title: Directive 2006/118/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 December 2006 on the protection of groundwater against pollution and deterioration

text:
               27.12.2006

               EN

               Official Journal of the European Union

               L 372/19

      DIRECTIVE 2006/118/EC OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL

   of 12 December 2006
   on the protection of groundwater against pollution and deterioration
   THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
   Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 175(1) thereof,
   Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
   Having regard to the Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee (1),
   Having regard to the Opinion of the Committee of the Regions (2),
   Acting in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 251 of the Treaty (3), in the light of the joint text approved by the Conciliation Committee on 28 November 2006,
   Whereas:

               (1)

               Groundwater is a valuable natural resource and as such should be protected from deterioration and chemical pollution. This is particularly important for groundwater-dependent ecosystems and for the use of groundwater in water supply for human consumption.

               (2)

               Groundwater is the most sensitive and the largest body of freshwater in the European Union and, in particular, also a main source of public drinking water supplies in many regions.

               (3)

               Groundwater in bodies of water used for the abstraction of drinking water or intended for such future use must be protected in such a way that deterioration in the quality of such bodies of water is avoided in order to reduce the level of purification treatment required in the production of drinking water, in accordance with Article 7(2) and (3) of Directive 2000/60/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2000 establishing a framework for Community action in the field of water policy (4).

               (4)

               Decision No 1600/2002/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 July 2002 laying down the Sixth Community Environment Action Programme (5) includes the objective to achieve water quality levels that do not give rise to significant impacts on, and risks to, human health and the environment.

               (5)

               In order to protect the environment as a whole, and human health in particular, detrimental concentrations of harmful pollutants in groundwater must be avoided, prevented or reduced

               (6)

               Directive 2000/60/EC sets out general provisions for the protection and conservation of groundwater. As provided for in Article 17 of that Directive, measures to prevent and control groundwater pollution should be adopted, including criteria for assessing good groundwater chemical status and criteria for the identification of significant and sustained upward trends and for the definition of starting points for trend reversals.

               (7)

               Having regard to the need to achieve consistent levels of protection for groundwater, quality standards and threshold values should be established, and methodologies based on a common approach developed, in order to provide criteria for the assessment of the chemical status of bodies of groundwater.

               (8)

               Quality standards for nitrates, plant protection products and biocides should be set as Community criteria for the assessment of the chemical status of bodies of groundwater, and consistency should be ensured with Council Directive 91/676/EEC of 12 December 1991 concerning the protection of waters against pollution caused by nitrates from agricultural sources (6), Council Directive 91/414/EEC of 15 July 1991 concerning the placing of plant protection products on the market (7), and Directive 98/8/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 February 1998 concerning the placing of biocidal products on the market (8), respectively.

               (9)

               The protection of groundwater may in some areas require a change in farming or forestry practices, which could entail a loss of income. The Common Agricultural Policy provides for funding mechanisms to implement measures to comply with Community standards, namely through Council Regulation (EC) No 1698/2005 of 20 September 2005 on support for rural development by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) (9). With regard to groundwater protection measures, it will be the Member States' responsibility to choose their priorities and projects.

               (10)

               Groundwater chemical status provisions do not apply to high naturally-occurring levels of substances or ions or their indicators, contained either in a body of groundwater or in associated bodies of surface water, due to specific hydro-geological conditions, which are not covered by the definition of pollution. Equally, they do not apply to temporary, spatially-limited changes in flow direction and chemical composition, which are not regarded as intrusions.

               (11)

               Criteria should be established for the identification of any significant and sustained upward trends in pollutant concentrations and for the definition of the starting point for trend reversal, taking into account the likelihood of adverse effects on associated aquatic ecosystems or dependent terrestrial ecosystems.

               (12)

               Member States should, where possible, use statistical procedures, provided they comply with international standards and contribute to the comparability of results of monitoring between Member States over long periods.

               (13)

               In accordance with the third indent of Article 22(2) of Directive 2000/60/EC, Council Directive 80/68/EEC of 17 December 1979 on the protection of groundwater against pollution by certain dangerous substances (10) is to be repealed with effect from 22 December 2013. It is necessary to ensure the continuity of the protection provided by Directive 80/68/EEC with regard to measures aimed at preventing or limiting both direct and indirect inputs of pollutants into groundwater.

               (14)

               It is necessary to distinguish between hazardous substances, inputs of which should be prevented, and other pollutants, inputs of which should be limited. Annex VIII to Directive 2000/60/EC, listing the main pollutants relevant for the water environment, should be used to identify hazardous and non-hazardous substances which present an existing or potential risk of pollution.

               (15)

               Measures to prevent or limit inputs of pollutants into bodies of groundwater used for or intended for future use for the abstraction of water intended for human consumption, as referred to in Article 7(1) of Directive 2000/60/EC, should, in accordance with Article 7(2) of that Directive, include such measures as are necessary to ensure that under the water treatment regime applied, and in accordance with Community legislation, the resulting water will meet the requirements of Council Directive 98/83/EC of 3 November 1998 on the quality of water intended for human consumption (11). Those measures may also include, in accordance with Article 7(3) of Directive 2000/60/EC, the establishment by Member States of safeguard zones of such size as the competent national body deems necessary to protect drinking water supplies. Such safeguard zones may cover the whole territory of a Member State.

               (16)

               In order to ensure consistent protection of groundwater, Member States sharing bodies of groundwater should coordinate their activities in respect of monitoring, the setting of threshold values, and the identification of relevant hazardous substances.

               (17)

               Reliable and comparable methods for groundwater monitoring are an important tool for assessment of groundwater quality and also for choosing the most appropriate measures. Articles 8(3) and 20 of Directive 2000/60/EC provide for the adoption of standardised methods for analysis and monitoring of water status and, where necessary, of guidelines on implementation including monitoring.

               (18)

               In certain circumstances, Member States should be authorised to grant exemptions from measures to prevent or limit the input of pollutants into groundwater. Any exemptions should be based on transparent criteria and be detailed in the river basin management plans.

               (19)

               The impact on the level of environmental protection and on the functioning of the internal market of different groundwater threshold values to be defined by the Member States should be analysed.

               (20)

               Research should be conducted in order to provide better criteria for ensuring groundwater ecosystem quality and protection. Where necessary, the findings obtained should be taken into account when implementing or revising this Directive. Such research, as well as dissemination of knowledge, experience and research findings, needs to be encouraged and funded.

               (21)

               It is necessary to provide for transitional measures to apply during the period between the date of implementation of this Directive and the date from which Directive 80/68/EEC is repealed.

               (22)

               Directive 2000/60/EC sets out the requirement of controls including a requirement for prior authorisation of artificial recharge or augmentation of bodies of groundwater, provided that the use of the source does not compromise the achievement of the environmental objectives established for the source or the recharged or augmented body of groundwater.

               (23)

               Directive 2000/60/EC includes in Article 11(2) and Part B of Annex VI on the programme of measures a non-exclusive list of supplementary measures which Member States may choose to adopt as part of the programme of measures, inter alia:

                           —

                           legislative instruments,

                           —

                           administrative instruments, and

                           —

                           negotiated agreements for the protection of the environment.

               (24)

               The measures necessary for the implementation of this Directive should be adopted in accordance with Council Decision 1999/468/EC of 28 June 1999 laying down the procedures for the exercise of implementing powers conferred on the Commission (12).

               (25)

               In particular, it is necessary to follow the regulatory procedure with scrutiny as regards measures of general scope designed to amend non-essential elements of this Directive, inter alia by deleting some of those elements or by supplementing this Directive by adding new non-essential elements to it,

         HAVE ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE:
   Article 1
   Purpose
   1.   This Directive establishes specific measures as provided for in Article 17(1) and (2) of Directive 2000/60/EC in order to prevent and control groundwater pollution. These measures include in particular:

               (a)

               criteria for the assessment of good groundwater chemical status; and

               (b)

               criteria for the identification and reversal of significant and sustained upward trends and for the definition of starting points for trend reversals.

         2.   This Directive also complements the provisions preventing or limiting inputs of pollutants into groundwater already contained in Directive 2000/60/EC, and aims to prevent the deterioration of the status of all bodies of groundwater.
   Article 2
   Definitions
   For the purposes of this Directive, the following definitions shall apply in addition to those laid down in Article 2 of Directive 2000/60/EC:

               1)

               ‘groundwater quality standard’ means an environmental quality standard expressed as the concentration of a particular pollutant, group of pollutants or indicator of pollution in groundwater, which should not be exceeded in order to protect human health and the environment;

               2)

               ‘threshold value’ means a groundwater quality standard set by Member States in accordance with Article 3;

               3)

               ‘significant and sustained upward trend’ means any statistically and environmentally significant increase of concentration of a pollutant, group of pollutants, or indicator of pollution in groundwater for which trend reversal is identified as being necessary in accordance with Article 5;

               4)

               ‘input of pollutants into groundwater’ means the direct or indirect introduction of pollutants into groundwater as a result of human activity;

               5)

               ‘background level’ means the concentration of a substance or the value of an indicator in a body of groundwater corresponding to no, or only very minor, anthropogenic alterations to undisturbed conditions;

               6)

               ‘baseline level’ means the average value measured at least during the reference years 2007 and 2008 on the basis of monitoring programmes implemented under Article 8 of Directive 2000/60/EC or, in the case of substances identified after these reference years, during the first period for which a representative period of monitoring data is available.

         Article 3
   Criteria for assessing groundwater chemical status
   1.   For the purposes of the assessment of the chemical status of a body or a group of bodies of groundwater pursuant to Section 2.3 of Annex V to Directive 2000/60/EC, Member States shall use the following criteria:

               (a)

               groundwater quality standards as referred to in Annex I;

               (b)

               threshold values to be established by Member States in accordance with the procedure set out in Part A of Annex II for the pollutants, groups of pollutants and indicators of pollution which, within the territory of a Member State, have been identified as contributing to the characterisation of bodies or groups of bodies of groundwater as being at risk, taking into account at least the list contained in Part B of Annex II.

         The threshold values applicable to good chemical status shall be based on the protection of the body of groundwater in accordance with Part A, points 1, 2 and 3 of Annex II, having particular regard to its impact on, and interrelationship with, associated surface waters and directly dependent terrestrial ecosystems and wetlands and shall inter alia take into account human toxicology and ecotoxicology knowledge.
   2.   Threshold values can be established at the national level, at the level of the river basin district or the part of the international river basin district falling within the territory of a Member State, or at the level of a body or a group of bodies of groundwater.
   3.   Member States shall ensure that, for bodies of groundwater shared by two or more Member States and for bodies of groundwater within which groundwater flows across a Member State's boundary, the establishment of threshold values is subject to coordination between the Member States concerned, in accordance with Article 3(4) of Directive 2000/60/EC.
   4.   Where a body or a group of bodies of groundwater extends beyond the territory of the Community, the Member State(s) concerned shall endeavour to establish threshold values in coordination with the non-Member State(s) concerned, in accordance with Article 3(5) of Directive 2000/60/EC.
   5.   Member States shall establish threshold values pursuant to paragraph 1(b) for the first time by 22 December 2008.
   All threshold values established shall be published in the river basin management plans to be submitted in accordance with Article 13 of Directive 2000/60/EC, and including a summary of the information set out in Part C of Annex II to this Directive.
   6.   Member States shall amend the list of threshold values whenever new information on pollutants, groups of pollutants, or indicators of pollution indicates that a threshold value should be set for an additional substance, that an existing threshold value should be amended, or that a threshold value previously removed from the list should be re-inserted, in order to protect human health and the environment.
   Threshold values can be removed from the list when the body of groundwater concerned is no longer at risk from the corresponding pollutants, groups of pollutants, or indicators of pollution.
   Any such changes to the list of threshold values shall be reported in the context of the periodic review of the river basin management plans.
   7.   The Commission shall publish a report by 22 December 2009 on the basis of the information provided by Member States in accordance with paragraph 5.
   Article 4
   Procedure for assessing groundwater chemical status
   1.   Member States shall use the procedure described in paragraph 2 to assess the chemical status of a body of groundwater. Where appropriate, Member States may group bodies of groundwater in accordance with Annex V to Directive 2000/60/EC when carrying out this procedure.
   2.   A body or a group of bodies of groundwater shall be considered to be of good chemical status when:

               (a)

               the relevant monitoring demonstrates that the conditions set out in Table 2.3.2 of Annex V to Directive 2000/60/EC are being met; or

               (b)

               the values for the groundwater quality standards listed in Annex I and the relevant threshold values established in accordance with Article 3 and Annex II are not exceeded at any monitoring point in that body or group of bodies of groundwater; or

               (c)

               the value for a groundwater quality standard or threshold value is exceeded at one or more monitoring points but an appropriate investigation in accordance with Annex III confirms that:

                           (i)

                           on the basis of the assessment referred to in paragraph 3 of Annex III, the concentrations of pollutants exceeding the groundwater quality standards or threshold values are not considered to present a significant environmental risk, taking into account, where appropriate, the extent of the body of groundwater which is affected;

                           (ii)

                           the other conditions for good groundwater chemical status set out in Table 2.3.2 in Annex V to Directive 2000/60/EC are being met, in accordance with paragraph 4 of Annex III to this Directive;

                           (iii)

                           for bodies of groundwater identified in accordance with Article 7(1) of Directive 2000/60/EC, the requirements of Article 7(3) of that Directive are being met, in accordance with paragraph 4 of Annex III to this Directive;

                           (iv)

                           the ability of the body of groundwater or of any of the bodies in the group of bodies of groundwater to support human uses has not been significantly impaired by pollution.

         3.   Choice of the groundwater monitoring sites has to satisfy the requirements of Section 2.4 of Annex V to Directive 2000/60/EC on being designed so as to provide a coherent and comprehensive overview of groundwater chemical status and to provide representative monitoring data.
   4.   Member States shall publish a summary of the assessment of groundwater chemical status in the river basin management plans in accordance with Article 13 of Directive 2000/60/EC.
   This summary, established at the level of the river basin district or the part of the international river basin district falling within the territory of a Member State, shall also include an explanation as to the manner in which exceedances of groundwater quality standards or threshold values at individual monitoring points have been taken into account in the final assessment.
   5.   If a body of groundwater is classified as being of good chemical status in accordance with paragraph 2(c), Member States, in accordance with Article 11 of Directive 2000/60/EC, shall take such measures as may be necessary to protect aquatic ecosystems, terrestrial ecosystems and human uses of groundwater dependent on the part of the body of groundwater represented by the monitoring point or points at which the value for a groundwater quality standard or the threshold value has been exceeded.
   Article 5
   Identification of significant and sustained upward trends and the definition of starting points for trend reversals
   1.   Member States shall identify any significant and sustained upward trend in concentrations of pollutants, groups of pollutants or indicators of pollution found in bodies or groups of bodies of groundwater identified as being at risk and define the starting point for reversing that trend, in accordance with Annex IV.
   2.   Member States shall, in accordance with Part B of Annex IV, reverse trends which present a significant risk of harm to the quality of aquatic ecosystems or terrestrial ecosystems, to human health, or to actual or potential legitimate uses of the water environment, through the programme of measures referred to in Article 11 of Directive 2000/60/EC, in order progressively to reduce pollution and prevent deterioration of groundwater.
   3.   Member States shall define the starting point for trend reversal as a percentage of the level of the groundwater quality standards set out in Annex I and of the threshold values established pursuant to Article 3, on the basis of the identified trend and the environmental risk associated therewith, in accordance with Part B, point 1 of Annex IV.
   4.   In the river basin management plans to be submitted in accordance with Article 13 of Directive 2000/60/EC, Member States shall summarise:

               (a)

               the way in which the trend assessment from individual monitoring points within a body or a group of bodies of groundwater has contributed to identifying, in accordance with Section 2.5 of Annex V to that Directive, that those bodies are subject to a significant and sustained upward trend in concentration of any pollutant or a reversal of that trend; and

               (b)

               the reasons for the starting points defined pursuant to paragraph 3.

         5.   Where necessary to assess the impact of existing plumes of pollution in bodies of groundwater that may threaten the achievement of the objectives in Article 4 of Directive 2000/60/EC, and in particular, those plumes resulting from point sources and contaminated land, Member States shall carry out additional trend assessments for identified pollutants in order to verify that plumes from contaminated sites do not expand, do not deteriorate the chemical status of the body or group of bodies of groundwater, and do not present a risk for human health and the environment. The results of these assessments shall be summarised in the river basin management plans to be submitted in accordance with Article 13 of Directive 2000/60/EC.
   Article 6
   Measures to prevent or limit inputs of pollutants into groundwater
   1.   In order to achieve the objective of preventing or limiting inputs of pollutants into groundwater, established in accordance with Article 4(1)(b)(i) of Directive 2000/60/EC, Member States shall ensure that the programme of measures established in accordance with Article 11 of that Directive includes:

               (a)

               all measures necessary to prevent inputs into groundwater of any hazardous substances, without prejudice to paragraphs 2 and 3. In identifying such substances, Member States shall in particular take account of hazardous substances belonging to the families or groups of pollutants referred to in points 1 to 6 of Annex VIII to Directive 2000/60/EC, as well as of substances belonging to the families or groups of pollutants referred to in points 7 to 9 of that Annex, where these are considered to be hazardous;

               (b)

               for pollutants listed in Annex VIII to Directive 2000/60/EC which are not considered hazardous, and any other non-hazardous pollutants not listed in that Annex considered by Member States to present an existing or potential risk of pollution, all measures necessary to limit inputs into groundwater so as to ensure that such inputs do not cause deterioration or significant and sustained upward trends in the concentrations of pollutants in groundwater. Such measures shall take account, at least, of established best practice, including the Best Environmental Practice and Best Available Techniques specified in the relevant Community legislation.

         For the purpose of establishing measures referred to in points (a) or (b), Member States may, as a first step, identify the circumstances under which the pollutants listed in Annex VIII to Directive 2000/60/EC, in particular essential metals and their compounds referred to in point 7 of that Annex, are to be considered hazardous or non-hazardous.
   2.   Inputs of pollutants from diffuse sources of pollution having an impact on the groundwater chemical status shall be taken into account whenever technically possible.
   3.   Without prejudice to any more stringent requirements in other Community legislation, Member States may exempt from the measures required by paragraph 1 inputs of pollutants that are:

               (a)

               the result of direct discharges authorised in accordance with Article 11(3)(j) of Directive 2000/60/EC;

               (b)

               considered by the competent authorities to be of a quantity and concentration so small as to obviate any present or future danger of deterioration in the quality of the receiving groundwater;

               (c)

               the consequences of accidents or exceptional circumstances of natural cause that could not reasonably have been foreseen, avoided or mitigated;

               (d)

               the result of artificial recharge or augmentation of bodies of groundwater authorised in accordance with Article 11(3)(f) of Directive 2000/60/EC;

               (e)

               in the view of the competent authorities incapable, for technical reasons, of being prevented or limited without using:

                           (i)

                           measures that would increase risks to human health or to the quality of the environment as a whole; or

                           (ii)

                           disproportionately costly measures to remove quantities of pollutants from, or otherwise control their percolation in, contaminated ground or subsoil; or

               (f)

               the result of interventions in surface waters for the purposes, amongst others, of mitigating the effects of floods and droughts, and for the management of waters and waterways, including at international level. Such activities, including cutting, dredging, relocation and deposition of sediments in surface water, shall be conducted in accordance with general binding rules, and, where applicable, with permits and authorisations issued on the basis of such rules, developed by the Member States for that purpose, provided that such inputs do not compromise the achievement of the environmental objectives established for the water bodies concerned in accordance with Article 4(1)(b) of Directive 2000/60/EC.

         The exemptions provided for in points (a) to (f) may be used only where the Member States' competent authorities have established that efficient monitoring of the bodies of groundwater concerned, in accordance with point 2.4.2 of Annex V to Directive 2000/60/EC, or other appropriate monitoring, is being carried out.
   4.   The competent authorities of the Member States shall keep an inventory of the exemptions referred to in paragraph 3 for the purpose of notification, upon request, to the Commission.
   Article 7
   Transitional arrangements
   In the period between 16 January 2009 and 22 December 2013, any new authorisation procedure pursuant to Articles 4 and 5 of Directive 80/68/EEC shall take into account the requirements set out in Articles 3, 4 and 5 of this Directive.
   Article 8
   Technical adaptations
   1.   Parts A and C of Annex II and Annexes III and IV may be amended, in the light of scientific and technical progress, in accordance with the regulatory procedure with scrutiny referred to in Article 9(2), taking into consideration the period for reviewing and updating river basin management plans, as referred to in Article 13(7) of Directive 2000/60/EC.
   2.   Part B of Annex II may be amended, in accordance with the regulatory procedure with scrutiny referred to in Article 9(2), in order to add new pollutants or indicators.
   Article 9
   Committee procedure
   1.   The Commission shall be assisted by a committee.
   2.   Where reference is made to this paragraph, Article 5a (1) to (4) and Article 7 of Decision 1999/468/EC shall apply, having regard to the provisions of Article 8 thereof.
   Article 10
   Review
   Without prejudice to Article 8, the Commission shall review Annexes I and II to this Directive by 16 January 2013, and thereafter every six years. Based on the review, it shall, if appropriate, come forward with legislative proposals, in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 251 of the Treaty, to amend Annexes I and/or II. In its review and in preparing any proposal, the Commission shall take account of all relevant information, which might include the results of the monitoring programmes implemented under Article 8 of Directive 2000/60/EC, of Community research programmes, and/or of recommendations from the Scientific Committee on Health and Environmental Risks, Member States, the European Parliament, the European Environment Agency, European business organisations and European environmental organisations.
   Article 11
   Evaluation
   The report by the Commission provided for under Article 18(1) of Directive 2000/60/EC shall for groundwater include an evaluation of the functioning of this Directive in relation to other relevant environmental legislation, including consistency therewith.
   Article 12
   Implementation
   Member States shall bring into force the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with this Directive before 16 January 2009. They shall forthwith inform the Commission thereof.
   When Member States adopt these measures, they shall contain a reference to this Directive or shall be accompanied by such reference on the occasion of their official publication. The methods of making such reference shall be laid down by Member States.
   Article 13
   Entry into force
   This Directive shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
   Article 14
   Addressees
   This Directive is addressed to the Member States.

      Done at Strasbourg, 12 December 2006.

            For the European Parliament

            The President

         J. BORRELL FONTELLES

            For the Council

            The President

         M. PEKKARINEN

      (1)  OJ C 112, 30.4.2004, p. 40.

      (2)  OJ C 109, 30.4.2004, p. 29.

      (3)  Opinion of the European Parliament of 28 April 2005 (OJ C 45 E, 23.2.2006, p. 15), Council Common Position of 23 January 2006 (OJ C 126 E, 30.5.2006, p. 1) and Position of the European Parliament of 13 June 2006 (not yet published in the Official Journal). European Parliament Legislative Resolution of 12 December 2006 (not yet published in the Official Journal) and Council Decision of 11 December 2006.

      (4)  OJ L 327, 22.12.2000, p. 1. Directive as amended by Decision No 2455/2001/EC (OJ L 331, 15.12.2001, p. 1).

      (5)  OJ L 242, 10.9.2002, p. 1.

      (6)  OJ L 375, 31.12.1991, p. 1. Directive as amended by Regulation (EC) No 1882/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 284, 31.10.2003, p. 1).

      (7)  OJ L 230, 19.8.1991, p. 1. Directive as last amended by Commission Directive 2006/85/EC (OJ L 293, 24.10.2006, p. 3).

      (8)  OJ L 123, 24.4.1998, p. 1. Directive as last amended by Commission Directive 2006/50/EC (OJ L 142, 30.5.2006, p. 6).

      (9)  OJ L 277, 21.10.2005, p. 1. Regulation as amended by Regulation (EC) No 1463/2006 (OJ L 277, 9.10.2006, p. 1).

      (10)  OJ L 20, 26.1.1980, p. 43. Directive as amended by Directive 91/692/EEC (OJ L 377, 31.12.1991, p. 48).

      (11)  OJ L 330, 5.12.1998, p. 32. Directive as amended by Regulation (EC) No 1882/2003.

      (12)  OJ L 184, 17.7.1999, p. 23. Decision as amended by Decision 2006/512/EC (OJ L 200, 22.7.2006, p. 11).

      ANNEX I
      GROUNDWATER QUALITY STANDARDS

                  1.

                  For the purposes of assessing groundwater chemical status in accordance with Article 4, the following groundwater quality standards will be the quality standards referred to in Table 2.3.2 in Annex V to Directive 2000/60/EC and established in accordance with Article 17 of that Directive.

                              Pollutant

                              Quality standards

                              Nitrates

                              50 mg/l

                              Active substances in pesticides, including their relevant metabolites, degradation and reaction products (1)

                              0,1 μg/l
                              0,5 μg/l (total) (2)

                  2.

                  The results of the application of the quality standards for pesticides in the manner specified for the purposes of this Directive will be without prejudice to the results of the risk assessment procedures required by Directive 91/414/EEC or Directive 98/8/EC.

                  3.

                  Where, for a given body of groundwater, it is considered that the groundwater quality standards could result in failure to achieve the environmental objectives specified in Article 4 of Directive 2000/60/EC for associated bodies of surface water, or in any significant diminution of the ecological or chemical quality of such bodies, or in any significant damage to terrestrial ecosystems which depend directly on the body of groundwater, more stringent threshold values will be established in accordance with Article 3 and Annex II to this Directive. Programmes and measures required in relation to such a threshold value will also apply to activities falling within the scope of Directive 91/676/EEC.

         (1)  ‘Pesticides’ means plant protection products and biocidal products as defined in Article 2 of Directive 91/414/EEC and in Article 2 of Directive 98/8/EC, respectively.

         (2)  ‘Total’ means the sum of all individual pesticides detected and quantified in the monitoring procedure, including their relevant metabolites, degradation and reaction products.

      ANNEX II
      THRESHOLD VALUES FOR GROUNDWATER POLLUTANTS AND INDICATORS OF POLLUTION
      Part A
      Guidelines for the establishment of threshold values by Member States in accordance with Article 3
      Member States will establish threshold values for all pollutants and indicators of pollution which, pursuant to the characterisation performed in accordance with Article 5 of Directive 2000/60/EC, characterise bodies or groups of bodies of groundwater as being at risk of failing to achieve good groundwater chemical status.
      Threshold values will be established in such a way that, should the monitoring results at a representative monitoring point exceed the thresholds, this will indicate a risk that one or more of the conditions for good groundwater chemical status referred to in Article 4(2)(c)(ii), (iii) and (iv) are not being met.
      When establishing threshold values, Member States will consider the following guidelines:

                  1)

                  the determination of threshold values should be based on:

                              (a)

                              the extent of interactions between groundwater and associated aquatic and dependent terrestrial ecosystems;

                              (b)

                              the interference with actual or potential legitimate uses or functions of groundwater;

                              (c)

                              all pollutants which characterise bodies of groundwater as being at risk, taking into account the minimum list set out in part B;

                              (d)

                              hydro-geological characteristics including information on background levels and water balance;

                  2)

                  the determination of threshold values should also take account of the origins of the pollutants, their possible natural occurrence, their toxicology and dispersion tendency, their persistence and their bioaccumulation potential;

                  3)

                  wherever elevated background levels of substances or ions or their indicators occur due to natural hydro-geological reasons, these background levels in the relevant body of groundwater shall be taken into account when establishing threshold values;

                  4)

                  the determination of threshold values should be supported by a control mechanism for the data collected, based on an evaluation of data quality, analytical considerations, and background levels for substances which may occur both naturally and as a result of human activities.

            Part B
      Minimum list of pollutants and their indicators for which Member States have to consider establishing threshold values in accordance with Article 3

                  1.

                  Substances or ions or indicators which may occur both naturally and/or as a result of human activities

                              Arsenic

                              Cadmium

                              Lead

                              Mercury

                              Ammonium

                              Chloride

                              Sulphate

                  2.

                  Man-made synthetic substances

                              Trichloroethylene

                              Tetrachloroethylene

                  3.

                  Parameters indicative of saline or other intrusions (1)

                              Conductivity

            Part C
      Information to be provided by Member States with regard to the pollutants and their indicators for which threshold values have been established
      Member States will summarise, in the river basin management plans to be submitted in accordance with Article 13 of Directive 2000/60/EC, the way the procedure set out in Part A of this Annex has been followed.
      In particular, Member States will provide, where feasible:

                  (a)

                  information on the number of bodies or groups of bodies of groundwater characterised as being at risk and on the pollutants and indicators of pollution which contribute to this classification, including the observed concentrations/values;

                  (b)

                  information on each of the bodies of groundwater characterised as being at risk, in particular the size of the bodies, the relationship between the bodies of groundwater and the associated surface waters and directly dependent terrestrial ecosystems, and, in the case of naturally-occurring substances, the natural background levels in the bodies of groundwater;

                  (c)

                  the threshold values, whether they apply at the national level, at the level of the river basin district or the part of the international river basin district falling within the territory of the Member State, or at the level of a body or a group of bodies of groundwater;

                  (d)

                  the relationship between the threshold values and:

                              (i)

                              in the case of naturally-occurring substances, the observed background levels,

                              (ii)

                              the environmental quality objectives and other standards for water protection that exist at national, Community or international level, and

                              (iii)

                              any relevant information concerning the toxicology, eco-toxicology, persistence, bioaccumulation potential, and dispersion tendency of the pollutants.

         (1)  With regard to saline concentrations resulting from human activities, Member States may decide to establish threshold values either for sulphate and chloride or for conductivity.

      ANNEX III
      ASSESSMENT OF GROUNDWATER CHEMICAL STATUS

                  1.

                  The assessment procedure for determining the chemical status of a body or a group of bodies of groundwater will be carried out in relation to all bodies or groups of bodies of groundwater characterised as being at risk and in relation to each of the pollutants which contribute to the body or group of bodies of groundwater being so characterised.

                  2.

                  In undertaking any investigations referred to in Article 4(2)(c), Member States will take into account:

                              (a)

                              the information collected as part of the characterisation to be carried out in accordance with Article 5 of Directive 2000/60/EC and with Sections 2.1, 2.2 and 2.3 of Annex II thereto;

                              (b)

                              the results of the groundwater monitoring network obtained in accordance with Section 2.4 of Annex V to Directive 2000/60/EC; and

                              (c)

                              any other relevant information including a comparison of the annual arithmetic mean concentration of the relevant pollutants at a monitoring point with the groundwater quality standards set out in Annex I and the threshold values set by Member States in accordance with Article 3 and Annex II.

                  3.

                  For the purposes of investigating whether the conditions for good groundwater chemical status referred to in Article 4(2)(c)(i) and (iv) are met, Member States will, where relevant and necessary, and on the basis of appropriate aggregations of the monitoring results, supported where necessary by concentration estimations based on a conceptual model of the body or group of bodies of groundwater, estimate the extent of the body of groundwater having an annual arithmetic mean concentration of a pollutant higher than a groundwater quality standard or a threshold value.

                  4.

                  For the purposes of investigating whether the conditions for good groundwater chemical status referred to in Article 4(2)(c)(ii) and (iii) are met, Member States will, where relevant and necessary, and on the basis of relevant monitoring results and of a suitable conceptual model of the body of groundwater, assess:

                              (a)

                              the impact of the pollutants in the body of groundwater;

                              (b)

                              the amounts and the concentrations of the pollutants being, or likely to be, transferred from the body of groundwater to the associated surface waters or directly dependent terrestrial ecosystems;

                              (c)

                              the likely impact of the amounts and concentrations of the pollutants transferred to the associated surface waters and directly dependent terrestrial ecosystems;

                              (d)

                              the extent of any saline or other intrusions into the body of groundwater; and

                              (e)

                              the risk from pollutants in the body of groundwater to the quality of water abstracted, or intended to be abstracted, from the body of groundwater for human consumption.

                  5.

                  Member States will present the groundwater chemical status of a body or a group of bodies of groundwater on maps in accordance with Sections 2.4.5 and 2.5 of Annex V to Directive 2000/60/EC. In addition, Member States will indicate on these maps all monitoring points where groundwater quality standards and/or threshold values are exceeded, where relevant and feasible.

      ANNEX IV
      IDENTIFICATION AND REVERSAL OF SIGNIFICANT AND SUSTAINED UPWARD TRENDS
      Part A
      Identification of significant and sustained upward trends
      Member States will identify significant and sustained upward trends in all bodies or groups of bodies of groundwater that are characterised as being at risk in accordance with Annex II to Directive 2000/60/EC, taking into account the following requirements:

                  1)

                  in accordance with Section 2.4 of Annex V to Directive 2000/60/EC, the monitoring programme will be so designed as to detect significant and sustained upward trends in concentrations of the pollutants identified pursuant to Article 3 of this Directive;

                  2)

                  the procedure for the identification of significant and sustained upward trends will be based on the following elements:

                              (a)

                              monitoring frequencies and monitoring locations will be selected such as are sufficient to:

                                          (i)

                                          provide the information necessary to ensure that such upward trends can be distinguished from natural variation with an adequate level of confidence and precision;

                                          (ii)

                                          enable such upward trends to be identified in sufficient time to allow measures to be implemented in order to prevent, or at least mitigate as far as practicable, environmentally significant detrimental changes in groundwater quality. This identification will be carried out for the first time by 2009, if possible, and will take into account existing data, in the context of the report on trend identification within the first river basin management plan referred to in Article 13 of Directive 2000/60/EC, and at least every six years thereafter;

                                          (iii)

                                          take into account the physical and chemical temporal characteristics of the body of groundwater, including groundwater flow conditions and recharge rates and percolation time through soil or subsoil;

                              (b)

                              the methods of monitoring and analysis used will conform to international quality control principles, including, if relevant, CEN or national standardised methods, to ensure equivalent scientific quality and comparability of the data provided;

                              (c)

                              the assessment will be based on a statistical method, such as regression analysis, for trend analysis in time series of individual monitoring points;

                              (d)

                              in order to avoid bias in trend identification, all measurements below the quantification limit will be set to half of the value of the highest quantification limit occurring in time series, except for total pesticides;

                  3)

                  the identification of significant and sustained upward trends in the concentrations of substances which occur both naturally and as a result of human activities will consider the baseline levels and, where such data are available, the data collected before the start of the monitoring programme in order to report on trend identification within the first river basin management plan referred to in Article 13 of Directive 2000/60/EC.

            Part B
      Starting points for trend reversals
      Member States will reverse identified significant and sustained upward trends, in accordance with Article 5, taking into account the following requirements:

                  1)

                  the starting point for implementing measures to reverse significant and sustained upward trends will be when the concentration of the pollutant reaches 75 % of the parametric values of the groundwater quality standards set out in Annex I and of the threshold values established pursuant to Article 3, unless:

                              (a)

                              an earlier starting point is required to enable trend reversal measures to prevent most cost-effectively, or at least mitigate as far as possible, any environmentally significant detrimental changes in groundwater quality;

                              (b)

                              a different starting point is justified where the detection limit does not allow for establishing the presence of a trend at 75 % of the parametric values; or

                              (c)

                              the rate of increase and the reversibility of the trend are such that a later starting point for trend reversal measures would still enable such measures to prevent most cost-effectively, or at least mitigate as far as possible, any environmentally significant detrimental changes in groundwater quality. Such later starting point may not lead to any delay in achieving the deadline for the environmental objectives.

                        For activities falling within the scope of Directive 91/676/EEC, the starting point for implementing measures to reverse significant and sustained upward trends will be established in accordance with that Directive and with Directive 2000/60/EC and, in particular, adhering to environmental objectives for water protection as set out in Article 4 of Directive 2000/60/EC;

                  2)

                  once a starting point has been established for a body of groundwater characterised as being at risk in accordance with Section 2.4.4 of Annex V to Directive 2000/60/EC and pursuant to point 1 above, it will not be changed during the six-year cycle of the river basin management plan required in accordance with Article 13 of Directive 2000/60/EC;

                  3)

                  trend reversals will be demonstrated, taking into account relevant monitoring provisions contained in Part A, point 2.


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Commission Directive 93/106/EEC of 29 November 1993 amending Directive 92/76/EEC recognizing protected zones exposed to particular plant health risks in the Community

Official Journal L 298 , 03/12/1993 P. 0034 - 0035

COMMISSION DIRECTIVE 93/106/EC of 29 November 1993 amending Directive 92/76/EEC recognizing protected zones exposed to particular plant health risks in the CommunityTHE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,  Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,  Having regard to Council Directive 77/93/EEC of 21 December 1976 on protective measures against the introduction into the Community of organisms harmful to plants or plant products and against their spread within the Community (1), as last amended by  Commission Directive 93/19/EEC (2), and in particular the first subparagraph of Article 2 (1) (h) thereof,  Having regard to the requests made by Greece, France, Italy and Portugal,  Whereas Member States may request the recognition as a protected zone, in particular, of a zone in which one or more harmful organisms referred to in the said Directive, which are established in one or more parts of the Community, are not endemic or  established, despite conditions being favourable for them to establish themselves there;  Whereas by Commission Directive 92/76/EEC (3) the Commission has recognized certain such protected zones;  Whereas certain Member States have requested that certain zones be recognized as protected zones in respect of Citrus tristeza virus (European isolates);  Whereas the abovementioned requests should be based on the grounds that the results of appropriate surveys, monitored by Commission experts, confirm that one or more of the harmful organisms, in respect of which the zone is to be recognized as a  protected zone, are not endemic or established there;  Whereas, however, the details of such surveys are not yet fully established at Community level;  Whereas the recognition should be provisional only and based on the available information submitted by the Member State concerned;  Whereas, based on recent new information by Italy, it appears that it is no longer appropriate to maintain the 'protected zones' recognized for Italy in respect of Dendroctonus micrans Kugelan, Ips amitinus Eichhof and Ips duplicatus Sahlbey because  these organisms seem to be present locally;  Whereas, based on recent new information submitted by the UK, it appears that the 'protected zones' recognized for the UK, in respect of Dendroctonus micans Kugelan, should be extended because a larger zone seems to be free from the harmful organism;  Whereas the measures provided for in this Directive are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Plant Health,  HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE:   Article 1  The Annex to Directive 92/76/EEC is hereby amended as indicated in the Annex to this Directive.   Article 2  1. Member States shall bring into force the laws, regulations or administrative provisions necessary to comply with this Directive on 15 December 1993. They shall forthwith inform the Commission thereof.  When Member States adopt these measures, these shall contain a reference to this Directive or shall be accompanied by such reference at the time of their official publication. The procedure for such reference shall be adopted by Member States.  2. Member States shall immediately communicate to the Commission all provisions of domestic law which they adopt in the field governed by this Directive. The Commission shall inform the other Member States thereof.   Article 3  This Directive shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.  Done at Brussels, 29 November 1993.  For the Commission René STEICHEN Member of the Commission  (1) OJ No L 26, 31. 1. 1977, p. 20.  (2) OJ No L 96, 24. 4. 1993, p. 33.  (3) OJ No L 305, 21. 10. 1992, p. 12.      ANNEX  1. In point (a) 4, the right hand column is altered as follows:  'Greece, Spain, Ireland, Portugal, United Kingdom (Scotland, Northern Ireland, England: the following counties: Bedfordshire, Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Cambridgeshire, Cleveland, Cornwall, Cumbria, Devon, Dorset, Durham, East Sussex, Essex, Greater  London, Hampshire, Hertfordshire, Humberside, Kent, Lincolnshire, Norfolk, Northamptonshire, Northumberland, Nottinghamshire, Oxfordshire, Somerset, South Yorkshire, Suffolk, Surrey, Tyne and Wear, West Sussex, West Yorkshire, the Isle of Wight, the  Isle of Man, the Isles of Scilly, and the following parts of counties; Avon: that part of the county which lies to the south of the southern boundary of the M4 motorway; Cheshire: that part of the county which lies to the east of the eastern boundary of  the Peak District National Park together with that part of the county which lies to the north of the northern boundary of the A 52 (T) road to Derby and that part of the county which lies to the north of the northern boundary of the A 6 (T) road;  Gloucestershire: that part of the county which lies to the east of the eastern boundary of the Fosse Way Roman road; Greater Manchester: that part of the county which lies to the east of the eastern boundary of the Peak District National Park;  Leicestershire: that part of the county which lies to the east of the eastern boundary of the Fosse Way Roman road together with that part of the county which lies to the east of the eastern boundary of the B411A road together with that part of the  county which lies to the east of the eastern boundary of the M1 motorway; North Yorkshire: the whole county except that part of the county which comprises the district of Craven; Staffordshire: that part of the county which lies to the east of the  eastern boundary of the A 52 (T) road; Warwickshire: that part of the county which lies to the east of the eastern boundary of the Fosse Way Roman road; Wiltshire: that part of the county which lies to the south of the southern boundary of the M4  motorway to the intersection of the M4 motorway and the Fosse Way Roman road, and that part of the county which lies to the east of the eastern boundary of the Fosse Way Roman road)'.  2. In points (a) 7 and 9, in the right hand column, 'Italy' is deleted.  3. The following is added to point (d):   "" ID="1">'4. Citrus tristeza virus (European isolates) harmful to fruits of Citrus clementina Hort. ex. Tanaka, with leaves and peduncules> ID="2">Greece, France (Corsica), Italy, Portugal'">


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Council Directive 67/654/EEC of 24 October 1967 laying down detailed provisions for the attainment of freedom of establishment and freedom to provide services in respect of activities of self-employed persons in forestry and logging

Official Journal 263 , 30/10/1967 P. 0006 - 0010 Finnish special edition: Chapter 6 Volume 1 P. 0057  Danish special edition: Series I Chapter 1967 P. 0264  Swedish special edition: Chapter 6 Volume 1 P. 0057  English special edition: Series I Chapter 1967 P. 0287  Greek special edition: Chapter 06 Volume 1 P. 0075  Spanish special edition: Chapter 06 Volume 1 P. 0079  Portuguese special edition Chapter 06 Volume 1 P. 0079

COUNCIL DIRECTIVE of 24 October 1967 laying down detailed provisions for the attainment of freedom of establishment and freedom to provide services in respect of activities of self-employed persons in forestry and logging (67/654/EEC)  THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,  Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Articles 54 (2) and (3) and 63 (2) and (3) thereof;  Having regard to the General Programme for the abolition of restrictions on freedom of establishment,1 and in particular Title IV E thereof;  Having regard to the General Programme for the abolition of restrictions on freedom to provide services,2 and in particular Title V C thereof;  Having regard to the proposal from the Commission;  Having regard to the Opinion of the European Parliament3;  Having regard to the Opinion of the Economic and Social Committee4;  Whereas the timetable in the General Programmes provides for the abolition of all discriminatory treatment based on nationality in forestry and logging (ISIC Major Group 02)5 between the end of the second year of the third stage and the end of the transitional period;  Whereas activities in forestry and logging include the sale by the producer of the products of his operations ; whereas, however, this Directive does not apply to itinerant trading, nor to retail selling by producers who are not established in the host country;  Whereas certain forestry activities and certain other ancillary activities pursued by persons engaged in forestry work are excluded from the scope of this Directive, since such activities fall within other categories of the ISIC and are therefore dealt with in other Council Directives;  Whereas, however, it follows from the definition given for ISIC Group 400 that where an undertaking whose activities are classified within another Group pursues for its own use and as an ancillary activity construction, repair or demolition work, such activity falls not within Group 400, but within that of the main activity;  Whereas the General Programme for the abolition of restrictions on freedom of establishment provides that restrictions on the right to join professional or trade organisations must be abolished where the professional activities of the person concerned necessarily involve the exercise of this right;  Whereas freedom to provide services entails that, where a service is performed in the country of the recipient, the person providing the service should not be obliged to satisfy requirements which persons established in that country satisfy solely by reason of the stable and permanent nature of their activity in such country, as may be the case in certain circumstances in certain Member States with regard to enrolment in the commercial register or membership of certain professional or trade organisations;  Whereas the position of paid employees accompanying a person providing services or acting on his behalf will be governed by the provisions laid down in pursuance of Articles 48 and 49 of the Treaty;  1 OJ No 2, 15.1.1962, p. 36/62. 2 OJ No 2, 15.1.1962, p. 32/62. 3 OJ No 96, 28.5.1966, p. 1509/66. 4 OJ No 205, 7.12.1965, p. 3064/65. 5 International Standard Industrial Classification of all Economic Activities, Statistical Office of the United Nations, Statistical Papers, Series M, No 4, Rev. 1, New York, 1958.   Whereas the conditions of movement and residence for all persons enjoying freedom of establishment and freedom to provide services were the subject of two Directives adopted by the Council on 25 February 19641;  Whereas the Recommendation of 8 November 19622 addressed by the Commission to the Member States, which provides that "tools, instruments or equipment ... temporarily imported into one Member State from another Member State to be used in the performance of any kind of work in the importing Member State should be covered by the rules governing temporary admission, provided that they do not remain in the importing Member State for more than six months", is of particular importance in relation to freedom to provide services in forestry and logging;  Whereas, finally, freedom of establishment and freedom to provide services in respect of forestry activities will, in particular as regards technical assistance and the use of toxic or otherwise dangerous produtcs, be made easier by the mutual recognition of diplomas, certificates and other evidence of formal qualifications and by the co-ordination of certain national rules ; whereas further Directives will have to be issued to this end;  HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE:     Article 1 Member States shall abolish, in respect of the natural persons and companies or firms covered by Title I of the General Programmes for the abolition of restrictions on freedom of establishment and freedom to provide services (hereinafter called "beneficiaries"), the restrictions referred to in Title III of those General Programmes affecting the right to take up and pursue the activities specified in Article 2.    Article 2 1. The provisions of this Directive shall apply to activities of self-employed persons in forestry and logging being activities covered by Annex IV to the General Programme for the abolition of restrictions on freedom of establishment, which constitute Major Group 02, Groups 021 and 022, of the International Standard Industrial Classification of all Economic Activities3.  2. A detailed list of the different activities falling within the Groups referred to in paragraph 1 is given in the Annex to this Directive.  3. These Groups of activities shall be understood to include also construction, repair and demolition work ancillary to the main activity undertaken because it is necessary for the pursuit of that activity, and in particular : construction of timber-chutes, installation of cable railways, construction and maintenance of forest roads and rides, construction of shelters and accomodation for forestry workers.  4. The provisions of this Directive shall not apply to itinerant trading pursued by beneficiaries.    Article 3 1. Member States shall in particular abolish the following restrictions:    (a) those which prevent beneficiaries from establishing themselves or providing services in the host country under the same conditions and with the same rights as nationals of that country;       (b) those existing by reason of administrative practices which result in treatment being applied to beneficiaries that is discriminatory by comparison with that applied to nationals.         2. The restrictions to be abolished shall include in particular those arising out of measures which prevent or limit establishment or provision of services by beneficiaries by the following means:    (a) in Belgium:      - the obligation to hold a carte professionnelle (Article 1 of the Law of 19 February 1965);           - the requirement that, for the purposes of being recognised as an approved contractor, and thereby being permitted to carry out State-subsidised work in forests administered by the State, by communes or by public bodies, a person shall possess Belgian nationality or, in the case of a company or firm, that its capital shall be at least two-thirds Belgian-owned (Arrêté-loi of 3 February 1947 ; Arrêté du Régent of 29 March 1947 ; Arrêté ministériel of 31 March 1947);                  (b) in France:      - the requirement that foreign nationals shall obtain a carte professionnelle d'exploitant agricole or an autorisation d'exploiter (Décret No 54-72 of 20 January 1954 ; Arrêté of 30 March 1955);           - the obligation to hold a carte spéciale d'étranger (Décret-loi of 12 November 1938 ; Law of 8 October 1940);                  (c) in Luxembourg:  - the limited period of validity of authorisations granted to foreign nationals (Article 21 of the Law of 2 June 1962).   1 OJ No 56, 4.4.1964, pp. 845/64 and 850/64. 2 OJ No 125, 30.11.1962, p. 2767/62. 3 Statistical Office of the United Nations, Statistical Papers, Series M, No 4, Rev. 1, New York, 1958.   Article 4 1. Freedom to provide services shall include the right of beneficiaries to carry out the various preliminary operations necessary for the pursuit of their activities, and in particular the seeking of custom by means of advertising, canvassing and the conclusion of contracts.  2. When providing services in the country of the recipient, beneficiaries shall pursue their activities on a temporary basis, without establishing themselves and for a length of time appropriate to the nature of the services being performed, the centre of their operations remaining fixed in another Member State.  The person providing the services shall, however, be entitled in the host country on the same terms as nationals of that country to acquire, hire, use or dispose of any movable or immoveable property needed by him for the pursuit of his activities, provided that such property taken as a whole does not constitute fixed and permanent premises in the form of a branch or agency.  3. Where services are provided as indicated in paragraphs 1 and 2, the Member State in which such services are performed may, where provision of those services entails movement of persons, require the person providing the service to furnish documentary or other proof of the date from which he has pursued his activity in the territory of that State. Where the person concerned provides services for several recipients, each service or group of services must be indicated separately.    Article 5 1. Member States shall ensure that beneficiaries have the right to join professional or trade organisations and the right to be enrolled in the commercial register under the same conditions and with the same rights and obligations as their own nationals.  2. In the case of establishment, the right to join professional or trade organisations shall entail eligibility for election or appointment to high office in such organisations. However, such posts may be reserved for nationals where, in pursuance of any provision laid down by law or regulation, the organisation concerned is involved in the exercise of official authority.  3. In the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, membership of the Chambre de commerce or of the Chambre des métiers shall not give beneficiaries the right to take part in the election of the administrative organs of those Chambers.  4. In the case of provision of services, the membership or enrolment referred to in paragraph 1 may be required of beneficiaries only where a service or series of services is provided for a period exceeding ninety days in any calendar year.    Article 6 1. Where a host Member State requires of its own nationals wishing to take up or pursue any activity referred to in Article 2 proof of good repute and proof that they have not previously been declared bankrupt, or proof of either one of these, that State shall accept as sufficient evidence, in respect of nationals of other Member States, the production of an extract from the "judicial record" or, failing this, of an equivalent document issued by a competent judicial or administrative authority in the country of origin or the country whence the foreign national comes showing that these requirements have been met.  2. Where the country of origin or the country whence the foreign national comes does not issue such documentary proof of no previous bankruptcy, such proof may be replaced by a declaration on oath made by the person concerned before a judicial or administrative authority, a notary, or a competent professional or trade body, in the country of origin or in the country whence that person comes.  3. Documents issued in accordance with paragraph 1 or with paragraph 2 may not be produced more than three months after their date of issue.  4. Member States shall, within the time limit laid down in Article 8, designate the authorities and bodies competent to issue these documents and shall forthwith inform the other Member States and the Commission thereof.    Article 7 No Member State shall grant to any of its nationals who go to another Member State for the purpose of pursuing any activity referred to in Article 2 any aid liable to distort the conditions of establishment.    Article 8 Member States shall adopt the measures necessary to comply with this Directive within six months of its notification and shall forthwith inform the Commission thereof.    Article 9 This Directive is addressed to the Member States.     Done at Luxembourg, 24 October 1967.  For the Council  The President  K. SCHILLER     ANNEX Activities falling within the Groups referred to in Article 21     (a) The acquisition, occupation and exploitation of woodlands and forest soils, including accommodation and working premises and other installations for forestry purposes.       (b) Harvesting, preparation for sale and sale of fruits, seeds and cuttings:  all work done by hand or by mechanical means in connection with the harvesting and treatment of fruits, seeds and cuttings of tree species for reproduction, up to the marketing stage.       (c) Nursery work, preparation for sale and sale of planting stock:  all work done by hand or by mechanical means in connection with the cultivation of forest planting stock up to the marketing stage.       (d) Planting work:  all work done by hand or by mechanical or chemical means in connection with the preparation of the soil for natural regeneration, sowing or planting within or outside the forest;  all work done by hand or by mechanical means in connection with sowing or the setting of planting stock within or outside the forest;  all work done by hand or by mechanical or chemical means in connection with the care of seedlings or plantations within or outside the forest during their early years.       (e) Care and protection of the forest:  all routine forest maintenance work, and in particular : the opening up of rides, clearing of undergrowth and scrub, thinning, including the removal of unsaleable products, pruning;  all phytosanitary treatment done by hand or by mechanical means, including vehicles, water craft and aircraft, for the purpose of controlling pests harmful to seeds, planting stock, trees and other forest vegetation including pests in soil, water, air and forestry working premises and those on stored forest products, and for the purpose of preventing damage caused by such pests;  all work done by hand or by mechanical means, including vehicles, water craft and aircraft, for the purpose of preventing or fighting forest fires;  all work done by hand or by mechanical means in connection with the protection of the forest against damage by man or animals, and in particular : the erection and maintenance of fences and notices.       (f) Harvesting, preparation for sale and sale of forest produce other than actual timber or seeds and planting stock:  all work done by hand or by mechanical means in connection with the harvesting, storage, preparation for sale and sale of forest produce other than actual timber or seeds and planting stock, and in particular, resin, cork, forest fruits and mushrooms, ornamental branches, cones, fruits and mosses, litter, fern, heather, osiers.       (g) Manufacture of charcoal in the forest, whether in pits or kilns, sorting, sizing, packaging, loading and marketing.  1Activities which are not specifically mentioned in this classification should be included under the heading covering the activities most closely related to them, having regard to the circumstances of the industry within the European Economic Community, and in particular to technical developments.        (h) Harvesting, preparation for sale and sale of timber:  all work done by hand or by mechanical means in connection with the harvesting, preparation for sale and sale of timber, and in particular:      - marking for felling;           - measuring, estimating and effecting the sale of standing timber;           - felling, lopping and barking;           - measuring and sale of timber in the round;           - hewing and stacking in stacked cubic metres, preparation of veneer logs, shaping of posts, piles, railway sleepers and pit-props;           - measuring, classifying, hauling by means of horses, tractors, cable railways or sledges, floating, sale of untreated timber, whether or not classified;           - loading, stockpiling and dispatch;           - gathering, sorting and sale of Christmas trees.                  (i) Technical assistance and expert forestry advice concerning in particular:      - forestry technology and forest utilisation;           - management of forests and forestry undertakings, drawing up of working plans and forest maps;           - utilisation of forest products and their preparation for sale;           - organisation of work, forestry accounting;           - consolidation of holdings, formation of syndicates, associations and co-operatives;           - expert advice on various subjects (methods of operation, felling, reparation of damage, etc.).