Working Group 2A ECOSTAT progress report Presented by Wouter van de Bund Joint Research Centre Institute for Environment and Sustainability Inland and Marine Waters Unit

Issues Status and finalisation of the intercalibration register Intercalibration process GIG organisation Guidance development and process planning Eutrophication (see agenda item 10.2)

Intercalibration register

Previous SCG meeting: recommendations for finalisation of draft register More sites needed from some countries that have not submitted at all or not for all categories for the draft register for some lake types and all Mediterranean and Baltic Sea types. Allow submission of sites with wider quality range (Moderate-High) However, still need to have sites identified to be provisionally at the boundaries

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

“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

Rivers (status 26 May 2004) no sites from: CZ, IE, LU, MT 879 sites 24 countries no sites from: CZ, IE, LU, MT

Rivers: numbers of sites by country (submitted though web interface in green)

Rivers: numbers of sites by GIG

Lakes (status 26 May 2004) 389 sites 21 countries no sites from BG, CZ, EE, GR, LU, MT, SK

Lakes: numbers of sites by country (submitted though web interface in green)

Lakes: numbers of sites by GIG

Coastal/ Transitional (status 26 May 2004) 204 sites 18 countries no sites from BE, FR, LT, MT, PL

Coast/Trans: numbers of sites by country (submitted though web interface in green)

Coastal: numbers of sites by GIG

Intercalibration register – main issues (1) Most countries have submitted sites; still missing: Rivers: CZ, IE, LU, MT Lakes: BG, CZ, EE, GR, LU, MT, SK Coastal/Transitional: BE, FR, LT, MT, PL

Intercalibration register – main issues (2) Electronic submission of all sites Completion of metadata questionnaire before the agreed 15 September deadline

Timetable (1) June - Aug. 2004: Member States submit remaining sites through web interface (JRC-EEWAI) Member States’ revision and finalisation of the draft register on the basis of the comments of SCG and WFD Committee – deadline 15 September

Finalisation continued.. Timetable (2) 30 September: Submission of final register for SCG and WFD Committee (meeting on Oct. 27/28) November-December 2004: translations January 2005: Meeting of WFD Committee, voting of decision on intercalibration register (all languages)

Intercalibration process: organisation and planning of the process

Proposed organisation for the preparation of the intercalibration process ECOSTAT Working Group Intercalibration Steering Group JRC Lake Expert Group rep. River Expert Group rep. Coast Expert Group rep. Lake experts/GIGs River experts/GIGs Coast experts/GIGs C BA N AT N C AT NEA BS AL EC AL EC M M

Proposed process options for intercalibration WFD compliant Shared assessment method used by all countries within GIG WFD compliant Common metric(s) specifically identified for intercalibration Direct comparison of WFD compliant national methods at IC sites

Next WG 2A meeting Next WG2A meeting first week of July, JRC Ispra; GIG coordinators present Preferred Option proposals for GIGs Presentation of first pilot results New draft guidance on Intercalibration process: Organisation of the work (WGL & DG ENV make proposal) Proposals on practical implementation of intercalibration options