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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11089

28 May 2014
Contents Publication in full By article 13 / 29
SECTORAL POLICIES / (ae) environment
Good water quality at over 95% of European beaches

Brussels, 27/05/2014 (Agence Europe) - The water at Europe's beaches, rivers and lakes was generally of high quality in 2013, with more than 95% of the sites meeting minimum requirements (compared with 94% in 2012), reveals the annual bathing water quality report from the European Environment Agency (EEA) for 2013 and the European Commission for 2012. The minimum requirements are binding and laid down in EU Directive 2006/7/EC rather than simple guidelines. Last year 83% of beaches were...

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