European Communities Environmental Objectives (Groundwater) (Amendment) Regulations 2016 (S.I. No. 366 of 2016). Country/Territory Ireland Document type Regulation Date 2016 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Water Keyword Groundwater Pollution control Freshwater pollution Monitoring Classification/declassification Geographical area Atlantic Ocean Islands, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, European Union Countries, North Atlantic, North-East Atlantic, Northern Europe Abstract These Regulations amend the European Communities Environmental Objectives (Groundwater) Regulations 2010 to make further provision to implement Commission Directive 2014/80/EU of amending Annex II to Directive 2006/118/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the protection of groundwater against pollution and deterioration. They, among other things: review and, if necessary, amend, based on existing monitoring information and international guidelines, the substances and threshold values set out in Schedule 5; include changes to the rules governing the determination of background levels for the purposes of establishing threshold values for groundwater pollutants and indicators of pollution (Part A of Schedule 6); include nitrites and phosphorus (total) / phosphates among the minimum list of pollutants and their indicators which the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) must consider when establishing threshold values (Part A of Schedule 6); amend the information to be provided to the Minister by the EPA with regard to the pollutants and their indicators for which threshold values have been established (Part C of Schedule 6). Full text English Website www.irishstatutebook.ie References - Legislation Implements Commission Directive 2014/80/EU amending Annex II to Directive 2006/118/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the protection of groundwater against pollution and deterioration. Legislation | European Union | 2014 Keyword: Pollution control, Freshwater pollution, Groundwater, Water quality standards, Effluent waste water/discharge Source: FAO, FAOLEX Amends European Communities Environmental Objectives (Groundwater) Regulations 2010 (S.I. No. 9 of 2010). Legislation | Ireland | 2010 Keyword: Groundwater, Pollution control, Freshwater pollution, Monitoring, Water abstraction, Offences/penalties Source: FAO, FAOLEX