Allowable values of Class element

Code	Label	Definition
1		excellent quality
11	Bathing water reported as temporarily closed (Closed is “YT”) and not monitored or monitored but neither of other Class values are relevant.	closed
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) and number of samples in the assessment period not satisfied	not enough samples
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 (classification not yet possible)
7	Bathing water with necessary dataset not available yet since the occurrence of changes that affect or likely to affect classification of bathing water (water quality is influenced). It could be closed bathing water but closure itself does not always mean changes that affect classification.	changes (classification not yet possible)