1. WFD CIS WG ECOSTAT meeting on 8-9 October Objectives What do we need to achieve during this meeting?

2. Intercalibration:
1. Annex of the Commission Decision on intercalibration results – open issues:
Clarification on the Comparability of the IC results
MS sharing the same assessment methods
Comparability of option 3 results;
Finalisation of the Annex (editorial issues)
Agree on the possible criteria for comparability ;
Way forward to finalise the Annex and the results;
2. Guidelines on the intercalibration results
Agree on presenting to the WFD Committee;

3. Progress in the ECOSTAT activities
Ecological status classification
Harmonisation and Standardisation
Eutrophication
Intercalibration – way forward
Agree on the way forward on ECOSTAT activities
EEA state of the environment reporting: sheets on biological elements: ECOSTAT opinion needed;

4. Agenda Start of the Day 1: 9:30 12:30-14:00 Lunch 1. Welcome
P. Gammeltoft (DGENV) 2.
Objectives of the meeting
Approval of Agenda
AS Heiskanen (JRC)
Agenda 3.
Approval minutes ECOSTAT 3-4 July
Draft Minutes 4.
Activity 4 – Ecological Status Classification
Progress and further planning
P. Logan (UK)
Outline plan Activity 4 5
Activity 3 – Harmonisation and Standardisation
Status and way forward
J. Rodriguez Romero (DGENV) 6
Activity 2 – Eutrophication 7
Update from DGENV on Commission Decision;
Letter of DGENV to Water Directors
J. Rodriguez Romero (DGENV)
updated draft Commission Decision Annex (version 4.1)]
letter from DGENV to Water Directors on Comparability of the results of the intercalibration exercise
12:30-14:00 Lunch

5. Any other business??? End of the day 1 – latest at 18:00
Open issues intercalibration results
Comparability MS sharing the same methods
Comparability results ‘Option 3’
W. van de Bund (JRC)
JRC paper on comparability Option 3 9
Technical / Editorial issues on finalisation of the Comm Decision intercalibration Annex
W. van de Bund & Sandra Poikane (JRC)
End of the day 1 – latest at 18:00
Start of the Day 2 at 9:00 10
Guidelines on interpretation and application of the results in the Intercalibration Decision
W. van de Bund, JRC
Updated Guidelines 11
Future intercalibration activities –
plans of the GIGs
IC Steering Group
Planning sheets future intercalibration by GIG and quality element 12
EEA State of Environment reporting – draft reporting sheets on biological quality elements
A. Solheim (ETC); J. Romero Rodriguez (DGENV) 13
Any other business??? 14
Summing up and Conclusions
12:30-14:00 Lunch
End of the day 2 - latest at 16:00