C. WATER QUALITY

1. 31982 L 0176: Council Directive 82/176/EEC of 22 March 1982 on limit values and quality objectives for mercury discharges by the chlor-alkali electrolysis industry (OJ L 81, 27.3.1982, p. 29), as last amended by:

- 31991 L 0692: Council Directive 91/692/EEC of 23.12.1991 (OJ L 377, 31.12.1991, p. 48);

31983 L 0513: Council Directive 83/513/EEC of 26 September 1983 on limit values and quality objectives for cadmium discharges (OJ L 291, 24.10.1983, p. 1), as last amended by:

- 31991 L 0692: Council Directive 91/692/EEC of 23.12.1991 (OJ L 377, 31.12.1991, p. 48);

31984 L 0156: Council Directive 84/156/EEC of 8 March 1984 on limit values and quality objectives for mercury discharges by sectors other than the chlor-alkali electrolysis industry (OJ L 74, 17.3.1984, p. 49), as last amended by:

- 31991 L 0692: Council Directive 91/692/EEC of 23.12.1991 (OJ L 377, 31.12.1991, p. 48);

31986 L 0280: Council Directive 86/280/EEC of 12 June 1986 on limit values and quality objectives for discharges of certain dangerous substances included in List I of the Annex to Directive 76/464/EEC (OJ L 181, 4.7.1986, p. 16), as last amended by:

- 31991 L 0692: Council Directive 91/692/EEC of 23.12.1991 (OJ L 377, 31.12.1991, p. 48).

By way of derogation from Article 3 and Annex I of Directive 82/176/EEC, from Article 3 and Annex I of Directive 83/513/EEC, Article 3 and Annex I of Directive 84/156/EEC, and Article 3 and Annex II of Directive 86/280/EEC, the limit values for discharges into the waters referred to in Article 1 of Directive 76/464/EEC [31] on pollution caused by certain dangerous substances discharged into the aquatic environment of the Community, shall not apply in Poland until 31 December 2007. The limit values set out in Annex II to Directive 86/280/EEC, as amended, relating to DDT, aldrin, dieldrin, endrin and isodrin shall apply from the date of accession.

2. 31991 L 0271: Council Directive 91/271/EEC of 21 May 1991 concerning urban waste water treatment (OJ L 135, 30.5.1991, p. 40), as amended by:

- 31998 L 0015: Commission Directive 98/15/EC of 27.2.1998 (OJ L 67, 7.3.1998, p. 29).

(a) By way of derogation from Articles 3, 4, 5(2) and 7 of Directive 91/271/EEC, the requirements for collecting systems and treatment of urban waste water shall not fully apply in Poland until 31 December 2015 in accordance with the following intermediate targets:

- by 31 December 2005, compliance with the Directive shall be achieved in 674 agglomerations, representing 69 % of the total biodegradable load,

- by 31 December 2010, compliance with the Directive shall be achieved in 1069 agglomerations, representing 86 % of the total biodegradable load,

- by 31 December 2013, compliance with the Directive shall be achieved in 1165 agglomerations, representing 91 % of the total biodegradable load.

(b) By way of derogation from Article 13 of Directive 91/271/EEC, the requirements for biodegradable industrial waste water shall not apply in Poland until 31 December 2010 in accordance with the table below:

Sector No | Sector Name | Estimates of organic pollutant load measured with p.e. in waste-water delivered to waste-water treatment plants |

Total: | Including p.e. delivered by waste-water treatment plants with at least biological or equivalent treatment effect |

1 | Milk-processing | 801200 | 600000 |

2 4 | Manufacture of fruit and vegetable products, including potato processing | 500000 | 450000 |

| Beverage production, including beer: | 183300 | 144000 |

3 | Manufacture and bottling of soft drinks |

6 | Breweries |

7 | Production of alcohol and alcoholic beverages |

10 | Malt-houses |

5 | Meat industry | 230160 | 108240 |

11 | Fish-processing industry | 0 | 0 |

Total: | 1714660 | 1302240 |

[31] OJ L 129, 18.5.1976, p. 23. Directive as last amended by Directive 2000/60/EC (OJ L 327, 22.12.2000, p. 1).

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