Commission Decision (EU) 2017/1583 of 1 September 2017 specifying, pursuant to Directive 2006/7/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council, EN ISO 17994:2014 as the standard on the equivalence of microbiological methods (notified under document C(2017) 5843)
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THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Directive 2006/7/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 February 2006 concerning the management of bathing water quality and repealing Directive 76/160/EEC, and in particular Article 15(2)(a) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Commission Decision 2009/64/EC specifies the international standard ISO 17994:2004(E) Water quality — Criteria for establishing equivalence between microbiological methods as the standard on the equivalence of microbiological methods for the purposes of Directive 2006/7/EC.
(2) Standard ISO 17994:2004(E) is outdated and has been technically updated (e.g. terminology update, clearer specifications, and addition of a new Annex on technical calculations).
(3) Standard ISO 17994:2004(E) has therefore been replaced by a more recent version, ISO 17994:2014 Water quality — Requirements for the comparison of the relative recovery of microorganisms by two quantitative methods. This international standard has been transposed by the European Committee for Standardisation in a European standard EN ISO 17994:2014. It is therefore appropriate to specify standard EN ISO 17994:2014 as the standard on the equivalence of microbiological methods for the purposes of Directive 2006/7/EC.
(4) Decision 2009/64/EC should therefore be repealed.
(5) The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee established by Article 16(1) of Directive 2006/7/EC,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Article 1
For the purposes of Article 3(9) of Directive 2006/7/EC, standard EN ISO 17994:2014 Water quality — Requirements for the comparison of the relative recovery of microorganisms by two quantitative methods shall be specified as the standard on the equivalence of microbiological methods.
Article 2
Decision 2009/64/EC is repealed.
Article 3
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
Done at Brussels, 1 September 2017. For the Commission Karmenu Vella Member of the Commission