Regulation 3 Regulation 2 (interpretation)I1

omit the definition of “the Assembly”;

for the definition of “the Directive”, substitute—

• ““the Directive” means Directive 2000/60/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23rd October 2000 establishing a framework for Community action in the field of water policy^f1;”;

in the definition of “environmental objectives”, after “(waters used for the abstraction of drinking water)”, insert “, and the EQS Directive”;

in the definition of “public body”, for “or the Assembly” substitute “, the Welsh Ministers, the First Minister for Wales or the Counsel General to the Welsh Government”;

insert each of the following in the appropriate place—

• ““the EQS Directive” means Directive 2008/105/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on environmental quality standards in the field of water policy^f2;”;

• ““existing obligations” means the obligations (on environmental quality standards in the field of water policy) under Directive 2008/105/EC (“the original Directive”) before it was amended by Directive 2013/39/EU including, in particular, the achievement of good surface water chemical status in relation to the substances and the associated environmental quality standards listed in the original Directive;”;

• ““the table of priority substances” means the table in Part A of Annex I to the EQS Directive;”.

in the opening words and in paragraphs (a) and (b), omit each “and each of its principal regional offices”; and

in paragraph (c), omit “and each of their principal regional offices”.