Common Implementation Strategy for the Water Framework Directive (2000/60/EC). Guidance document №10. River and lakes - Typology, reference conditions and classification systems

Luxembourg: Office for Official Publications of the European Communities, 2003. — 94 p.
ISBN: 92-894-5614-0.
ISSN: 1725-1087.This technical document has been developed through a collaborative programme involving the European Commission, all the Member States, the Accession Countries, Norway and other stakeholders and Non-Governmental Organisations. The document should be regarded as presenting an informal consensus position on best practice agreed by all partners. However, the document does not necessarily represent the official, formal position of any of the partners. Hence, the views expressed in the document do not necessarily represent the views of the European Commission.This document aims at guiding experts and stakeholders in the implementation of the Directive 2000/60/EC establishing a framework for Community action in the field of water policy (the Water Framework Directive – the Directive). It focuses on the implementation of the Annexes II and V with special emphasis on inland surface waters and methods and principles for the establishment of reference conditions and class boundaries between high, good and moderate ecological status.