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...