On the basis of the results of controls carried out by the Member States to check compliance with the maximum levels of nitrates laid down in section 1 of Annex I, the reports with regard to the application and improvement of codes of good agricultural practice to reduce nitrate levels and the evaluation of the data on which the Member States have based their good agricultural practice, the Commission shall proceed, every five years, and before 1 January 2002 for the first time, to a review of the maximum levels with the overall objective of reducing the said levels.
Na podlagi rezultatov nadzora, ki ga izvajajo države članice glede preverjanja skladnosti z zgornjimi mejnimi vrdenostmi nitratov, določenimi v razdelku 1 Priloge I, poročil v zvezi z uporabo in izboljšanjem dobre kmetijske prakse za znižanje vrdenosti nitratov, ter ocene podatkov, na katere države članice opirajo dobro kmetijsko prakso, Komisija vsakih pet let, in prvič pred 1. januarjem 2002, ponovno pregleda zgornje mejne vrednosti s skupnim ciljem zniževanja omenjenih vrdenosti.