Article 1
Annex V to Directive 2000/60/EC is amended in accordance with the Annex to this Directive.
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
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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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.
Supplementary provisions
ANNEXSupplementary provisions
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’ .
Implementing measures in the Member States
- United KingdomThe Water Environment (Water Framework Directive) (England and Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2015
- United KingdomThe Water Environment (Water Framework Directive) (Northumbria and Solway Tweed River Basin Districts) (Amendment) Regulations 2016
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