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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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# 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)

THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

Having regard to Directive 2000/60/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2000 establishing a framework                           for Community action in the field of water policy(1), and in particular the first subparagraph of Article 20(1) thereof,                        

Whereas:

(1)The quality and comparability of the methods used for the monitoring of type parameters generated under Member States responsibility                              to perform water ecological monitoring pursuant to Article 8 of Directive 2000/60/EC should be ensured.

(2)Section 1.3.6 of Annex V to Directive 2000/60/EC requires that methods used for the monitoring of type parameters conform                              to the international standards listed therein or such other national or international standards which will ensure the provision                              of data of an equivalent scientific quality and comparability. The international standards listed in Annex V were those available                              at the time of adoption of that Directive.

(3)Since the publication of Directive 2000/60/EC, a number of new standards have been published by the European Committee for                              Standardisation (CEN), some of them jointly with the International Standards Organisation, addressing biological sampling                              of phytoplankton, macrophytes and phytobenthos, benthic invertebrates, fish and hydromorphological characteristics. Those                              standards should be added to Section 1.3.6 of Annex V to Directive 2000/60/EC.

(4)As a result of the continued process of development of new standards and update of existing ones, some of the standards listed                              in Section 1.3.6 of Annex V to Directive 2000/60/EC are no longer published by CEN Member Bodies and should therefore be removed.

(5)Two standards (EN ISO 8689-1:1999 and EN ISO 8689-2:1999 9) listed in Section 1.3.6 of Annex V to Directive 2000/60/EC addressed                              biological classification and not monitoring; they have been taken into account subsequently when developing protocols for                              setting class boundaries under the Common Implementation Strategy related to the Directive and can now be removed.

(6)Directive 2000/60/EC should therefore be amended accordingly.

(7)The measures provided for in this Directive are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee established by Article 21(1)                              of Directive 2000/60/EC,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE:

# Article 1U.K.

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

# Article 2U.K.

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 3U.K.

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

# Article 4U.K.

This Directive is addressed to the Member States.

Done at Brussels, 30 October 2014.

*For the Commission*                            

*The President*                            

José Manuel Barroso                            

## ANNEXU.K.

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:                  

#### *Standards for phytoplankton*

#### *Standards for macrophyte and phytobenthos*

#### *Standards for benthic invertebrate*

#### *Standards for fish*

#### *Standards for hydromorphological parameters*

#### *Standards for physico-chemical parameters*

Any relevant CEN/ISO standards’.                  

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OJ L 327, 22.12.2000, p. 1.