Paragraph 5

Under the heading “Descriptor 8”—

(a)

under the sub-heading “Criteria, including criteria elements, and methodological standards”, in the following places in the first row of the table, before “Directive 2000/60/EC” insert “any enactment which gives effect to”—

(i)

in the first column, in point (1)(a);

(ii)

in the second column, in points (a) and (b);

(iii)

in the third column, in the first indent under “Scale of assessment”;

(b)

under the sub-heading “Specifications and standardised methods for monitoring and assessment”—

(i)

in paragraph 2(a)—

(aa)

before “Directive 2000/60/EC” insert “any enactment which gives effect to”;

(bb)

before “that Directive” insert “any enactment which gives effect to”;

(ii)

in paragraph 2(d), omit the second sentence;

(iii)

in paragraph 3, for “at Union level” substitute “through regional or subregional cooperation”.