Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Water Quality Aim Ordinance. Country/Territory Germany Territorial subdivision Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Document type Regulation Date 2001 (2003) Source FAO, FAOLEX Long titleOrdinance on quality requirements for certain hazardous substances and on the reduction of water pollution through special programmes for Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. Subject Water Keyword Pollution control Freshwater pollution Hazardous substances Policy/planning Enforcement/compliance Effluent waste water/discharge Environmental standards Standards Protection of environment Water quality standards Geographical area Alps, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, European Union Countries, North Sea, North-East Atlantic, Western Europe Abstract The present Ordinance implements the Council Directive 76/464/EEC on pollution caused by certain hazardous substances discharged into the aquatic environment of the Community. It sets out quality requirements for certain substances and lists programmes for the abatement of pollution within the water resources management. Article 3 establishes that the Water Resources Office adopts programmes to reduce the pollution of surface water as listed in the Annex. The text consists of 5 articles and 1 Annex. Full text German Website www.mecklenburg-vorpommern.de