transposed Directive 2006/118/EC”;

(ii)

in paragraph 8, the reference to “other Community environmental legislation” were a reference to retained EU law relating to the environment;

(iii)

in paragraph 9, the reference to “existing Community legislation” were a reference to retained EU law which was in force before 23rd October 2000;

(f)

in Article 7(2)—

(i)

for “at Community level under Article 16” there were substituted “by retained EU law which transposed Directive 2008/105/EC”;

(ii)

for “Directive 80/778/EEC as amended by Directive 98/83/EC” there were substituted “retained EU law which transposed Directive 98/83/EC”;

(g)

in Article 11—

(i)

in paragraph 3(a), for the words from “required to implement” to the end there were substituted “under retained EU law for the protection of water”;

(ii)

in paragraph 3(j), in the fourth indent, for the words from “Directive” to the end there were substituted “Chapter 3 of Part 1 of the Energy Act 2008^f2 and other retained EU law which transposed Directive 2009/31/EC on the geological storage of carbon dioxide”;

(iii)

in paragraph 3(k)—

(aa)

“in accordance with action taken pursuant to Article 16,” were omitted;

(bb)

for “agreed pursuant to Article 16(2)” there were substituted “in Annex 10”;

(iv)

in paragraph 6, the reference to “existing legislation” were a reference to retained EU law which was in force before 23rd October 2000;

(h)

in Annex 2—

(i)

in section 1.1, point (vi) were omitted;

(ii)

in section 1.4—

(aa)

after “gathered under”, in both places where it occurs, there were inserted “retained EU law which transposed”;

(bb)

in the second paragraph, in point (ii), the reference to “Articles 9 and 15 of Directive 96/61/EC” were a reference to retained EU law which transposed Articles 5(3), 14 and 24 of Directive 2010/75/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on industrial emissions^f3;

(cc)

in the third paragraph, in point (iii), the reference to “Directive 98/8/EC” were a reference to Regulation (EC) No 528/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the making available on the market and use of biocidal products.”.