1. Strategic Co-ordination Group 07 - 08 May 2009
Progress Report on
Chemical Monitoring Activity
Mario Carere, Madalina David, Bernd Gawlik
National Institute of Health-Italy, DG ENV, JRC-IES

2. CONTENT CMA-1: Exchange of best practices
CMA-2: Quality assurance and control
CMA-3: Standardisation
Next steps

3. CMA-1: Exchange of best practices
Guidance development
Guidance on surface water chemical monitoring (Guidance no.19) was published on the Europa website at the end of February
Guidance on Sediment & Biota Monitoring
DG on Sediment&Biota Monitoring meeting: end of January 2009
structure of the guidance
distribution of the responsibilities
timetable

4. CMA-1: Exchange of best practices
Timetable of Guidance on Sediment&Biota monitoring
End of April 2009: preliminary draft guidance on sediment and biota was submitted to CMA members
5-6 May 2009: discussion at the CMA Plenary Meeting (Ghent, Belgium)  written comments: 5 June 2009
June-September 2009: case studies collection and preparation of the first draft to be discussed by the DG
early October 2009: first draft of the guidance will be submitted to CMA and WG E
End November 2009: final draft to be agreed at CMA Plenary Meeting (Rome, Italy)

5. CMA-2: Quality assurance and control
Commission proposal: QA/QC Directive
Beginning of 2009: COM prepared an amended draft of the directive (Article 7(1) – the part referring to the correlation table was deleted)
End of January 2009: COM launched the written procedure to consult the WFD Committee on the amended version of the QA/QC Directive
10 February 2009: favorable opinion on the amended version
3 March 2009: COM submitted the amended draft of the QA/QC, for scrutiny, to the EP and the Council
3 June 2009: COM will adopt the directive if EP or Council will not oppose till then

6. CMA-2: Quality assurance and control
The final report and more info on the results of EAQC-WISE can be found here:
End of January 2009: final blue print of EAQC-WISE Project ( )
Next step: to develop a guidance on a sustainable quality assurance and quality control system for water, sediment and biota at EU level

7. CMA-2: Quality assurance and control
Prepare a guidance document for the implementation of QA/QC Directive
Setting up a drafting group:
send nominations with indication of topics
deadline: 5 June 2009
First proposal for content: September 2009
First outline of guidance document: November CMA meeting
First draft of the guidance: early 2010

8. CMA-3: Standardisation
Mandate to CEN
(5 chemical parameters/groups, 3 biological parameters, 2 supporting/horizontal packages: co-ordination of work and inter-lab trials for validation of chemical methods)
14 Nov 2008: Kick-off-meeting with all potential consortium partners
18 Dec 2008: Agreement on distribution of work
16 Jan 2009: final proposals
13 Feb 2009: Circulation of the first full draft proposal for comments
07 April 2009: Agreement on the final technical proposals and budget
20 April 2009: Overall agreement for the “Framework Partnership Agreement (FPA 2009) signed by DG ENTR and CEN CMC

9. CMA-3: Standardisation
Mandate to CEN
(5 chemical parameters/groups, 3 biological parameters, 2 supporting/horizontal packages: co-ordination of work and inter-lab trials for validation of chemical methods)
Future plans:
10 May 2009: submission of the proposals to DG ENTR via CEN
June 2009: end of negotiation period with DG ENTR
July 2009: contracts between DIN (CEN TC 230 secretariat) and project partners
August/September 2009: Kick-off-meeting

10. Next meeting
November 2009, Rome (Italy): Plenary CMA meeting