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Annex V and Article 4 of the WFD specify how Member States are to monitor groundwater, and present and report the results of the quantitative status assessment and the methodology used to classify groundwater bodies.

Article 4(4-9) of the WFD allows Member States to extend the deadlines for the achievement of good status or to set other, less stringent objectives under certain specified circumstances. Additional information can be found in the CIS Guidance Document No. 20: Guidance Document on Exemptions to the Environmental Objectives . Article 4(4-9) goes on to require Member States to provide information regarding such extensions or other objectives, and reasons, in the River Basin Management Plans.