For the purpose of a partial alignment of the Cypriot legislative frame with Council Directive 78/659/EEC on the quality of fresh waters needing protection or improvement in order to support fish life, the present Regulations are made pursuant to article 5 (section 2) of the Water Pollution Control Law of 2002. The aim of these Regulations is to protect or improve the quality of those running or standing waters which support or which, if pollution were reduced or eliminated, would become capable