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Directive 2008/105/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 2008 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 article 2 CELEX: 02008L0105-20130913 Definitions
For the purposes of this Directive, the definitions laid down in Article 2 of Directive 2000/60/EC and in Article 2 of Commission Directive 2009/90/EC of 31 July 2009 laying down, pursuant to Directive 2000/60/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council, technical specifications for chemical analysis and monitoring of water status () shall apply.
In addition, the following definitions shall apply: (1) ‘matrix‘ means a compartment of the aquatic environment, namely water, sediment or biota; (2) ‘biota taxon’ means a particular aquatic taxon within the taxonomic rank ‘sub-phylum’, ‘class’ or their equivalent. |