Commission Directive 2014/101/EU of 30 October 2014 amending Directive 2000/60/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a framework for Community action in the field of water policy  Text with EEA relevance

Article 1

Annex V to Directive 2000/60/EC is amended in accordance with the Annex to this Directive.

Article 2

1.   Member States shall bring into force the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with this Directive by 20 May 2016 at the latest. They shall forthwith communicate to the Commission the text of those provisions.
When Member States adopt those provisions, they shall contain a reference to this Directive or be accompanied by such a reference on the occasion of their official publication. Member States shall determine how such reference is to be made.
2.   Member States shall communicate to the Commission the text of the main provisions of national law which they adopt in the field covered by this Directive.

Article 3

This Directive shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union .

Article 4

This Directive is addressed to the Member States.

ANNEX

ANNEX
In Annex V to Directive 2000/60/EC, Section 1.3.6 is replaced by the following:
‘1.3.6.    Standards for monitoring of quality elements
Methods used for the monitoring of type parameters shall conform to the international standards listed below in so far as they cover monitoring, or to such other national or international standards which will ensure the provision of data of an equivalent scientific quality and comparability.
Standards for sampling of biological quality elements
Generic methods for use with the specific methods given in the standards relating to the following biological quality elements:
EN ISO 5667-3:2012
Water quality — Sampling — Part 3: Preservation and handling of samples
Standards for phytoplankton
EN 15204:2006
Water quality — Guidance standard on the enumeration of phytoplankton using inverted microscopy (Utermöhl technique)
EN 15972:2011
Water quality — Guidance on quantitative and qualitative investigations of marine phytoplankton
ISO 10260:1992
Water quality — Measurement of biochemical parameters —Spectrometric determination of the chlorophyll-a concentration
Standards for macrophyte and phytobenthos
EN 15460:2007
Water quality — Guidance standard for the surveying of macrophytes in lakes
EN 14184:2014
Water quality — Guidance for the surveying of aquatic macrophytes in running waters
EN 15708:2009
Water quality — Guidance standard for the surveying, sampling and laboratory analysis of phytobenthos in shallow running water
EN 13946:2014
Water quality — Guidance for the routine sampling and preparation of benthic diatoms from rivers and lakes
EN 14407:2014
Water quality — Guidance for the identification and enumeration of benthic diatom samples from rivers and lakes
Standards for benthic invertebrate
EN ISO 10870:2012
Water quality — Guidelines for the selection of sampling methods and devices for benthic macroinvertebrates in fresh waters
EN 15196:2006
Water quality — Guidance on sampling and processing of the pupal exuviae of Chironomidae (order Diptera) for ecological assessment
EN 16150:2012
Water quality — Guidance on pro rata multi-habitat sampling of benthic macro-invertebrates from wadeable rivers
EN ISO 19493:2007
Water quality — Guidance on marine biological surveys of hard-substrate communities
EN ISO 16665:2013
Water quality — Guidelines for quantitative sampling and sample processing of marine soft-bottom macro-fauna
Standards for fish
EN 14962:2006
Water quality — Guidance on the scope and selection of fish sampling methods
EN 14011:2003
Water quality — Sampling of fish with electricity
EN 15910:2014
Water quality — Guidance on the estimation of fish abundance with mobile hydroacoustic methods
EN 14757:2005
Water quality — Sampling of fish with multi-mesh gillnets
Standards for hydromorphological parameters
EN 14614:2004
Water quality — Guidance standard for assessing the hydromorphological features of rivers
EN 16039:2011
Water quality — Guidance standard on assessing the hydromorphological features of lakes
Standards for physico-chemical parameters
Any relevant CEN/ISO standards’
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Commission Directive 2014/101/EU of 30 October 2014 amending Directive 2000/60/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a framework for Community action in the field of water policy Text with EEA relevance

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