{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2020-2184/annex-III/part-A",
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  "legislation": "eudr/2020/2184",
  "legislation_title": "Directive (EU) 2020/2184 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 2020 on the quality of water intended for human consumption (recast) (Text with EEA relevance)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2020-2184",
  "path": "annex/III/part/A",
  "kind": "part",
  "number": "A",
  "heading": "Microbiological parameters for which methods of analysis are specified",
  "text": "The methods of analysis for microbiological parameters are:\n(a) Escherichia coli (E. coli) and coliform bacteria (EN ISO 9308-1 or EN ISO 9308-2);\n(b) intestinal enterococci (EN ISO 7899-2);\n(c) colony count or heterotrophic plate counts at 22 °C (EN ISO 6222);\n(d) Clostridium perfringens including spores (EN ISO 14189);\n(e) Legionella (EN ISO 11731 for compliance with the value in Part D of Annex I);\nfor risk-based verification monitoring and to complement culture methods, in addition methods, such as ISO/TS 12869, rapid culture methods, non-culture-based methods, and molecular-based methods, in particular qPCR, can be used;\n(f) somatic coliphages;\nfor operational monitoring, Part A of Annex II, EN ISO 10705-2, and EN ISO 10705-3 can be used.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/2020/2184/annex/III/part/A",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T15:21:22.865628+00:00"
  },
  "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."
}