Bathing Water Ordinance. Country/Territory Austria Document type Regulation Date 2009 Source FAO, FAOLEX Original source Bundesgesetzblatt für die Republik Österreich, Part II, No. 349, 29 October 2009, 5 pp. Long titleOrdinance by the Federal Ministery of Health on the quality of bathing waters and their management. Subject Water Keyword Freshwater pollution Surface water Groundwater Water quality standards Water conservation zone Effluent waste water/discharge Hazardous substances Registration Data collection/reporting Recreational water use Basin/catchment/watershed Pollution control Inland waters Geographical area Alps, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, European Union Countries, Western Europe Abstract The present Ordinance implements the Directive 2000/60/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a framework for Community action in the field of water policy of 23 October 2000 and the Directive 2006/7/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the management of bathing water quality and repealing Directive 76/160/EEC of 5 February 2006. The text consists of 14 articles divided into 4 Parts as follows : General provisions (1) ;Quality and management of bathing waters (2) ; Exchange of data (3) ;Transitional and final provisions (4). Full text German Website www.ris.bka.gv.at References - Legislation Amended by Ordinance amending the Bathing Water Ordinance. Legislation | Austria | 2013 Keyword: Freshwater pollution, Surface water, Groundwater, Water quality standards, Water conservation zone, Effluent waste water/discharge, Hazardous substances, Registration, Data collection/reporting, Basin/catchment/watershed, Pollution control, Inland waters Source: FAO, FAOLEX