Directive 2006/44/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (repealed)Show full title

Article 1

1. This Directive concerns the quality of fresh waters and shall apply to those waters designated by the Member States as needing protection or improvement in order to support fish life.

2. This Directive shall not apply to waters in natural or artificial fish ponds used for intensive fish-farming.

3. The aim of this Directive is to protect or improve the quality of those running or standing fresh waters which support, or which, if pollution were reduced or eliminated, would become capable of supporting, fish belonging to:

(a) indigenous species offering a natural diversity;

(b) species the presence of which is judged desirable for water management purposes by the competent authorities of the Member States.

4. For the purposes of this Directive:

(a) salmonid waters shall mean waters which support or become capable of supporting fish belonging to species such as salmon (Salmo salar), trout (Salmo trutta), grayling (Thymallus thymallus) and whitefish (Coregonus);

(b) cyprinid waters shall mean waters which support or become capable of supporting fish belonging to the cyprinids (Cyprinidae), or other species such as pike (Esox lucius), perch (Perca fluviatilis) and eel (Anguilla anguilla).