Selection of substances for the 3rd Watch List under the Water Framework Directive
The 1st Watch List (WL) was established by the Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2015/4951 in March 2015. The list was updated in June 2018 by Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2018/840. During that update, the insecticide metaflumizone and the antibiotics amoxicillin and ciprofloxacin were added to the list. The purpose of this report is to propose candidate substances for the 3rd WL. Three pillars of information were used to select the candidate substances. The first pillar is the outcome of the last prioritisation exercise, the second includes the outcome of the review of the 1st WL and recommendations for the 3rd WL, and the third is based on a literature search and/or other sources (for instance information from Member States). The selection of candidate substances took into consideration their hazard properties as well as the availability of reliable safety thresholds (including the contribution to antimicrobial resistance for antibiotics) and the availability of relevant analytical methods for monitoring in the appropriate environmental matrix. The proposed substances take into account comments and information received from Member-State and stakeholder-group experts. The candidate substances, fulfilling the selection criteria and identified by the JRC as most suitable for inclusion in the next WL, include two antibiotics, which are often prescribed together to overcome antimicrobial resistance; ten azole substances, used as either pharmaceuticals or pesticides; an anti-depressant pharmaceutical and its metabolite; and two additional pesticides used as fungicides.
GOMEZ CORTES Livia;
MARINOV Dimitar;
SANSEVERINO Isabella;
NAVARRO CUENCA Anna;
NIEGOWSKA Magdalena;
PORCEL RODRIGUEZ Elena;
LETTIERI Teresa;
2020-07-28
Publications Office of the European Union
JRC121346
978-92-76-19426-2 (online),
978-92-76-19425-5 (print),
1831-9424 (online),
1018-5593 (print),
EUR 30297 EN,
OP KJ-NA-30297-EN-N (online),
OP KJ-NA-30297-EN-C (print),
https://publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu/repository/handle/JRC121346,
10.2760/194067 (online),
10.2760/240926 (print),
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