The 2014 report provides an assessment of bathing water quality on the basis of a statistical analysis, according to the provisions of article 4 and Annex I of the Directive 2006/7/EC, for the set of bathing water quality data compiled for 2014 in relation to that bathing season and the three preceding bathing seasons (i.e. 2011‐2013).

From the 1540 bathing waters, 1518 were assessed, as 22 points were monitored for the first time in 2014. The new points have not been evaluated for 2014 since the minimum number of samples required by the Directive has not yet been collected. However, from the initial results of 2014 it is evident that the concentrations of microbiological parameters remain below the respective criteria values of excellent quality. For the remaining 1518 bathing waters, the classification results are the following:

• 1495 bathing waters are classified as “excellent quality”. One of them are located in inland waters and the 1494 in coastal waters.
• 23 bathing waters are classified as “good quality”, one of which is located in inland waters and 22 in coastal waters.
• None of bathing waters was classified as “sufficient quality”.
• None of bathing waters was classified as “poor quality”.

2014 Report