1. WG C1 - Compliance and Trends
Progress report to WG C
May 2008 – November 2008
WG C1 - Compliance and Trends
Andreas Scheidleder, Ariane Blum, Rob Ward, Johannes Grath
Paris – 13 November 2008
European Commission - DG Environment
Unit D.2: Water and Marine

2. Activity: Compliance and Trends
WG C-2 DG Leader meeting in Vienna, 19 August 2008
Discussion of comments made so far on the different guidance documents
Discussion of draft merged guidance on
Chemical status assessment
Threshold values
Quantitative status assessment
Trend and trend reversal assessment

3. Activity: Compliance and Trends
Structure of the Guidance
General Principles
Status assessment
Chemical status assessment (including TV establishment)
Quantitative status assessment
Trend and trend reversal assessment
Annexes (including 8 case studies)

4. Activity: Compliance and Trends
What happened since the last meeting in LJU:
Merging of component guidance documents
Inclusion of 8 case studies:
TV establishment – DE, NL, RO
Background concentrations – Eurogypsum
Quantitative status assessment – NL
Trend assessment (WG2.8, 2*NL)
Circulation of V1.0 to WG C (24 Sept 2008), written approval required until 10 Oct 2008
Minor comments received and mainly considered respectively bilaterally discussed

5. Activity: Compliance and Trends
Comments on draft V1.0
Small editorial comments by:
ES, SI, NL
Small amendments (mostly considered for V2.0) by:
IE (GW-quantity),
NL (definitions, clarifications)
Euromines (definitions)
Amendment of case study on TVs from RO
Chapter on Reporting amended in line with relevant Reporting Sheets
 Forward of V2.0 to WG C and SCG (15 Oct 2008)

6. Activity: Compliance and Trends
Comments on draft V2.0 & next steps
Further minor editorial comments by NL
Finalisation of case study on background concentrations from Eurogypsum
: approval of SCG of final draft of “Compliance and Trends” Guidance in view of its endorsement by the Water Directors
Thank you to all contributors of the guidance documents and to WG C for the good cooperation