This Act may be cited as the Water Protection and Management (Amendment) Act 2015 and shall be read together with the Water Protection and Management Acts from 2004 to 2012 (hereinafter referred to as the 'basic law') and be referred to collectively as the Protection and Water Management laws of 2004-2015. For the purpose of harmonization with the article 2 and Annex II of the EU Directive 2013/39 of the European Parliament and the Council to amend the EU Directives 2000/60 and 2008/105 as regards of harmful substances in the field of water policy. The principal Act is amended by adding after section 22 the following new articles 22A and 22B establishing the basin river management plan; 22A states that the competent authority shall include in the new draft river basin management plan, the following information: Official (A) Panel, which sets out the limits of the test methods, as well as data on the performance of these methods compared with the minimum performance criteria; specifying the Water Technical Specifications for chemical analysis and monitoring the water situation.
Cyprus · 2015-11-13