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. 2019 Dec 10;695:133888. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.133888

Table 2.

Number of countries reporting different nutrient criteria for rivers, lakes, coastal and transitional waters. x– nutrient criteria reported. Some countries report criteria for more than one region (e.g., France - Mediterranean Sea Region and France - North East Atlantic Sea region). BALT = Baltic Sea; MED = Mediterranean; NEA = North-East Atlantic.

Member state Lakes
Rivers
Coastal waters
Transitional waters
P N P N P N P N
Austria x Not used x x No coastal and transitional waters
Belgium-Flanders x x x x x x x x
Belgium-Wallonia No lakes No lakes x x No coastal and transitional waters
Bulgaria x x x x x x x x
Croatia x x x x x x x x
Cyprus x Not used x x x x TRW not defined
Czech Republic x Not used x x No coastal and transitional waters
Denmark x x Not used Not used TRW not defined
Estonia x x x x x x TRW not defined
Finland x x x x x x TRW not defined
France x x x x MED In development x x
NEA Not used x Not used x
Germany x Not used x Not used BALT x x TRW not defined
NEA x x x x
Greece x x x x x x x x
Hungary x x x x No coastal and transitional waters
Ireland x Not used x x Not used x x Not used
Italy x Not used x x x Not used x x
Latvia x x x x x x x x
Lithuania x x x x x x x x
Luxemburg No lakes No lakes x x No coastal and transitional waters
Malta In development
Netherlands x x x x Not used x Not used x
Norway x x x x x x TRW not defined
Poland x x x x x x x x
Portugal x x x x x x x x
Romania x x x x x x x x
Slovakia No lakes No lakes x x No coastal and transitional waters
Slovenia x Not used x x x x TRW not defined
Spain x Not used x x MED x x x x
NEA x x x x
Sweden x Not used x Not used x x x x
United Kingdom x Not used x Not used Not used x Not used x
Total 26 16 28 25 20 23 16 18