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Inland bathing water quality in the European Union
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Note: The figure shows the bathing water quality in different European countries over time:
- 1990, 7 EU Member States;
- 1991 to 1994, 12 EU Member States;
- 1995-96, 14 EU Member States;
- 1997 to 2003, 15 EU Member States;
- 2004, 21 EU Member States;
- 2005-06, 25 EU Member States;
- 2007 to 2012, 27 EU Member States.
No inland bathing waters are reported from three Member States (Cyprus, Malta and Romania). The quality classes under the New Bathing Water Directive (2006/7/EC) are jointed with compliance categories under the Bathing Water Directive (76/160/EEC).
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- Bathing Water Directive - Status of bathing water, European Environment Agency (EEA)
- Austria
- Belgium
- Bulgaria
- Cyprus
- Czechia
- Denmark
- Estonia
- Finland
- France
- Germany
- Greece
- Hungary
- Ireland
- Italy
- Latvia
- Lithuania
- Luxembourg
- Malta
- Netherlands
- Poland
- Portugal
- Romania
- Slovakia
- Slovenia
- Spain
- Sweden
- United Kingdom
1990-2014