DIRECTIVE 2006/7/EC OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCILof 15 February 2006concerning the management of bathing water quality and repealing Directive 76/160/EECTHE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THEEUROPEAN UNION,Having regard to the Treaty establishing the EuropeanCommunity, and in particular Article 175(1) thereof,Having regard to the proposal from the Commission (1),Having regard to the opinion of the European Economic andSocial Committee (2),Having regard to the opinion of the Committee of theRegions (3),Acting in accordance with the procedure laid down inArticle 251 of the Treaty (4), in the light of the joint textapproved by the Conciliation Committee on 8 December2005,Whereas:(1) Building on the Commissions Communication onsustainable development, the European Council hassingled out objectives as general guidance for futuredevelopment in priority areas such as natural resourcesand public health.(2) Water is a scarce natural resource, the quality of whichshould b...