Regulation 35 Power to specify reference methods of analysis for microbiological methodsI1

for the purposes of F1assimilated law which implemented Article 3(9) of the Bathing Water Directive, specify an EN standard M1 or a standard of the International Organization for Standardization for establishing the equivalence of microbiological methods;

for the purposes of assimilated law which implemented Annex 1 to the Bathing Water Directive, specify the reference methods of analysis for intestinal enterococci and Escherichia coli.

amending Commission Decision (EU) 2017/1583 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;

requiring a reference to Article 3(9) of or Annex 1 to the Bathing Water Directive (or a reference which encompasses either or both of those provisions) to be read as a reference to that Article or Annex with modifications;

amending provision which corresponds to that made by Article 3(9) of or Annex 1 to the Bathing Water Directive.