# 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), Article 1

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

(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.
(2) The reference in paragraph 1 to Article 3(9) of Directive 2006/7/EC, is to be read as if any requirements imposed or discretion conferred by that provision on a member State were imposed or conferred on the relevant person.
(3) In this Article, “relevant person” means—
(a) in relation to England, the Environment Agency;
(b) in relation to Wales, the Natural Resources Body for Wales;
(c) in relation to Scotland, the Scottish Environment Protection Agency;
(d) in relation to Northern Ireland, the Department for Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2017/1583/article/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2017-1583/article-1
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