1Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety, Germany Promulgation of the New Version of the Ordinance on Requirements for the Discharge of Waste Water into Waters (Waste Water Ordinance - AbwV) of 17. June 20041 On the basis of Article 2 of the Sixth Ordinance for Amendment of the Waste Water Ordinance of 17 June 2004 (Federal Law Gazette I p. 1106), the wording of the Waste Water Ordinance in the version valid as of 1 January 2005 is promulgated below. The new version takes the following into account: 1. The version promulgated on 15 October 2002 (Federal Law Gazette I p. 4047, 4050) and 2. Article 1 of the aforementioned Ordinance, which article came into force on 1 January 2005. The provisions have been issued on the basis of Article 7a (1) 3rd and 4th sentences and paragraph (2) of that Article of the Federal Water Act (Wasserhaushaltsgesetz) in the version promulgated on 12 November 1996 (Federal Law Gazette I p. 1695). Bonn, 17.June 2004 Fede...