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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2017-1583/introduction",
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  "legislation": "eudn/2017/1583",
  "legislation_title": "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)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2017-1583",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Commission Decision (EU) 2017/1583\nof 1 September 2017\nspecifying, 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\n(notified under document C(2017) 5843)\nTHE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,\nHaving regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,\nHaving 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,\nWhereas:\n(1)\nCommission 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the equivalence of microbiological methods for the purposes of Directive 2006/7/EC.\n(2)\nStandard ISO 17994:2004(E) is outdated and has been technically updated (e.g. terminology update, clearer specifications, and addition of a new Annex on technical calculations).\n(3)\nStandard ISO 17994:2004(E) has therefore been replaced by a more recent version, ISO 17994:2014 ‘Water quality — Requirements for the comparison of the relative recovery of microorganisms by two quantitative methods’.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of microbiological methods for the purposes of Directive 2006/7/EC.\n(4)\nDecision 2009/64/EC should therefore be repealed.\n(5)\nThe measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee established by Article 16(1) of Directive 2006/7/EC,\nHAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "OJ L 64, 4.3.2006, p. 37."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "Commission Decision 2009/64/EC of 21 January 2009 specifying, pursuant to Directive 2006/7/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council, ISO 17994:2004(E) as the standard on the equivalence of microbiological methods (OJ L 23, 27.1.2009, p. 32)."
    }
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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