1. Agenda Item 5: Review of the list of priority substances (Decision 2455/2001/EC):
(a) Data collection
WG-E(3)-03/03/IOW - Data collection
B.FRIBOURG-BLANC, IOW

2. Overall situation Almost all countries provided data:
Many thanks to all data providers…

3. Preliminary data treatment
Only datasets for surface water
Elimination of :
data measured before year 2000
non relevant parameters (e.g. P(tot), Nitrates, etc.)
datasets for which neither LOD or LOQ was provided
Insufficient precision of matrix or fraction (all ”other”)
Correction
With MS of missing LoD/LoQ, fraction, inconsistencies…
Internally for missing CAS N°, wrong names, doublets
Harmonisation of the measurement units

4. Summary situation: database content (28 Feb 08)
Surface water
20 Member States
8 801 stations
5 water body types
sampling
analysis
850 substances

5. Stations 5 Water Body Types (N° of stations): River: 6100 Lake: 903
Coastal: 799
Transitional: 848
Marine: 33

6. Number of analysis

7. Apportionment of analysis
LoD
….and/or
LoQ are provided
27% analysis where the substance is not detected
59% analysis where the substance is detected
14% analysis where the substance is quantified

8. EU relevance of substances

9. Substances analysed in 12 countries or more

10. Matrices and fractions (5 000 000 analysis)

11. MetaData

12. Conclusions and perspectives
On going technical discussions with some data providers to solve last problems
Still some datasets to be received: deadline 7th of March
Treatment of data in central database: March
Definition of new manageable list March/April
Prioritisation: April
The central database :
The cornerstone for the definition of a manageable list of substances presented with the prioritisation process
A living system that will be transferred to WISE and the EEA

13. Thanks for your attention…

14. End User Tool : one for each data provider Use for prioritisation
The collection system
End User Tool : one for each data provider
Internal checks and validation
export
XML file
import
Central database
Discarded (cat. 1 incomplete)
Use for prioritisation

15. Tools to support the collection
The Microsoft Access End user tool (+template)
The How to use guide
A Web page
Helpdesk :