Recital 8

(8)The WHO also recommended that three parametric values be made less stringent and five parameters be removed from the list of parameters and parametric values laid down in Directive 98/83/EC. However, not all of those changes are considered necessary, as the risk-based approach introduced by Commission Directive (EU) 2015/1787 ⁹ allows water suppliers to remove a parameter from the list of parameters to be monitored under certain conditions. Treatment techniques to meet those parametric values are already in place.