1. CMA Plenary Meeting 21/10/2008 PARIS
Chemical Monitoring Activity
overview
Mario Carere, Philippe Quevauviller, Bernd Gawlik
National Institute of Health-Italy ,DG Environment EU, Joint Research Center EU

2. Timetable of EQS Directive
2nd reading in the Plenary Meeting of the European Parliament
17 June 2008
Commission Opinion on the 2nd Reading
17 July 2008
Adoption by the Environment Council
20 October 2008
Publication
End of 2008
Transposition (Art. 12)
18 months

3. EQS Directive Article 1: Subject matter Article 2: Definitions
Article 3: EQSs
Article 4: Mixing zones
Article 5: Inventory of emissions, discharges and losses
Article 6: Transboundary pollution
Article 7: Reporting and review
Article 8: no title
Article 9: Amendment of WFD
Article 10: Amendment of Annex IX of WFD
Article 12: Transposition
Article 13: Entry into force
Article 14: Addresses
Annex I: EQSs for PS and other pollutants
Annex II: List of PS and PHS
Annex III: Substances subject to review for possible identification as PS or PHS

4. Environmental quality standards (Art. 3)
Annex I (part A and B)
Member States may opt to apply EQS for sediment and/or biota providing the same level of protection as the EQS for water  notify the COM and other Member States (Art. 21 Committee)
shall include a summary of notifications in Art. 18 of the WFD
Members States shall provide for the substances listed in Annex I:
long term analysis of concentrations that tend to accumulate in sediments and/or biota
take measures ensuring that concentrations of do not significantly increase in sediment and/or relevant biota
COM shall examine technical and scientific progress + RA (Art. 16(2)(a) and (b) of the WFD and, if necessary propose that the EQS laid down in Annex I, part A be revised

5. New Annex European Commission review
AMPA
Bentazon
Bisphenol-A
Dicofol
EDTA
Free Cyanide
Glyphosate
Mecoprop (MCPP)
Musk xylene
Perfluorooctane sulphonic acid (PFOS)
Quinoxyfen (5,7-dichloro-4-(p-fluorophenoxy)quinoline)
Dioxins
PCB

6. Summary situation: database content (28 Feb 08)
Surface water
24 Member States + CH and NO
stations
5 water body types
sampling
analysis
937 substances
Source : RBD GIS layer 2005 : Nilsson et al: International River Basin Districts under the EU Water Framework Directive, Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), IOW treatment)

7. CMA issue Measurements in water
4,860,372 analyses
dissolved phase of
Whole water with
water sample
determination on each
1,7%
separate phase (sum
of all phases)
18,2%
Whole water with no
separation of liquid and
SPM phases
80,1%

8. CMA issue Measurements in sediment
165,936 analyses
Fraction
<2 mm
(whole)
25,3%
<63 µm
4,0%
<20 µm
70,7%

9. CMA issue Measurements in biota
analyses
Mussel Whole
45,2%
Fish Whole
3,3%
Macro
Invertebrate
Whole
0,1%
Fish Muscle
6,2%
Fish Roe
0,0%
Molluscs
7,4%
Fish Liver
18,4%
Benthos
19,4%
“Molluscs”
“Fish”

10. (legal consultation inside EU offices-
Draft
COMMISSION DIRECTIVE
(legal consultation inside EU offices-
publication foreseen within 2009)
laying down, pursuant to Directive 2000/60/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council, technical specifications for chemical analysis and monitoring of water status

11. CMA (2007-2009) Tasks / Deliverables
STRATEGIC CO-ORDINATION GROUP
WG E
PLENARY CMA
(GW, SW/MW)
WG C or WG E
(joint meetings)
CMA-1
Exchange of
best practices
CMA-2
QA_QC
CMA-3
Standardisation
(CEN TC/230)
Sharing best practices
Identification of gaps and needs
Analytical methods, sampling
Practical exercises
Sediment and biota
Follow-up of COM decision
Discussion of common strategy (EAQC-WISE)
Identification of standards
Follow-up of CEN work
Links with RTD

12. CMA-1 (Exchange of best practices)
Final version of the surface water monitoring chemical guidance to be approved at the plenary meeting in Paris.
Sediment/Biota draft outline to be discussed at the plenary meeting in Paris.
Field Trial performed in Budapest

13. CMA-2 (Quality assurance and control)
At the workshop held in Brussels in June, the first draft of the EAQC-WISE blueprint (i.e. the strategy for QA/QC for the WFD monitoring) has been discussed with different interested parties and stakeholders (workshop report is available from the project website).
The feedback received will be included into the final document that will be presented at the CMA meeting in Paris 21 October. The final document will be available to the public after the end of the project (30/11/2008).
QA/ QC Directive (legal consultation inside the EU Commission)

14. CMA-3 (Standardisation)
The mandate to CEN for the development or improvement of standards in support of the WFD was edited on 7th April 2008 under the number M/424
The chemical parameters are:
organochlorine pesticides,
chloroalkanes,
tributyltin compounds,
pentabromodiphenylethers,
PAH.

15. Activity CMA-3 (Standardisation)
The first round of tenders for the consortium for the execution of the mandate is finished.
The draft consortium has been identified with the help of the evaluation group
A consortium meeting will be the 14th November at DIN in Berlin to discuss in details the tasks, duties and the further steps with all potential partners.
The proposal will be submit to DG Entr within december
Activity CMA-3 (Standardisation)

16. CMA ( )
Next meetings
Drafting group sediment/biota meeting Ispra (january 2009)
Plenary CMA meeting Gent (may 2009)
Plenary CMA meeting Roma (autumn 2009)

17. THANK YOU
PHILIPPE !!!!
We will meet you with
your new hat…..