CELEX: 51988PC0029
Language: en
Date: 1988-01-29
Title: MODIFIED PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL DIRECTIVE ON WATER QUALITY OBJECTIVES FOR CHROMIUM AND LIMITS FOR CHROMIUM IN WATERS ( SUBMITTED BY THE COMMISSION UNDER ARTICLE 149 ( 3 ) EEC TREATY )

No C 43/6                                    Official Journal of the European Communities                                         16. 2. 88
                                                                           II
                                                                  (Preparatory Acts)
                                                           COMMISSION
             Amended proposal for a Council Directive on water quality objectives for chromium and limits
                                                            for chromium in waters (')
                                                                  COM(88) 29 final
              (Submitted by the Commission to the Council pursuant to Article 149 (3) of the EEC Treaty
                                                                 on 3 February 1988)
                                                                    (88/C 43/08)
              (') O] No C 351, 31. 12. 1985, p. 33.
                      ORIGINAL PROPOSAL                                                                MODIFIED PROPOSAL
                            Title                                                                              Title
Proposal for a Council Directive on water quality                              Proposal for a Council Directive on water quality
                  objectives for chromium                                      objectives for chromium and limits for chromium in
                                                                                                               waters
                                 C i t a t i o n s and first and s e c o n d r e c i t a l s u n c h a n g e d
                                                                    Third recital
Whereas the national programmes to reduce pollution                            Whereas the national programmes to reduce pollution
must include quality objectives for water and set                               must include quality objectives for water and set
deadlines for their implementation;                                             deadlines for their implementation; whereas discharges
                                                                                into waters which are liable to contain chromium shall
                                                                                require prior authorization in which emission standards
                                                                                shall be laid down;
                                    R e m a i n i n g r e c i t a l s to A r t i c l e 1 (1) u n c h a n g e d
                                                                     Article 1 (2)
2.   This Directive shall apply to the waters referred to                       2.     This Directive shall apply to the waters referred to
in Article 1 of Directive 76/464/EEC, with the exception                        and defined in Article 1 of Directive 76/464/EEC, with
of groundwater, water intended for human consumption                            the exception of groundwater, water intended for human
and surface water intended for the abstraction of                               consumption and surface water intended for the
drinking water.                                                                 abstraction of drinking water.
                                                   A r t i c l e 2 (a) and (b) u n c h a n g e d
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                     ORIGINAL PROPOSAL                                                           MODIW-D PROPOSAL
                                                           Article 2 (c) and (d)
                                                                          New Article 2 (c)
(c) 'programmes' means the programmes established by                      (c) 'total chromium' means the concentration of
     the Member States to reduce chromium pollution of                           chromium in an unfiltered sample after vigorous
     water, as provided for by Article 7 (1) of Directive                        treatment in a digester.
     76/464/EEC.
                                                                          (Article 2 (c) becomes Article 2 (d))
                                                                Article 3 (!)
1.     The national programmes must contain quality                        1.      The national programmes must contain quality
objectives which are at least as strict as the requirements               objectives which are at least as strict as the requirements
listed in Annex I.                                                        listed in Annex I. Emission levels shall be laid down to
                                                                          meet these quality objectives which are at least as strict as
                                                                          those laid down in Annex I.
                                                   A r t i c l e 3 (2) u n c h a n g e d
                                                                  Article 4
Member States shall adapt their programmes in                             Member States shall adapt their programmes in
accordance with this Directive by 15 September 1986.                      accordance with this Directive by 15 September 1988.
Implementation of the programmes shall be completed                       Implementation of the programmes shall be completed
by 15 September 1991.                                                     by 15 September 1991.
                                                                Article 5 (7)
 1.    Member     States shall communicate to the                          1.      Member     States shall communicate to the
Commission summaries of programmes pursuant to                             Commission summaries of programmes pursuant to
Article 7 (6) of Directive 76/464/EEC with respect'to                     Article 7 (6) of Directive 76/464/EEC with respect to
chromium by 15 September 1986.                                             chromium by 15 September 1988.
                                                   A r t i c l e 5 (2) u n c h a n g e d
                                                                 Article 5 (3)
 ... beginning in 1993 and at nine-yearly intervals                        . . . beginning in 1993 and at six-yearly intervals there -
 thereafter . . .                                                          after . . .
                                                                 Article  6(1)
 1.    Member States shall take the measures necessary to                  1.      Member States shall take the measures necessary to
 comply with this Directive by 15 September 1986.                          comply with this Directive by 15 September 1988.
                                             A r t i c l e s 6 (2) and 7 u n c h a n g e d
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                        ORIGINAL PROPOSAL                                                                 MODIFIED PROPOSAL
                                                                     ANNEX       I
The programmes to reduce chromium pollution of water shall                     The programme to reduce chromium pollution shall include
     include quality objectives for the waters specified below                             quality objectives for the waters specified below
The competent     authority shall select from among the quality                The competent authority shall apply the quality objectives listed
objectives listed   in paragraphs 1, 2 and 3 the objective or                  in paragraph 1 and emission standards laid down in paragraph 2
objectives that    it deems appropriate having regard to the                   and dilution may not be used as a means of complying with the
intended use of   the area in question.                                        standard:
1. The concentration of dissolved chromium in freshwater                        1. The water or sediment shall have such a quality that 90 % of
   capable of supporting fish life and other aquatic fauna and                      all measurements of chromium in a year remain below the
   flora shall not exceed the following values, depending on                        following values:
   water hardness:
       Water hardness              50 to 100 100 to 200                                            M A'
                                                                                                                                  Chromium
       (mg/1 CaCO,)         50                                  200
                                                                                                                          Dissolved         Total
     Dissolved                                                                       inland surface water                  10 ug/1        15 ug/1
    Chromium
    (tig/D                  5          10        20             50                   internal coastal and sea water         3 ug/1          5 ug/1
                                                                                     river sediments       (excl uding                  (200 mg/kg
                                                                                     estuaries)                                            of dry
                                                                                                                                           matter
2. In order to protect marine fauna and flora, the concentration                2. The concentration of total chromium in industrial discharges
   of dissolved chromium in seawater must not exceed 15 fJ.g/1.                     or cooling water discharges shall not exceed 2 milligrams/litre
                                                                                    as measured on each analysis.
3. The content of chromium in freshwater and/or seawater
   sediments and/or shellfish, must not increase significantly in
   the course of time.
   With the exception of the quality objective indicated in
   paragraph 1, all concentrations relate to the arithmetic mean
   of the results obtained over one year.
                                                   A n n e x II (1) and (2) u n c h a n g e d
                                                                   A n n e x II (3)
3. The limits of detection shall be such that the chromium                      3. The limits of detection shall be such that the chromium
    concentration can be measured to an accuracy of 30 % and a                      concentration can be measured to an accuracy of 50 % and a
   precision of 20 % at a concentration of 5 ug/1 or one-tenth                      precision of 50 % at a concentration of 1 microgram/litre, an
   of the chromium concentration specified in the quality                           accuracy of 30 % and a precision of 20 % at a concentration
    objective, whichever is the greater.                                            of 5 micrograms/litre and an accuracy of 20 °/o and a
                                                                                    precision of 15 % at a concentration of 15 micrograms per
                                                                                    litre.
                                                                                Add new paragraph:
                                                                                4. Measurement of sediments must be carried out after
                                                                                    treatment in a digester with the appropriate acid to put the
                                                                                    chromium into solution so that the samples can be examined
                                                                                    by atomic absorption spectrophotometry. The limit of
                                                                                    detection of the measurements should not be greater than
                                                                                    20 milligrams per kilogram of sample.