It will remain one the effective EU legislative instruments for preventing or limiting pollution until this date, and then be relayed by the new Groundwater Directive (see paragraph 3).
Beidh sé fós ar cheann d’ionstraimí reachtaíochta éifeachtacha an AE le truailliú a chosc agus teorainn a chur leis go dtí an dáta sin, agus ansin déanfar é a athsheachadadh ag an Treoir nua i leith Screamhuisce (féach alt 3).