Factsheets of the substances for the 5th Watch List under the Water Framework Directive : Annex III

The present Annex III is an integral part of the JRC Technical Report on the Selection of substances for the 5th Watch List under the Water Framework Directive (Gomez Cortes et al., 2024). The Annex collects the factsheets of substances proposed for the 5th Watch List (see Table 1 of the 5th WL report) under the Water Framework Directive. The substances presented here are listed as individual compounds or grouped according to the chemical structure and application. The factsheets are listed in alphabetical order by group name as shown in the Figure 1. Within each group, the substances are listed alphabetically. Six fields of application have been identified: i) antibiotics, ii) azole fungicides, iii) industrial products including compounds employed in the production of final materials/products as ingredients or process-facilitating agents, iv) pharmaceuticals, v) plant protection products (PPP) and vi) sunscreen agents.