The use of effect-based tools has been mentioned in the context of the Water Framework Directive (WFD) in the Common Implementation Strategy (CIS) guidance no.19 (on water chemical monitoring), in the CIS guidance no. 25 (on sediment and biota monitoring), and (in relation to sediment assessment) in the CIS guidance no. 27 (on environmental quality standards). In the mandate for 2010-2012 of the sub-group CMEP (Chemical Monitoring and Emerging Pollutants) of the Working Group on Chemical Aspects under the CIS for the WFD, a specific task or activity (3.2 C) was foreseen for the elaboration of a technical report on effect-based tools. The activity was chaired by Sweden and co-chaired by Italy and progressively involved several Member States and stakeholders in an EU-wide drafting group supported by several additional European scientific experts in the field of effectbased tools. Two drafting group meetings were organised at the Oekotoxzentrum of the EAWAG Institute in Dübendorf in Switzerland on 8 November 2011 and 8 May 2012.The aim of the report, as written in the mandate for the CMEP, was to identify potential effect-based tools (e.g. biomarker, bioassays) that could be used in the context of the different monitoring programmes (surveillance, operational and investigative) linking the chemical and ecological status assessment. The report was approved by the CMEP sub-group in Gent (October 2012), by the WG on Chemical Aspects in Bruxelles (April 2013), by the SCG in Bruxelles (October 2013) and endorsed by the Water Director Meeting in Vilnius (December 2013)
TECHNICAL REPORT ON AQUATIC EFFECT-BASED MONITORING TOOLS
2014
Abstract
The use of effect-based tools has been mentioned in the context of the Water Framework Directive (WFD) in the Common Implementation Strategy (CIS) guidance no.19 (on water chemical monitoring), in the CIS guidance no. 25 (on sediment and biota monitoring), and (in relation to sediment assessment) in the CIS guidance no. 27 (on environmental quality standards). In the mandate for 2010-2012 of the sub-group CMEP (Chemical Monitoring and Emerging Pollutants) of the Working Group on Chemical Aspects under the CIS for the WFD, a specific task or activity (3.2 C) was foreseen for the elaboration of a technical report on effect-based tools. The activity was chaired by Sweden and co-chaired by Italy and progressively involved several Member States and stakeholders in an EU-wide drafting group supported by several additional European scientific experts in the field of effectbased tools. Two drafting group meetings were organised at the Oekotoxzentrum of the EAWAG Institute in Dübendorf in Switzerland on 8 November 2011 and 8 May 2012.The aim of the report, as written in the mandate for the CMEP, was to identify potential effect-based tools (e.g. biomarker, bioassays) that could be used in the context of the different monitoring programmes (surveillance, operational and investigative) linking the chemical and ecological status assessment. The report was approved by the CMEP sub-group in Gent (October 2012), by the WG on Chemical Aspects in Bruxelles (April 2013), by the SCG in Bruxelles (October 2013) and endorsed by the Water Director Meeting in Vilnius (December 2013)I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
