FINAL INTERNATIONAL ISO/FDIS DRAFT STANDARD 10870 ISO/TC147/SC5 Water quality Guidelines for the Secretariat: DIN selection of sampling methods and Voting begins on: 2012-04-19 devices for benthic macroinvertebrates in fresh waters Voting terminates on: 2012-06-19 Qualite de I'eau- Lignes directrices pour la sélection des methodes et des dispositifs d'échantillonnage des macro-invertebrés benthiques dans les eaux douces Please see the administrative notes on page ili RECIPIENTS OF THIS DRAFT ARE INVITED TO SUBMIT, WITH THEIR COMMENTS, NOTIFICATION OF ANY RELEVANT PATENT RIGHTS OF WHICH THEYAREAWAREANDTOPROVIDESUPPOR TING DOCUMENTATION EVALUATION AS Reference number BEING ACCEPTABLE FOR INDUSTRIAL, TECHNO- LOGICAL, COMMERCIAL AND USER PURPOSES ISO/FDIS 10870:2012(E) DRAFT INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS MAY ON ISO OCCASION HAVETO BE CONSIDERED INTHE LIGHT OF THEIR POTENTIALTO BECOME STAN- DARDS TO WHICH REFERENCE MAY BE MADE IN @ ISO 2012 IHS unde license from IHS Not for Resale ISO/FDIS 10870:2012(E) Copyright notice This ISO document is a Draft International Standard and is copyright-protected by ISO. Except as permitted under the applicable laws of the user's country, neither this Iso draft nor any extract from it may be reproduced, or otherwise, without prior written permission being secured. Requests for permission to reproduce should be addressed to either IsO at the address below or IsO's member body in the country of the requester. ISO copyright office Case postale 56 · CH-1211 Geneva 20 Tel. + 41 22 749 01 11 Fax + 41 22 749 09 47 E-mail [email protected] Web www.iso.org Reproduction may be subject to royalty payments or a licensing agreement. Violators may be prosecuted. @ ISO 2012 -All rights reserved ted without license from IHS Not for Resale ISO/FDIS 10870:2012(E) ISO/CENPARALLEL PROCESSING This final draft has been developed within the International Organization for Standardization (isO), and processed under the Iso-lead mode of collaboration as defined in the Vienna Agreement. The final draft This final draft is hereby submitted to the ISO member bodies and to the CEN member bodies for a parallel two-month approval vote in ISO and formal vote in CEN. Positive votes shall not be accompanied by comments. Negative votes shall be accompanied by the relevant technical reasons. ii Not for Resale