ANNEX II

2.GROUNDWATERS

2.4.Review of the impact of changes in groundwater levels

Member States shall also identify those bodies of groundwater for which lower objectives are to be specified under Article 4 including as a result of consideration of the effects of the status of the body on:

  1. (i)

    surface water and associated terrestrial ecosystems

  2. (ii)

    water regulation, flood protection and land drainage

  3. (iii)

    human development.