Article 1 — Amendments to Directive 2000/60/EC

Directive 2000/60/EC is amended as follows: (1) in Article 1(e), the fourth indent is replaced by the following: — achieving the objectives of relevant international agreements, including those which aim to prevent and eliminate pollution of the marine environment, by Union action to cease or phase out discharges, emissions and losses of priority hazardous substances, with the ultimate aim of achieving concentrations in the marine environment near background values for naturally occurring substances and close to zero for man-made synthetic substances. ; (2) Article 2 is amended as follows: (a) point 24 is replaced by the following: 24. Good surface water chemical status means the chemical status required to meet the environmental objectives for surface waters set out in Article 4(1)(a) of this Directive, that is the chemical status achieved by a body of surface water in which concentrations of pollutants exceed neither the environmental quality standards for priority substances listed in Part A of Annex I to Directive 2008/105/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council nor the environmental quality standards for river basin specific pollutants set and applied in accordance with Article 8d of that Directive, and in which effect-based trigger values, where available, are also not exceeded. (b) point 30 is replaced by the following: 30. Priority substances means substances listed in Part A of Annex I to Directive 2008/105/EC, that are substances which present a significant risk to or via the aquatic environment and are prioritised in accordance with Article 16(2) of this Directive. ; (c) the following points are inserted: 30a. Priority hazardous substances means priority substances which are identified as hazardous in accordance with the legislation referred to in Article 16(3). 30b. River basin specific pollutants means pollutants that are not or no longer identified as priority substances, but which Member States have identified, on the basis of the assessment of pressures and impacts on surface water bodies carried out in accordance with Annex II, as being discharged or deposited in significant quantities into a river basin or sub-basin and thus posing a significant risk to or via the aquatic environment within their territory. ; (d) point 35 is replaced by the following: 35. Environmental quality standard means the concentration of a particular pollutant or group of pollutants in water, sediment or biota not to be exceeded in order to protect human health and the environment. ; (e) the following point is inserted: 35a. Effect-based trigger value means a threshold for the effects of a pollutant or group of pollutants in water, sediment or biota, where those effects are measured by an appropriate and scientifically validated effect-based monitoring method, above which adverse effects on human health or the environment from that pollutant or group of pollutants in water, sediment or biota, could occur. ; (f) point 37 is replaced by the following: 37. Water intended for human consumption means water intended for human consumption as defined in Article 2, point (1), of Directive (EU) 2020/2184 of the European Parliament and of the Council. (g) the following point is added: 42. Deterioration of the status of a body of water means the lowering of the status of at least one of the quality elements, within the meaning of Annex V, by one class, even if that lowering does not result in a fall in the classification of the body of water as a whole; however, if a quality element is already at the lowest class, any further deterioration of that element constitutes a deterioration of the status of the body of water. ; (3) Article 4 is amended as follows: (a) paragraph 1 is amended as follows: (i) in point (a), points (i), (ii) and (iii) are replaced by the following: (i) Member States shall implement the necessary measures to prevent deterioration of the status of all bodies of surface water, subject to the application of paragraphs 6 to 7b and without prejudice to paragraph 8; (ii) Member States shall protect, enhance and restore all bodies of surface water, subject to the application of point (iii) of this paragraph for artificial and heavily modified bodies of water, with the aim of achieving good surface water status at the latest 15 years after the date of entry into force of this Directive, in accordance with the provisions laid down in Annex V, subject to the application of extensions determined in accordance with paragraph 4 and to the application of paragraphs 5 to 7b without prejudice to paragraph 8; (iii) Member States shall protect and enhance all artificial and heavily modified bodies of water, with the aim of achieving good ecological potential and good surface water chemical status at the latest 15 years from the date of entry into force of this Directive, in accordance with the provisions laid down in Annex V, subject to the application of extensions determined in accordance with paragraph 4 and to the application of paragraphs 5 to 7b without prejudice to paragraph 8; ; (ii) in point (b), points (i) and (ii), are replaced by the following: (i) Member States shall implement the measures necessary to prevent or limit the input of pollutants into groundwater and to prevent the deterioration of the status of all bodies of groundwater, subject to the application of paragraphs 6 to 7b of this Article and without prejudice to paragraph 8 thereof and subject to the application of Article 11(3)(j); (ii) Member States shall protect, enhance and restore all bodies of groundwater and ensure a balance between abstraction and recharge of groundwater, with the aim of achieving good groundwater status at the latest 15 years after the date of entry into force of this Directive, in accordance with the provisions laid down in Annex V, subject to the application of extensions determined in accordance with paragraph 4 of this Article and to the application of paragraphs 5 to 7b thereof without prejudice to paragraph 8 of this Article and subject to the application of Article 11(3)(j); ; (iii) in point (b)(iii), the second subparagraph is replaced by the following: Measures to achieve trend reversal shall be implemented in accordance with Article 17(2) of this Directive and Article 5 and Annex IV of Directive 2006/118/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council, subject to the application of paragraphs 6 to 7b of this Article and without prejudice to paragraph 8 thereof. (b) the following paragraphs are inserted: 7a. Member States will not be in breach of this Directive when any negative short-term impact on one or more quality elements of a body of water caused by a new project or a modification to an existing project in that body of water is no longer detectable after one year or, for biological quality elements, after a maximum of three years beyond initiation of the execution of the project, and all the following conditions are met: (a) the negative impact is not the result of direct discharges, emissions or losses of a pollutant; (b) the potential for the negative impact to occur is reliably assessed ex ante by a competent authority, and it is concluded that there would be no negative impact for the body of water concerned or any connected body of water after one year or, for biological quality elements, after a maximum of three years; (c) an ex post verification is carried out; (d) all practicable measures are taken to mitigate any negative impacts on the body and any connected bodies of water; and (e) a summary of the main activities carried out in accordance with this paragraph, the relevant ex post verification results, and the measures taken to mitigate negative impacts, is included in the river basin management plan required under Article 13. For the purposes of carrying out the ex -post verification under point (c) of the first subparagraph, existing monitoring arrangements set up pursuant to Annex V may be used and, where necessary, they shall be supplemented by additional ad-hoc monitoring. 7b. Member States will not be in breach of this Directive when deterioration occurs in the status of a receiving body of surface water as a result of relocating, by human activity, water or sediment from the same or another body of surface water, or from a body of groundwater to the receiving body of surface water, without causing a net increase in pollutant load, and all the following conditions are met: (a) all practicable steps, in particular the treatment of the water or sediment, if feasible, to minimise the transfer of pollutant load are taken to mitigate the adverse impact on the status of the bodies of water impacted by the relocation; (b) the composition of the water or sediments to be relocated is established, and the relocation does not increase the overall risk to human health and the environment compared to the existing risk prior to the relocation; (c) the receiving body of surface water is confirmed as already not being in good chemical status with respect to most of the pollutants relocated, and in particular with respect to the most persistent and bioaccumulative pollutants relocated, and the ecological status or potential of the receiving body of water is not expected to fall into a lower class as a result of the relocation of those pollutants; (d) the relocation shall not result in an increase in the purification treatment required for the production of drinking water; (e) within the receiving body of water, a zone where relocation is prohibited has been established around any abstraction point for water intended for human consumption; (f) there are no significantly better environmental options for reasons of technical feasibility or disproportionate cost; (g) the relocation is subject to prior regulation or authorisation; and (h) a summary, including information related to points (a) to (g) of this paragraph and the reasons for the relocation, is included in the river basin management plan required under Article 13. ; (c) paragraphs 8 and 9 are replaced by the following: 8. When applying paragraphs 3 to 7b, Member States shall ensure that the achievement of the objectives of this Directive in other bodies of water within the same river basin district is not thereby permanently excluded or compromised and that the application of those provisions is consistent with the implementation of other Union environmental legislation. 9. Member States shall take steps to ensure that the application of the new provisions, including the application of paragraphs 3 to 7b, guarantees at least the same level of protection as the existing Union legislation. ; (4) Article 7(2) is replaced by the following: 2. For each body of water identified under paragraph 1 of this Article, in addition to meeting the objectives of Article 4 of this Directive in accordance with the requirements of this Directive, and for surface water bodies including the quality standards established at Union level in accordance with Article 16 of this Directive, Member States shall ensure that under the water treatment regime applied, and in accordance with Union legislation, the resulting water will meet the requirements of Directive (EU) 2020/2184. ; (5) Article 8 is amended as follows: (a) paragraph 3 is replaced by the following: 3. The Commission is empowered to adopt implementing acts to set out technical specifications and standardised methods for analysis and monitoring of water status in accordance with Annex V, to establish formats for the reporting of monitoring and status data, to adopt the results of the intercalibration exercise and the values established for the Member State monitoring system classifications in accordance with Section 1.4.1(ix) of Annex V, and to adopt indicators of progress allowing comparison of the progress made by Member States towards achieving the good status or potential of their water bodies. When establishing the formats for the reporting of monitoring and status data, the Commission may avail itself of technical and scientific support available from the European Environment Agency (EEA). Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 21(2). ; (b) the following paragraphs are added: 4. Member States shall ensure that the available and validated monitoring data on biological quality elements in surface waters collected in accordance with Section 1.3 of Annex V to this Directive are made available to the public and to the EEA every three years, and that the available and validated monitoring data on chemical quality elements in surface waters and groundwater collected in accordance with Sections 1.3 and 2.4 of Annex V to this Directive are made available to the public and to the EEA every two years electronically in accordance with Directives 2003/4/EC, 2007/2/EC and (EU) 2019/1024 of the European Parliament and of the Council. For those purposes, Member States shall use the formats established in accordance with paragraph 3 of this Article and automated reporting and data delivery mechanisms aligned with the relevant Water Information System for Europe State of the Environment data flows. 5. The EEA shall ensure that the information made available in accordance with paragraph 4 is regularly processed and analysed for the purpose of making it available, via relevant Union portals, for reuse by the Commission and relevant Union agencies and for the purpose of providing the Commission, the Member States and the public with objective, reliable and comparable information, in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 401/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council. 6. By 11 November 2027, the Commission shall publish a report on options for the establishment, financing and functioning of a European Union joint monitoring facility. The report shall take into account, inter alia, the following: (a) the voluntary nature of the use of such a joint monitoring facility; (b) the scope of the analyses to be performed by such a facility, including the range of substances and indicators to be covered from the lists established under this Directive, Directive 2006/118/EC and Directive 2008/105/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council; (c) the sources of funding for such a facility, which may include Union co-funding; (d) the operating model of such a facility, considering both centralised and decentralised options; Following the report, the Commission shall, where appropriate, present a legislative proposal in order to establish a European Union joint monitoring facility. (6) Article 10 is amended as follows: (a) paragraph 2 is replaced by the following: 2. For the purpose of complying with the objectives, quality standards and threshold values established pursuant to this Directive, Member States shall ensure the establishment and implementation of the following: (a) emission controls based on best available techniques; (b) relevant emission limit values; (c) in the case of diffuse impacts, controls including, as appropriate, best environmental practices, in accordance with Council Directive 91/676/EEC and Directives 2009/128/EC, 2010/75/EU and (EU) 2024/3019 of the European Parliament and of the Council, as well as any other Union legislation relevant for addressing point source or diffuse pollution including any relevant legislation adopted in accordance with Article 16 of this Directive. (b) paragraph 3 is replaced by the following; 3. Where a quality objective, quality standard or threshold, whether established pursuant to this Directive, to Directives 2006/118/EC or 2008/105/EC, or pursuant to any other Union legislation, requires stricter conditions than those which would result from the application of paragraph 2, more stringent emission controls shall be set accordingly. ; (7) Article 11 is amended as follows: (a) the following paragraph is inserted: 1a. In addressing chemical pollution, Member States shall, where possible, prioritise source-control measures in accordance with the relevant Union sectoral legislation on pollution. Where necessary, measures to reduce the risk from potential pollutants already in products and from pollutants already in the environment shall also be considered for the purpose of achieving the good status of water bodies. ; (b) in paragraph 3, point (k) is replaced by the following: (k) in accordance with action taken pursuant to Article 16, measures to eliminate pollution of surface waters by priority hazardous substances and to progressively reduce pollution by other substances which would otherwise prevent Member States from achieving the environmental objectives for the bodies of surface waters set out in Article 4; ; (c) in paragraph 5, the second indent is replaced by the following: — relevant permits and authorisations are reviewed and revised, as appropriate, ; (8) Article 12 is replaced by the following: Article 12 Issues which cannot be dealt with at Member State level 1. Where a Member State identifies an issue which has an impact on the management of its water but which cannot be resolved by that Member State, it shall notify the issue to the competent authorities of any relevant Member State and, where an international river basin district is concerned, to any relevant coordination structure identified under Article 3(4) and make recommendations for the resolution of it. 2. The Member States concerned shall cooperate to identify the sources of the issues referred to in paragraph 1 and the measures required for addressing those issues. Member States shall respond to each other in a timely manner and no later than three months after the notification referred to paragraph 1. 3. The Commission shall be informed of, and be invited to assist in, any cooperation referred to in paragraph 2 of this Article. Where appropriate, the Commission shall, taking into account the plans reported pursuant to Article 15, consider whether further action needs to be taken at Union level in order to reduce the transboundary impacts on water bodies.; 4. The Commission shall comment within a period of six months on any recommendations received from Member States in the context of the cooperation referred to in paragraphs 2 and 3. 5. Where a Member State faces exceptional circumstances of natural or anthropogenic origin or force majeure, in particular extreme floods and prolonged droughts, or significant pollution incidents, which could affect water bodies situated in other Member States, it shall ensure that the competent authorities for the affected water bodies in those Member States, as well as any relevant coordination structure identified under Article 3(4) for an international river basin, and the Commission, are informed without delay, and that the necessary cooperation, if not already in place, is established between the Member States affected and used to investigate the causes and address the consequences of the exceptional circumstances or incidents and mobilise emergency response as appropriate. ; (9) the following Article is inserted: Article 14a Access to justice 1. In line with the objective of contributing to the implementation of the Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision-Making and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters, signed in Aarhus on 25 June 1998, Member States shall ensure that in accordance with the relevant national legal system, members of the public concerned have access to a review procedure before a court of law or another independent and impartial body established by law, to challenge the substantive or procedural legality of decisions, acts or omissions subject to Articles 4 and 11 and Article 13(1) of this Directive, where at least one of the following conditions is met: (a) they have a sufficient interest; or (b) they maintain the impairment of a right, where administrative procedural law of a Member State requires this as a precondition. 2. Member States shall determine what constitutes a sufficient interest and impairment of a right, consistent with the objective of giving the public concerned wide access to justice. To this end, the interest of any non-governmental organisation promoting environmental protection and meeting any requirements under national law shall be deemed sufficient for the purpose of paragraph 1(a). Such organisations shall also be deemed to have rights capable of being impaired for the purpose of paragraph 1(b). 3. Standing in the review procedure shall not be conditional on the role that the member of the public concerned played during a participatory phase of the decision-making procedures under this Directive. 4. Member States shall determine at what stage the decisions, acts or omissions referred to in paragraph 1 may be challenged. 5. The review procedure shall be fair, equitable, timely and not prohibitively expensive, and shall provide for adequate and effective redress mechanisms, including injunctive relief where appropriate. 6. Member States shall ensure that practical information is made available to the public on access to administrative and judicial review procedures referred to in this Article. (10) in Article 15, paragraph 3 is deleted; (11) Article 16 is replaced by the following: Article 16 Strategies against pollution of water 1. The European Parliament and the Council shall adopt specific measures against pollution of water by individual pollutants or groups of pollutants presenting a significant risk to or via the aquatic environment, including such risks to waters used for the abstraction of drinking water. For those pollutants, measures shall be aimed at the progressive reduction of priority substances, as defined in Article 2(30), and at the cessation or phasing-out of discharges, emissions and losses of priority hazardous substances, as defined in Article 2(30a). Such measures shall be adopted acting on the proposals presented by the Commission in accordance with the procedures laid down in the Treaty. 2. The Commission shall review the list of priority substances and the corresponding EQS for those substances set out in Part A of Annex I to Directive 2008/105/EC by 11 May 2032 and every six years thereafter, and, where appropriate, accompany the review with a legislative proposal to update the list of priority substances and the corresponding EQS in surface water, sediment or biota. In conducting the review, the Commission shall prioritise substances for action on the basis of risk to or via the aquatic environment, identified by: (a) risk assessment carried out under Directive 2001/83/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council,Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council, Directive 2009/128/EC and Regulations (EC) No 1107/2009, (EU) No 528/2012 and (EU) 2019/6 of the European Parliament and of the Council; or (b) a simplified risk-based assessment procedure based on scientific principles, taking particular account of: evidence regarding the intrinsic hazard of the substance concerned, and in particular its aquatic ecotoxicity and human toxicity via aquatic exposure routes, evidence from monitoring of widespread environmental contamination, including monitoring data reported by the Member States to the Commission in accordance with Article 8b(4) of Directive 2008/105/EC, and other proven factors which could indicate the possibility of widespread environmental contamination, such as production or use volume of the substance concerned, and use patterns. 3. In the course of the review referred to in paragraph 2, the Commission shall categorise, where appropriate, the priority substances into one or more of the following categories: (a) priority hazardous substances; (b) substances behaving like ubiquitous persistent bioaccumulative and toxic substances (uPBTs); (c) substances that tend to accumulate in sediment or in biota, or in both. In doing so, the Commission shall take into account the identification of substances of concern under other, relevant, Union legislation concerning hazardous substances, including Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council, in relevant international agreements, and in relevant scientific reports. Particular account shall be taken of substances meeting the criteria in Article 57 of Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 where the criteria of concern are relevant to the aquatic environment. 3a. As part of the review and accompanying proposal referred to in paragraph 2 of this Article the Commission shall, where appropriate, propose the deselection of substances from the list of substances in Part A of Annex I to Directive 2008/105/EC if they no longer pose a significant risk to or via the aquatic environment within the Union and include them in the repository of harmonised EQS for river basin specific pollutants in Part C of Annex II to that Directive. The proposal shall take into account the results of Member States’ assessments of pressures and impacts on surface water bodies carried out in accordance with Annex II to this Directive. Member States shall implement the corresponding harmonised EQS if the pollutants are of national or regional concern, in accordance with Article 8d of Directive 2008/105/EC. 4. The Commission shall review the list of river basin specific pollutants and corresponding EQS in Part C of Annex II to Directive 2008/105/EC by 11 May 2032 and every six years thereafter, and, where appropriate, accompany the review with a legislative proposal to update that list. 4a. When identifying river basin specific pollutants for which it could be necessary to set EQS at Union level, the Commission shall take into account the following criteria: (a) the risk posed by the pollutants, including their hazard, their environmental concentrations and the concentration above which effects might be expected, as well as possible cumulative effects; (b) the disparity between the national EQS set for river basin specific pollutants by different Member States and the degree to which such disparity is justifiable; (c) the number of Member States already implementing EQS for the river basin specific pollutants under consideration. 4b. The Commission shall review the indicative list of categories of river basin specific pollutants set out in Part A of Annex II to Directive 2008/105/EC by 11 May 2032 and every six years thereafter, and where appropriate, accompany the review with a legislative proposal to update that list. 5. For the purpose of assisting the Commission in its review of Annexes I and II to Directive 2008/105/EC, the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) shall prepare scientific reports, which shall take account of the following: (a) the opinions of the Committee for Risk Assessment (RAC) and the Committee for Socio-Economic Analysis (SEAC) of ECHA; (b) the results of the monitoring programmes established in accordance with Article 8 of this Directive; (c) the monitoring data collected in accordance with Article 8b(4) of Directive 2008/105/EC; (d) the outcome of the reviews of the Annexes to Directives 2006/118/EC and (EU) 2020/2184; (e) requirements to address soil pollution, including related monitoring data; (f) Union research programmes and scientific publications, including information resulting from remote sensing technologies, earth observation, such as Copernicus services, in situ sensors and devices, and citizen science data, leveraging the opportunities offered by artificial intelligence, advanced data analysis and processing; (g) comments and information from relevant stakeholders; and (h) recommendations from the working groups established under the Common Implementation Strategy for Directive 2000/60/EC. By 11 May 2030 and every six years thereafter, ECHA shall prepare and make publicly available a report summarising the findings of the scientific reports prepared under this paragraph. 6. The Commission shall submit proposals, where appropriate, for controls to achieve: (a) the progressive reduction of discharges, emissions and losses of priority substances; and (b) in particular the cessation or phasing-out of discharges, emissions and losses of the priority hazardous substances as identified in accordance with paragraph 3, including, where appropriate, a timetable for doing so within 20 years of the designation of the substances as priority hazardous substances. In doing so, the Commission shall identify the appropriate cost-effective and proportionate level and combination of product and process controls for both point and diffuse sources and take account of Union-wide uniform emission limit values for process controls. Where appropriate, action at Union level for process controls may be established on a sector-by-sector basis. Where product or process controls include a review of the relevant authorisations or substance approvals issued under Directive 2001/83/EC, Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006, Directive 2009/128/EC, Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009, Directive 2010/75/EU, Regulation (EU) No 528/2012 or Regulation (EU) 2019/6, such reviews shall be carried out in accordance with the provisions of those Directives and Regulations as indicated in Article 7a of Directive 2008/105/EC. Such reviews shall take into account the Commission’s assessment in accordance with Article 7a(1) of Directive 2008/105/EC. Each proposal for controls shall, where appropriate, specify arrangements for their review and updating and for the assessment of their effectiveness. 9. The Commission may prepare strategies against water pollution by any other pollutants or groups of pollutants, including any such pollution which occurs as a result of accidents. (12) in Article 17, paragraphs 4 and 5 are deleted; (13) in Article 18, paragraph 4 is deleted; (14) the following Article is inserted: Article 19a Report on an extended producer responsibility mechanism By 11 May 2029, the Commission shall publish a report on the possibility to include in this Directive an extended producer responsibility mechanism. The report shall evaluate in particular the feasibility of requiring producers to contribute to the costs of monitoring programmes designed under Article 8 of this Directive if those producers place on the Union market products that contain any of the substances listed in Annex I to Directive 2006/118/EC or in Annex I to Directive 2008/105/EC. ; (15) Articles 20 and 21 are replaced by the following: Article 20 Technical adaptations and implementation of this Directive The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 20a to amend Annexes I and III and Section 1.3.6 of Annex V in order to adapt the information requirements related to competent authorities, the content of the economic analysis and the selected monitoring standards, respectively, to scientific and technical progress. Article 20a Exercise of the delegation 1. The power to adopt delegated acts is conferred on the Commission subject to the conditions laid down in this Article. 2. The power to adopt delegated acts referred to in Article 20 shall be conferred on the Commission for an indeterminate period of time from 10 May 2026. 3. The delegation of power referred to in Article 20 may be revoked at any time by the European Parliament and by the Council. A decision to revoke shall put an end to the delegation of the power specified in that decision. It shall take effect the day following the publication of the decision in the Official Journal of the European Union or at a later date specified therein. It shall not affect the validity of the delegated acts already in force. 4. Before adopting a delegated act, the Commission shall consult experts designated by each Member State in accordance with the principles laid down in the Interinstitutional Agreement of 13 April 2016 on Better Law-Making. 5. As soon as it adopts a delegated act, the Commission shall notify it simultaneously to the European Parliament and to the Council. 6. A delegated act adopted pursuant to Article 20 shall enter into force only if no objection has been expressed either by the European Parliament or by the Council within a period of two months of notification of that act to the European Parliament and the Council or if, before the expiry of that period, the European Parliament and the Council have both informed the Commission that they will not object. That period shall be extended by two months at the initiative of the European Parliament or of the Council. Article 21 Committee procedure 1. The Commission shall be assisted by a committee. That committee shall be a committee within the meaning of Regulation (EU) No 182/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council. 2. Where reference is made to this paragraph, Article 5 of Regulation (EU) No 182/2011 shall apply. Where the committee delivers no opinion, the Commission shall not adopt the draft implementing act and Article 5(4), third subparagraph, of Regulation (EU) No 182/2011 shall apply. (16) in Article 22, paragraph 4 is replaced by the following: 4. The environmental objectives in Article 4, the environmental quality standards set out in Part A of Annex I to Directive 2008/105/EC and the environmental quality standards for river basin specific pollutants established pursuant to Article 16(4) of this Directive shall be regarded as environmental quality standards for the purposes of Directive 2010/75/EU. ; (17) Annex V is amended in accordance with Annex I to this Directive; (18) in Part B of Annex VII, the following point is added: 5. a summary of any measures adopted to take into account the suggestions for improvement made by the Commission, in accordance with Article 18(2)(c), to the previous plan. ; (19) Annex VIII is amended in accordance with Annex II to this Directive; (20) Annexes IX and X are deleted.