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16 June 2006

Mr. Mogens Peter Carl
Director-General
Directorate-General Environment
European Commission

Ave de Beaulieu, 5

1160 Brussels

Dear Director-General

| have been asked by my authorities to provide for the information of the
Commission Services two copies ofthe Phosphorus Regulations
National Implementation Report 2005, which has been published by
Ireland’s Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

The Phosphorus Regulations National Implementation Report 2005 is
the third such national report. It was prepared under Article 4(4) of the
Local Government (Water Pollution) Act, 1977 (Water Quality Standards
for Phosphorus) Regulations, 1998 (SI No. 258 of 1998). The report was
prepared from information and water quality data submitted by local
authorities in their Implementation Reports and from water quality data
collected by the EPA in the 2001-2003 period.

The report outlines the action being taken by Ireland to halt and reverse
the deterioration of water quality in rivers, lakes, estuaries and coastal
areas due to pollution caused by phosphorus.

Yours sincerely,
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