7 Amendments of Sophie AUCONIE related to 2011/2297(INI)
Amendment 21 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas trends in water use are often unsustainable due to inefficient practices resulting in water wastage, and whereas water infrastructure systems are often outdated, whether in the most developed regions or in the less developed regions, and there is a lack of information about actual performance and losses;
Amendment 49 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Stresses that the efficiency and sustainability of water use by the agriculture sector can be improved by the introduction of innovative technologies and practices; recognises that with regard to the challenges of climate change and food security, adequate water resources must be mobilised for agriculture, for example, by developing water storage;
Amendment 91 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Stresses the need for better consistency and better integration of water-related objectives into the legislation at the EU, national and regional levels; calls for a full evaluation of the effects on water resources to be taken into account in the design of the common agricultural policy and cohesion policy frameworks, in order to achieve a thematic concentration of available financing on water issues and to mainstream the issue of water into all policy areas to improve the quality of water in all European regions;
Amendment 112 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Urges the Commission to stimulate intersectoral dialogue and, the Member States and regional authorities to stimulate intersectoral dialogue as well as dialogue between the various economic operators and citizens on issues related to water and to foster full and transparent participation of local communities and stakeholders at all levels in the development of water policy; highlights the importance of effective multi-level governance in the field of water, water stewardship and exchange of best practices;
Amendment 124 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Encourages local authorities to devote a proportion of the levies collected from users for the supply of water and sanitation services to decentralised cooperation measures; also draws attention to the principle of ‘1 % solidarity for water’ adopted by some Member States as a possiblen example to promote and to implement;
Amendment 129 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 quater (new)
Paragraph 20 quater (new)
20c. Calls on the Commission, on behalf of the European Union and the Member States, to accede to the 1997 United Nations Convention on International Watercourses and to promote the entry into force of the amendments to the 1992 Helsinki Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes, in order to extend the scope of this instrument beyond the UNECE countries alone, and to encourage wider ratification of the Protocol on Health and Water to the 1992 Helsinki Convention, with a view to promoting the coordinated and fair management of water in national and international basins;
Amendment 130 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 quinquies (new)
Paragraph 20 quinquies (new)
20d. Welcomes the active participation of the European Union in the 6th World Water Forum on 12–17 March 2012 in Marseille; calls on the European Union to continue its commitment on improving water access throughout the world, particularly with a view to the 7th World Water Forum which will take place in South Korea in 2015;