1. Joint Research Centre
The European Commission’s in-house science service

2. Institute for Reference Materials and Measurements (IRMM)
4th CHEMICAL MONITORING AND EMERGING POLLUTANTS (CMEP) PLENARY MEETING Task 3.1E (co-chaired JRC/IT) Survey on available PTs, RMs and other QC tools
Marina Ricci
Institute for Reference Materials and Measurements (IRMM)
CMEP Ispra June 2012 2

3. Task 3.1E - Proficiency Testing schemes
The objective of Task 3.1E was/is to inform WG E about the status of presently available QC tools for laboratories dealing with the implementation of the WFD with regard to monitoring requirements (see QA/QC-Directive 2009).
- Proficiency Testing schemes
- Certified Reference Materials
- (Other QC tools)

4. Survey CRMs 1 Survey on available CRMs related to WFD
monitoring needs performed
Focus on the existing WFD 33 Priority substances
+ 8 certain other pollutants
Trends in Analytical Chemistry
vol. 36, 2012, 47-57
M. Ricci, I. Kourtchev, H. Emons

5. Survey CRMs 2 Water, but also sediment and biota (including marine).
Brief discussion about pure substances
and solution CRMs for calibration
Tables with matrix CRMs for the 33 PS
and 8 other pollutants
Table with discontinued matrix CRMs
List of CRMs producers and/or distributors

6. Survey CRMs 3 Cd, Pb, Ni and Hg: sufficient number of
CRMs for all matrices
For most of organic PS, a general serious
lack of matrix CRMs
For water, no CRMs available as
commonly understood

7. PTs for WFD

8. What next?
The survey was also used for identifying the most relevant gaps in the CRMs panorama and choosing for what to go for…among many needs
“Official” report needed?
Waiting for the official list of new Priority Substances to undertake a similar survey
For most of the foreseen new PSs (e.g. plant protection and biocidal products, pharmaceutical substances) there are no CRMs

9. Thank you for your attention
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