COTJNCTL DIRECTIVE of 9 October 1979 concerning the methods of measurement and frequencies of sampling and analysis of surface water intended for the abstraction of drinking water in the Member States THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Articles 100 and 235 thereof, Having regard to the proposal from the Commission (l), Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament ( 2 ) , Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee (7, Whereas the programme of action of the European Communities on the environment (7 provides for the standardization or harmonization of the measuring methods used, so as to render the results of pollution measurements in the Community comparable; Whereas Council Directive 751440lEEC of 16 June 1975 concerning the quality required of surface water intended for the abstraction of drinking water in the Member States (9, and in particular Article ...