{"id":9383,"date":"2019-07-15T09:54:08","date_gmt":"2019-07-15T07:54:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.phytocontrol.com\/?p=9383"},"modified":"2026-08-28T00:50:27","modified_gmt":"2026-08-27T22:50:27","slug":"updating-of-eutrophication-sensitive-areas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev.phytocontrol.com\/en\/regulatory-watch\/updating-of-eutrophication-sensitive-areas\/","title":{"rendered":"Update of areas sensitive to eutrophication"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On 6 June 2019, the Ministry for an Ecological and Solidarity Transition published a <a href=\"http:\/\/circulaires.legifrance.gouv.fr\/pdf\/2019\/06\/cir_44733.pdf\">technical note<\/a> on the review of areas sensitive to eutrophication.<br \/>\nThe review of these areas is governed by Directive 91\/271\/EEC on urban wastewater treatment.<\/p>\n<p>Under Article 5(6) of the directive: &#8220;<em>Member States shall ensure that the list of sensitive areas is reviewed at least every four years.<\/em>&#8220;, the last review of this list in France dates back to 2015, so it needs to be updated.<br \/>\nAreas sensitive to eutrophication are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>natural freshwater lakes, other freshwater bodies, estuaries and coastal waters found to be eutrophic or which may become eutrophic in the near future if protective action is not taken<\/li>\n<li>surface freshwaters intended for the abstraction of drinking water which could contain a nitrate concentration higher than that laid down under the relevant provisions of Council Directive 75\/440\/EEC on the quality required of surface water intended for the abstraction of drinking water in the Member States, if action is not taken.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Eutrophication<\/strong><em> is the result of excessive nutrient enrichment (nitrogen, phosphorus) leading to abnormal plant growth. This phenomenon also depends on flow conditions (flow rate and sunlight, which affect water temperature). The main human-related causes of nutrient enrichment of water bodies are domestic pollution and agricultural pollution.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Under Article R.211-94 of the Environmental Code, it is up to the river basin coordinating prefects to define the boundaries of these areas after consulting the basin committee.<\/p>\n<p>The corresponding order and data files must be submitted by 1 March 2020 at the latest, so that they can be published in the Official Journal.<\/p>\n<p>Please note that our laboratory can offer you an analytical package meeting the criteria set out in Directive 91\/271\/EEC on wastewater.<\/p>\n<p>For any information, please <a href=\"https:\/\/www.phytocontrol.com\/acces-contact-phytocontrol\/\">contact<\/a> us.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On 6 June 2019, the Ministry for an Ecological and Solidarity Transition published a technical&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":9366,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[181],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9383","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-regulatory-watch"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v28.4 (Yoast SEO v28.5) - 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