bf4ca3ff-e1cc-41ba-8c21-71600b136a5aeng dataset Ministry of Environment And Waterrosip@moew.bovernment.bgpointOfContact 2010-04-07 ISO19115 2003/Cor.1:2006 Competent Authority 2009-03-07creation2010-04-08publication2010-03-22revisionbg_rbdsuca_20100408 Water Framework Directive Competent Authority for Bulgaria Ministry Of Environment And Waterrosip@moew.bovernment.bgownerAdministrative unitsGEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.02008-06-01publicationconditions unknownotherRestrictionsno limitations100000enginlandWaters-21.59554733.95132831.69437672.299844 datasetA basic source of information for the Basin Directorates’ borders are the water catchments, developed by the National Institute of Meteorology and Hydrology on a cotract for “Defining and digitizing of water catchment areas of about 550 rivers in Bulgaria” and also on the grounds of the Water Act, Art. 152. For defining the border between Danube Basin Directorate and Black Sea Basin Directorate the administrative border has been used, obtained from ZEM files on the border between the Regions Silistra/ Razgrad and Dobrich/ Shumen. The border of the Basin Directorates has also been modified along the Republic of Bulgaria state border. The data on the Basin Directorates’ borders are in a scale 1:100 000. Water Law has been amended in 2009 , which changed border of Danube RBD , according to border of Danube basin.