IMPLEMENTING DIRECTIVE 2000/60/EC CONCERNING MINIMUM PERFORMANCE CRITERIA FOR CHEMICAL MONITORING METHODS AND THE QUALITY OF ANALYTICAL RESULTS via a Commission Decision working on the WORKING PAPER – Draft version 5

In a nutshell … Use of validated methods Laboratories may select any analytical method of their choice for the purpose of monitoring, but must meet minimum performance criteria (LOD, U) Except operational defined parameters : specific standard method obligatory Laboratories to consult CIS Guidance Document Obligatory use of QMS based on ISO/IEC-17025 Requirement to ensure traceability to common standards applying appropriate quality control tools as described in the section 4 of the Annex to this Decision The Member States shall designate competent authorities and bodies responsible for the coordination on their territory of Community-wide quality assurance programmes organized by the Commission or other competent bodies recognised by Member State authorities successfully participation in an appropriate PT organised by the Commission or a competent body approved by Member State authorities Results of participations in PT will be evaluated on the basis of scoring according to ISO-13528, to be linked to the Target Uncertainty values listed in the Annex

Scoring linked to the target uncertainty in Council Decision

This approach avoids ‘redundancies’ in the Commission Decision and avoids ‘rapid aging’ and need for frequent updating Reflected in EAF(5) – 04/01/AMPS puts the responsibility for implementation of ISO/IEC-17025 with the laboratories and Competent Authorities

Operationally defined quantity Your result directly depends on the measurement procedure/protocol Standard methods are essential in this case Typical examples : AOX & EOX leaching tests ecotoxicological methods

Open discussion points PTs : What is successful participation? Who is responsible to assesses this ? ‘designate C.A. and bodies responsible for the coordination QA programmes’ : what do we mean ? Provision of which QA tools (access to PT, RM, training) ? Who assesses QMS ? By the way : in the GW Guidance document accreditation is set

Accreditation … ? Either not required at all Or a way out : a laboratory to be accredited for 1/10 of monitoring analyses it provides 1/2 of monitoring analyses accredited …. Advantage : a real commitment to quality, imbedded in management system