| Code | Label | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| 0 | bathing water opened for bathing, but not sampled (if it belongs to a bathing water group or due to other reasons, such as lack of management). | status can not be computed (no data available) |
| 1 | excellent quality | |
| 10 | not compliant with the mandatory value of the Directive 76/160/EEC for Escherichia coli | |
| 2 | good quality | |
| 3 | sufficient quality | |
| 4 | poor quality | |
| 5 | frequency criteria (first sample shortly before the start of the season, sampling intervals - one month during the bathing season) not satisfied | insufficiently sampled |
| 6 | new bathing water identified with necessary dataset not compiled yet (when the classification of bathing waters according to the Annex II of the Directive has already started) | new (not yet classification possible) |
| 7 | Bathing water with necessary dataset not available yet since the occurence of changes. Closed bathing water; if closed due to bad quality, it needs to be sampled; if closed due to other reasons (e.g. renovation, not accessible (construction activities nearby) and can not be sampled), the monitoring is not needed. Re-opened bathing water. | changes (not yet classification possible after changes) |
| 8 | compliant with the mandatory value of the Directive 76/160/EEC for Escherichia coli and the more stringent guide values of the Directive for intestinal enterococci and Escherichia coli | |
| 9 | compliant with the mandatory value of the Directive 76/160/EEC for Escherichia coli and not compliant with the guide values of the Directive 76/160/EEC for Escherichia coli or intestinal enterococci. |
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