Author: DG Environment Presented by Ana Cristina Cardoso Development of European standard methods for monitoring the ecological quality elements required by the Water Framework Directive Author: DG Environment Presented by Ana Cristina Cardoso

Objectives Presentation of the document on the development of standards for monitoring of quality elements for the assessment of water status defined in the Water Framework Directive Seek endorsement of the proposed collaboration with CEN/TC 230 by ECOSTAT WG A

Document Status Version no.: 3.0 Date: 29 September 2005 Status of agreement: The document has been discussed with CEN in a meeting on 14 September 2005 The document is intended to establish and agree a process to develop standards to support the water status assessment following the WFD. The objective is to develop standards that would be added to the list on Section 1.3.6 of Annex V of the WFD, following Article 20 of the WFD The document will clarify the role of each participant in the process, namely CEN/TC 230, DG Environment, the WFD Common Implementation Strategy and the WFD Article 21 Regulatory Committee The document will be also presented to the SCG and WFD Committee meetings in 26-27 October 2005

Stepwise procedure to develop Standards methods to support ecological status assessment defined in the WFD

Step 1: Identification and proposal of the standard(s) to be developed The WFD CIS Harmonisation group identify needs for development of standard(s) Depending on the subject of the standards proposed, the WGs (WG A ECOSTAT, WG C on Groundwater, future WG E on Priority Substances or the Expert group on Chemical Monitoring) may put forward proposals The proposals should outline the method, defining its scope, expected content and main information sources Time should be allowed for the WG members to provide written comments on the proposals,which should be presented and approved in a regular WG meeting

Step 2: Present the proposal to the CIS Strategic SCG To get the Support of the SCG If no agreement is reached! DG Env may decide to put the issue forward to the WFD Committee for voting If more strategic and principle issues of disagreement are identified, DG Env may decide to request the opinion of the Water Directors on how to pursue this matter in the context of the WFD implementation

Step 3: Endorsement by the WFD Committee The WFD Committee will be informed about the agreements at the SCG and formally will endorse the standard development as part of the work programme of the Committee

Step 4: DG Env request to CEN Where appropriate/necessary, DG Env will formulate a description of the work which needs to be carried out This can include the financial support of the standardisation work In the framework of the existing agreements between CEN and the Commission, it will be decided in what precise form the request should be made to CEN and the financial modalities

Step 5: CEN develops the standard The timeframe for the development of any new mandated standards should be presented to and agreed by DG Env During the development phase, CEN will keep the relevant CIS WGs, SCG and the WFD Committee informed about the progress. A progress report should be made by CEN at least once a year On the technical aspects of the standard, there must be regular opportunities for the relevant CIS WGs to provide comments At the same time, regular project management meetings should take place between DG Env and CEN

Step 6: Commission Decision adapting Section 1.3.6 of Annex V Before a standard is adopted by CEN, there should be an opportunity for written comment by the WFD Committee Once the standard is adopted by CEN, DG Environment will put it forward to the WFD Regulatory Committee for voting the Commission Decision to update the list in Section 1.3.6 of Annex V of the WFD and include the new standard as part of the regulatory requirement of the WFD

Proposed interactions between CIS and CEN If liaisons are agreed to seek approval from CEN/TC 230 and WG 2 for liaison member status for WG A, DG Env To review current programme and establish a joint priority list for standardisation

Timeframe for collaboration between CIS and CEN March 2006 - report back to WG A on workshop outcomes May 2006 - Discuss workshop outcomes with DG Env May 2006 - Any proposals for inclusion in Annex V of WFD to SCG and Water Directors June 2006 - Report to back CEN groups on progress with collaboration with CIS WG A and DG Env Summer 2006 - Commence negotiation of possible mandates with DG Env & DG Enterprise October 2006 - Proposals for mandates to SCG for consideration November 2006 - Workshop with DG Env partners to consider R&D opportunities under FP 7 in support of priority areas for future standardisation relating to CIS priorities

Harmonisation Group Harmonisation Task Team 2004-05: JRC - AC Cardoso, G Premazzi, A Solimini, S Poikane, F Martinet (FR), ML Serrano (ES), T Rafael (PT), P Hale (CEN), S Birk (STAR project) FROM NOW … Ana Cristina Cardoso; JRC-IES Peter Hale; CEN ECOSTAT leaders/ Intercalibration Steering Group

CEN process and progress Procedure towards prioritisation of the development of WFD relevant standard of methods starts from today! CEN process and progress Presented by Peter Hale

Comité Européen de Normalisation Technical Committee 230 deals with water analysis Is one of over 200 committees dealing with EU standardisation Supported by experts from regulatory agencies, academia and other experts nominated by national member bodies TC 230 meets once per year Most of work is electronic & meetings resolve outstanding issues The common theme is that experts work for free

Structure of CEN/TC 230

The standardisation process

Published CEN ecology standards Reference Title Published Comment EN 25667-1 Water quality –Sampling- Part 1: Guidance on the design of sampling programmes ( ISO 5667-1:1980) 1993 EN 25667-2 Water quality – Sampling – Part 2: Guidance on sampling techniques (ISO 5667-2:1991) EN 5667-3 Water quality – Sampling – Part 3: Guidance on the preservation and handling of water samples 2003 EN 27828 Water quality – Methods of biological sampling - Guidance on handnet sampling of aquatic benthic macro-invertebrates (ISO 7828:1985) 1994 Under revision EN 28265 Water quality – Methods of biological sampling – Guidance on the design and use of quantitative samplers for benthic macro-invertebrates on stony substrata in shallow freshwaters (ISO 8265:1988) EN ISO 5667-3 Water quality – Sampling guidance on the preservation and handling of samples (ISO 5667-3:1994) 1995 EN ISO 9391 Water Quality – Sampling in deep waters for macro-invertebrates – Guidance on the use of colonization, qualitative and quantitative samples (ISO 9391:1993) EN ISO 5667-16 Water quality – Sampling – Part 16: Guidance on biotesting of samples (ISO 5667-16:1998) 1998

Published CEN ecology standards Reference Title Published Comment EN ISO 8689-1 Water quality – Biological classification of rivers – Part 1: Guidance on the interpretation of biological quality data from surveys of benthic macro-invertebrates in running waters (ISO 8689-1:2000) 2000 Under review EN ISO 8689-2 Water quality – Biological classification of rivers – Part 2: Guidance on the presentation of biological quality data from surveys of benthic macro-invertebrates (ISO 8689-1:2000) EN 14184 Water quality – Guidance standard for the surveying of aquatic macrophytes in running waters 2003 EN 13946 Water quality – Guidance standard for the routine sampling and pre-treatment of benthic diatoms from rivers EN 14407 Water quality – Guidance standard for the identification, enumeration and interpretation of benthic diatom samples from running waters EN 14011 Water quality – Sampling of fish with electricity EN 14614 Water quality – Guidance standard for assessing the hydromorphological features of rivers 2004 EN ISO 16665 Water quality – Guidelines for quantitative investigations of marine soft-bottom benthic fauna in the marine environment 2005 in ISO Under publication in CEN

CEN ecology standards under development TG Reference Work item Comment WI00230217 Water Quality – Guidance standard for the surveying of macrophytes in lakes Draft prEN prEN 14962 Water Quality – Guidance on the scope and selection of fish sampling methods. Formal vote procedure ISO/CD 19493 Water Quality – Guidance on marine biological surveys of littoral and sublittoral hard bottom CEN lead prEN 15204 Water Quality – Guidance standard for routine analysis of phytoplankton abundance and composition using inverted microscopy (Utermöhl technique) prEN 14996 Water Quality – Guidance on assuring the quality of biological and ecological assessments in the aquatic environment prEN 15110 Water Quality – Guidance standard for the routine sampling of zooplankton from standing waters

CEN ecology standards under development (continued) TG Reference Work item Comment prEN 15196 Water Quality – Guidance on the sampling and processing of the pupal exuviae of Chironomidae (Order Diptera) for ecological assessment Formal vote procedure Water quality – Guidance on the design of multimetrics Working document Water quality – Guidance on pro-rata multihabitat sampling of benthic invertebrates ISO/DIS 16712 Water quality – Determination of acute toxicity of marine or estuarine sediments to amphipods Unique acceptance procedure ISO/DIS 20079 Water quality – determination of the toxic effects of water constituents and waste water to duckweed (Lemna minor) – Duckweed growth inhibition test prEN ISO 19493 Water quality – Guidance on marine biological surveys of littoral hard bottom Awaiting translation PrEN 14757 Water quality – Guidance on the use of multimesh gill nets

Potential future work Water quality – Assessing river quality based on hydromorphological features  Guidance on field & laboratory procedures for processing samples of benthic macroinvertebrate from surface freshwaters Water quality – Guidance standard on the use of multiple-organism groups in bioassessment Water quality – Guidance standard for the surveying, sampling and laboratory analysis of phytobenthos in shallow running water” Water quality – Guidance on the estimation of algal biovolume Water quality – Guidance standard on the quantification and use of performance characteristics in ecological assessment Water quality – design and analysis of interlaboratory calibration studies for ecological assessment

Potential future work (continued) Water quality – Guidance on the usability and development of biological identification keys and guides TG 6 Guidance on fish based classification systems TG 4 Guidance on Seine netting of fish Guidance on the use of hydroacoustics for fish population studies Guidance on lake habitat assessemnt TG 5 Guidance on marine habitat assessment TG 5/TG 7 Guidance on sampling, storage and preservation of algal samples TG 3/TG 7 Guidance on in vivo fluorimetric estimation of chlorophyll a