Objective The working documents on revision of the Sewage Sludge Directive (86/278/EEC) on Biowaste and the Soil Protection Communication call for standards on sampling and analysis of sludge, treated biowastes and soils. The European Directives are intended to pr event unacceptable release of contaminants, impairment of soil function, or exposure to pathogens, and to protect crops, human and animal health, the quality of water and the wider environment when sludges and treated biowastes are used on land. The EU ani mal by-product regulations are fixing microbiological threshold values, for which microbiological methods of analysis are needed. The European Commission wishes to cite European (CEN) standards in order that there is harmonised application of the directive s and that reports from Member States (MS) can be compared. This project to develop standards for hygienic parameters in sludge, soil and biowaste, presented under the name "HORIZONTAL-HYG", will be carried out under the umbrella of the main project HORIZ ONTAL "Development of horizontal standards for soil, sludge and biowaste". This ensures full integration in the CEN system through BT Task Force 151 specially set up in support of this project as well as direct supervision by DG ENV and MS, which form the Steering Committee of HORIZONTAL. Preparation of HORIZONTAL-HYG was taken in a full agreement with the DG ENV, DG JRC and the MS already contributing to HORIZONTAL. HORIZONTAL-HYG's objective is to produce standardised methods for sampling and hygienic mic robiological parameters, as Salmonella spp, Escherichia coli, Clostridium perfringens, Ascaris ova in sludges, treated biowastes and soils written in CEN format. Validation of the methods is an essential part of the development as it quantifies performance in terms of repeatability and reproducibility. The consortium is well connected in CEN and ISO and thus provides an excellent basis for implementation of the deliverables. Fields of science agricultural sciencesagriculture, forestry, and fisheriesagriculture Keywords Horizontal standardisation biowaste hygienic parameters sampling sludge soil Programme(s) FP6-POLICIES - Policy support: Specific activities covering wider field of research under the Focusing and Integrating Community Research programme 2002-2006. Topic(s) POLICIES-1.5 - Environmental assessment Call for proposal FP6-2003-SSP-3 See other projects for this call Funding Scheme STIP - Specific Targeted Innovation Project Coordinator ENERGIEONDERZOEK CENTRUM NEDERLAND EU contribution No data Address Westerduinweg, 3 PO Box 1 PETTEN Netherlands See on map Total cost No data Participants (15) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all "FODOR JOZSEF" ORSZAGOS KOZEGESZSEGUGYI KOZPONT ORSZAGOS KOZEGESZSEGUGYI INTEZET Hungary EU contribution No data Address IX. Gyali ut 2-6. BUDAPEST See on map Total cost No data ALCONTROL UK LTD United Kingdom EU contribution No data Address Mill Close, Templeborough House ROTHERHAM See on map Total cost No data COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES DIRECTORATE GENERAL JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE Italy EU contribution No data Address Via Enrico Fermi ISPRA/VARESE See on map Total cost No data DEFRA, CENTRAL SCIENCE LABORATORY United Kingdom EU contribution No data Address NOBEL HOUSE, 17 SMITH SQUARE LONDON See on map Total cost No data DEN KONGELIGE VETERINAER- OG LANDBOHOEJSKOLE Denmark EU contribution No data Address Buelowsvej 17 FREDERIKSBERG C See on map Total cost No data GIE ANJOU RECHERCHE France EU contribution No data Address 52 rue d'Anjou PARIS See on map Total cost No data INSTITUT PASTEUR DE LILLE France EU contribution No data Address 1 rue du Professeur Calmette LILLE See on map Total cost No data ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITA' Italy EU contribution No data Address VIALE REGINA ELENA 299 ROME See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data MAGYAR TUDOMÁNYOS AKADÉMIA TALAJTANI ÉS AGROKÉMIAI KUTATÓINTÉZETE Hungary EU contribution No data Address Herman O. ut 15 BUDAPEST See on map Total cost No data TARTU UELIKOOL Estonia EU contribution No data Address Ulikooli 18 TARTU See on map Total cost No data THE UNIVERSITY OF READING United Kingdom EU contribution No data Address WHITEKNIGHTS READING See on map Total cost No data UNIVERSITAT DE BARCELONA Spain EU contribution No data Address Gran Via de les Corts Catalanes, 585 (Vicerectorat de Recerca ) BARCELONA See on map Total cost No data UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN Denmark EU contribution No data Address 40, Thorvaldsensvej FREDERIKSBERG See on map Total cost No data UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON United Kingdom EU contribution No data Address University Road, Highfield SOUTHAMPTON See on map Total cost No data UNIVERSITÄT HOHENHEIM Germany EU contribution No data Address IM SCHLOSS STUTTGART See on map Total cost No data