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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2014-101/annex",
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  "legislation": "eudr/2014/101",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Directive 2014/101/EU of 30 October 2014 amending Directive 2000/60/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a framework for Community action in the field of water policy (Text with EEA relevance)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2014-101",
  "path": "annex",
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  "number": null,
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  "text": "In Annex V to Directive 2000/60/EC, Section 1.3.6 is replaced by the following:\n‘1.3.6.\nStandards for monitoring of quality elements\nMethods used for the monitoring of type parameters shall conform to the international standards listed below in so far as they cover monitoring, or to such other national or international standards which will ensure the provision of data of an equivalent scientific quality and comparability.\nStandards for sampling of biological quality elements\nGeneric methods for use with the specific methods given in the standards relating to the following biological quality elements:\nEN ISO 5667-3:2012\nWater quality — Sampling — Part 3: Preservation and handling of samples\nStandards for phytoplankton\nEN 15204:2006\nWater quality — Guidance standard on the enumeration of phytoplankton using inverted microscopy (Utermöhl technique)\nEN 15972:2011\nWater quality — Guidance on quantitative and qualitative investigations of marine phytoplankton\nISO 10260:1992\nWater quality — Measurement of biochemical parameters —Spectrometric determination of the chlorophyll-a concentration\nStandards for macrophyte and phytobenthos\nEN 15460:2007\nWater quality — Guidance standard for the surveying of macrophytes in lakes\nEN 14184:2014\nWater quality — Guidance for the surveying of aquatic macrophytes in running waters\nEN 15708:2009\nWater quality — Guidance standard for the surveying, sampling and laboratory analysis of phytobenthos in shallow running water\nEN 13946:2014\nWater quality — Guidance for the routine sampling and preparation of benthic diatoms from rivers and lakes\nEN 14407:2014\nWater quality — Guidance for the identification and enumeration of benthic diatom samples from rivers and lakes\nStandards for benthic invertebrate\nEN ISO 10870:2012\nWater quality — Guidelines for the selection of sampling methods and devices for benthic macroinvertebrates in fresh waters\nEN 15196:2006\nWater quality — Guidance on sampling and processing of the pupal exuviae of Chironomidae (order Diptera) for ecological assessment\nEN 16150:2012\nWater quality — Guidance on pro rata multi-habitat sampling of benthic macro-invertebrates from wadeable rivers\nEN ISO 19493:2007\nWater quality — Guidance on marine biological surveys of hard-substrate communities\nEN ISO 16665:2013\nWater quality — Guidelines for quantitative sampling and sample processing of marine soft-bottom macro-fauna\nStandards for fish\nEN 14962:2006\nWater quality — Guidance on the scope and selection of fish sampling methods\nEN 14011:2003\nWater quality — Sampling of fish with electricity\nEN 15910:2014\nWater quality — Guidance on the estimation of fish abundance with mobile hydroacoustic methods\nEN 14757:2005\nWater quality — Sampling of fish with multi-mesh gillnets\nStandards for hydromorphological parameters\nEN 14614:2004\nWater quality — Guidance standard for assessing the hydromorphological features of rivers\nEN 16039:2011\nWater quality — Guidance standard on assessing the hydromorphological features of lakes\nStandards for physico-chemical parameters\nAny relevant CEN/ISO standards’.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/2014/101/annex",
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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