Ministerial Decree on the transmission of information of concerning the quality of water bodies and the classification of waters. Country/Territory Italy Document type Regulation Date 2003 Source FAO, FAOLEX Original source Gazzetta Ufficiale della Repubblica Italiana No. 218, 19 September 2003 Subject Water Keyword Classification/declassification Water quality standards Data collection/reporting Basin/catchment/watershed Freshwater pollution Pollution control Inland waters Geographical area Alps, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, European Union Countries, Mediterranean, Southern Europe Abstract The Decree makes rules applicable to the collection and transmission of data relative to the quality of water bodies. The Regions and the Autonomous Provinces of Trento and Bolzano are required to transmit to the Agency for the Protection of the Environment and Technical Services (APAT) the relevant data, information, reports and cartographies in compliance with the modalities set out in the Annex attached to this Decree. The APAT shall therefore elaborate the reports to be submitted to the Ministry of the Environment. Full text Italian Website www.comune.jesi.an.it