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These Regulations implement the Council Directive 85/337/EEC and changes made to it by Council Directive 97/11 EC. They also implement the extension of both Directives to the Contracting Parties of the European Economic Area (EEA) under Article 74 and Annex XX paragraph 1.1 of the Agreement on the European Economic Area. The Regulations bind respectively the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development in the execution of drainage works and schemes under the Drainage (Northern Ireland) Order