3) Medlemsstaterne kontrollerer deres badeområder bedre: 132 badeområder, hvor prøveudtagningen var utilstrækkelig i den foregående badesæson, opfylder nu mindst direktivets bindende værdier, og udviklingen er gået den modsatte vej i blot 20 badeområder.
(3) Better monitoring of bathing areas by the Member States: 132 bathing areas which had not been sufficiently sampled during the previous bathing season complied with at least the mandatory values laid down by the directive this time, whereas only 20 moved in the opposite direction.