1. Agenda Item 10: Feedback on dangerous substances workshop and Implementation Guidance
WG-E(1)-07/04/INERIS - Implementation guidance

2. Features of this guidance
Concise document: about pages (on the lines of the Guidance on implementation of Art. 7 of DSD)
Focused on dangerous substance aspects
Clear reference to existing guidance and other useful references (with link to specific sections)
Practical / pragmatic guidance on what should be done to meet the requirements of the directive (with the knowledge that we have today) to prevent infringement procedures in the future
Building on the experience of MS

3. Structure of the guidance
What the directive says
Structure of the guidance
Main aspects of implementation:
Identification of pressures
Identification of relevant pollutants
Impact assessment: assessment criteria (EQS)
Pressures: emission inventory and emission factors
Analysis of sources and pathways
Article 5
Pressures/ impact
Article 8
Monitoring
Article 5 reporting
Article 11
POM
Article 13
RBMP

4. Structure of the guidance
We have dealt with the following issues:
Top-down and bottom-up approach (IMPRESS)
Relevant substances at river basin and
water body level (IMPRESS)
Emission inventories and EPER and E-PRTR
Methodology for definition of emission factors
Article 5 WFD and Article 7 DSD reporting
Article 5 reporting sheets (Informal guidance on compliance reporting using WISE)
Structure of the guidance
Article 5
Article 8
Article 11
Article 13

5. Structure of the guidance
What the directive says
Article 5
Pressures/impact
Main aspects of implementation:
Surveillance monitoring
Operational monitoring
Investigative monitoring
Analytical questions
Decide EQS (for compliance checking)
Article 8
Monitoring
Article 11
POM
Article 8 reporting
Article 13
RBMP

6. Structure of the guidance
Article 5
We have dealt with the following issues:
Objectives of the different types of monitoring with reference to CMA guidance
Minimum performance criteria for analytical methods and quality of results (reference to Commission Decision)
Working together on EQS (Proposal for Directive on EQS and on-going activities of the EQS Expert Group)
Article 8
Article 11
Article 13

7. Structure of the guidance
Article 5
Pressures/impact
Article 8
Monitoring
What the directive says
Main aspects of implementation:
General requirements
Cost-effective measures and combinations
Emission control and use of BATs
Justify exemptions
Article 11
POM
Article 13
RBMP

8. Structure of the guidance
Article 5
Pressures/impact
Article 8
Monitoring
Article 11
POM
What the directive says
Article 13
RBMP
Main aspects of implementation:
Compile the programme / plan
Communication to public
Review progress / success

9. Questions and further work
A great deal of work has been done to prepare this first draft and address the most important aspects of implementation
Some parts need to be improved : we need the input of the MS (practical experience)
Examples of aspects that need further development:
the one out / all out concept (Section III.2.5, “Decide EQS”)
definition of the programme of measures (dangerous substance aspects)
review of progress / success after preparation of the RBMP