Working Group 2A ECOSTAT Finalisation of the intercalibration register Presented by Wouter van de Bund Joint Research Centre Institute for Environment and Sustainability Inland and Marine Waters Unit

Timetable for finalisation of the register April 28, 2004: Revised web-based metadata entry opened (4-week delay) http://wfd-reporting.jrc.cec.eu.int 25 May 2004: deadline for adding/ revising intercalibration site entries to the register 27-28 May 2004: (draft) Final register presented to SCG and WFD Committee

“List of sites proposed for the final intercalibration register“ Overview of sites submitted by the agreed deadline (25 May): Submission through web interface Supplemented by tables where technical problems prevented MS from using the web interface Tables need to be checked – may contain errors

Numbers of sites submitted for final register

Intercalibration register Most countries have submitted or will submit sites: No response from Malta Lakes: BG, CZ, LU, SK indicated that they have only small (<0.5 km2) lakes

Rivers: numbers of sites by GIG (status 25 May 2004)

Lakes: numbers of sites by GIG (status 25 May 2004)

Coastal: numbers of sites by GIG (status 25 May 2004)

Rivers (status 2 July 2004) Electronically submitted: 493 sites (56%) 22 countries

Lakes (status 2 July 2004) Electronically submitted: 250 sites (64%) 19 countries

Coastal/Transitional (status 2 July 2004) Electronically submitted: 172 sites (84%) 15 countries

Finalisation timetable Member States finalise site submissions (with site specific metadata) as agreed at the WFD Committee meeting by 15 September Site information will be made available for GIG experts for planning of the details of intercalibration process analysis of the composition and comparability of the final network