reg 3E Modification of Directive 2000/60/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council
(1) For the purposes of regulation 3C(4)(a), Article 11(3)(j) of Directive 2000/60/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council is to be read as if— (a) the reference to “Member States” were a reference to the appropriate authority or appropriate body; (b) in the words after the sixth indent, “environmental objectives”— (i) in relation to the Northumbria River Basin District, means the objectives referred to in the WFD Regulations as applied by regulation 5 of the Water Environment (Water Framework Directive) (Northumbria River Basin District) Regulations 2003; (ii) in relation to the Solway Tweed River Basin District, has the same meaning as in regulation 2 of the Water Environment (Water Framework Directive) (Solway Tweed River Basin District) Regulations 2004; (iii) in relation to a river basin district within the meaning of the WFD Regulations, has the same meaning as in those Regulations. (2) In paragraph (1)(b), “ the WFD Regulations ” means the Water Environment (Water Framework Directive) (England and Wales) Regulations 2017.