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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10849

22 May 2013
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SECTORAL POLICIES / (ae) environment
Water quality is good in 94% of bathing sites in Europe

Brussels, 21/05/2013 (Agence Europe) - Last year, 94% of bathing waters in the European Union met the minimum standards for water quality imposed by EU legislation (compared to 92.1% in 2011 and 2010), according to the latest annual report on European bathing water quality published on Tuesday 21 May by the European Environment Agency (EEA) and the European Commission. “Minimum standards” means the binding values of Directive 2006/7/EC and not the guide values that aim at excellence. Be...

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