PART 6Water quality
CHAPTER 4Retention of functions from the EQS Directive
Power to amend the watch list of substances32.
(1)
The appropriate authority may, by regulations, amend the Annex to Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2018/840 establishing a watch list of substances for Union-Wide monitoring in the field of water policy pursuant to Directive 2008/105/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council.
(2)
The provision which may be made under paragraph (1) is provision—
(a)
adding a substance to or removing a substance from column 1 of the table;
(b)
amending any of columns 2 to 5;
(c)
inserting or amending a footnote to the table, or omitting such a footnote.
(3)
A substance may only be added to column 1 if the appropriate authority considers that, taking into account new or emerging robust scientific evidence, the available data suggest that the substance may pose a threat to, or via, the aquatic environment in the British Islands or in the rest of Europe.