WFD CIS WG ECOSTAT meeting on 8-9 October 2007 Objectives What do we need to achieve during this meeting?

Intercalibration: 1. Annex of the Commission Decision on intercalibration results – open issues: Clarification on the Comparability of the IC results MS sharing the same assessment methods Comparability of option 3 results; Finalisation of the Annex (editorial issues) Agree on the possible criteria for comparability ; Way forward to finalise the Annex and the results; 2. Guidelines on the intercalibration results Agree on presenting to the WFD Committee;

Progress in the ECOSTAT activities Ecological status classification Harmonisation and Standardisation Eutrophication Intercalibration – way forward Agree on the way forward on ECOSTAT activities EEA state of the environment reporting: sheets on biological elements: ECOSTAT opinion needed;

Agenda Start of the Day 1: 9:30 12:30-14:00 Lunch 1. Welcome P. Gammeltoft (DGENV) 2. Objectives of the meeting Approval of Agenda AS Heiskanen (JRC) Agenda 3. Approval minutes ECOSTAT 3-4 July Draft Minutes 4. Activity 4 – Ecological Status Classification Progress and further planning P. Logan (UK) Outline plan Activity 4 5 Activity 3 – Harmonisation and Standardisation Status and way forward J. Rodriguez Romero (DGENV) 6 Activity 2 – Eutrophication 7 Update from DGENV on Commission Decision; Letter of DGENV to Water Directors J. Rodriguez Romero (DGENV) updated draft Commission Decision Annex (version 4.1)] letter from DGENV to Water Directors on Comparability of the results of the intercalibration exercise 12:30-14:00 Lunch

Any other business??? End of the day 1 – latest at 18:00 Open issues intercalibration results Comparability MS sharing the same methods Comparability results ‘Option 3’ W. van de Bund (JRC) JRC paper on comparability Option 3 9 Technical / Editorial issues on finalisation of the Comm Decision intercalibration Annex W. van de Bund & Sandra Poikane (JRC) End of the day 1 – latest at 18:00 Start of the Day 2 at 9:00 10 Guidelines on interpretation and application of the results in the Intercalibration Decision W. van de Bund, JRC Updated Guidelines 11 Future intercalibration activities – plans of the GIGs IC Steering Group Planning sheets future intercalibration by GIG and quality element 12 EEA State of Environment reporting – draft reporting sheets on biological quality elements A. Solheim (ETC); J. Romero Rodriguez (DGENV) 13 Any other business??? 14 Summing up and Conclusions 12:30-14:00 Lunch End of the day 2 - latest at 16:00