The present Ordinance implements the Council Directive 76/160/EEC concerning the quality of bathing water. The text consists of 9 articles as follows: Purpose of the Ordinance (1); Definition of terms (2); Quality requirements (3); Monitoring of bathing waters (4); Provisions on warding off dangers; (5); Other measures (6); Duty to report (7); Competent authorities (8); Entry into force (9).