EUR-Lex Access to European Union law

Back to EUR-Lex homepage

This document is an excerpt from the EUR-Lex website

Document 12003TN08/10/C

Act concerning the conditions of accession of the Czech Republic, the Republic of Estonia, the Republic of Cyprus, the Republic of Latvia, the Republic of Lithuania, the Republic of Hungary, the Republic of Malta, the Republic of Poland, the Republic of Slovenia and the Slovak Republic and the adjustments to the Treaties on which the European Union is founded - Annex VIII: List referred to in Article 24 of the Act of Accession: Latvia - 10. Environment - C. Water quality

OJ L 236, 23.9.2003, p. 832–833 (BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, GA, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)

Legal status of the document In force

12003TN08/10/C

Act concerning the conditions of accession of the Czech Republic, the Republic of Estonia, the Republic of Cyprus, the Republic of Latvia, the Republic of Lithuania, the Republic of Hungary, the Republic of Malta, the Republic of Poland, the Republic of Slovenia and the Slovak Republic and the adjustments to the Treaties on which the European Union is founded - Annex VIII: List referred to in Article 24 of the Act of Accession: Latvia - 10. Environment - C. Water quality

Official Journal L 236 , 23/09/2003 P. 0832 - 0833


C. WATER QUALITY

1. 31991 L 0271: Council Directive 91/271/EEC of 21 May 1991 concerning urban waste water treatment (OJ L 135, 30.5.1991, p. 40), as amended by:

- 31998 L 0015: Commission Directive 98/15/EC of 27.2.1998 (OJ L 67, 7.3.1998, p. 29).

By way of derogation from Articles 3, 4 and 5(2) of Directive 91/271/EEC, the requirements for collecting systems and treatment of urban waste water shall not fully apply in Latvia until 31 December 2015 in accordance with the following intermediate targets:

- by 31 December 2008, compliance with the Directive shall be achieved for agglomerations with a population equivalent of more than 100000;

- by 31 December 2011, compliance with the Directive shall be achieved for agglomerations with a population equivalent between 10000 and 100000.

2. 31998 L 0083: Council Directive 98/83/EC of 3 November 1998 on the quality of water intended for human consumption (OJ L 330, 5.12.1998, p. 32).

By way of derogation from Articles 5(2) and 8, and from Annex I, Part B and Part C of Directive 98/83/EC, the values set for bromate, trihalomethanes - total, aluminium, iron, manganese and oxidisability parameters shall not fully apply in Latvia until 31 December 2015 in accordance with the following intermediate targets:

- until 31 December 2008 for municipalities with more than 100000 inhabitants;

- until 31 December 2011 for municipalities with between 10000 and 100000 inhabitants.

--------------------------------------------------

Top