(b) for pollutants listed in Annex VIII to Directive 2000/60/EC which are not considered hazardous, and any other non-hazardous pollutants not listed in that Annex considered by Member States to present an existing or potential risk of pollution, all measures necessary to limit inputs into groundwater so as to ensure that such inputs do not cause deterioration of good groundwater chemical status, do not cause any significant and sustained upward trends in the concentrations of pollutants in groundwater and do not otherwise cause pollution of groundwater.

draw up, taking particular account of the comparability of the threshold values laid down by the Member States, the impact of those threshold values on the competitiveness of the economic sectors concerned, compliance with the deadlines laid down and an assessment of the progress made towards reducing groundwater pollution, a summary report and, if necessary, submit proposals for a directive amending the list of pollutants, groups of pollutants and indicators of pollution and/or related pollutant concentrations in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 251 of the Treaty.

As provided for in Article 17 of that Directive, measures to prevent and control groundwater pollution should be adopted, including criteria for assessing good groundwater chemical status and criteria for the identification of significant and sustained upward trends and for the definition of starting points for trend reversals.

3) Environment, including investments connected with waste management, water supplies, water quality, protection and exploitation of river basins, environmental risk prevention (including protection against flooding and the pollution of inland waters), waste-water treatment and air quality, integrated pollution prevention and control, prevention of noise pollution, rehabilitation of contaminated sites and land, landscape development in rural areas, promotion of biodiversity and nature protection, aid to SMEs to promote sustainable production patterns, the introduction of simpler cost-effective environmental management systems and the ado ...[+++]ption and use of pollution-prevention technologies, including technologies to prevent climate change.

If the production or use of products traded on the internal market are the source of groundwater pollution, the Commission shall take steps to impose appropriate and proportionate fines on the pollution sources concerned.

The declared purpose of the Arctic Waters Pollution Prevention Act is “to see that the natural resources of the Canadian arctic are developed and exploited and the arctic waters adjacent to the mainland and islands of the Canadian arctic are navigated only in a manner that takes cognizance of Canada’s responsibility for the welfare of the Inuit and other inhabitants of the Canadian arctic and the preservation of the peculiar ecological balance that now exists in the water, ice and land areas of the Canadian arctic” (29) The amended definition of “arctic waters” in Bill C-3 extends the application of the Act to a much vaster expanse of th ...[+++]e Arctic Ocean, thereby enlarging the area to which pollution prevention measures may be applied.