S.L. 549.100 Art. 2Scope.

(1) The purpose of these regulations is to establish a framework for the protection of inland surface waters, transitional waters, coastal waters and groundwater and to transpose the provisions of Directive 2000/60/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council.

(2) These regulations transpose Article 32 of Directive 2009/ 31/EC on the geological storage of carbon dioxide and amending Directives 85/337/EEC, 2000/60/EC, 2001/80/EC, 2004/35/EC, 2006/12/EC, 2008/1/EC and Regulation (EC) No 1013/2006.

(3) These regulations provide for the implementation in Malta and Gozo of Environmental Quality Standards (EQS) for priority substances and certain other pollutants, with the aim of achieving good surface water chemical status, by transposing Directive 2013/ 39/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12th August, 2013 amending Directives 2000/60/EC and amending 2008/105/EC as regards priority substances in the field of water policy.

(4) These regulations establish minimum performance criteria for methods of analysis to be applied by the competent authority when monitoring water status, sediment and biota, as well as rules for demonstrating the quality of analytical results, by transposing 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.

(5) These regulations provide for Directive 2014/101/EU amending Directive 2000/60/EC to include amended Annex V.