Paragraph 7 River basin management plan

relate to such period as the Ministers direct; F1...

include the information specified in the relevant provisions of the Directive F2, the EQS Directive and the Groundwater Directive; and

include, in relation to any shellfish water protected area, equivalent information relating to the shellfish water objectives as is required by paragraph 7(3)(d) to be included for the environmental objectives falling within paragraph (a) of the definition of environmental objectives.

Article 9(2) and (4) (recovery of the costs of water services);

Annex II, point 1.3(vi) (exclusion of elements from the assessment of ecological status);

the following provisions of Annex V—

Annex VII, Part A (elements to be covered in river basin management plans).

Article 3(5) (information about monitoring and analysis, including alternative matrices);

Article 4(2) (information relating to mixing zones); and

Article 5(4) (updated inventories).

Article 3(5) (information on threshold values);

Article 4(4) (information on the assessment of groundwater chemical status); and

Article 5(4) and (5) and Part C of Annex II (information on trend assessments).

published by 22nd December 2009; and

periodically reviewed and where appropriate updated, initially by 22nd December 2015 and thereafter by each sixth anniversary of that date.