2. SW/MW guidance Milestones
Surface/marine part: focus on specific monitoring features
related to surface waters and marine/coastal waters (covering
issues of sampling, sample pre-treatment, frequency, location etc.)
based on MS best practices and collection of information
from existing guidelines.
Milestones
Consolidated draft (sent to CMA): end of February 2006
SW/MW meeting (Brussels): 23rd March 2006
Final draft ready by end of April 2006
Submission to SCG: early May 2006
SCG comments/approval: May 2006
Plenary CMA meeting (Rome): 22 May 2006
Water Directors meeting: 1st June 2006

3. GW guidance Milestones
Groundwater part: “monitoring drafting group” of WG C
Milestones
Consolidated draft – WG C Plenary: 14 February 2006
Final comments expected by end of March 2006
Submission to SCG: end April 2006
SCG comments/approval: May 2006
Plenary CMA meeting (Rome): 22 May 2006
Water Directors meeting: 1st June 2006
Groundwater Conference: June 2006

4. QA/QC guidance Milestones
Common part (covering GW, SW and MW) concerning analytical
issues, in particular analytical method's performance criteria,
QA/QC, data comparability etc.
Milestones
Consolidated draft (sent to CMA): end of February 2006
SW/MW meeting (Brussels): 23rd March 2006
Final draft ready by end of April 2006
Submission to WFD-COM: early May 2006
WFD-COM first debate: 16 May 2006
Plenary CMA meeting (Rome): 22 May 2006
WFD-COM final comments: 5 October 2006
Adoption by WFD-COM: 9 November 2006

5. Proposal of field trial
Field trial proposed by JRC-IES
Based on reference site in the Po river basin (Italy)
Preparatory files provided by JRC-IES on 23rd March to CMA
Strategies to be established by MS volunteers by June 2006
Evaluation by JRC-IES
Field trial to compare sampling techniques in September 2006
Discussion of results in November 2006 (EAQC-WISE meeting)

6. Key meetings/milestones
23 March 2006 (Brussels): Meeting of SW/MW Monitoring drafting group
22 May 2006 (Rome): Final GW and SW/MW drafts adopted by the experts
Exchanges among the drafting groups, networking
May 2006: Texts submitted to Water directors
November 2006 (Paris, tbc): Final CMA meeting linked to EAQC-WISE information session, preparation of implementation steps
Adoption of Commission Decision on 9 November