Water Framework Directive (Classification, Priority Substances and Shellfish Waters) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015 (S.R. No. 351 of 2015). Country/Territory United Kingdom Territorial subdivision Northern Ireland Document type Regulation Date 2015 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Sea, Water, Environment gen. Keyword Marine pollution Inland waters Freshwater pollution Classification/declassification Standards Monitoring Environmental planning Pollution control Policy/planning Geographical area Atlantic Ocean Islands, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, North Atlantic, North Sea, North-East Atlantic, Northern Europe Abstract These Regulations, for purposes of implementing Directive 2008/105/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on environmental quality standards in the field of water policy, require the Department of the Environment to: to assign a type or types and to apply environmental standards and biological boundary values in respect of rivers, lakes, transitional and coastal waters; apply the standards for priority substances and other dangerous substances; to classify surface waters and groundwaters and to report this classification in River Basin Management Plans; establish an inventory in respect of priority substances. Full text English Website www.opsi.gov.uk References - Legislation Implements Directive 2008/105/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on environmental quality standards in the field of water policy, amending and subsequently repealing Council Directives 82/176/EEC, 83/513/EEC, 84/156/EEC, 84/491/EEC, 86/280/EEC and amending Directive 2000/60/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council. Legislation | European Union | 2008 Keyword: Marine pollution, Potable water, Toxicity/poisoning, Food quality control/food safety, Pollution control, Effluent waste water/discharge, Hazardous substances, Water quality standards, Freshwater pollution, Surface water, Pesticides Source: FAO, FAOLEX Repeals Water Framework Directive (Priority Substances and Classification) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2011 (S.R. No. 10 of 2011). Legislation | United Kingdom | 2011 Keyword: Marine pollution, Inland waters, Freshwater pollution, Classification/declassification, Standards, Monitoring, Environmental planning, Pollution control, Policy/planning Source: FAO, FAOLEX