2022/0344(COD) Protection of groundwater against pollution and environmental quality standards in the field of water policy
Lead committee dossier:
Progress: Awaiting Council's 1st reading position
| Role | Committee | Rapporteur | Shadows |
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| Lead | ENVI |
BRGLEZ Milan ( S&D)
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MELBĀRDE Dace ( EPP),
THUN UND HOHENSTEIN Róża ( Renew),
NIINISTÖ Ville ( Verts/ALE),
CONTE Rosanna ( ID),
KARSKI Karol ( ECR),
MESURE Marina ( GUE/NGL)
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| Committee Opinion | BUDG | ||
| Committee Opinion | ITRE |
GÁLVEZ MUÑOZ Lina ( S&D)
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Ville NIINISTÖ ( Verts/ALE),
Martin HOJSÍK ( RE),
Pietro FIOCCHI ( ECR),
Pernille WEISS ( PPE)
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| Committee Opinion | AGRI |
HÄUSLING Martin ( Verts/ALE)
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Zbigniew KUŹMIUK ( ECR),
Ulrike MÜLLER ( RE),
Sandra PEREIRA ( GUE/NGL),
Cristina MAESTRE MARTÍN DE ALMAGRO ( S&D),
Ivan DAVID ( ID),
Dan-Ştefan MOTREANU ( PPE)
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| Committee Opinion | PECH |
Lead committee dossier:
Legal Basis:
TFEU 192-p1
Legal Basis:
TFEU 192-p1Events
2024/04/24
EP - Text adopted by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading
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2024/04/24
EP - Decision by Parliament, 1st reading
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2023/09/15
PT_PARLIAMENT - Contribution
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2023/09/12
EP - Results of vote in Parliament
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2023/09/12
EP - Decision by Parliament, 1st reading
Details
The European Parliament adopted by 495 votes to 12, with 124 abstentions, amendments to the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive 2000/60/EC establishing a framework for Community action in the field of water policy, Directive 2006/118/EC on the protection of groundwater against pollution and deterioration and Directive 2008/105/EC on environmental quality standards in the field of water policy.
The matter was referred back to the committee responsible for inter-institutional negotiations.
Common good and a heritage
Parliament underlined that water is a public good for the benefit of all which, as an essential natural resource that is irreplaceable and indispensable to life, needs to be carefully considered in the light of its social, economic and environmental dimensions. Climate change, including the increased frequency of natural disasters and extreme weather events, and the degradation of biodiversity, both negatively affect water quality and quantity, leading to pressure on sectors dependent on the availability of water, particularly agriculture.
Progressive reduction of priority hazardous substances
According to Members, Member States should implement the necessary measures to progressively reduce pollution discharges, emissions and losses from priority substances , and to cease or phase out emissions, discharges and losses of priority hazardous substances within an appropriate timeline and, in any case, not later than 20 years after a given priority substance is listed as hazardous in Part A of Annex I to Directive 2008/105/EC.
Emerging and new substances
The number of substances or groups of substances to be monitored and analysed under the watch lists for surface water and groundwater should not be limited .
Members proposed that the watch list - which lists substances or groups of substances for which there are indications that they present a significant risk to human health and the environment - should contain a minimum of five substances or groups of substances of emerging concern selected from amongst those substances for which the information available, also in accordance with sub-paragraph four below, indicates that they may pose a significant risk at Union level to, or via, the aquatic environment, and for which the monitoring data are insufficient. This list should be updated regularly to take account of new scientific evidence.
In addition to the minimum number of substances or groups of substances, the watch list could also contain pollution indicators .
Members propose that a number of substances be added to the list as soon as appropriate monitoring methods have been identified. These include micro-plastics, antimicrobial resistant micro-organisms and certain antimicrobial resistance genes, as well as possibly sulphates, xanthates and non-relevant metabolites of pesticides.
Groundwater pollution
Members considered that a precautionary approach should be applied when setting groundwater threshold values to protect human health, groundwater ecosystems and groundwater-dependent ecosystems. The threshold values applicable to groundwater should normally be 10 times lower than the corresponding threshold values for surface waters . However, where the actual risk posed to the groundwater eco-systems can be established, it could be appropriate to set threshold values for groundwater at a different level.
Each Member State should select at least two monitoring stations, plus the number of stations equal to its total area in km2 of groundwater bodies divided by 30 000.
Members also wanted a subset of specific PFAS (perfluoroalkylated and polyfluoroalkylated substances) and ‘PFAS Total’ (a parameter that includes all PFAS with a maximum concentration) to be added to the list of groundwater pollutants. They also want stricter standards for glyphosate, bisphenol (bisphenols total), atrazine, pharmaceuticals and non-relevant metabolites of pesticides.
Based on the precautionary principle, a common and unified AA-EQS for inland surface waters and, separately, for other surface waters, should be adopted in relation to glyphosate .
Extended producer responsibility
Members considered that, in accordance with the polluter pays principle, producers placing on the Union market products that contain substances which have a proven or potential negative impact on human health and the aquatic environment take financial responsibility for the measures required to control substances generated in the context of their commercial activities and found in surface water and groundwater. The Commission is called on to examine the creation of an extended producer responsibility mechanism.
European monitoring facility
Monitoring of an increased number of substances or group of substances involves increased costs but also the need for strengthened administrative capacity in the Member States, especially those with scarcer resources. In light of the above, the Commission should set up a joint European monitoring facility for managing the monitoring requirements when so requested by the Member States, thus easing their financial and administrative burdens. The use of such facility should be voluntary.
Access to justice
Member States should ensure that members of the public, in accordance with national law, that have a sufficient interest or that allege the impairment of a right, have access to a review procedure before a court of law, or another independent and impartial body established by law, to challenge the substantive or procedural legality of all decisions, acts or omissions under this Directive.
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2023/09/12
EP - Matter referred back to the committee responsible
2023/09/11
EP - Debate in Parliament
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2023/07/12
EP - Committee report tabled for plenary, 1st reading
Details
The Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety adopted the report by Milan BRGLEZ (S&D, SI) on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive 2000/60/EC establishing a framework for Community action in the field of water policy, Directive 2006/118/EC on the protection of groundwater against pollution and deterioration and Directive 2008/105/EC on environmental quality standards in the field of water policy.
This new legislative proposal presented by the European Commission brings forward a revision of the Water Framework Directive together with its two ‘daughter’ Directives, the Groundwater Directive and the Environmental Quality Standard Directive with the purpose to improve the EU water legislation towards achieving its overarching objective of protecting human health and natural ecosystems from toxic pollutants.
The committee responsible recommended that the European Parliament's position adopted at first reading under the ordinary legislative procedure should amend the proposal as follows:
Progressive reduction of priority hazardous substances
According to Members, the Commission should adopt the necessary legislation and Member States shall implement the necessary measures to progressively reduce pollution discharges, emissions and losses from priority substances , and to cease or phase out emissions, discharges and losses of priority hazardous substances within an appropriate timeline and, in any case, not later than 20 years after a given priority substance is listed as hazardous in Part A of Annex I to Directive 2008/105/EC.
That timeline should apply without prejudice to the application of stricter timelines in any other applicable Union legislation.
Emerging and new substances
Members proposed that the watch list - which lists substances or groups of substances for which there are indications that they present a significant risk to human health and the environment - should not be limited to a maximum number as proposed by the Commission. The watch list should contain at least five substances or groups of substances and specify, for each substance, the applicable monitoring matrices and any analysis methods. This list should be updated regularly to take account of new scientific evidence.
The substances or groups of substances to be placed on the watch list should be selected from among those substances which, on the basis of available information, could pose a significant risk at Union level to or via the aquatic environment, and for which monitoring data are insufficient. In addition to the minimum number of substances or groups of substances, the watch list could also contain pollution indicators.
Members propose that a number of substances be added to the list as soon as appropriate monitoring methods have been identified. These include micro-plastics, antimicrobial resistant micro-organisms and certain antimicrobial resistance genes, as well as possibly sulphates, xanthates and non-relevant metabolites of pesticides.
Groundwater pollution
Members considered that a precautionary approach should be applied when setting groundwater threshold values to protect human health, groundwater ecosystems and groundwater-dependent ecosystems. The threshold values applicable to groundwater should normally be 10 times lower than the corresponding threshold values for surface waters . However, where the actual risk posed to the groundwater eco-systems can be established, it could be appropriate to set threshold values for groundwater at a different level.
Each Member State should select at least two monitoring stations, plus the number of stations equal to its total area in km2 of groundwater bodies divided by 30 000.
The Commission should, not later than four years after the date of entry into force of this Directive, publish an assessment of the impacts of physico-chemical elements, like pH, oxygenation, and temperature, on health of groundwater ecosystems, accompanied, where appropriate, by a legislative proposal to revise this Directive accordingly, in order to set the corresponding parameters, provide for harmonised monitoring methods, and define what would constitute a good ecological status for groundwater.
The Commission should publish an assessment of the chemical status of areas characterised by high ecological value, vulnerability or pollution, such as caves and karst areas, former industrial sites and other areas with known historical contamination, accompanied, where appropriate, by a legislative proposal to revise this Directive.
Members also wanted a subset of specific PFAS (perfluoroalkylated and polyfluoroalkylated substances) and ‘ PFAS Total ’ (a parameter that includes all PFAS with a maximum concentration) to be added to the list of groundwater pollutants. They also want stricter standards for glyphosate, bisphenol (bisphenols total), atrazine, pharmaceuticals and non-relevant metabolites of pesticides.
In particular, the report proposed the adoption of the following EQS for glyphosate , based on the precautionary principle: a common, unified environmental quality standard expressed as an annual mean value (AA-EQS) of 0.1 μg/L for inland surface waters; a common, unified environmental quality standard expressed as an annual mean value (AA-EQS) of 0.01 μg/L for other surface waters.
Extended producer responsibility
According to Members, introducing the provision on extended producer responsibility would ensure the respective legislation lives up to the polluter pays principle particularly when it comes to financing of monitoring programmes. The Commission is called on to examine the creation of an extended producer responsibility mechanism .
Access to justice
The report proposes to enhance the provision on access to justice in environmental matters by concretely defining this right within the relevant legislation and thereby ensuring national courts across the Union abide by this provision making possible for the applicants to be able to rely on national laws when challenging decisions by public authorities that are in breach of the water framework directive.
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2023/06/27
EP - Vote in committee, 1st reading
2023/06/26
IT_SENATE - Contribution
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2023/06/13
EP - Committee opinion
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2023/05/24
EP - Committee opinion
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2023/05/22
DE_BUNDESRAT - Contribution
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2023/04/25
EP - GÁLVEZ MUÑOZ Lina (S&D) appointed as rapporteur in ITRE
2023/04/04
EP - Amendments tabled in committee
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2023/04/04
EP - Amendments tabled in committee
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2023/03/21
ES_PARLIAMENT - Contribution
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2023/03/13
CZ_SENATE - Contribution
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2023/02/22
ESC - Economic and Social Committee: opinion, report
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2023/02/20
EP - Committee draft report
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2023/01/19
EP - Committee referral announced in Parliament, 1st reading
2023/01/11
EP - BRGLEZ Milan (S&D) appointed as rapporteur in ENVI
2022/12/08
EP - HÄUSLING Martin (Verts/ALE) appointed as rapporteur in AGRI
2022/10/27
EC - Document attached to the procedure
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2022/10/27
EC - Document attached to the procedure
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2022/10/27
EC - Document attached to the procedure
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2022/10/26
EC - Legislative proposal published
Details
PURPOSE: to update lists of water pollutants to be more strictly controlled in surface waters and groundwater.
PROPOSED ACT: Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council.
ROLE OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT: the European Parliament decides in accordance with the ordinary legislative procedure and on an equal footing with the Council.
BACKGROUND: EU water legislation shares an overarching objective of protecting human health and the environment from the combined effects of toxic and/or persistent pollutants.
This proposal covers amendments to three Directives:
- Directive 2000/60/EC establishing a framework for Community action in the field of water policy,
- Directive 2006/118/EC on the protection of groundwater against pollution and deterioration,
- Directive 2008/105/EC on environmental quality standards (EQS) in the field of water policy.
The Commission conducted a review of the list of priority substances in the Annexes of the Directives and concluded, in the light of new scientific knowledge, that it is appropriate to amend those lists.
PURPOSE: with this proposal, the Commission aims to protect European citizens and natural ecosystems from risks posed by pollutants and their mixtures. The ultimate aim of the initiative is to set new standards for a series of chemical substances of concern to address chemical pollution in water, to facilitate enforcement based on a simplified and more coherent legal framework , to ensure dynamic and up-to-date information on water status , facilitated by the European Environment Agency (EEA), and create a more flexible framework for addressing pollutants of emerging concern. This would be based on wide stakeholder involvement as well as sound scientific support from the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) to ensure maximum synergies and coherence across EU laws on chemicals.
More specifically, the proposal will:
- reduce concentrations of acutely toxic and/or persistent chemicals in surface and groundwater. Benefits will include reduced impacts on the environment, human health, pollinators and agriculture;
- improve the quality of oceans, lakes, rivers, streams, estuaries, and wetlands and of the services they deliver such as clean water, rich soils and a high biodiversity;
- limit or avoid future costs of water treatment by reducing pollution at the source;
make chemical monitoring data more easily available, accessible and re-usable which will be useful for a better safety assessment of chemicals altogether;
- require that Member State authorities warn immediately downstream Member States in the same river basin, as well as the Commission, in case of exceptional circumstances of natural origin or force majeure, in particular extreme floods, prolonged droughts, or significant pollution incidents. This will provide faster and better response to events such as the Oder river pollution from summer 2022;
- work on tools to monitor and develop a policy response to problematic substances, such as microplastics and antimicrobial genes;
- support the ‘one substance, one assessment approach' where the same chemical is evaluated in the same way regarding the risk it poses by different EU laws and policies to limit regulatory burden;
- ensure more dynamic and up-to-date information on water status facilitated by the European Environment Agency.
The new rules recognise the cumulative or combined effects of mixtures shifting away from the current focus on individual substances solely. Furthermore, the proposal takes account of seasonal variations in the amount of pollution, such as in the case of pesticides used by farmers during planting seasons.
The current proposal is also consistent with the recently revised Drinking Water Directive, which enters into force in 2023. By aiming to reduce pollution of surface and groundwaters, it will protect vital drinking water sources and reduce the cost of treatment. The Drinking Water Directive and this proposal address a wide range of pollutants, in particular pesticides, pharmaceuticals and the group of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS).
Budgetary implications
The proposal will have budgetary implications for the Commission (EUR 500 000), the European Environment Agency (EEA) (EUR 7 million) and the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) (EUR 8.9 million) in terms of human and administrative resources required.
Documents
Documents
- Text adopted by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading: T9-0358/2024
- Decision by Parliament, 1st reading: T9-0358/2024
- Contribution: COM(2022)0540
- Results of vote in Parliament: Results of vote in Parliament
- Decision by Parliament, 1st reading: T9-0302/2023
- Debate in Parliament: Debate in Parliament
- Committee report tabled for plenary, 1st reading: A9-0238/2023
- Contribution: COM(2022)0540
- Committee opinion: PE746.960
- Committee opinion: PE745.250
- Contribution: COM(2022)0540
- Amendments tabled in committee: PE745.503
- Amendments tabled in committee: PE745.501
- Contribution: COM(2022)0540
- Contribution: COM(2022)0540
- Economic and Social Committee: opinion, report: CES5403/2022
- Committee draft report: PE740.884
- Document attached to the procedure: EUR-Lex
- Document attached to the procedure: SEC(2022)0540
- Document attached to the procedure: EUR-Lex
- Document attached to the procedure: SWD(2022)0540
- Document attached to the procedure: EUR-Lex
- Document attached to the procedure: SWD(2022)0543
- Legislative proposal published: COM(2022)0540
- Legislative proposal published: EUR-Lex
- Document attached to the procedure: EUR-Lex SEC(2022)0540
- Document attached to the procedure: EUR-Lex SWD(2022)0540
- Document attached to the procedure: EUR-Lex SWD(2022)0543
- Committee draft report: PE740.884
- Economic and Social Committee: opinion, report: CES5403/2022
- Amendments tabled in committee: PE745.503
- Amendments tabled in committee: PE745.501
- Committee opinion: PE745.250
- Committee opinion: PE746.960
- Text adopted by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading: T9-0358/2024
- Contribution: COM(2022)0540
- Contribution: COM(2022)0540
- Contribution: COM(2022)0540
- Contribution: COM(2022)0540
- Contribution: COM(2022)0540
Activities
- Milan BRGLEZ
Plenary Speeches (4)
- Evelyn REGNER
Plenary Speeches (2)
- Martin HÄUSLING
Plenary Speeches (1)
- Karol KARSKI
Plenary Speeches (1)
- Seán KELLY
Plenary Speeches (1)
- Ana MIRANDA
Plenary Speeches (1)
- Ulrike MÜLLER
Plenary Speeches (1)
- Ljudmila NOVAK
Plenary Speeches (1)
- Pirkko RUOHONEN-LERNER
Plenary Speeches (1)
- Michaela ŠOJDROVÁ
Plenary Speeches (1)
- Róża THUN UND HOHENSTEIN
Plenary Speeches (1)
- Clare DALY
Plenary Speeches (1)
- Catherine CHABAUD
Plenary Speeches (1)
- Mick WALLACE
Plenary Speeches (1)
- Heléne FRITZON
Plenary Speeches (1)
- Rosanna CONTE
Plenary Speeches (1)
- Aurélia BEIGNEUX
Plenary Speeches (1)
- Günther SIDL
Plenary Speeches (1)
- Lina GÁLVEZ MUÑOZ
Plenary Speeches (1)
- Pernille WEISS
Plenary Speeches (1)
- Marina MESURE
Plenary Speeches (1)
Votes
Polluants des eaux de surface et des eaux souterraines - A9-0238/2023 - Milan Brglez - Proposition de la Commission #
2023/09/12 Outcome: +: 495, 0: 124, -: 12
The Left
NIA9-0238/2023 – Milan Brglez – Commission proposal (amended on 12 September 2023) #
2024/04/24 Outcome: +: 452, 0: 83, -: 43
| Amendments | Dossier |
| 480 |
2022/0344(COD)
2023/04/04
ENVI
21 amendments...
Amendment 321 #
Proposal for a regulation Annex III Directive 2006/118/EC Annex I – table – row 4 2
Amendment 322 #
Proposal for a regulation Annex III Directive 2006/118/EC Annex I – table – row 4 2
Amendment 323 #
Proposal for a regulation Annex III (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) [Entr Name of Category of CAS number EU number (2) Quality Standard (3) y] No substance substances (1) [µg/l unless otherwise indicated] 3a PFAS - total Industrial not not applicable (7a) substances applicable ______________________ (7a) The quality standard will be set by the Commission by delegated act. Or. en JustificationIt’s imperative to establish a quality standard for all PFAS, as emphasized in the drinking water directive. This necessitates including PFAS total in Annex 1. The Commission must determine the actual quality standard through a delegated act.
Amendment 324 #
Proposal for a regulation Annex III Directive 2006/118/EC Annex I – table – row 5a (new) (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) [Entr Name of Category of CAS number EU number (2) Quality Standard (3) y] No substance substances (1) [µg/l unless otherwise indicated] 3a PFAS - total Industrial not not applicable (7a) substances applicable ______________________ (7a) The quality standard will be set by the Commission by delegated act. Or. en JustificationThere is a total of more than 10 000 known PFAS substances. It is thus not enough to only set a quality standard for 24 PFAS - a quality standard should also be set for all PFAS. This is also the case in the drinking water directive. PFAS total should therefore already be included in Annex I. The actual quality standard should be set by the Commission via delegated act.
Amendment 325 #
Proposal for a regulation Annex III Directive 2006/118/EC Annex I – table – row 6 4 Carbamazepin Pharmaceuticals 298-46-4 not applicable 0,025 e
Amendment 326 #
Proposal for a regulation Annex III 6 Pharmaceutica Pharmaceuticals not not applicable 0,025 l active applicable substances – total (8)
Amendment 327 #
Proposal for a regulation Annex III Directive 2006/118/EC Annex I – table – row 9 Amendment 328 #
Proposal for a regulation Annex III Directive 2006/118/EC Annex I – table – row 9 Amendment 329 #
Proposal for a regulation Annex III Directive 2006/118/EC Annex I – table – row 9 7 Non-relevant Pesticides not not applicable 0,1 (
Amendment 330 #
Proposal for a regulation Annex III Directive 2006/118/EC Annex I – table – row 9 7 Non-relevant Pesticides not not applicable 0,1 (
Amendment 331 #
Proposal for a Directive Annex V – paragraph 1 – point 2 Directive 2008/105/EC Annex I – table – row 5 (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11) (12) (13) (3) Atra Her 191 217- 0,
Amendment 332 #
Proposal for a Directive Annex V – paragraph 1 – point 2 Directive 2008/105/EC Annex I – table – row 5 (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11) (12) (13)
Amendment 333 #
Proposal for a directive Annex V – paragraph 1 – point 2 Directive 2008/105/EC Annex I – table – row 25 (1)
Amendment 334 #
Proposal for a Directive Annex V – paragraph 1 – point 2 Directive 2008/105/EC Annex I – table – row 62 (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11) (12) (13) (60) Gly Her
Amendment 335 #
Proposal for a Directive Annex V – paragraph 1 – point 2 Directive 2008/105/EC Annex I – table – row 62 Amendment 336 #
Proposal for a Directive Annex V – paragraph 1 – point 2 Directive 2008/105/EC Annex I – table – row 72 a new (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11) (12) (13) 70a Bisp Ind not not * * * * hen ustri appl appl ols al icab icab che le le mic als ______________________ *The quality standards will be set by the Commission by delegated act.
Amendment 337 #
Proposal for a Directive Annex V – paragraph 1 – point 2 Directive 2008/105/EC Annex I – table – row 72 a new (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11) (12) (13) 70a Bisp Ind not not * * * * hen ustri appl appl ols al icab icab che le le mic als ______________________ *The quality standards will be set by the Commission by delegated act.
Amendment 338 #
Proposal for a Directive Annex V – paragraph 1 – point 2 Directive 2008/105/EC Annex I – table – row 72 b new Amendment 339 #
Proposal for a Directive Annex V – paragraph 1 – point 2 (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11) (12) (13) 70b PFA Ind not not * * * * S - ustri appl appl total al icab icab che le le mic als ______________________ *The quality standards will be set by the Commission by delegated act.
Amendment 340 #
Proposal for a Directive Annex V – paragraph 1 – point 2 Directive 2008/105/EC Annex I – table – row 72 c new (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11) (12) (13) 70c Pha Pha not not 0,25 0,02 rma rma appl appl 5 ceut ceut icab icab ical icals le le activ e subs tanc es - total
Amendment 341 #
Proposal for a Directive Annex V – paragraph 1 – point 2 Directive 2008/105/EC Annex I – table – row 72 c new source: 745.503
2023/04/05
ENVI
286 amendments...
Amendment 100 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 34 c (new) Amendment 101 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 34 d (new) (34d) Given the significance of the reference analytical methods and effect- based methods referred to in this directive, common reference guidelines will need to be issued in this regard.
Amendment 102 #
Proposal for a directive Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – introductory part (1) in Article 1, point (e), the fourth indent is replaced by the following:
Amendment 103 #
Proposal for a directive Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1 Directive 2000/60/EC Article 1 – point e) – fourth indent Amendment 104 #
Proposal for a directive Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1 Directive 2000/60/EC Article 1 – point e) – fourth indent -— achieving the objectives of relevant international agreements, including those which aim to prevent and eliminate pollution of the marine environment, by Union action to cease or phase out discharges, emissions and losses of priority hazardous substances
Amendment 105 #
Proposal for a directive Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point a Directive 2000/60/EC Article 2 – point 24) Amendment 106 #
Proposal for a directive Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point b Directive 2000/60/EC Article 2 – point 30) Amendment 107 #
Proposal for a directive Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point b Directive 2000/60/EC Article 2 – point 30) (30) ‘Priority substances’ means substances listed in Part A of Annex I to Directive 2008/105/EC, that is substances which present a significant risk to or via the aquatic environment in a high proportion of Member States
Amendment 108 #
Proposal for a directive Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point b Directive 2000/60/EC (30) ‘Priority substances’ means substances listed in Part A of Annex I to Directive 2008/105/EC, that is substances which present a significant risk to or via the aquatic environment in a high proportion of Member States
Amendment 109 #
Proposal for a directive Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point b Directive 2000/60/EC Article 1 – point 30) (30) ‘Priority substances’ means substances listed in Part A of Annex I to Directive 2008/105/EC, that is substances which present a significant risk to or via the aquatic environment in
Amendment 110 #
Proposal for a directive Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point c Directive 2000/60/EC Article 2 – point 30 a) (30a) ‘Priority hazardous substances’ means priority substances which are marked as ‘hazardous’ on the basis that they are recognised in scientific reports, in relevant Union legislation, or in relevant international agreements, as being toxic, persistent, mobile and liable to bio- accumulate or as giving rise to an equivalent level of concern, where this concern is relevant to the aquatic environment. Endocrine disrupters and substances classified as PBT (persistent, bioaccumulative and toxic), vPvB (very persistent and very accumulative), PMT (persistent, mobile and toxic) and vPvM (very persistent and very mobile) according to hazard classes in the Classification, Labelling and Packaging Regulation are also included.
Amendment 111 #
Proposal for a directive Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point c Directive 2000/60/EC Article 2 – point 30 a) (30a) ‘Priority hazardous substances’ means priority substances which are marked as ‘hazardous’ on the basis that
Amendment 112 #
Proposal for a directive Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point c Directive 2000/60/EC Article 2 – point 30 a) (30a) ‘Priority hazardous substances’ means priority substances which are marked as ‘hazardous’ on the basis that they are recognised in scientific reports, in relevant Union legislation, or in relevant international agreements, as being toxic, persistent and liable to bio-accumulate, or very persistent and very bioaccumulative, or persistent, mobile and toxic, or very persistent and very mobile, or as giving rise to an equivalent level of concern, where this concern is relevant to the aquatic environment, and for which measures have to be taken pursuant to point (iv) of point (a) of paragraph 1 of Article 4.
Amendment 113 #
Proposal for a directive Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point c Directive 2000/60/EC Article 2 – point 30 a) (30a) ‘Priority hazardous substances’ means priority substances which are marked as ‘hazardous’ on the basis that they are recognised in scientific reports, in relevant Union legislation, or in relevant international agreements, as being toxic, persistent and liable to bio-accumulate or being endocrine disrupters or substances identified as PMT/vPvM or as giving rise to an equivalent level of concern, where this concern is relevant to the aquatic environment and for which measures have to be taken in accordance with [ref to measures to phase out PHS within 20 years from their listing].
Amendment 114 #
Proposal for a directive Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point c Directive 2000/60/EC Article 2 – point 30 a) (30a) ‘Priority hazardous substances’ means priority substances which are marked as ‘hazardous’ on the basis that they are recognised in scientific reports, in relevant Union legislation, or in relevant international agreements, as being toxic, persistent and liable to bio-accumulate or being endocrine disrupters or substances identified as PMT/vPvM or as giving rise to an equivalent level of concern, where this concern is relevant to the aquatic environment.
Amendment 115 #
Proposal for a directive Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point c Directive 2000/60/EC Article 2 – point 30 a) (30a) ‘Priority hazardous substances’ means priority substances which are marked as ‘hazardous’ on the basis that they are recognised
Amendment 116 #
Proposal for a directive Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point c Directive 2000/60/EC Article 2 – point 30 a) Amendment 117 #
Proposal for a directive Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point d Amendment 118 #
Proposal for a directive Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point d Directive 2008/105/EC Article 2 – point 35) (35) ‘Environmental quality standard’ means the concentration of a particular pollutant or group of pollutants in water, sediment or biota not to be exceeded in order to protect human health and the environment or a trigger value for the adverse effect on human health or the environment of such a pollutant or group of pollutants measured using an appropriate effect-based method
Amendment 119 #
Proposal for a directive Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point d Directive 2000/60/EC Article 2 – point 35) (35) ‘Environmental quality standard’ means the concentration of a particular pollutant or group of pollutants in water, sediment or biota not to be exceeded in order to protect human health and the environment or a trigger value for the adverse effect on human health or the environment of such a pollutant or group of pollutants measured using an appropriate and scientifically-establisehd effect-based method.’;
Amendment 120 #
Proposal for a directive Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point d Directive 2000/60/EC Article 2 – point 35) (35) ‘Environmental quality standard’ means the concentration of a particular pollutant or group of pollutants in water, sediment or biota not to be exceeded in order to protect human health and the environment or a trigger value for the adverse effect on human health or the environment of such a pollutant or group of pollutants measured using an appropriate
Amendment 121 #
Proposal for a directive Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point d a (new) Directive 2000/60/EC Article 2 – point 37) Amendment 122 #
Proposal for a directive Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point d b (new) Directive 2000/60/EC Article 2 – point 40) Amendment 123 #
Proposal for a directive Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3 Directive 2000/60/EC Article 3 – paragraph 4a 4a. In the case of exceptional circumstances of natural origin or force majeure, in particular extreme floods and prolonged droughts, or
Amendment 124 #
Proposal for a directive Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3 Directive 2000/60/EC Article 3 – paragraph 4 a (new) 4a. In the case of exceptional circumstances of natural origin or force majeure, in particular extreme floods and prolonged droughts, or significant pollution incidents or other changes in the status of a water body, which could affect downstream water bodies situated in other Member States, Member States shall ensure that the competent authorities for downstream water bodies in such Member States, as well as the Commission, are immediately informed and that the necessary cooperation is set up to investigate the causes and address the consequences of those
Amendment 125 #
Proposal for a directive Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4 – point a Directive 2000/60/EC Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point a) – point iv) (iv)
Amendment 126 #
Proposal for a directive Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4 – point a Directive 2000/60/EC Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point a) – point iv) (iv) Member States shall implement the necessary measures to progressively reduce pollution from priority substances and river basin specific pollutants, and to cease or phase out emissions, discharges and losses of priority hazardous substances. Such measures shall mainly target and prioritise the elimination of pollution at source;
Amendment 127 #
Proposal for a directive Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4 – point a Directive 2000/60/EC Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point a) – point iv) (iv) Member States shall implement the necessary measures to progressively reduce pollution from priority substances and river basin specific pollutants, and to cease or phase out emissions, discharges and losses of priority hazardous substances. These measures should aim primarily to eliminate pollution at source;
Amendment 128 #
Proposal for a directive Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4 – point a Directive 2000/60/EC Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point a) – point iv) (iv) Member States shall implement the necessary measures to progressively reduce pollution from priority substances and river basin specific pollutants, and to cease or phase out emissions, discharges and losses of priority hazardous substances
Amendment 129 #
Proposal for a directive Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4 – point a Directive 2000/60/EC Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point a) – point iv) (iv) Member States shall implement the necessary measures to progressively reduce pollution from priority substances and river basin specific pollutants, and to cease or phase out emissions, discharges and losses of priority hazardous substances
Amendment 130 #
Proposal for a directive Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4 – point a Directive 2000/60/EC Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 4 – point a (iv) Member States shall implement the necessary measures to progressively, and without undue delay, reduce pollution from priority substances and river basin specific pollutants, and to cease or phase out, without undue delay, emissions, discharges and losses of priority hazardous substances.’;
Amendment 131 #
Proposal for a directive Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4 – point a Directive 2000/60/EC Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point a) – point iv) (iv) Member States shall implement the necessary measures to progressively reduce pollution from priority substances and river basin specific pollutants, and to cease or phase out emissions, discharges and losses of priority hazardous substances
Amendment 132 #
Proposal for a directive Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4 – point a 2000/60/EC Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point a) – point iv) (iv) Member States shall implement
Amendment 133 #
Proposal for a directive Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4 a (new) 2000/60/EC Article 4 – paragraph 4 – point c) Amendment 134 #
Proposal for a directive Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6 – point a Directive 2000/60/EC Article 8 – paragraph 3 3. The Commission is empowered to
Amendment 135 #
Proposal for a directive Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6 – point a a (new) Directive 2000/60/EC Article 8 – Paragraph 3 a (new) (a a) The following paragraph is inserted: "(3a) By [two years after the entry into force of this Directive], the Commission shall establish EU-wide technical guidelines and harmonised standards for continuous and precise (online) pollution monitoring systems of water quality measurements."
Amendment 136 #
Proposal for a directive Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6 – point b Directive 2000/60/EC Article 8 – paragraphs 4 and 5 Amendment 137 #
Amendment 138 #
Proposal for a directive Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6 – point b Directive 2000/60/EC Article 8 – paragraph 4 4. Member States shall ensure that the available individual monitoring data collected in accordance with point 1.3.4 and 2.4.3 of Annex V and the resulting status in accordance with Annex V are made directly available to the public and to the European Environment Agency (EEA) at least once a year electronically in a machine-readable format in accordance with Directive 2003/4/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council*, Directive 2007/2/EC of
Amendment 139 #
Proposal for a directive Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6 – point b Directive 200/60/EC Article 8 – paragraph 4 4. Member States shall ensure that the available individual monitoring data collected in accordance with point 1.3.4 of Annex V and the resulting status in accordance with Annex V are made available to the public and to the European Environment Agency (EEA) at least once a year electronically in a machine-readable
Amendment 140 #
Proposal for a directive Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6 – point b Directive 2000/60/EC Article 8 – paragraph 4 4. Member States shall ensure that the available individual monitoring data collected in accordance with point 1.3.4 of Annex V and the resulting status in accordance with Annex V are made available in full, without the need to request such information from the competent authorities, to the public and to the European Environment Agency (EEA) at least once a year electronically in a machine-readable format in accordance with Directive 2003/4/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council*, Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council** and Directive (EU) 2019/1024 of the European Parliament and of the Council***. For those purposes, Member States shall use the formats established in
Amendment 141 #
Proposal for a directive Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6 – point b Directive 2000/60/EC Article 8 – paragraph 4 4. Member States shall ensure that the available individual monitoring data collected in accordance with point 1.3.4 and 2.4.3 of Annex V and the resulting status in accordance with Annex V are made available to the public and to the European Environment Agency (EEA) at least once a year electronically in a machine-readable format in accordance with Directive 2003/4/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council*, Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council** and Directive (EU) 2019/1024 of the European Parliament and of the Council***. For those purposes, Member States shall use the formats established in accordance with paragraph 3 of this Article.
Amendment 142 #
Proposal for a directive Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6 – point b Directive 2000/60/EC Article 8 – paragraph 4 4. Member States shall ensure that the available individual monitoring data collected in accordance with point 1.3.4 and 2.4.3 of Annex V and the resulting status in accordance with Annex V are made available to the public and to the European Environment Agency (EEA) at least once a year electronically in a machine-readable format in accordance with Directive 2003/4/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council*, Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council** and Directive (EU) 2019/1024 of the European Parliament and of the Council***. For those purposes, Member States shall use the formats established in accordance with paragraph 3 of this Article.
Amendment 143 #
Proposal for a directive Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6 – point b Directive 2000/60/EC Article 8 – paragraph 4 4. Member States shall ensure that the available individual monitoring data collected in accordance with point 1.3.4 and 2.4.3 of
Amendment 144 #
Proposal for a directive Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6 – point b Directive 2000/60/EC Article 8 – paragraph 5 5. The EEA shall ensure that the information made available in accordance with paragraph 4 is regularly processed and analysed for the purpose of making it available, via relevant Union portals, for reuse by the Commission and relevant Union agencies and for the purpose of providing the Commission, the Member States and the public with up-to-date, objective, reliable and comparable information, in particular on the chemical status, in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 401/2009 of the European Parliament and
Amendment 145 #
Proposal for a directive Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7 – point a Directive 2000/60/EC Article 10 – paragraph 2 – point a) (a) emission controls based on best available techniques
Amendment 146 #
Proposal for a directive Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7 – point b Directive 2000/60/EC Article 10 – paragraph 3 3. Where a
Amendment 147 #
Proposal for a directive Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7 a (new) Directive 2000/60/EC Article 11 – paragraph 1 Amendment 148 #
Proposal for a directive Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7 a (new) Directive 2000/60/EC Article 11 – paragraph 1 Amendment 149 #
Proposal for a directive Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 8 Directive 2000/60/EC Article 11 – paragraph 3 – point k) (k) measures to eliminate pollution of surface waters by priority hazardous substances and high levels of substances of concern, and to progressively reduce pollution by other substances which would otherwise prevent Member States from achieving the environmental objectives for the bodies of surface waters set out in Article 4;;
Amendment 150 #
Proposal for a directive Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 8 Directive 2000/60/EC Article 11 – paragraph 3 – point 4 – point k (
Amendment 151 #
Proposal for a directive Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 8 a (new) Directive 2000/60/EC Article 11 – Paragraph 5 – second indent Amendment 152 #
Proposal for a directive Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 8 a (new) Directive 2000/60/EC Article 11 – paragraph 1 Amendment 153 #
Proposal for a directive Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 9 Directive 2000/60/EC Article 12 – paragraph 1 1. Where a Member State identifies an issue which has an impact on the management of its water but cannot be resolved by that Member State, it
Amendment 154 #
Proposal for a directive Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 9 Directive 2000/60/EC Article 12 – paragraph 2 The Commission shall respond to any notifications from Member States within a period of six months. Where the issue concerns failure to meet good chemical status, the Commission shall act in accordance with Article 7a of Directive 2008/105/EC. The Member States concerned shall cooperate to identify the sources of the issues referred to in paragraph 1 and the measures required for addressing those issues.
Amendment 155 #
Proposal for a directive Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 9 Directive 2000/60/EC Article 12 – paragraph 2 Member States shall respond to each other in a timely manner, and no later than
Amendment 156 #
Proposal for a directive Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 9 Directive 2000/60/EC Article 12 – paragraph 3 3. The Commission shall be informed of, and may be invited to assist in, any cooperation referred to in paragraph 2. Where appropriate, the Commission shall, taking into account the reports established pursuant to Article 13, consider whether further action needs to be taken at Union level in order to reduce the transboundary impacts on water bodies.;
Amendment 157 #
Proposal for a directive Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 9 a (new) 2000/60/EC Article 12 – paragraph 3 a (new) (9 a) The Commission shall present a legislative framework for a European source-based approach on preventing the pollutions of hazardous substances and persistant chemicals, in order for all Member States to tackle the negative consequences of these hazardous substances and persistant chemicals.
Amendment 158 #
Proposal for a directive Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 10 Directive 2000/60/EC Article 15 – paragraph 3 Amendment 159 #
Proposal for a directive Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 10 Directive 2000/60/EC Article 15 – paragraph 3 Amendment 160 #
Proposal for a directive Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 10 a (new) Directive 2000/60/EC Article 15 – paragraph 3 Amendment 161 #
Proposal for a directive Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 10 a (new) Directive 2000/60/EC Article 15 – paragraph 3 a (new) (10 a) The following paragraph is inserted: "3a The Commission shall reject the river basin management plans presented by Member States when these plans do not include the elements listed in Annex VII to this Directive."
Amendment 162 #
Proposal for a directive Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 11 Directive 2000/60/EC Articles 16 and 17 Amendment 163 #
Proposal for a directive Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 11 Directive 2000/60/EC Article 16 and 17 Amendment 164 #
Proposal for a directive Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 11 a (new) Directive 2000/60/EC Article 16 – Paragraph 1 Amendment 165 #
Proposal for a directive Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 12 – point a Directive 2000/60/EC Article 18 – paragraph 2 – point e) (e) a summary of any proposals, control measures and strategies to control chemical pollution or cease or phase out hazardous substances
Amendment 166 #
Proposal for a directive Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 14 Directive 2000/60/EC Article 20 a – paragraph 2 2. The power to adopt delegated acts referred to in Article 20(1) shall be conferred on the Commission for an indeterminate period of time from
Amendment 167 #
Proposal for a directive Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 14 Directive 2000/60/EC Article 20 a – paragraph 4 4. Before adopting a delegated act, the Commission shall consult experts designated by each Member State in accordance with the principles laid down in the Interinstitutional Agreement on Better Law-Making of 13 April 2016. Member States must be given ample time to select and notify their relevant experts.
Amendment 168 #
Proposal for a directive Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 15 Directive 2000/60/EC Article 21 – paragraph 1 1. The Commission shall be assisted by a committee
Amendment 169 #
Proposal for a directive Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 18 Directive 2000/60/EC Annex VII – Part A – point 7.7 7.7. a summary of the measures taken to reduce the emissions of priority substances and high levels of substances of concern, and to phase out the emissions of priority hazardous substances and high levels of substances of concern;;
Amendment 170 #
Proposal for a directive Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 18 a (new) Directive 2000/60/EC Annex VII – Part A – point 7.7. a (new) (18 a) In Annex VII, Part A, Point 7.7. the following point is inserted: 7.7.a A summary of the measures taken to digitise the water sector.
Amendment 171 #
Proposal for a directive Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 19 Directive 2000/60/EC Annex VIII Amendment 172 #
Proposal for a directive Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 20 Directive 2000/60/EC Annex IX and X (20) Annex
Amendment 173 #
Proposal for a directive Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 2 Directive 2006/118/EC Article 1 – paragraph 1 – introductory part 1. This Directive establishes specific measures to prevent and control groundwater pollution with the aim of achieving the environmental objectives set out in Article 4(1), point (b), of Directive 2000/60/EC. The hierarchy of measures to be taken shall prioritise restrictions and other control at source measures. Those measures include the following:
Amendment 174 #
1. This Directive establishes specific measures to prevent and control groundwater pollution with the aim of achieving the environmental objectives set out in Article 4(1), point (b), of Directive 2000/60/EC. Those measures, which shall prioritise control at source, include the following:
Amendment 175 #
Proposal for a directive Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 2 2006/118/EC Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point (ba) (new) (b a) criteria for assessing the good ecological status of groundwater.
Amendment 176 #
Proposal for a directive Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 2 Directive 2006/118/EC Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point (ba) (new) (b a) criteria for assessing the good ecological status of groundwater.
Amendment 177 #
Proposal for a directive Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 4 – point a Directive 2006/118/EC Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point c (c) threshold values established at Union level in accordance with Article 8(3) and listed in Part D of Annex II to this Directive.; The threshold values applicable to groundwater shall not be higher than the corresponding EQS for surface waters, considering that groundwater ecosystems are more vulnerable to stressors and irreversible damages than other freshwater ecosystems.’
Amendment 178 #
Proposal for a directive Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 4 – point a Directive 2006/118/EC (c)
Amendment 179 #
Proposal for a directive Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 4 – point b Directive 2006/118/EC Article 3 – paragraph 2 Amendment 180 #
Proposal for a directive Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 4 – point c Directive 2006/118/EC Article 3 – paragraph 5 Amendment 181 #
Proposal for a directive Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 4 – point d Directive 2006/118/EC Article 3 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 1 Amendment 182 #
Proposal for a directive Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 4 – point d Directive 2006/118/EC Article 3 – paragraph 6 Member States shall amend the list of threshold values applied in their territories whenever new information on pollutants, groups of pollutants, or indicators of pollution, also taking into account the precautionary principle, indicates that a threshold value needs to be set for an additional substance, that an existing threshold value needs to be modified, or that a threshold value previously removed from the list needs to be re-inserted. If relevant threshold values are established or amended at Union level, Member States shall adapt the list of threshold values applied in their territories to those values.
Amendment 183 #
Proposal for a directive Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 4 a (new) Directive 2006/118/EC Article 3 – paragraph 7 Amendment 184 #
Proposal for a directive Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 5 Directive 2006/118/EC Article 4 – paragraph 2 – point b Amendment 185 #
Proposal for a directive Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 5 a (new) Directive 2006/118/EC Article 6 – paragraph 2a (new) Amendment 186 #
Proposal for a directive Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 6 Directive 2006/118/EC Article 6a – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 The Commission is empowered to adopt implementing acts to establish, having regard to scientific reports prepared by ECHA, a watch list of substances for which Union-wide monitoring data are to be gathered by the Member States and to lay down the formats to be used by the Member States for reporting the results of that monitoring and related information to the Commission. The same analytical techniques and methods shall be set for all Member States for the sake of data comparability. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 9(2).
Amendment 187 #
Proposal for a directive Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 6 The watch list shall contain a maximum of five substances or groups of substances and shall indicate the monitoring matrices and the possible methods of analysis for each substance. Those monitoring matrices and methods shall not entail excessive costs or excessive bureaucracy for the competent authorities. The substances to be included in the watch list shall be selected from amongst those substances for which the information available indicates that they may pose a significant risk at Union level to, or via, the aquatic environment and for which monitoring data are insufficient. This watch list shall include substances of emerging concern.
Amendment 188 #
Proposal for a directive Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 6 Directive 2006/118/EC Article 6a – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 The watch list shall contain a maximum of five substances or groups of substances and shall indicate the monitoring matrices and the possible methods of analysis for each substance. Those monitoring matrices and methods shall not entail excessive costs or administrative capacity for the competent authorities. The substances to be included in the watch list shall be selected from amongst those substances for which the information available indicates that they may pose a significant risk at Union level to, or via, the aquatic environment and for which monitoring data are insufficient. This watch list shall
Amendment 189 #
Proposal for a directive Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 6 Directive 2006/118/EC Article 6a – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 The watch list shall contain a
Amendment 190 #
Proposal for a directive Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 6 The watch list shall contain
Amendment 191 #
Proposal for a directive Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 6 Directive 2006/118/EC Article 6a – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3 As soon as suitable monitoring methods for micro-plastics and selected antimicrobial resistance genes have been identified, those substances shall be included in the watch list.
Amendment 192 #
Proposal for a directive Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 6 Directive 2006/118/EC Article 6a – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3 Amendment 193 #
Proposal for a directive Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 6 Directive 2006/118/EC Article 6a – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3 As soon as suitable monitoring methods, following public discussions and involvement of relevant stakeholders, for micro-plastics and selected antimicrobial resistance genes have been identified, those substances shall be included in the watch
Amendment 194 #
Proposal for a directive Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 6 Directive 2006/118/EC Article 6(a) – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3 As soon as suitable monitoring methods for micro-plastics and selected antimicrobial resistance genes have been identified, those substances shall be included in the watch list without undue delay.
Amendment 195 #
Proposal for a directive Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 6 Directive 2006/118/EC Article 6a – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 4 ECHA shall prepare scientific reports to assist the Commission in selecting the substances for the watch list, taking into account the leading evidence of scientific knowledge and the following information:
Amendment 196 #
Proposal for a directive Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 6 Directive 2006/118/EC Article 6a – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 4 ECHA shall prepare scientific reports to assist the Commission in selecting the substances for the watch list, taking into account key scientific knowledge and the following information:
Amendment 197 #
Proposal for a directive Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 6 Directive 2006/118/EC Article 6a – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 4 ECHA shall prepare scientific reports to assist the Commission in selecting the substances and indicators for the watch list, taking into account the following information:
Amendment 198 #
ECHA shall prepare scientific reports to assist the Commission in selecting the substances and indicators for the watch list, taking into account the following information:
Amendment 199 #
Proposal for a directive Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 6 Directive 2006/118/EC Article 6a – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 4 – point e (e) information on production volumes, use patterns, intrinsic properties (including mobility in soils and, where relevant, particle size), concentrations in the environment and adverse effects to human health and the aquatic environment of a particular substance or group of substances, including information gathered in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council***, Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council****, Regulation (EU) No 528/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council*****, Regulation (EU) 2019/6 of the European Parliament and of
Amendment 200 #
Proposal for a directive Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 6 Directive 2006/118/EC Article 6a – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 4 – point f (f)
Amendment 201 #
Proposal for a directive Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 6 Directive 2006/118/EC Article 6a – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 4 – point f (f) research projects and scientific publications, including information on the impact of material and thermal contaminants on groundwater ecosystems and groundwater-dependent ecosystems and their biodiversity, on trends and predictions based on modelling or other predictive assessments and data and information from remote sensing technologies, earth observation (Copernicus services), in-situ sensors and devices, or citizen science data, leveraging the opportunities offered by artificial intelligence, advanced data analysis and processing;
Amendment 202 #
Proposal for a directive Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 6 Directive 2006/118/EC Article 6a – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 A first watch list shall be established by .. [OP please insert the date = the first day of the month following 24 months after the date of entry into force of this Directive]. The watch list shall be updated every 36 months thereafter or as soon as suitable monitoring methods for micro-plastics and selected antimicrobial resistance genes have been identified.
Amendment 203 #
Proposal for a directive Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 6 Directive 2006/118/EC Article 6a – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 Member States shall put in place mechanisms for monitoring each substance or group of substances in the watch list at selected representative monitoring stations over a 24-month period. The monitoring period shall commence within six months of the establishment of the watch list.
Amendment 204 #
Proposal for a directive Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 6 Directive 2006/118/CE Article 6a – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 Member States
Amendment 205 #
Proposal for a directive Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 6 Directive 2006/118/EC Article 6a – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2 Each Member State shall select at least
Amendment 206 #
Proposal for a directive Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 6 Directive 2006/118/EC Article 6a – paragraph 5a (new) 5 a. Member States shall evaluate every two years the impact on water quality of the economic development of industries related to the energetic transition, such as the mining sector, and inform the Commission on newly identified threats to update the watch list accordingly. The evaluation shall be easily accessible to the public.
Amendment 207 #
Proposal for a directive Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 6 a (new) Directive 2006/118/EC Article 6aa (new) (6 a) The following Article 6aa is inserted: 'Article 6aa Abstraction of groundwater for thermal use Groundwater may be abstracted for thermal use only if it does not adversely affect an existing groundwater ecosystem as a result of the abstraction and after re- injection. Competent authorities shall also take all necessary measures to progressively minimize anthropogenic inputs of heat, cold or contaminated surface water into groundwater in order to ensure the protection of groundwater ecosystems and of other aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems where these ecosystems, their biodiversity and their uses depend on the body of groundwater concerned. The measures required for this purpose shall be included in the program of measures pursuant to Article 11 of Directive 2000/60/EC. The EU Commission shall, not later than [OP: please insert the date = four years after the date of entry into force of this Directive] assess thermal impacts on groundwater to ensure the protection of groundwater ecosystems, as well as other aquatic ecosystems that depend on the body of groundwater concerned, to be accompanied, if appropriate, by a legislative proposal to the European Parliament and the Council.' .
Amendment 208 #
Proposal for a directive Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 6 a (new) Directive 2006/118/EC Article 6 aa (new) (6 a) The following Article is inserted: "Article 6aa. Groundwater may be abstracted for thermal use only if it does not adversely affect an existing groundwater ecosystem as a result of the abstraction and after re- injection. Competent authorities shall also take all necessary measures to progressively minimize anthropogenic inputs of heat, cold or contaminated surface water into groundwater in order to ensure the protection of groundwater ecosystems and of other aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems where these ecosystems, their biodiversity and their uses depend on the body of groundwater concerned. The measures required for this purpose shall be included in the program of measures pursuant to Article 11 of Directive 2000/60/EC. The EU Commission shall, not later than [first day of the month 24 months after the date of entry into force of this amending Directive]. submit criteria to improve the protection of groundwater ecosystems to the European Parliament and the Council."
Amendment 209 #
Proposal for a directive Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 6 a (new) Directive 2006/118/EC Article 6aa (new) (6 a) The following Article 6aa is inserted Article 6aa European monitoring facility The European Commission shall work towards designating a single European monitoring facility that is able to carry out the necessary monitoring requirements when so requested by the Member States, thus easing their financial and administrative burden. The use of such facility shall be voluntary and without prejudice to arrangements already set in place by the Member States.
Amendment 210 #
Proposal for a directive Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 7 Directive 2006/118/EC Article 8 – paragraph 1 Amendment 211 #
Proposal for a directive Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 7 Directive 2006/118/EC Article 8 – paragraph 1 1. The Commission shall review, for the first time by … [OP: please insert the date = six years after the date of entry into force of this Directive] and every six years thereafter,
Amendment 212 #
Proposal for a directive Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 7 Directive 2006/118/EC Article 8 – paragraph 1 1. The Commission shall present a proposal to the European Parliament and the Council of the EU to review, for the first time by … [OP: please insert the date = six years after the date of entry into force of this Directive] and every six years thereafter, the list of pollutants set out in Annex I and the quality standards for those pollutants set out in that Annex, as well as the list of pollutants and indicators set out in Part B of Annex II.
Amendment 213 #
Proposal for a directive Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 7 Directive 2006/118/EC Article 8 – paragraph 1 Amendment 214 #
Proposal for a directive Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 7 Directive 2008/105/EC Article 8 – paragraph 1 1. The Commission shall review, for the first time by … [OP: please insert the date =
Amendment 215 #
Proposal for a directive Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 7 Directive 2006/118/EC Article 8 – paragraph 1 1. The Commission shall review, for the first time by … [OP: please insert the date =
Amendment 216 #
Proposal for a directive Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 7 Directive 2006/118/EC Article 8 – paragraph 1 1. The Commission shall review, for the first time by … [OP: please insert the date =
Amendment 217 #
Proposal for a directive Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 7 Directive 2006/118/EC Article 8 – paragraph 2 Amendment 218 #
Proposal for a directive Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 7 Directive 2006/118/EC Article 8 – paragraph 2 Amendment 219 #
Proposal for a directive Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 7 Directive 2006/118/EC Article 8 – paragraph 2 2. The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts, in accordance with Article 8a, to amend
Amendment 220 #
Proposal for a directive Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 7 Directive 2006/118/EC Article 8 – paragraph 2 2. The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts, in accordance with Article 8a,
Amendment 221 #
Proposal for a directive Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 7 Directive 2006/118/EC Article 8 – paragraph 2a (new) 2 a. By 12 January 2025, the Commission shall establish technical guidelines regarding methods of analysis for monitoring of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances under the parameter ‘PFAS Total’. By 12 January 2026, the Commission shall amend Annex I to set a quality standard for 'PFAS total'.
Amendment 222 #
Proposal for a directive Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 7 Directive 2006/118/EC Article 8 – paragraph 3 Amendment 223 #
Proposal for a directive Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 7 Directive 2006/118/EC Article 8 – paragraph 3 Amendment 224 #
Proposal for a directive Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 7 Directive 2006/118/EC Article 8 – paragraph 4 Amendment 225 #
Proposal for a directive Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 7 Directive 2006/118/EC Article 8 – paragraph 4 Amendment 226 #
Proposal for a directive Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 7 Directive 2006/118/EC Article 8 – paragraph 5 Amendment 227 #
Proposal for a directive Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 7 Directive 2006/118/EC Article 8 – paragraph 5 Amendment 228 #
Proposal for a directive Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 7 Directive 2006/118/EC Article 8 – paragraph 6 – point ga (new) (g a) comments and feedback from national regulatory authorities and other relevant bodies;
Amendment 229 #
Proposal for a directive Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 7 Directive 2006/118/EC Article 8 – paragraph 6 – point gb (new) (g b) when setting EQS for metals, bioavailability, in order to account for variablity in water chemistries;
Amendment 230 #
Proposal for a directive Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 7 Directive 2006/118/EC Article 8 – paragraph 6 a (new) 6 a. By [two years after the entry into force of this Directive], the Commission shall establish technical guidance on methods for monitoring and assessing thermal and biological impacts on groundwater to ensure the protection of groundwater ecosystems, as well as other aquatic ecosystems that depend on the body of groundwater concerned.
Amendment 231 #
Proposal for a directive Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 7 Directive 2006/118/EC Article 8 – paragraph 7 7. ECHA shall, every
Amendment 232 #
Proposal for a directive Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 7 Directive 2006/118/EC Article 8 – paragraph 7 7. ECHA shall, every
Amendment 233 #
Proposal for a directive Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 7 Directive 2006/118/EC Article 8 – paragraph 7 7. ECHA shall, every
Amendment 234 #
Proposal for a directive Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 8 Directive 2006/118/EC Article 8a – paragraph 2 2. The power to adopt delegated acts referred to in Article 8(1), (2) and (2a) shall be conferred on the Commission for an indeterminate period of time from [OP please insert the date = the date of entry into force of this Directive].
Amendment 235 #
Proposal for a directive Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 9 Directive 2006/118/EC Article 9 – paragraph 1 1. The Commission shall be assisted by a
Amendment 236 #
Proposal for a directive Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 10 a (new) Directive 2006/118/EC Article 10 a (new) (10 a) A new Article 10 a is inserted: ‘Article10 Specific substances and thresholds applicable to caves and karst areas Before ... [two years after the entry into force of this directive], the Commission shall propose a revision of the directive to include a new annex, covering the chemical status of caves and karst areas with a specific list of substances and thresholds.’
Amendment 237 #
Proposal for a directive Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 11 Directive 2006/118/EC Annex I Amendment 238 #
Proposal for a directive Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 14 Directive 2006/118/EC Annex IV – part B – point 1 – introductory sentence the starting point for implementing measures to reverse significant and sustained upward trends, inluding seasonal upward trend caused inter alia by low discharge of a water body, will be when the concentration of the pollutant reaches 75 % of the parametric values of the groundwater quality standards set out in Annex I and of the threshold values referred to in Article 3(1), points (b) and (c), unless:.
Amendment 239 #
Proposal for a directive Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 14 Directive 2006/118/EC Annex IV – part B – point 1 – introductory sentence the starting point for implementing measures to reverse significant and sustained upward trends, inluding seasonal upward trends, will be when the concentration of the pollutant reaches 75 % of the parametric values of the groundwater quality standards set out in Annex I and of the threshold values
Amendment 240 #
Proposal for a directive Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 1 Directive 2008/105/EC Title Amendment 241 #
Proposal for a directive Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 1 a (new) Directive 2008/105/EC Article 1 Amendment 242 #
Proposal for a directive Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point a Directive 2008/105/EC Article 3 – paragraph 1 a – subparagraph 1 – point iii (iii) the substances numbered 5, 9, 13, 15, 17, 21, 23, 24, 28, 30, 34, 37, 41, 44 in Part A of Annex I, for which revised EQS are set, and the newly identified substances numbered 46 to 70 in Part A of Annex I, with effect from
Amendment 243 #
Proposal for a directive Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point a Directive 2008/105/EC (iii) the substances numbered 5, 9, 13, 15, 17, 21, 23, 24, 28, 30, 34, 37, 41, 44 in Part A of Annex I, for which revised EQS are set, and the newly identified substances numbered 46 to 70 in Part A of Annex I, with effect from
Amendment 244 #
Proposal for a directive Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 3 – point a Directive 2008/105/EC Article 5 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 On the basis of the information collected in accordance with Articles 5 and 8 of Directive 2000/60/EC, and other available data, Member States shall establish an inventory, including maps, if available, of emissions, discharges and losses of all priority substances listed in Part A of Annex I to this Directive and all pollutants listed in Part A of Annex II to this Directive for each river basin district or part of a river basin district lying within their territory, including their concentrations in sediment and biota, as appropriate. The inventories of emissions shall be made available in a digital database to drinking water and waste water operators directly or indirectly affected by these emissions.
Amendment 245 #
Proposal for a directive Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 3 – point a Directive 2008/105/EC Article 5 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 Amendment 246 #
Amendment 247 #
Proposal for a directive Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 3 – point a Directive 2008/105/EC Article 5 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 Amendment 248 #
Proposal for a directive Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 3 – point c DIRECTIVE 2008/105/EC Article 5 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 Member States shall update their inventories as part of the reviews of the analyses specified in Article 5(2) of Directive 2000/60/EC and shall ensure that the emissions
Amendment 249 #
Proposal for a directive Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 3 – point c 2008/105/EC Article 5 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 3 Amendment 250 #
Proposal for a directive Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 3 – point c Directive 2008/105/EC Article 5 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 3 Amendment 251 #
Proposal for a directive Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 3 – point c Directive 2008/105/EC Article 5 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 3 Amendment 252 #
Proposal for a directive Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 4 – introductory part (4)
Amendment 253 #
Proposal for a directive Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 4 Directive 2008/105/EC Article 7a – paragraph 1 1. For priority substances that fall within the scope of Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006, Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009, Regulation (EU) No 528/2012, Regulation (EU) 2019/6 of the European Parliament and of the Council*, or within the scope of Directive 2001/83/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council**, Directive 2009/128/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council*** or Directive 2010/75/EU, the Commission shall,
Amendment 254 #
Proposal for a directive Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 4 Directive 2008/105/EC Article 7a – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3a (new) 1 a. The hierarchy of measures to be taken shall prioritise restrictions and other control at source measures. In this regard, the Commission shall present proposals to amend EU legal acts to ensure that discharges, emissions and losses of priority substances are eliminated at the source.
Amendment 255 #
Proposal for a directive Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 4 a (new) Directive 2008/105/EC Article 7a – paragraph 3 Amendment 256 #
Proposal for a directive Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 4 a (new) Directive 2008/105/EC Article 7a – paragraph 2 Amendment 257 #
Proposal for a directive Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 5 Directive 2008/105/EC Article 8 – paragraph 1 1. The Commission shall review, for the first time by … [OP: Please insert the date = six years after the date of entry into force of this Directive] and every six years thereafter, the list of priority substances and the corresponding EQS for those substances set out in Part A of Annex I and the list of pollutants set out in Part A of Annex II. To this end, the Commission should determine the appropriate, proportionate and cost-effective level and combination of product and process checks for both point and diffuse sources. The substances should also be classified as priorities for action on the basis of the risk identified by means of a simplified assessment procedure anchored in scientific principles.
Amendment 258 #
Proposal for a directive Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 5 Directive 2008/105/EC Article 8 – paragraph 1 1. The Commission shall review, for the first time by … [OP:
Amendment 259 #
Proposal for a directive Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 5 Directive 2008/105/EC Article 8 – paragraph 1 1. The Commission shall present a proposal to the European Parliament and the Council of the EU to review, for the first time by … [OP: Please insert the date = six years after the date of entry into force of this Directive] and every six years thereafter, the list of priority substances and the corresponding EQS for those substances set out in Part A of Annex I and the list of pollutants set out in Part A of Annex II.
Amendment 260 #
Proposal for a directive Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 5 Directive 2008/105/EC Article 8 – paragraph 1 1. The Commission shall review, for the first time by … [OP: Please insert the date =
Amendment 261 #
Proposal for a directive Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 5 Directive 2008/105/EC Article 8 – paragraph 1 1. The Commission shall review, for the first time by … [OP: Please insert the date =
Amendment 262 #
Proposal for a directive Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 5 Directive 2008/105/EC Article 8– paragraph 1 1. The Commission shall review, for the first time by … [OP: Please insert the date =
Amendment 263 #
Proposal for a directive Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 5 Directive 2008/105/EC Article 8 – paragraph 2 Amendment 264 #
Proposal for a directive Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 5 Directive 2008/105/EC Article 8 – paragraph 3 Amendment 265 #
Proposal for a directive Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 5 Directive 2008/105/EC Article 8 – paragraph 3a (new) 3 a. By 12 January 2025, the Commission shall establish technical guidelines regarding methods of analysis for monitoring of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances under the parameter ‘PFAS Total’. By 12 January 2026, the Commission shall amend Annex I to set the quality standards for 'PFAS total'.
Amendment 266 #
Proposal for a directive Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 5 Directive 2008/105/EC Article 8 – paragraph 3b (new) 3 b. The Commission shall no later than [OP: Please insert the date = two years after the date of entry into force of this Directive] establish technical guidelines regarding methods of analysis for monitoring of 'Bisphenols Total’. The Commission shall no later than [OP: Please insert the date = three years after the date of entry into force of this Directive] amend Annex I to set the quality standards for ' Bisphenols total'.
Amendment 267 #
Proposal for a directive Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 5 Directive 2008/105/EC Article 8 – paragraph 4 Amendment 268 #
Proposal for a directive Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 5 Directive 2008/105/EC Article 8 – paragraph 4 – point a (a) the risk posed by the pollutants, including their hazard, their environmental concentrations
Amendment 269 #
Proposal for a directive Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 5 Directive 2008/105/EC Article 8 – paragraph 5 Amendment 270 #
Proposal for a directive Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 5 Directive 2008/105/EC Article 8 – paragraph 6a (new) 6 a. By 12 January 2024, the Commission shall establish technical guidelines regarding methods of analysis for monitoring of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances under the parameters ‘PFAS Total’ and ‘Sum of PFAS’, including detection limits, parametric values and frequency of sampling, in order to set the EQS for the totality of the substances concerned. The Annex I shall be reviewed accordingly.
Amendment 271 #
Proposal for a directive Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 5 Directive 2008/105/EC Article 8 – paragraph 6 a (new) 6 a. By ...[insert the date two years after the entry into force of this Directive], the Commission shall establish an EQS for the group of bisphenols, including at least bisphenol-A, bisphenol-B and bisphenol-S, under the parameter ‘Bisphenols Total’ using a relative potency factor approach, and shall review Annex I accordingly.
Amendment 272 #
Proposal for a directive Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 5 Directive 2008/105/EC Article 8 – paragraph 7 7. ECHA shall every
Amendment 273 #
Proposal for a directive Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 5 Directive 2008/105/EC Article 8 – paragraph 7 7. ECHA shall every
Amendment 274 #
Proposal for a directive Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 6 Directive 2008/105/EC Article 8a– paragraph 1– subparagraph 2 Member States
Amendment 275 #
Proposal for a directive Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 6 Directive 2008/105/EC Article 8a – paragraph 3 3. Member States shall, from
Amendment 276 #
Proposal for a directive Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 7 Directive 2008/105/EC Article 8b – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 The Commission is empowered to adopt implementing acts to establish, having regard to scientific reports prepared by ECHA, a watch list of substances for which it is necessary to gather Union wide monitoring data from the Member States and to lay down the formats to be used by the Member States for reporting the results of that monitoring and related information to the Commission. The monitoring activities are not expected to entail costs for farms. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 9(2).
Amendment 277 #
Proposal for a directive Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 7 Directive 2008/105/EC The watch list shall contain a maximum of 10 substances or groups of substances at any one time, and shall indicate the monitoring matrices and the possible methods of analysis for each substance. Those monitoring matrices and methods shall not entail excessive costs for the competent authorities. For these investigations, an in-depth assessment will nevertheless be required to estimate the costs associated with monitoring, the analytical methods, equipment upgrades and dedicated staff. The substances to be included in the watch list shall be selected from amongst the substances for which the information available indicates that they may pose a significant risk at Union level to, or via, the aquatic environment and for which monitoring data are insufficient. The watch list shall include substances of emerging concern.
Amendment 278 #
Proposal for a directive Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 7 Directive 2008/105/EC Article 8b – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 The watch list shall contain a maximum of 10 substances or groups of substances at any one time, and shall indicate the monitoring matrices and the possible methods of analysis for each substance. Those monitoring matrices and methods shall not entail excessive costs or bureaucracy for the competent authorities. The substances to be included in the watch list shall be selected
Amendment 279 #
Proposal for a directive Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 7 Directive 2008/105/EC Article 8b – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 The watch list shall contain
Amendment 280 #
Proposal for a directive Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 7 Directive 2006/118/EC Article 8b – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 The watch list shall contain a maximum of 1
Amendment 281 #
Proposal for a directive Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 7 Directive 2008/105/EC Article 8b – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 The watch list shall contain
Amendment 282 #
Proposal for a directive Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 7 Directive 2008/105/EC Article 8b – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2a (new) 2a. Sulfates and xanthates shall be included in the watch list, in order to gather monitoring data for the purpose of facilitating the determinataion of appropriate measures to address the risk posed by these substances.
Amendment 283 #
Proposal for a directive Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 7 Directive 2008/105/EC Article 8b – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3 As soon as suitable monitoring methods for micro-plastics and selected antimicrobial resistance genes have been identified, those substances shall be included in the watch list.
Amendment 284 #
Proposal for a directive Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 7 Directive 2008/105/EC Article 8b – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3 Amendment 285 #
Proposal for a directive Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 7 Directive 2008/105/EC Article 8b – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3 As soon as suitable
Amendment 286 #
Proposal for a directive Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 7 Directive 2008/105/EC Article 8b – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3 As soon as suitable monitoring methods, following public discussion and involvement of relevant stakeholders, for micro-plastics and selected antimicrobial resistance genes have been identified, those substances shall be included in the watch list.
Amendment 287 #
Proposal for a directive Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 7 Directive 2008/105/EC Article 8(b) – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3 As soon as suitable monitoring methods for micro-plastics and selected antimicrobial resistance genes have been identified, those substances shall be included in the watch list without undue delay.
Amendment 288 #
Proposal for a directive Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 7 Directive 2008/105/EC Article 8b – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 4 – introductory part ECHA shall prepare scientific reports to assist the Commission in selecting the substances for the watch list, taking into account key scientific knowledge and the following information:
Amendment 289 #
Proposal for a directive Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 7 Directive 2008/105/EC Article 8b – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 4 – point e (e) research projects and scientific publications, including information on trends and predictions based on modelling or other predictive assessments and data and information from remote sensing technologies, earth observation (Copernicus services), in-situ sensors and devices,
Amendment 290 #
Proposal for a directive Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 7 Directive 2008/105/EC Article 8b – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 4 – point e (e) research projects and scientific publications, including information on trends and predictions based on modelling or other predictive assessments and data and information from remote sensing technologies, earth observation (Copernicus services), in-situ sensors and devices,
Amendment 291 #
Proposal for a directive Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 7 Directive 2008/105/EC Article 8(b) – paragraph 2 2. The watch list shall be updated by X [OP please insert date = the last day of the twentythird month after the date of entry into force of this Directive], and every 36 months thereafter at the latest. In the event that there is a significant change in the state of scientific knowledge between reviews which would make it necessary to revise the list, also taking into account the precautionary principle, the Commission shall review the list earlier, and without undue delay. When updating the watch list, the Commission shall remove any substance from the existing watch list for which it considers it possible to assess its risk for the aquatic environment without additional monitoring data. When the watch list is updated, an individual substance or group of substances may be kept on the watch list for another period of maximum three years where additional monitoring data are needed to assess the risk to the aquatic environment. Each updated watch list shall also include one or more new substances for which the Commission considers, on the basis of the scientific reports of ECHA, that there is a risk for the aquatic environment.
Amendment 292 #
Proposal for a directive Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 7 Directive 2008/105/EC Article 8b – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 Member States shall put in place mechanisms for monitoring each substance or group of substances in the watch list at selected representative monitoring stations over a 24-month period. The monitoring period shall commence within six months of the inclusion of the substance in the list.
Amendment 293 #
Proposal for a directive Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 7 Directive 2008/105/EC Article 8b – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 Member States
Amendment 294 #
Proposal for a directive Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 7 Directive 2008/105/EC Article 8b – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2 Each Member State shall select at least one
Amendment 295 #
Proposal for a directive Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 7 Directive 2008/105/EC Article 8b – paragraph 5a (new) 5 a. Member States shall evaluate the impact on water quality of the economic development of industries related to the energetic transition, such as the mining sector, and inform the Commission on newly identified threats to update the watchlist.
Amendment 296 #
Proposal for a directive Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 7 a (new) Directive 2008/105/EC Article 8ba (new) (7 a) The following Article is inserted Article 8ba European monitoring facility The European Commission shall work towards designating a single European monitoring facility that is able to carry out the necessary monitoring requirements when so requested by the Member States, thus easing their financial and administrative burden. The use of such facility shall be voluntary and without prejudice to arrangements already set in place by the Member States.
Amendment 297 #
Proposal for a directive Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 8 Directive 2008/105/EC Article 8d Amendment 298 #
Proposal for a directive Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 8 Directive 2008/105/EC Article 8d – paragraph 3a (new) 3a. In setting and applying for EQS for the river basin specific pollutants, Member States may take into account metal bioavailablility.
Amendment 299 #
Proposal for a directive Article 4 – paragraph 1 1. Member States shall bring into force the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with this Directive by [OP please insert the date = the first day of the
Amendment 300 #
Proposal for a directive Article 4 – paragraph 1 1. Member States shall bring into force the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with this Directive by [OP please insert the date = the first day of the month following
Amendment 301 #
Proposal for a directive Annex I – paragraph 1 – point 10 a (new) Directive 2000/60/EC Annex V Amendment 302 #
Proposal for a directive Annex I – paragraph 1 – point 18 Directive 2000/60/EC Annex V – point 2.4.5 – subparagraph 4 Member States shall also indicate by a black dot on the map, those groundwater bodies which are subject to a significant and sustained upward trend, including seasonal upward trend caused inter alia by a low discharge of a water body, in the
Amendment 303 #
Proposal for a directive Annex I – paragraph 1 – point 18 Directive 2000/60/EC Annex V – point 2.4.5 – subparagraph 4 Member States shall also indicate by a black dot on the map, those groundwater bodies which are subject to a significant and sustained upward trends, including seasonal upward trends, in the concentrations of any pollutant resulting from the impact of human activity. Reversal of a trend shall be indicated by a blue dot on the map.
Amendment 304 #
Proposal for a directive Annex II – paragraph 1 – point 1 Directive 2000/60/EC Annex VIII – point 10 Amendment 305 #
Proposal for a directive Annex II – paragraph 1 – point 1 Directive 2000/60/EC Annex VIII – point 10 10. Materials in suspension, including micro/nanoplastics
Amendment 306 #
Proposal for a directive Annex II – paragraph 1 – point 2 Directive 2000/60/EC Annex VIII – point 13 Amendment 307 #
Proposal for a directive Annex III Directive 2006/118/EC Annex I – paragraph 1a (new) If a particular groundwater body, in particular a groundwater body in the ecological network of special areas of conservation under Council Directive 92/43/EEC, is likely to result in groundwater quality standards, that the environmental objectives laid down in Article 4 of Directive 2000/60/EC for associated surface waters cannot be achieved, or that significant deterioration in the ecological or chemical quality of those bodies of water or significant damage to groundwater ecosystems or terrestrial ecosystems directly depending on the body of groundwater concerned could occur, more stringent threshold values shall be established in accordance with Article 3 of and Annex II to this Directive. The programs and measures required in relation to such threshold values shall also apply to the activities falling within the scope of Directive 91/676/EEC.
Amendment 308 #
Proposal for a directive Annex III DIRECTIVE 2006/118/EC Annex I – introductory part Note 1: The QS for the pollutants listed under entries 3 to 7 shall apply from … [OP: please insert the date = the first day of the month following
Amendment 309 #
Proposal for a directive Annex III Directive 2006/118/EC Annex I – Footnote 8 Amendment 310 #
Proposal for a directive Annex III Directive 2006/118/EC Annex I – Footnote 12 a (new) (12a) All references to the PFAS shall include their salts and the linear and branched structural isomers.
Amendment 311 #
Proposal for a directive Annex III Directive 2006/118/EC Annex I – Footnote 12 b (new) (12b) Given the different criteria for identifying metabolites in the Member States, provision will need to be made, before this directive enters into force, for a list of active substances together with the relevant and non-relevant metabolites and information on the associated risk.
Amendment 312 #
Proposal for a directive Annex IV – paragraph 1 – point 1 a (new) Directive 2006/118/EC Annex II – Part B – title (1 a) in part B, the title is replaced by the following: 'Minimum list of pollutants and their indicators for which Member States have to establish threshold values in accordance with Article 3'
Amendment 313 #
Proposal for a directive Annex IV – paragraph 1 – point 2 Directive 2006/118/CE Annex 2 – Part B – point 2 Amendment 314 #
Proposal for a directive Annex IV – paragraph 1 – point 2 Directive 2006/118/EC Annex II – Part B – point 4 (new) 2 a. The following item 4 is inserted: "4. other indicators relevant to the quality of groundwater and to the better protection of groundwater ecosystems Temperature Biology Surface water input."
Amendment 315 #
Proposal for a directive Annex IV – paragraph 1 – point 2 a (new) Directive 2006/118/EC Annex II – Part B – point 3a (new) (2 a) in Part B, the following new point 3a is added: '3a.Other indicators relevant to the quality of groundwater and to the better protection of groundwater ecosystems: Temperature Biology Surface water input.'
Amendment 316 #
Proposal for a directive Annex V – paragraph 1 – point 2 Directive 2008/105/EC Annex I Part A – Table – Row 2 – Footnote 3 (3) This parameter is the EQS expressed as an annual average value (AA
Amendment 317 #
Proposal for a directive Annex V – paragraph 1 – point 2 Directive 2008/105/EC Annex I – Part A – Table – Row 9 – Footnote 10 (10) No indicative parameter is provided for this group of substances. The
Amendment 318 #
Proposal for a directive Annex VI Directive 2008/105/EC Annex II – Part A – point 10 10. Materials in suspension, including micro/nanoplastics, as well as materials giving rise to micro/nanoplastics;
Amendment 319 #
Proposal for a directive Annex VI Directive 2008/105/CE Annex II – Part A – point 11 Amendment 320 #
Proposal for a directive Annex VI Directive 2008/105/CE Annex II Part B Point da (new) (d a) when setting EQS for metals, bioavailability models shall be considered to account for various water quality parameters that affect bioavailability of metals.
Amendment 35 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 1 (1) Chemical pollution of surface and groundwater poses a threat to the aquatic environment, with effects such as acute and chronic toxicity in aquatic organisms, accumulation of pollutants in the ecosystem and loss of habitats and biodiversity, as well as to human health. Setting environmental quality standards helps to implement the zero pollution ambition for achieving a toxic-free environment as one of the priority objectives of the 8th Environmental Action Programme[1]. [1] Decision (EU) 2022/591 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 April 2022 on a General Union Environment Action Programme to 2030.
Amendment 36 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 1 (1) Chemical pollution of surface and groundwater poses a threat to the aquatic environment, with effects such as acute and chronic toxicity in aquatic organisms, accumulation of pollutants in the ecosystem and loss of habitats and biodiversity, as well as to human health. Setting environmental quality standards may help
Amendment 37 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 1 (1) Chemical pollution of surface and groundwater poses a threat to the aquatic environment, with effects such as acute and chronic toxicity in aquatic organisms, accumulation of pollutants in the ecosystem and loss of habitats and biodiversity, as well as to human health. Setting achievable and enforcable environmental quality standards helps t
Amendment 38 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 1 a (new) (1 a) The legislative report 2014/2239(INI) underlined that in the EU, more than 1 million people still lacked access to a safe and clean drinking water supply and nearly 2 % of the population lacks access to sanitation. In line with resolution 64/292 of the United Nations General Assembly that recognises ‘the right to safe and clean drinking water and sanitation as a human right that is essential for the full enjoyment of life and all human rights’ and resolution 7/22 of the United Nations Human Rights Council, Member States should ensure the effectiveness of the right to clean water and sanitation. Improving the quality of both surface water and groundwater participates to the enjoyment of clean drinking water to the population. Proper access to justice is a way, among others, to ensure full effectivity to the aforementioned rights. Report 2021/2187(INI) also reaffirms European Parliament position in favour of treating water resource as a common good through public management and public property.
Amendment 39 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 1 a (new) (1 a) It is first and foremost the responsibility of Member States to strive towards achieving the Environmental Quality Standards for priority hazardous substances within an appropriate timeline.
Amendment 40 #
(1 b) Report 2021/2187(INI) of the European Parliament reaffirms the external dimension of the implementation of the human right to clean water and sanitation. Improving the quality of groundwater and surface water should also be a guiding principle in EU external action. Considering that water basins also extend beyond EU external border, ensuring the effective implementation of the water quality directives also participates to improving the access to clean water in third countries.
Amendment 41 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 1 b (new) Amendment 42 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 1 c (new) (1 c) Due to geographical and socioeconomic factors, some populations are more vulnerable to water pollution. The development of both legal and illegal mining combined with the strong attachment of indigenous population to their land exposes certain populations and biodiversity to a greater risk. In this regard, attention must be directed to the quality of water specifically, but not exclusively, in French Guiana and Sapmi.
Amendment 43 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 1 d (new) Amendment 44 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 2 (
Amendment 45 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 2 a (new) (2 a) Reports 2021/2187(INI) and 2014/2239(INI) of the European Parliament state that water should be treated as a common good and therefore that its management should be carried out by public bodies in order to ensure that preservation of ecosystems and universal access to a clean water are favoured over economic considerations.
Amendment 46 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 2 a (new) (2 a) It is necessary to provide sufficient financial and human resources to inspection and control services of the Member States in order to achieve the goals set by the Directive.
Amendment 47 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 3 a (new) (3 a) Water pollution is mainly caused by the release of pharmaceuticals in wastewater, industrial waste and agricultural waste. We must ensure a synergy between all pieces of European legislation to prevent pollution at the source by introducing more ambitious obligations in order to prevent pollution at the source.
Amendment 48 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 3 b (new) (3 b) Authorities have a distinct responsibility in the implementation of the Directive. They must continue to play an active role in reducing pollution at source by banning the use of listed substances, promoting new agricultural practices and strengthening inspection services in industrial and agricultural environments.
Amendment 49 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 4 (4) Directive 2000/60/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council45establishes a framework for the protection of inland surface waters, transitional waters, coastal waters and
Amendment 50 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 4 a (new) (4 a) Given the importance of groundwater as a drinking water source and given that groundwater ecosystems are more vulnerable to stressors than other freshwater ecosystems and lack the ability to recover from perturbations, a precautionary approach must be applied when setting groundwater threshold values to protect human health, groundwater ecosystems and groundwater-dependent ecosystems. In line with advice from the European Medicines Agency, an additional assessment factor of 10 should normally be applied when setting quality standards for groundwater as compared to surface water.
Amendment 51 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 5 (5) Substances are considered for listing in Annex X to Directive 2000/60/EC or in Annex I or Annex II to Directive 2006/118/EC based on an assessment of the risk they pose to humans and the aquatic environment. The key components of that assessment are knowledge of the environmental concentrations of the substances, including information collected from watch-list monitoring, and of the (eco)toxicology of the substances, as well as of their persistence, bioaccumulation, toxicity, mobility, carcinogenicity, mutagenicity, reprotoxicity and endocrine disrupting potential.
Amendment 52 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 6 a (new) (6 a) The 86.7 µg/L EQS proposed for surface water not used for the abstraction and preparation of drinking water originates from a scientific evaluation of the Commission’s Joint Research Centre (JRC) and the Scientific Committee on Health, Environmental and Emerging Risks (SCHEER), taking into account Ecotox studies and scientific public literature. As such, the science-based 86.7 µg/L EQS for glyphosate should preferably apply to all surface water bodies. Any quality standard for surface water used for the abstraction of drinking water should take into account the technical capacity of existing treatment measures for removing glyphosate.
Amendment 53 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 7 (7) A combination of source-control and end-of-pipe measures is required to effectively deal with most pollutants across their life cycle, including, as relevant, chemical design, authorisation or approval, control of emissions during manufacturing and use or other processes, and waste handling. The setting of new or stricter quality standards in water bodies therefore complements and is coherent with other Union legislation that addresses or could address the pollution problem at one or more of those stages, including Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council49, Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council50,
Amendment 54 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 7 (7) A combination of source-control and end-of-pipe measures is required to effectively deal with most pollutants across their life cycle, including, as relevant, chemical design, authorisation or approval, control of emissions during manufacturing and use or other processes, and waste handling. The setting of new or stricter quality standards in water bodies therefore complements and is coherent with other Union legislation that addresses or could address the pollution problem at one or
Amendment 55 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 7 (7)
Amendment 56 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 7 (7) A combination of source-control and end-of-pipe measures is required to effectively deal with most pollutants across their life cycle, including, as relevant, chemical design, authorisation or approval, control of emissions during manufacturing and use or other processes, and waste handling. The setting of new or stricter quality standards in water bodies therefore complements and is coherent with other Union legislation that addresses or
Amendment 57 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 8 (8) The new scientific knowledge points to a significant risk from several other pollutants found in water bodies, in addition to those already regulated. In groundwater, a particular problem has been identified through voluntary monitoring for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) and pharmaceuticals. PFAS have been detected at more than 70% of the groundwater measuring points in the Union and existing national thresholds are clearly exceeded at a considerable number of locations, and pharmaceutical substances are also widely found. In surface waters, perfluorooctane sulfonic acid and its derivatives are already listed as priority substances, but other PFAS are now also recognised to pose a risk. Watch-list monitoring under Article 8b of Directive 2008/105/EC has confirmed a risk in surface waters from a number of pharmaceutical substances which should therefore be added to the priority substances list.
Amendment 58 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 8 (8) The new scientific knowledge points to a significant risk from several other pollutants found in water bodies, in addition to those already regulated. In groundwater, a particular problem has been identified through voluntary monitoring for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) and pharmaceuticals. PFAS have been detected at more than 70% of the groundwater measuring points in the Union and existing national thresholds are clearly exceeded at a considerable number of locations, and pharmaceutical substances are also widely found. A subset of specific PFAS as well as of PFAS total should therefore be aded to the list of groundwater pollutants. In surface waters, perfluorooctane sulfonic acid and its derivatives are already listed as priority substances, but other PFAS are now also recognised to pose a risk. A subset of specific PFAS as well as of PFAS total should therefore be added to the list of priority substances. Watch-list monitoring under Article 8b of Directive 2008/105/EC has confirmed a risk in surface waters from a number of pharmaceutical substances which should therefore be added to the priority substances list. Bisphenol A is being replaced by other bisphenols with similar properties. Bisphenols should therefore be added to the priority list.
Amendment 59 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 8 a (new) Amendment 60 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 8 a (new) (8 a) In addition to the cost on biodiversity and water treatment systems, water pollution is also a large burden on the public health system. Tackling this issue by implementing lower thresholds of substances concentration and addressing pollution at its source is also an efficient way to contribute to sound public finances. The cost of sanitation of water is unevenly shared and should rely more on polluters rather than taxpayers. Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) alone cause health-related costs of 2.8–4.6 billion EUR for the Nordic countries and 52–84 billion EUR for all EEA countries.
Amendment 61 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 8 b (new) Amendment 62 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 8 b (new) (8 b) Water pollution poses a risk not only to biodiversity and to the people living in the vicinity of contaminated water, but also to workers exposed to concentration levels of toxic substances that are hazardous, especially, but not exclusively, in the sanitation and agricultural sectors. On 10 June 2022, the 110th ILO International Labour Conference, the right to a safe and healthy working environment was added to the list of universally recognised fundamental rights at work. Member States should increase the frequency of work inspections, taking into account the exposure of workers to toxic substances in water. It is imperative to go well beyond the minimum objective of one inspector for every 10.000 workers set by of the International Labour Organization (ILO), which, however, many Member States still do not meet.
Amendment 63 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 8 c (new) (8 c) Bisphenol-A should be treated as a priority hazardous substance and should be added to the list in Annex I to Directive 2008/105/EC. Scientific reports show that also bisphenols other than bisphenol-A have proven endocrine-disrupting potential and mixtures of those bisphenols represent an ecotoxicological risk. Given that those scientific findings raise concerns regarding the safe use of alternatives to bisphenols that might have a negative impact on human health and the environment, the Commission should establish a 'Bisphenols Total' parameter and an appropriate EQS for the total of bisphenol substances.
Amendment 64 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 9 (9) Directive 2000/60/EC requires Member States to identify water bodies used for the abstraction of water intended for human consumption, to monitor them, and to take the necessary measures to avoid deterioration in their quality and to reduce
Amendment 65 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 10 (10) Concern has been expressed about the risk of antimicrobial resistance developing from the presence of antimicrobial resistant microorganisms and antimicrobial resistance genes in the aquatic environment, but little monitoring has taken place. Relevant antimicrobial resistance genes should also be included in the surface and ground water watch lists and monitored as soon as suitable monitoring methods have been developed.
Amendment 66 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 10 (10) Concern has been expressed about the risk of antimicrobial resistance developing from the presence of antimicrobial resistant microorganisms and antimicrobial resistance genes in the aquatic environment, but little monitoring has taken place. However, we already know that bacterial resistance to antimicrobials is responsible for more than 1 million deaths globally each year. Relevant antimicrobial resistance genes should also be included in the surface and ground water watch lists and monitored as soon as suitable monitoring methods have been developed. This is in line with the 'European One Health Action Plan against Antimicrobial Resistance’, adopted by the Commission in June 2017, and with the Pharmaceutical Strategy for Europe, which also addresses this concern.
Amendment 67 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 10 a (new) (10 a) To ensure that the legislation intended for preventing pollution of surface water and groundwater is up to date in relation to the pace of new and emerging chemicals that have the potential, as pollutants, to cause significant risks to human health or the aquatic environment, policy mechanisms to detect and assess such substances of emerging concern should be strengthened. In this regard, an approach that allows monitoring and analysis of additional numbers of such substances or groups of substances under the watch lists for surface water and groundwater should be devised, but only in cases where the Commission can demonstrate that those substances pose a high risk of irreparable damage. The Commission's demonstration in that regard shall be proposed and undergo public consultation in accordance with existing rules regarding proposals to change EU legislation.
Amendment 68 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 10 a (new) (10 a) Concern has been expressed about the risk of sulfates and xanthates in the aquatic environment. Sulfates are already listed as a pollutant for groundwater, but little monitoring has taken place. Sulfates should therefore be included in the surface and ground water watch lists. Xanthates should be included in the surface water watch list.
Amendment 69 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 11 (11) Considering the growing awareness of the relevance of mixtures and therefore of effect-based monitoring for determining chemical status, and considering that sufficiently robust effect-based monitoring methods already exist for estrogenic substances, Member States should apply such methods to assess the cumulative effects of estrogenic substances in surface waters over a period of at least two years. This will allow the comparison of effect- based results with the results obtained using the conventional methods for monitoring the three estrogenic substances listed in Annex I to Directive 2008/105/EC. That comparison will be used to assess whether effect-based monitoring methods may be used as reliable screening methods.
Amendment 70 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 11 (11) Considering the growing awareness of the relevance of mixtures and therefore of effect-based monitoring for determining chemical status, and considering that sufficiently robust effect-based monitoring methods already exist for estrogenic substances, Member States should apply such methods to assess the cumulative effects of estrogenic substances in surface waters over a period of at least two years. This will allow the comparison of effect- based results with the results obtained using the conventional methods for monitoring the three estrogenic substances listed in Annex I to Directive 2008/105/EC. That comparison will be used to assess whether effect-based monitoring methods may be used as reliable screening methods. The relevant assessments should be limited to using only such screening methods that have been proven to provide accurate data by the scientific community and, furthermore, have undergone public consultation in accordance with existing rules regarding proposal to change EU legislation. Using such screening methods would have the advantage of allowing the effects of all estrogenic substances having similar effects to be covered, and not only those listed in Annex I to Directive 2008/105/EC. The definition of EQS in Directive 2000/60/EC should be modified to ensure that it may, in the future, also cover trigger values that might be set for assessing the results of effect-based monitoring.
Amendment 71 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 12 (12) The evaluation of Union water legislation58(the ‘evaluation’) concluded that the process for identifying and listing pollutants affecting surface and groundwater and setting or revising quality standards for them in the light of new scientific knowledge could be accelerated. If those tasks were to be carried out by the Commission, rather than in the framework of the ordinary legislative procedure as currently provided for in Articles 16 and 17 of Directive 2000/60/EC and Article 10 of Directive 2006/118/EC, the functioning of the surface and groundwater watch-list mechanisms, in particular in terms of timing and sequence of listing, monitoring and assessing results, could be improved, the links between the watch-list mechanism and the reviews of the lists of pollutants could be strengthened, and changes to the lists of pollutants could take account of scientific progress more swiftly. Therefore, and given the need to amend the lists of pollutants and their EQS promptly in the light of new scientific and technical knowledge, the power to adopt acts in accordance with Article 290 TFEU should
Amendment 72 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 13 a (new) Amendment 73 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 13 b (new) Amendment 74 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 14 a (new) (14 a) In order to ensure a harmonised approach and level playing field in the Union, the power to adopt acts in accordance with Article 290 TFEU should be delegated to the Commission to amend Annex I to Directive 2006/118/EC by setting a quality standard for PFAS total.
Amendment 75 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 15 (15) In order to ensure a harmonised approach and level playing field in the
Amendment 76 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 17 (17) The review of the list of priority substances in Part A of Annex I to Directive 2008/105/EC has concluded that several priority substances are no longer of Union wide concern and should therefore no longer be included in Part A of Annex I to that Directive. Those substances should therefore be considered as river basin specific pollutants and included in Part C of Annex II to Directive 2008/105/EC together with their corresponding EQS. Considering that those pollutants are no longer considered to be of Union wide concern, the EQS need only be applied where those pollutants could still be of significant national or regional or local concern.
Amendment 77 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 17 (17) The review of the list of priority substances in Part A of Annex I to Directive 2008/105/EC has concluded that several priority substances are no longer of Union wide concern and should therefore no longer be included in Part A of Annex I to that Directive. Those substances should therefore be considered as river basin specific pollutants and included in Part C of Annex II to Directive 2008/105/EC together with their corresponding EQS. Considering that those pollutants are no longer considered to be of Union wide concern, the EQS need only be applied where those pollutants could still be of significant national or regional or local concern.
Amendment 78 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 20 a (new) (20 a) Protection of groundwater ecosystems and geoheritage should not be neglected by this Directive. Caves and karst areas are important and vulnerable ecosystems and unique geological sites that need protection. In karst areas, caves offer natural access to groundwater systems, which is of great importance for the water supply of populations. Karst aquifers are the most vulnerable to contamination and transport pollutants like pesticides or microplastics large distances through complex flowpaths with effectively no filtration. Therefore, specific thresholds for groundwater protection need to be implemented after a review of the European Commission.
Amendment 79 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 20 a (new) (20 a) Given that groundwater ecosystems are more vulnerable to stressors than many other freshwater ecosystems, the difficulty associated with remediation of contaminated groundwaters and the importance of groundwater as a drinking water source, a precautionary approach should be applied when setting groundwater threshold values, to protect groundwater ecosystems, human health and groundwater-dependent ecosystems. With regard to this, as well as the recommendations from the EMA guidance document EMA/CVMP/ERA/103555/2015, a factor 10 (lower) thresholds should be applied for groundwater compared to surface water.
Amendment 80 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 21 (21) To ensure effective and coherent decision-making and develop synergies with the work carried out in the framework of other Union legislation on chemicals, the European Chemicals Agency (‘ECHA’), should be given a permanent and clearly circumscribed role in the prioritisation of substances to be included in the watch lists and in the lists of substances in Annexes I and II to Directive 2008/105/EC and Annexes I and II to Directive 2006/118/EC, and in the derivation of appropriate science-based quality standards. The Committee for Risk Assessment (RAC) and the Committee for Socio-Economic Analysis (SEAC) of ECHA, should facilitate the carrying out of certain tasks conferred on ECHA by providing opinions. ECHA should also ensure better coordination between various pieces of environmental law through increased transparency as regards pollutants on a watch list or the development of Union wide or national EQS or thresholds, by making relevant scientific reports publicly available. To this end, the ECHA should determine the appropriate, proportionate and cost- effective level and combination of product and process checks for both point and diffuse sources. The substances should also be classified as priorities for action on the basis of the risk identified by means of a simplified assessment procedure anchored in scientific principles.
Amendment 81 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 21 (21) To ensure effective and coherent decision-making and develop synergies with the work carried out in the framework of other Union legislation on chemicals, the European Chemicals Agency (‘ECHA’), should be given a permanent and clearly circumscribed role in the prioritisation of substances to be included in the watch lists and in the lists of substances in Annexes I and II to Directive 2008/105/EC and Annexes I and II to Directive 2006/118/EC, and in the derivation of appropriate science-based quality standards, based on scientific principles. The Committee for Risk Assessment (RAC) and the Committee for Socio-Economic Analysis (SEAC) of ECHA, should facilitate the carrying out of certain tasks conferred on ECHA by providing opinions. ECHA should also ensure better coordination between various pieces of environmental law through increased transparency as regards pollutants on a watch list or the development of Union wide or national EQS or thresholds, by making relevant scientific reports publicly available. ECHA should also identify cost-effective levels of products and process controls.
Amendment 82 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 21 (21) To ensure effective and coherent
Amendment 83 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 22 a (new) (22 a) Member States not only have a duty to measure, to the best of their capacity, the chemical status of groundwater and surface water, but also to take all reasonable steps to prevent pollution of water. To ensure the effectiveness of this Directive, further preventive measures should be taken. These measures include further control of industrial and agricultural practices and banning of certain substances. The polluter pays principle should contribute to the sharing of the cost of measurements and prevention methods between public and private actors.
Amendment 84 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 22 b (new) (22 b) The better distribution of costs resulting from the application of the polluter pays principle should enable public authorities to harmonize their methods of sampling to better guarantee the right to health. As stated in Article 12 of the International Covenant for Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, the right to health is recognised as an international human right. The Treaty of the Functioning of the European Union also guarantees the right to health as Article 168 ensures a high level of health protection.
Amendment 85 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 24 Amendment 86 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 25 Amendment 87 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 25 a (new) (25 a) Given that groundwater ecosystems are more vulnerable to stressors than many other freshwater ecosystems, the difficulty associated with remediation of contaminated groundwaters and the importance of groundwater as a drinking water source, a precautionary approach should be applied when setting groundwater threshold values, to protect groundwater ecosystems, human health and groundwater-dependent ecosystems. With regard to this, as well as the recommendations from the EMA guidance document EMA/CVMP/ERA/103555/2015, a factor 10 (lower) thresholds should be applied for groundwater compared to surface water.
Amendment 88 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 26 Amendment 89 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 27 Amendment 90 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 27 (27) It is of particular importance that the Commission carry out appropriate consultations during the preparation of delegated acts, its preparatory work, including at expert level, and that those consultations be conducted in accordance with the principles laid down in the Interinstitutional Agreement on Better Law-Making of 13 April 2016. Such consultations should be organised in a manner to ensure unhindered participation and adequate time for contribution of the relevant parties. In particular, to ensure equal participation in the preparation of delegated acts, the European Parliament and the Council receive all documents at the same time as the Member States’ experts, and their experts systematically have access to meetings of Commission expert groups dealing with the preparation of delegated acts.
Amendment 91 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 28 Amendment 92 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 28 (28) The empowerment in Article 8(3) of Directive 2000/60/EC which provides for the use of the regulatory procedure with scrutiny fulfils the criteria in Article 290(
Amendment 93 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 31 (31) It is necessary to take into account the state of scientific and technical progress and the best available methods in the area of monitoring of the status of water bodies in accordance with the monitoring requirements set out in Annex V to Directive 2000/60/EC. Therefore, Member States should be allowed to use of data and services from remote sensing technologies, earth observation (Copernicus services), in-
Amendment 94 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 31 (31) It is necessary to take into account scientific and technical progress in the area of monitoring of the status of water bodies in accordance with the monitoring requirements set out in Annex V to Directive 2000/60/EC. Therefore, Member States should be allowed to use of data and services from remote sensing technologies, earth observation (Copernicus services), in- situ sensors and devices,
Amendment 95 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 31 a (new) (31 a) Monitoring of the status of water bodies increases costs and administrative burdens of the Member States, especially those with scarcer resources and already stretched administrative apparatus. In light of this, the European Commission should work towards designating a single European monitoring facility that is able to carry out the necessary monitoring requirements when so requested by the Member States, thus easing their financial and administrative burdens. The use of such facility should be voluntary and without prejudice to arrangements already set in place by the Member States.
Amendment 96 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 31 a (new) (31 a) The Commission should update, on a regular basis, the list of environmental priority substances and the watch list according to scientific and technological findings regarding economic sectors that are expected to grow in order to achieve energetic transition and that present high risks of water pollution. The updating should be allowed to occur outside of the general updating cycles, to ensure a continuous improvement of water quality assessment.
Amendment 97 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 32 (32) Considering the increases in unforeseeable weather events, in particular extreme floods and prolonged droughts, and in significant pollution incidents resulting in or exacerbating transboundary
Amendment 98 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 34 a (new) (34a) This directive introduces new and more demanding technical and technological services for both analytics and sampling. For these services to be sustainable, the Commission will carry out an in-depth economic feasibility assessment, in order to quantify the economic, bureaucratic and administrative costs that will fall to the authorities responsible for monitoring, and to examine other possibilities offering better procurement and alternatives for recruitment and staff training.
Amendment 99 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 34 b (new) (34b) Given the cross-border nature of many river basins, an expert scientific study will be required to consider setting common EQS at the European level for river basin-specific pollutants.
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Amendment 100 #
Proposal for a directive Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 6 Directive 2006/118/EC Article 6 a (new) – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 4 ECHA shall prepare scientific reports to assist the Commission in selecting the substances and indicators for the watch list, taking into account the following information:
Amendment 101 #
Proposal for a directive Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 6 (e) information on production volumes, use patterns, intrinsic properties (including mobility in soils and, where relevant, particle size), concentrations in the environment and adverse effects to human health and the aquatic environment of a particular substance or group of substances, including information gathered in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council***, Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council****, Regulation (EU) No 528/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council*****, Regulation (EU) 2019/6 of the European Parliament and of the Council******, Directive 2001/83/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council******* and Directive 2009/128/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council********
Amendment 102 #
Proposal for a directive Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 6 Directive 2006/118/EC Article 6 a (new) – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 Participating Member States shall monitor each substance or group of substances in the watch list at selected representative monitoring stations over a 24-month period. The monitoring period shall commence within
Amendment 103 #
Proposal for a directive Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 6 Directive 2006/118/EC Article 6 a (new) – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2 Amendment 104 #
Proposal for a directive Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 6 Directive 2006/118/EC Article 6 a (new) – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 3 In selecting the representative monitoring stations, the monitoring frequency and the seasonal timing for each substance or group of substances, Member States shall take into account the use patterns and possible occurrence of the substance or group of substances. The frequency of monitoring shall be no less than once per year and set at a level that appropriately takes into account use patterns and possible occurrence of the substance or group of substances.
Amendment 105 #
Proposal for a directive Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 6 Directive 2006/118/EC Article 6 a (new) – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 3 In selecting the representative monitoring stations, the monitoring frequency and the seasonal timing for each substance or group of substances, Member States shall take into account the use patterns and possible occurrence of the substance or group of substances. The frequency of monitoring shall be no less than once per year
Amendment 106 #
Proposal for a directive Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 6 Directive 2006/118/EC Article 6 a (new) – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 4 Where a participating Member State is in a position to generate sufficient, comparable, representative and recent monitoring data for a particular substance or group of substances from existing monitoring programmes or studies, it may decide not to undertake additional monitoring under the watch list mechanism for that substance or group of substances, provided that the substance or group of substances was monitored using a methodology that is compliant with the monitoring matrices and the methods of analysis referred to in the implementing act establishing the watch list.
Amendment 107 #
Proposal for a directive Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 6 Directive 2006/118/EC Article 6 a (new) – paragraph 4 4. Participating Member States shall make available the results of the monitoring referred to in paragraph 3 of this Article in accordance
Amendment 108 #
Proposal for a directive Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 7 Directive 2006/118/EC Article 8 – paragraph 1 1. The Commission shall review, for the first time by … [OP: please insert the date = six years after the date of entry into force of this Directive] and every six years thereafter,
Amendment 109 #
Proposal for a directive Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 7 Amendment 110 #
Proposal for a directive Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 7 Directive 2006/118/EC Article 8 – paragraph 2 2. The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts, in accordance with Article 8a,
Amendment 111 #
Proposal for a directive Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 7 Directive 2006/118/EC Article 8 – paragraph 3 Amendment 112 #
Proposal for a directive Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 7 Directive 2006/118/EC Article 8 – paragraph 4 Amendment 113 #
Proposal for a directive Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 7 Directive 2006/118/EC Article 8 – paragraph 5 Amendment 114 #
Proposal for a directive Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 8 Directive 2006/118/EC Article 8 a (new) Amendment 115 #
Proposal for a directive Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 9 Directive 2006/118/EC Article 9 – paragraph 1 1. The Commission shall be assisted by a
Amendment 116 #
Proposal for a directive Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 11 a Directive 2006/118/EC Annex I – paragraph 1 a (new) Amendment 117 #
Proposal for a directive Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point a Directive 2008/105/EC Article 3 – paragraph 1 a – point iii (iii) the substances numbered 5, 9, 13, 15, 17, 21, 23, 24, 28, 30, 34, 37, 41, 44 in Part A of Annex I, for which revised EQS are set, and the newly identified substances numbered 46 to 70 in Part A of Annex I, with effect from … [OP please insert the date = the first day of the month following
Amendment 118 #
Proposal for a directive Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 3 – point a Directive 2008/105/EC Article 5 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 Amendment 119 #
Proposal for a directive Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 3 – point c Directive 2008/105/EC Article 5 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 3 Amendment 120 #
Proposal for a directive Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 5 Directive 2008/105/EC Article 8 – paragraph 2 Amendment 121 #
Proposal for a directive Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 5 Directive 2008/105/EC Article 8 – paragraph 3 Amendment 122 #
Proposal for a directive Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 6 3. Member States shall, from … [OP please insert the date = the first day of the month following
Amendment 123 #
Proposal for a directive Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 7 Directive 2008/105/EC Article 8 b – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 The Commission is empowered to adopt implementing acts to establish, having regard to scientific reports prepared by ECHA, a watch list of substances for which it is necessary to gather Union wide monitoring data from the Member States
Amendment 124 #
Proposal for a directive Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 7 Directive 2008/105/EC Article 8 b – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3 As soon as suitable monitoring methods for micro-plastics and selected antimicrobial resistance genes have been identified, those substances shall be included in the watch list.
Amendment 125 #
Proposal for a directive Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 7 Directive 2008/105/EC Article 8 b – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3 As soon as suitable monitoring methods, following public discussion and involvement of relevant stakeholders, for micro-plastics and selected antimicrobial resistance genes have been identified, those substances shall be included in the watch list.
Amendment 126 #
Proposal for a directive Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 7 Directive 2008/105/EC Article 8 b – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 Member States participating in the voluntary watch list as laid down in Article 2, shall monitor each substance or group of substances in the watch list at selected representative monitoring stations over a 24-month period. The monitoring period shall commence within
Amendment 127 #
Proposal for a directive Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 8 Directive 2008/105/EC Article 8 d (new) – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 Member States shall, by [OP please insert the date = the first day of the month following
Amendment 128 #
Proposal for a directive Article 4 – paragraph 1 1. Member States shall bring into force the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with this Directive by [OP please insert the date = the first day of the month following
Amendment 129 #
Proposal for a regulation Annex III Amendment 130 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Annex III (1)
Amendment 131 #
Proposal for a directive Annex III Directive 2006/118/EC Annex I – table – row 7 – footnote 9 (9) Applicable to
Amendment 132 #
Proposal for a directive Annex III Directive 2006/118/EC Annex I – table – row 7 – footnote 10 Amendment 133 #
Proposal for a directive Annex III (11) Applicable to
Amendment 134 #
Proposal for a directive Annex III Directive 2006/118/EC Annex I – table – row 7 – footnote 12 Amendment 135 #
Proposal for a directive Annex III Directive 2006/118/EC Annex I – table – footnote 12 a (new) Amendment 137 #
Proposal for a directive Annex V – paragraph 1 – point 2 Directive 2008/105/EC Annex I part A – table – row 70 Amendment 138 #
Proposal for a directive Annex V – paragraph 1 – point 2 Directive 2008/105/EC Annex I – part A – table – row 70 – footnote 30 Amendment 139 #
Proposal for a directive Annex VI Directive 2008/105/EC Annex II – part A – point 11 Amendment 20 #
Proposal for a directive – The Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development calls on the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety, as the committee responsible, to propose rejection of the Commission proposal.
Amendment 21 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 1 (1) Chemical pollution of surface and groundwater poses a threat to the aquatic environment, with effects such as acute and chronic toxicity in aquatic organisms, accumulation of pollutants in the ecosystem and loss of habitats and biodiversity, as well as to human health. Setting environmental quality standards helps to implement the
Amendment 22 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 1 (1) Chemical pollution of surface and groundwater poses a threat to the aquatic environment, with effects such as acute and chronic toxicity in aquatic organisms, accumulation of pollutants in the ecosystem and loss of habitats and biodiversity, as well as to human health. Setting environmental quality standards may help
Amendment 23 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 1 (1) Chemical pollution of surface and groundwater poses a threat to the aquatic environment, with effects such as acute and chronic toxicity in aquatic organisms, accumulation of pollutants in the ecosystem and loss of habitats and biodiversity, to forestry and agriculture, especially wet agriculture, as well as to human health. Setting environmental quality standards helps to implement the zero pollution ambition for a toxic-free environment.
Amendment 24 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 1 a (new) (1a) In a situation where, according to statistics from the European Environment Agency (EEA), approximately 40 % of all water consumed is used in agriculture, control measures and any other amendments to these Directives should be based primarily on the assessment of their impact on farmers and their work.
Amendment 25 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 1 a (new) (1a) Many territories in the Union are subject to large and increasing water constraints. In this sense, the current large and persistent droughts of these years, especially in the Mediterranean regions, are putting agricultural production at risk and causing a serious decline in surface and groundwater reserves1a. __________________ 1a https://www.oecd.org/agriculture/topics/w ater-and-agriculture/
Amendment 26 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 1 a (new) (1a) Good status of water bodies and efficient management of water resources represents a priority for agriculture, since farmers rely on water to conduct their activity, and as such, have a vested interest in the sustainable use of this resource.
Amendment 27 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 1 a (new) (1a) Climate change, including increased frequency of natural disasters and extreme weather events, negatively affects water quality and quantity, leading to pressure on sectors dependent on the availability of water, particularly agriculture.
Amendment 28 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 1 a (new) (1a) Water is a public good of all and for all which, as a natural resource that is essential, irreplaceable and indispensable to life, must be considered and integrated in its three dimensions: social, economic and environmental.
Amendment 29 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 1 b (new) (1b) Digitalisation, precision farming, optimised irrigation and a circular use of resources represent valuable opportunities for an improved climate-resilient water management and a rational application of pesticides and fertilisers for European crops, contributing to achieving a sustainable and resilient EU food system while reducing possible diffuse pollution from agriculture on water bodies as well as the need for agricultural abstraction practices.
Amendment 30 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 1 b (new) Amendment 31 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 1 b (new) (1b) The commodification of water, for example its negotiation as a resource in contracts on the New York Stock Exchange that set a weekly reference number governing the price of the right to water, is yet another threat in a long series of attempts to commodify nature, thus making public and essential goods the object of speculation; this constitutes the denial of the exercise of the universal right to its enjoyment.
Amendment 32 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 1 b (new) (1b) In order to facilitate a transition to a more sustainable and productive agricultural sector that is resistant to water constraints, incentives for farmers should be put in place to improve water management and modernisation of irrigation systems and techniques.
Amendment 33 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 1 c (new) (1c) The transfer of responsibility to private companies facilitated by EU legislation leads to an increase in direct supply costs, the imposition of higher tariffs and limitations on local supply solutions tailored to the community;
Amendment 34 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 1 c (new) Amendment 35 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 1 d (new) (1d) According to European Commission 2021 Report on the implementation of the Water Framework Directive (2000/60/EC), the Environmental Quality Standards Directive (2008/105/EC amended by Directive 2013/39/EU) and the Floods Directive (2007/60/EC), water efficiency continues to be a high priority for Member States, while significant progress has been observed on basic measures addressing water abstraction, which is a major pressure against the achievement of good quantitative status of groundwater bodies1a. While agriculture is one of the contributors to groundwater abstraction for the purpose of irrigation, production of food serves a fundamental societal purpose and thus should be prioritised in measures to promote water efficiency. __________________ 1a https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal- content/EN/TXT%20/PDF/?uri=CELEX: 52021DC0970
Amendment 36 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 1 d (new) (1d) The European Parliament resolutions of 5 October 2022 on access to water as a human right – the external dimension and of 8 September 2015 on the follow-up to the European Citizens’ Initiative ‘Right2Water’ state that water should be treated as a common good and that it should therefore be managed by public bodies to ensure that the preservation of ecosystems and universal access to clean water take precedence over economic considerations.
Amendment 37 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 1 e (new) (1e) When used imprudently, pesticide use may affect water quality severely, leading to negative impacts on aquatic and terrestrial biodiversity. It is therefore appropriate to monitor the impact of pesticides and their metabolites in water bodies.
Amendment 38 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 1 f (new) (1f) Chemical pollution of surface and groundwater may lead to limitations of the availability of water suitable for irrigation in crop production, thus further aggravating water scarcity and thereby posing a threat to agriculture. The Union and Member States should increase support for research and innovation to timely deploy innovative solutions to tackle surface and groundwater scarcity and pollution, including precision agriculture, safer alternatives to input, more resistant and nutrient-efficient varieties and increased use of treated wastewater for agricultural irrigation, leading to increased efficiency in the use of water and other agricultural inputs.
Amendment 39 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 2 (2) Pursuant to Article 191(2), second sentence, of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU), Union policy on the environment is to be based on the precautionary principle and on the principles that preventive action is to be taken, that environmental damage is, as a priority, to be rectified at source and that the polluter is to pay.
Amendment 40 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 3 a (new) (3a) The growing scarcity of water resources is a reality being experienced by ever more people in the Member States as a result of climate change caused by political and economic choices; there is an urgent need for a policy that prioritises water use in drought conditions that itself affords priority to the use of water for human consumption, public health, small and medium-sized agriculture adapted to the specific conditions of the Member States, small and medium-sized industry, and also the needs of ecosystems. People must have fair, universal access to clean water, such access is, therefore, not compatible with certain unsustainable industrial and agricultural practices, in particular intensive cultivation practices, among others.
Amendment 41 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 3 a (new) (3a) Particular attention should be paid to food security and to the fact that the implementation of the Zero Pollution Action Plan should not lead to a reduction in food production nor to reduced availability and affordability of a good nutrition and healthy, sustainable diets for EU citizens.
Amendment 42 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 3 a (new) (3a) The new Common Agricultural Policy 2023-2027 makes it mandatory to respect environmental and climate objectives, as well as eco-schemes, including, for example, improving the Union’s water management.
Amendment 43 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 3 b (new) (3b) Stresses that the objectives of achieving ‘good status for water bodies’ and ensuring the availability of water cut across many sectors and that these objectives are often not pursued with sufficient coherence in other EU policies; stresses that sound water management must be mainstreamed into all EU policies on sectors that consume water, such as agriculture and energy. Underscores that common policies, sector-specific EU legislation and investments that have received financing should be assessed on a case-by-case basis to ascertain their potential impact on water resources and then amended accordingly.
Amendment 44 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 5 (5) Substances are considered for listing in Annex X to Directive 2000/60/EC or in Annex I or Annex II to Directive 2006/118/EC based on an assessment of the risk they pose to humans and the aquatic environment. The key components of that assessment are knowledge of the environmental concentrations of the substances, which might includ
Amendment 45 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 6 a (new) (6a) Since groundwater ecosystems are more vulnerable to stress than many other freshwater ecosystems and given the difficulty associated with decontaminating polluted groundwater and the importance of groundwater as a source of drinking water, a safety-first approach should be applied when establishing groundwater threshold values in order to protect groundwater ecosystems, human health and ecosystems dependent on groundwater. As a minimum, under such a safety-first policy, no groundwater threshold values should therefore exceed the corresponding surface water EQS.
Amendment 46 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 7 (7) A combination of source-control and end-of-pipe measures is required to effectively deal with most pollutants across their life cycle, including, as relevant, chemical design, authorisation or approval, control of emissions during manufacturing and use or other processes, and waste handling. The setting of new or stricter quality standards in water bodies therefore complements and is coherent with other Union legislation that addresses or could address the pollution problem at one or more of those stages, including Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council49, Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council50, Regulation (EU) No 528/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council51, Regulation (EU) 2019/6 of the European Parliament and of the Council52, Directive 2001/83/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council53, Directive
Amendment 47 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 7 a (new) (7a) The proper transposition of this Directive is greatly dependent upon the preventive measures taken by the Member States. Member States are duty-bound not only to measure, to the best of their ability, the chemical status of ground and surface waters, but also to take all reasonable measures to prevent water pollution.
Amendment 48 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 8 (8) The new scientific knowledge points to a significant risk from several other pollutants found in water bodies, in addition to those already regulated. In groundwater, a particular problem has been identified through voluntary monitoring for
Amendment 49 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 9 (9) Directive 2000/60/EC requires Member States to identify water bodies used for the abstraction of water intended for human consumption, to monitor them, and to take the necessary measures to avoid deterioration in their quality and to reduce
Amendment 50 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 9 a (new) Amendment 51 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 9 b (new) (9b) Member States are obliged to identify affected and at-risk waters, designate nitrate-vulnerable zones, develop action programmes and implement relevant measures. In this regard, there is still a need for an improvement in the harmonisation of control measures and water quality measurement systems between Member States so as to allow for homogenised standards across the Union that make comparability between Member States possible, thus avoiding competition problems in the European agricultural sector, resulting in disturbances to the internal market.
Amendment 52 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 10 (10) Concern has been expressed about the risk of antimicrobial resistance developing from the presence of antimicrobial resistant microorganisms and antimicrobial resistance genes in the aquatic environment, but little monitoring has taken place.
Amendment 53 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 10 (10) Concern has been expressed about the risk of antimicrobial resistance developing from the presence of antimicrobial resistant microorganisms and antimicrobial resistance genes in the aquatic environment, but little advancement of monitoring has taken place due to a lack of agreed upon targets and standardized methods, including a lack of benchmarking and threshold data to inform evolutionary, epidemiological, and other risk modelling efforts1a. Relevant antimicrobial resistance genes should also be included in the surface and ground water watch lists and monitored as soon as suitable monitoring methods have been developed. This is in line with the 'European One Health Action Plan against Antimicrobial Resistance’, adopted by the Commission in June 2017, and with the Pharmaceutical Strategy for Europe, which also addresses this concern. Member States should strive to identify key hotspots for evolution and dissemination of antimicrobial resistance. __________________ 1a Krista Liguori, Ishi Keenum, Benjamin C. Davis, Jeanette Calarco, Erin Milligan, Valerie J. Harwood, and Amy Pruden, Antimicrobial Resistance Monitoring of Water Environments: A Framework for Standardized Methods and Quality Control, Environ. Sci. Technol. 2022, 56, 13, 9149–9160, doi: https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.1c08918
Amendment 54 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 10 a (new) (10a) Substances such as microplastics, pose a clear risk to public health and the environment, but also to basic activities such as the development of agriculture. The presence of these and other particles can have implications not only on the water received by livestock and crops, but also on soil fertility, thereby compromising the health and good development of present and future crops10a. __________________ 10a https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti cle/pii/S2352186422000724
Amendment 55 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 10 a (new) (10a) The pollution of groundwater and surface water is not only detrimental to biodiversity and costly for water treatment systems, it also places a major burden on public health systems. Addressing this issue by setting lower maximum concentration values for substances and tackling pollution at its source would, at the same time, be an effective way of contributing towards the sound management of public finances.
Amendment 56 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 10 a (new) (10a) Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2020/1729 repealing Implementing Decision 2013/652/EU1a sets the framework to obtain comparable and reliable data on antimicrobial resistance in the European Union, including by monitoring slaughterhouse wastewater as a potential vehicle of antibiotic-resistant bacteria and therefore a possible environmental contamination route. __________________ 1a https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal- content/EN/TXT/?uri=uriserv:OJ.L_.202 0.387.01.0008.01.ENG
Amendment 57 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 12 a (new) (12a) The evaluation pointed out that a better integration of water objectives in agricultural policy was necessary. Thus, the new CAP already increased the ambition and introduced additional measures benefitting sustainable water management and protection in agriculture, especially through cross- compliance measures. For an enhanced coherence between agriculture and water policy, Member States should aim to make use of the full potential of the Agricultural Knowledge and Innovation Systems (AKIS) and stimulate advisory services to promote best practices concerning water management.
Amendment 58 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 12 a (new) (12a) In general terms, the conclusions of the Fitness Check show that the Directives are broadly fit for purpose, with certain scope for improvements that could be achieved with an increase in EU funding which, inter alia, would also help speed the proper implementation of their objectives. The evaluation shows that the Directives have thus far led to a higher level of protection for water bodies and better flood risk management.
Amendment 59 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 13 (13) The evaluation also concluded that there is too much variation between Member States as regards the quality standards and threshold values set at
Amendment 60 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 13 a (new) Amendment 61 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 13 a (new) (13a) More than half of the EU’s water bodies in the European Union do not comply with threshold values for water quality, and data is scarce, which is a symptom of difficulties on the part of the Member States’ inspection and monitoring services in achieving the objectives set by the Directive. It is therefore necessary to provide the Member States’ inspection and monitoring services with sufficient financial and human resources to achieve the objectives laid down in the Directive.
Amendment 62 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 13 a (new) (13a) Any decision in the selection, review of substances and EQS setting must be based on risk assessment and follow a proportionate, transparent and science-based approach, considering also socio-economic consequences including food security and taking into consideration recommendations from European Parliament, Member States and relevant stakeholders.
Amendment 63 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 13 b (new) (13b) The evaluation showed that the overall slow progress in achieving the objectives of Directive 2000/60/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council can be attributed to a lack of sufficient financial resources. Measures that improve the status of water bodies through restoration of rivers and ecosystem services provide financial benefits that outweigh the costs and could reduce necessary expenditure for Member States.
Amendment 64 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 17 (17) The review of the list of priority substances in Part A of Annex I to Directive 2008/105/EC has concluded that several priority substances are no longer of Union wide concern and should therefore no longer be included in Part A of Annex I to that Directive. Those substances should therefore be considered as river basin specific pollutants and included in Part C of Annex II to Directive 2008/105/EC together with their corresponding EQS. Considering that those pollutants are no longer considered to be of Union wide concern, the EQS need only be applied where those pollutants could still be of national or regional or local concern in that they present significant risks.
Amendment 65 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 17 a (new) (17a) Compliance with the EU’s carbon- neutrality targets should not come at the expense of unquantified ecological impacts on our ecosystems and biodiversity. The lists of priority environmental substances and the watch list should be regularly updated in line with scientific and technological findings on economic sectors that are expected to grow, thus posing a high risk of water pollution, with a view to effecting an energy transition.
Amendment 66 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 21 (21) To ensure effective and coherent decision-making and develop synergies with the work carried out in the framework of other Union legislation on chemicals, the European Chemicals Agency (‘ECHA’), should be given a permanent and clearly circumscribed role in the prioritisation of substances to be included in the watch lists and in the lists of substances in Annexes I and II to Directive 2008/105/EC and Annexes I and II to Directive 2006/118/EC, and in the derivation of the current appropriate science-based quality standards, and those based on the corresponding evaluations of the differing circumstances in the various regions of the EU. The Committee for Risk Assessment (RAC) and the Committee for Socio-Economic Analysis (SEAC) of ECHA, should facilitate the carrying out of certain tasks conferred on ECHA by providing opinions. ECHA should also ensure better coordination between various pieces of environmental law through increased transparency as regards pollutants on a watch list or the development of Union
Amendment 67 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 21 a (new) (21a) In order to ensure consistency and clarity of the rules within the Union, it is necessary that this revision is in line and consistent with other rules linked to the same topic and which are currently under review or negotiation within the co- legislators.
Amendment 68 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 27 a (new) (27a) Water as an essential resource for agriculture can be ensured through the application of novel technologies, the modernisation of irrigation systems, as well as by recognising the importance of investing in research to boost and promote techniques such as precision agriculture to ensure land and water management that can meet challenges27a. __________________ 27a https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti cle/pii/S037837741500089X
Amendment 69 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 32 (32) Considering the increases in unforeseeable weather events, in particular extreme floods and prolonged droughts, and in significant pollution incidents resulting in or exacerbating transboundary accidental pollution, Member States should be required to ensure that immediate information on such incidents is provided to other potentially affected Member States and effectively cooperate with potentially affected Member States to mitigate the effects of the event or incident. In this regard, it is essential to take into account in this revision that there are European regions that are particularly exposed to this type of extreme weather phenomena, as well as to water pollution, due to their particular geographical and climatological characteristics. It is also necessary to reinforce cooperation between Member States and streamline procedures for transboundary cooperation in case of more structural, i.e. non accidental and longer term transboundary issues which cannot be solved at Member State level, in accordance with Article 12 of Directive 2000/60/EC. In case European assistance is necessary, competent national authorities may send requests for assistance to the Emergency Response Coordination Centre of the Commission, which will coordinate possible offers of assistance and their deployment through the Union Civil Protection Mechanism, in accordance with Article 15 of Decision 1313/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council64 . __________________ 64 Decision No 1313/2013/EU of the
Amendment 70 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 32 (32) Considering the increases in unforeseeable weather events, in particular extreme floods and prolonged droughts, which are main drivers of crop failure, and in significant pollution incidents resulting in or exacerbating transboundary accidental pollution, Member States should be required to ensure that immediate information on such incidents is provided to other potentially affected Member States and effectively cooperate with potentially affected Member States to mitigate the effects of the event or incident. It is also necessary to reinforce cooperation between Member States and streamline procedures for transboundary cooperation in case of more structural, i.e. non accidental and longer term transboundary issues which cannot be solved at Member State level, in accordance with Article 12 of Directive 2000/60/EC. In case European assistance is necessary, competent national authorities may send requests for assistance to the Emergency Response Coordination Centre of the Commission, which will coordinate possible offers of assistance and their deployment through the Union Civil Protection Mechanism, in accordance with Article 15 of Decision 1313/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council64 . __________________ 64 Decision No 1313/2013/EU of the
Amendment 71 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 32 (32) Considering the increases in unforeseeable weather events, in particular extreme floods and prolonged droughts and fires, and in significant pollution incidents resulting in or exacerbating transboundary accidental pollution, Member States should be required to ensure that immediate information on such incidents is provided to other potentially affected Member States and effectively cooperate with potentially affected Member States to mitigate the effects of the event or incident. It is also necessary to reinforce cooperation between Member States and streamline procedures for transboundary cooperation in case of more structural, i.e. non accidental and longer term transboundary issues which cannot be solved at Member State level, in accordance with Article 12 of Directive 2000/60/EC. In case European assistance is necessary, competent national authorities may send requests for assistance to the Emergency Response Coordination Centre of the Commission, which will coordinate possible offers of assistance and their deployment through the Union Civil Protection Mechanism, in accordance with Article 15 of Decision 1313/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council64. __________________ 64 Decision No 1313/2013/EU of the
Amendment 72 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 34 a (new) (34a) This directive introduces new and more demanding technical and technological services for both analytics and sampling. For these services to be sustainable, the Commission will carry out an in-depth economic feasibility assessment, in order to quantify the economic, bureaucratic and administrative costs that will fall to the authorities responsible for monitoring, and to examine other possibilities offering either better procurement or recruitment and staff training alternatives.
Amendment 73 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 34 b (new) (34b) In view of the changes proposed in this directive, the surface water chemical status assessment will change with respect to the current classification and determine the need for a review of the implementation of the common agricultural policy to weigh up any changes thereto.
Amendment 74 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 34 c (new) (34c) Given the significance of the reference analytical methods and effect- based methods referred to in this directive, common reference guidelines will need to be issued in this regard.
Amendment 75 #
Proposal for a directive Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1 Directive 2000/60/EC Article 1 – indent 4 — achieving the objectives of relevant international agreements, including those which aim to prevent and eliminate pollution of the marine environment, by Union action to cease or phase out discharges, emissions and losses of priority hazardous substances, with the exception of those no longer used or produced in Europe, with the ultimate aim of achieving concentrations in the marine environment near background values for naturally occurring substances and close to zero for man-made synthetic substances. Priority hazardous substances that are no longer used or produced in Europe should be monitored and a more in-depth assessment carried out of the related trend, discharges, emissions and losses;
Amendment 76 #
Proposal for a directive Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point b Directive 2000/60/EC Article 2 – point 30 (30) ‘Priority substances’ means substances listed in Part A of Annex I to Directive 2008/105/EC, that is substances which present a significant risk to or via the aquatic environment in a high proportion of Member States
Amendment 77 #
Proposal for a directive Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point c Directive 2000/60/EC Article 2 – point 30 a (30a) ‘Priority hazardous substances’ means priority substances which are marked as ‘hazardous’ on the basis that they are recognised in scientific reports, in relevant Union legislation, or in relevant international agreements, as being toxic, persistent and liable to bio-accumulate, endocrine disruptors, or substances identified as persistent, mobile and toxic (PMT)/very persistent and very mobile (vPvM) or as giving rise to an equivalent level of concern, where this concern is relevant to the aquatic environment
Amendment 78 #
Proposal for a directive Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point d Directive 2000/60/EC Article 2 – point 35 ‘Environmental quality standard’ means the concentration of a particular pollutant or group of pollutants in water, sediment or biota not to be exceeded in order to protect human health and the environment or a trigger value for the adverse effect on human health or the environment of such a pollutant or group of pollutants measured using an appropriate effect-based method
Amendment 79 #
Proposal for a directive Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point d Directive 2000/60/EC Article 2 – point 35 ‘Environmental quality standard’ means the concentration of a particular pollutant or group of pollutants in water, sediment or biota not to be exceeded in order to protect human health and the environment or a trigger value for the adverse effect on human health or the environment of such a pollutant or group of pollutants measured using an appropriate effect-based method
Amendment 80 #
Proposal for a directive Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3 Directive 2000/60/EC Article 3 – paragraph 4 a 4a. In the case of exceptional circumstances of natural origin or force majeure, in particular extreme floods, fires and prolonged droughts, or significant pollution incidents, which could affect downstream water bodies situated in other Member States, Member States shall ensure that the competent authorities for downstream water bodies in such Member States, as well as the Commission, are immediately informed and that the necessary cooperation is set up to investigate the causes and address the consequences of the exceptional circumstances or incidents.’;
Amendment 81 #
Proposal for a directive Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4 – point a Directive 2000/60/EC Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point a – point iv (iv) Member States shall implement the necessary measures to progressively reduce pollution from priority substances and river basin specific pollutants, and to cease or phase out emissions, discharges and losses of priority hazardous substances, with the exception of those no longer used or produced in Europe;
Amendment 82 #
Proposal for a directive Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4 – point b a (new) Directive 2000/60/EC Article 4 – paragraph 4 – point c (ba) In Article 4(4), point c is replaced by the following: " (c) Extensions shall be limited to a maximum of three further updates of the river basin management plan except in cases where the natural conditions are such that the objectives cannot be achieved within this period."
Amendment 83 #
Proposal for a directive Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6 a (new) Directive 2000/60/EC Article 8 a (new) (6a) The following Article 8a is inserted: “Article 8a Member States shall monitor and report separately on monitoring stations near borders. If a Member State has no influence on the origin of pollution the monitoring results shall not be counted towards its national aggregated data.”
Amendment 84 #
Proposal for a directive Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7 a (new) Directive 2000/60/EC Article 11 – paragraph 3 – point c Amendment 85 #
Proposal for a directive Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 9 Directive 2000/60/EC Article 12 – paragraph 1 1. Where a Member State identifies an issue which has an impact on the management of its water but cannot be resolved by that Member State or could likely affect another Member State, it shall notify the issue to the Commission and any other Member State concerned and make recommendations for the resolution of it.
Amendment 86 #
Proposal for a directive Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 9 Directive 2000/60/EC Article 12 – paragraph 2 – first subparagraph The Commission shall respond to any notifications from Member States within a period of six months. Where the issue concerns failure to meet good chemical status, the Commission shall act in accordance with Article 7a of Directive 2008/105/EC. The Member States concerned shall cooperate to identify the sources of the issues referred to in paragraph 1 and the measures required for addressing those issues.
Amendment 87 #
Proposal for a directive Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 11 Directive 2000/60/EC Articles 16 and 17 Amendment 88 #
Proposal for a directive Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 11 Directive 2000/60/EC Articles 16 and 17 Amendment 89 #
Proposal for a directive Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 12 – point b Directive 2000/60/EC Article 18 – paragraph 4 Amendment 90 #
Proposal for a directive Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 14 Directive 2000/60/EC Article 20a (new) – paragraph 2 2. The power to adopt delegated acts referred to in Article 20(1) shall be conferred on the Commission for a
Amendment 91 #
Proposal for a directive Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 15 Directive 2000/60/EC Article 21 – paragraph 1 1. The Commission shall be assisted by a Committee on which the Member States shall be represented by experts in areas including the construction and management of flood defences and infrastructure, storage facilities and the use of water intended mainly for irrigation and environmental upkeep. That committee shall be a committee within the meaning of Regulation (EU) No 182/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council*.
Amendment 92 #
Proposal for a directive Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 2 2006/118/EC Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new) (ba) criteria for the assessment of the good ecological status of groundwater;
Amendment 93 #
Proposal for a directive Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 2 Directive 2006/118/EC Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new) (ba) criteria for assessing the good ecological status of groundwater.
Amendment 94 #
Proposal for a directive Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 4 – point c Directive 2006/118/EC Article 3 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 2 Member States shall, by [OP please insert the date = the first day of the month following
Amendment 95 #
Proposal for a directive Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 4 – point d Directive 2006/118/EC Article 3 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 1 ‘Member States shall amend the list of threshold values applied in their territories whenever scientific data in new information on pollutants, groups of pollutants, or indicators of pollution indicates that, as reported by on-the- ground monitoring at national level, a threshold value needs to be set for an additional substance, that an existing threshold value needs to be modified, or that a threshold value previously removed from the list needs to be re-inserted. If relevant threshold values are established or amended at Union level, Member States shall adapt the list of threshold values applied in their territories to those values. ’; .
Amendment 96 #
Proposal for a directive Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 6 Directive 2006/118/EC Article 6 a (new) – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 The Commission is empowered to adopt implementing acts to establish, having regard to scientific reports prepared by ECHA, a watch list of substances for which
Amendment 97 #
Proposal for a directive Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 6 Directive 2006/118/EC Article 6 a (new)– paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 The watch list shall contain a maximum of five substances or groups of substances and shall indicate the monitoring matrices and the possible methods of analysis for each substance. Those monitoring matrices and methods shall not entail excessive costs nor excessive administrative burden for the competent authorities. The substances to be included in the watch list shall be selected from amongst those substances for which the information available indicates that they may pose a significant risk at Union level to, or via, the aquatic environment and for which monitoring data are insufficient. This watch list shall
Amendment 98 #
Proposal for a directive Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 6 Directive 2006/118/EC Article 6 a (new) – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3 As soon as suitable monitoring methods for micro-plastics and selected antimicrobial resistance genes have been identified, those substances shall be included in the watch list.
Amendment 99 #
Proposal for a directive Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 6 ECHA shall prepare scientific reports to assist the Commission in selecting the substances for the watch list, taking into account the leading evidence of scientific knowledge and the following information:
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Amendment 1 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 7 (7)
Amendment 10 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 21 (21) To ensure effective and coherent decision-making and develop synergies with the work carried out in the framework of other Union legislation on chemicals, the European Chemicals Agency (‘ECHA’), should be given a permanent and clearly circumscribed role in the prioritisation of substances to be included in the watch lists and in the lists of substances in Annexes I and II to Directive 2008/105/EC and Annexes I and II to Directive 2006/118/EC, and in the derivation of appropriate science-based quality standards. The Committee for Risk Assessment (RAC) and the Committee for Socio-Economic Analysis (SEAC) of ECHA, should facilitate the carrying out of certain tasks conferred on ECHA by providing opinions. ECHA should also ensure better coordination between various pieces of environmental law through increased transparency as regards pollutants on a watch list or the development of Union wide or national EQS or thresholds, by making relevant scientific reports publicly available. The process should be transparent and sufficient time should be given to evaluate scientific information and allow stakeholders to contribute to the process.
Amendment 11 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 31 (31) It is necessary to take into account the state of scientific and technical progress and the best available methods in the area of monitoring of the status of water bodies in accordance with the monitoring requirements set out in Annex V to Directive 2000/60/EC. Therefore, Member States should be allowed to use of data and services from remote sensing technologies, earth observation (Copernicus services), in-
Amendment 12 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 31 (31) It is necessary to take into account scientific and technical progress in the area of monitoring of the status of water bodies in accordance with the monitoring requirements set out in Annex V to Directive 2000/60/EC. Therefore, Member States should be allowed to use of data and services from remote sensing technologies, earth observation (Copernicus services), in- situ sensors and devices, or citizen science data, leveraging the opportunities offered by artificial intelligence, advanced data analysis and processing. The European Commission is encouraged to increase transparency in the EU modelling tools by using up-to-date information and data.
Amendment 13 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 31 (31) It is necessary to take into account scientific and technical progress in the area of monitoring of the status of water bodies in accordance with the monitoring requirements set out in Annex V to Directive 2000/60/EC. Therefore, Member States should be allowed to use of data and services from remote sensing technologies, earth observation (Copernicus services), in- situ sensors and devices, or citizen science data, leveraging the opportunities offered by artificial intelligence, advanced data analysis and processing. The European Commission is encouraged to increase transparency in the EU modelling tools by using up-to-date information and data.
Amendment 14 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 32 (32) Considering the increases in unforeseeable weather events, in particular extreme floods and prolonged droughts, and in significant pollution incidents resulting in or exacerbating transboundary
Amendment 15 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 34 a (new) (34 a) Member States shall encourage synergies between the relevant directives requirements both for data collection and deployment of digital tools such as remote sensing technologies, earth observation (Copernicus services) including spaceborne data derived from estimations of physicochemical features, in-situ sensors and devices, or citizen science data, leveraging the opportunities offered by best available techniques including artificial intelligence, advanced data analysis and processing, taking into account the principle of technological neutrality.
Amendment 16 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 34 b (new) (34 b) The competent authorities shall support trainings, skills development programmes and investment in human capital to support the effective implementation of the best technologies and innovative solutions within the framework of the directives. Information shall be accessible in the different national languages to strengthen accessibility to the relevant data across Europe for the relevant local actors and citizens.
Amendment 17 #
Proposal for a directive Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point a a (new) Directive 2006/118/EC Article 6 – paragraph 2a (new) (a a) in Article 6, the following paragraph 2a is inserted: 'Member States shall take all necessary measures to protect vulnerable sites, such as groundwater-dependent Natura 2000 sites, from pollution or drainage.'
Amendment 18 #
Proposal for a directive Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point c Directive 2000/60/EC Article 2 – point (30a) (30a) ‘Priority hazardous substances’ means priority substances which are marked as ‘hazardous’ on the basis that they are recognised in scientific reports, in relevant Union legislation, or in relevant international agreements, as being toxic, persistent, mobile and liable to bio- accumulate or as giving rise to an equivalent level of concern, where this concern is relevant to the aquatic environment. Endocrine disrupters and substances classified as PBT (persistent, bioaccumulative and toxic), vPvB (very persistent and very accumulative), PMT (persistent, mobile and toxic) and vPvM (very persistent and very mobile) according to hazard classes in the Classification, Labelling and Packaging Regulation are also included.
Amendment 19 #
Proposal for a directive Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point d Directive 2000/60/EC Article 2 – point (35) ‘Environmental quality standard’ means the concentration of a particular pollutant or group of pollutants in water, sediment or biota not to be exceeded in order to protect human health and the environment or a trigger value for the adverse effect on human health or the environment of such a pollutant or group of pollutants measured using an appropriate
Amendment 2 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 8 (8) The new scientific knowledge points to a significant risk from several other pollutants found in water bodies, in addition to those already regulated. In groundwater, a particular problem has been identified through voluntary monitoring for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) and pharmaceuticals. PFAS have been detected at more than 70% of the groundwater measuring points in the Union and existing national thresholds are clearly exceeded at a considerable number of locations, and pharmaceutical substances are also widely found. A subset of specific PFAS as well PFAS total should therefore be added to the list of groundwater pollutants. In surface waters, perfluorooctane sulfonic acid and its derivatives are already listed as priority substances, but other PFAS are now also recognised to pose a risk. A subset of specific PFAS as well PFAS total should therefore be added to the list of priority substances. Watch-list monitoring under Article 8b of Directive 2008/105/EC has confirmed a risk in surface waters from a number of pharmaceutical substances which should therefore be added to the priority substances list. Bisphenol A is being replaced by other bisphenols with similar properties. Bisphenols should therefore be added to the priority list.
Amendment 20 #
Proposal for a directive Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3 Directive 2000/60/EC Article 3 – paragraph 4a 4a. In the case of exceptional circumstances of natural origin or force
Amendment 21 #
Proposal for a directive Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4 – point a Directive 2000/60/EC Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point (a) – point (iv) (iv)
Amendment 22 #
Proposal for a directive Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4 – point a Directive 2000/60/EC Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point (a) – point (iv) (iv) Member States shall implement the necessary measures to progressively reduce pollution from priority substances and river basin specific pollutants, and to cease or phase out emissions, discharges and losses of priority hazardous substances. These measures should aim primarily to eliminate pollution at source;
Amendment 23 #
Proposal for a directive Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7 – point b Directive 2000/60/EC Article 10 – paragraph 3 3. Where a
Amendment 24 #
Proposal for a directive Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 8 a (new) Directive 2000/60/EC Article 11 – paragraph 5 – second indent Amendment 25 #
Proposal for a directive Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 9 Directive 2000/60/EC Article 12 – paragraph 1 1. Where a Member State identifies an issue which has an impact on the management of its water but cannot be resolved by that Member State, it shall notify the issue to the Commission and a
Amendment 26 #
Proposal for a directive Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 9 Directive 2000/60/EC Article 12 – paragraph 2 Member States shall respond to each other in a timely manner, and no later than
Amendment 27 #
Proposal for a directive Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point (11) (11) Article
Amendment 28 #
Proposal for a directive Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 18 a (new) Directive 2000/60/EC Annex VII – Part A – point (7.7. a) (new) (18 a) In Annex VII, Part A, Point 7.7. the following point is inserted: 7.7.a A summary of the measures taken to digitise the water sector
Amendment 29 #
Proposal for a directive Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 2 Directive 2006/118/EC Article 1 – paragraph 1 – introductory part 1. This Directive establishes specific measures to prevent and control
Amendment 3 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 11 (11) Considering the growing awareness of the relevance of mixtures and therefore of effect-based monitoring for determining chemical status, and considering that sufficiently robust effect-based monitoring methods already exist for estrogenic substances, Member States should apply such methods to assess the cumulative effects of estrogenic substances in surface waters over a period of at least two years. This will allow the comparison of effect- based results with the results obtained using the conventional methods for monitoring the three estrogenic substances listed in Annex I to Directive 2008/105/EC. That comparison will be used to assess whether effect-based monitoring methods may be used as reliable screening methods. Using such screening methods would have the advantage of allowing the effects of all estrogenic substances having similar effects to be covered, and not only those listed in Annex I to Directive 2008/105/EC. The definition of EQS in Directive 2000/60/EC should be modified to ensure that it may, in the future, also cover trigger values that might be set for assessing the results of effect-based monitoring. The determination of the chemical status at national level should not create disparities in the classification among Member States, when the EQS identified for the same substance is different.
Amendment 30 #
Proposal for a directive Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 6 Directive 2006/118/EC Article 6a – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 The watch list shall contain a maximum of five substances or groups of substances and shall indicate the monitoring matrices and the possible methods of analysis for each substance. Those monitoring matrices and methods shall not entail excessive costs or excessive bureaucracy for the competent authorities. The substances to be included in the watch list shall be selected from amongst those substances for which the information available indicates that they may pose a significant risk at Union level to, or via, the aquatic environment and for which monitoring data are insufficient. This watch list shall include substances of emerging concern. In order to minimise the administrative burden in connection with monitoring and reporting, a further reuse of data and increased digitalisation shall be privileged.
Amendment 31 #
Proposal for a directive Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 6 Directive 2006/118/EC Article 6a – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 The watch list shall contain a
Amendment 32 #
Proposal for a directive Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 6 Directive 2006/118/EC Article 6a – paragraph 1– point (f) (f)
Amendment 33 #
Proposal for a directive Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 6 Directive 2006/118/EC Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point (6) – (f) (f) research and innovation projects and scientific publications, including up- to-date information on trends and predictions based on modelling or other predictive assessments and data and information from remote sensing technologies, earth observation (Copernicus services) including spaceborne data derived from estimations of physicochemical features, in-situ sensors and devices, or citizen science data, leveraging the opportunities offered by best available techniques including artificial intelligence, advanced data analysis and processing, taking account of the principle of technological neutrality;
Amendment 34 #
Proposal for a directive Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 6 Directive 2006/118/EC Article 6a – Watch list– paragraph 1– letter (f) (f) research and innovation projects and scientific publications, including up- to-date information on trends and predictions based on modelling or other predictive assessments and data and information from remote sensing technologies, earth observation (Copernicus services), in-situ sensors and devices, or citizen science data, leveraging the opportunities offered by artificial intelligence, advanced data analysis and processing;
Amendment 35 #
Proposal for a directive Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 6 Directive 2006/118/EC Article 2 – paragraph 4 4. Member States shall make available the results of the monitoring referred to in
Amendment 36 #
Proposal for a directive Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 7 Directive 2006/118/EC Article 8 – paragraph 1 1. (1) The Commission shall
Amendment 37 #
Proposal for a directive Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 7 Amendment 38 #
Proposal for a directive Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 7 Directive 2006/118/EC Article 8 – paragraph 3 Amendment 39 #
Proposal for a directive Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 7 Directive 2000/60/EC Article 8 – paragraph 3 a (new) 3 a. By [two years after the entry into force of this Directive], the Commission shall establish EU-wide technical guidelines and harmonised standards for continuous and precise (online) pollution monitoring systems of water quality measurements.
Amendment 4 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 11 (11) Considering the growing awareness of the relevance of mixtures and therefore of effect-based monitoring for determining chemical status, and considering that sufficiently robust effect-based monitoring methods already exist for estrogenic substances, Member States should apply such methods to assess the cumulative effects of estrogenic substances in surface waters over a period of at least two years. This will allow the comparison of effect- based results with the results obtained using the conventional methods for monitoring the three estrogenic substances listed in Annex I to Directive 2008/105/EC. That comparison will be used to assess whether effect-based monitoring methods may be used as reliable screening methods. Using such screening methods would have the advantage of allowing the effects of all estrogenic substances having similar effects to be covered, and not only those listed in Annex I to Directive 2008/105/EC. The definition of EQS in Directive 2000/60/EC should be modified to ensure that it may, in the future, also cover trigger values that might be set for assessing the results of effect-based monitoring. The determination of the chemical status at national level should not create disparities in the classification among Member States, when the EQS identified for the same substance is different.
Amendment 40 #
Proposal for a directive Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 7 Directive 2006/118/EC Article 8 – paragraph 4 Amendment 41 #
Proposal for a directive Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 7 Directive 2006/118/EC Article 8 – paragraph 5 Amendment 42 #
Proposal for a directive Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 7 Directive 2000/60/EC Paragraph 6 – point (f) (f) Union research programmes and scientific publications, including
Amendment 43 #
Proposal for a directive Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 7 Directive 2006/118/EC Article 8 – paragraph 6 – point (f) (f) Union research programmes and scientific publications, including up-to- date information resulting from remote sensing technologies, earth observation (Copernicus services), in-situ sensors and devices and/or citizen science data, leveraging the opportunities offered by artificial intelligence, advanced data analysis and processing;
Amendment 44 #
Proposal for a directive Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 14 Directive 2006/118/EC Annex IV – part B – point (1) – introductory sentence the starting point for implementing measures to reverse significant and sustained upward trends, including seasonal trends, will be when the concentration of the pollutant reaches 75 % of the parametric values of the groundwater quality standards set out in Annex I and of the threshold values referred to in Article 3(1), points (b) and (c), unless:.
Amendment 45 #
Proposal for a directive Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 3 – point a Directive 2008/105/EC Article 5 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 On the basis of the information collected in accordance with Articles 5 and 8 of Directive 2000/60/EC, and other available data, Member States shall establish an inventory, including maps, if available, of emissions, discharges and losses of all priority substances listed in Part A of Annex I to this Directive and all pollutants listed in Part A of Annex II to this Directive for each river basin district or part of a river basin district lying within their territory, including their concentrations in sediment and biota, as appropriate. The inventories of emissions shall be made available in a digital database to drinking water and waste water operators directly or indirectly affected by these emissions.
Amendment 46 #
Proposal for a directive Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 5 Directive 2008/105/EC Article 8 – paragraph 3a (new) 3 a. By 12 January 2025, the Commission shall establish technical guidelines regarding methods of analysis for monitoring of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances under the parameter ‘PFAS Total’. By 12 January 2026, the Commission shall amend Annex I to set the quality standards for 'PFAS total'.
Amendment 47 #
Proposal for a directive Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 5 Directive 2008/105/EC Article 8 – paragraph 6a (new) 6 a. By 12 January 2024, the Commission shall establish technical guidelines regarding methods of analysis for monitoring of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances under the parameters ‘PFAS Total’ and ‘Sum of PFAS’, including detection limits, parametric values and frequency of sampling, in order to set the EQS for the totality of the substances concerned. Annex I shall be reviewed accordingly.
Amendment 48 #
Proposal for a directive Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 7 Directive 2008/105/EC Article 8b – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 The watch list shall contain a maximum of 10 substances or groups of substances at any one time, and shall indicate the monitoring matrices and the possible methods of analysis for each substance. Those monitoring matrices and methods shall not entail excessive costs or bureaucracy for the competent authorities. The substances to be included in the watch list shall be selected from amongst the substances for which the information available indicates that they may pose a significant risk at Union level to, or via, the aquatic environment and for which monitoring data are insufficient. The watch list shall include substances of
Amendment 49 #
Proposal for a directive Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 7 Directive 2006/118/EC Article 8b – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 The watch list shall contain a maximum of 1
Amendment 5 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 12 (12) The evaluation of Union water legislation58 (the ‘evaluation’) concluded that the process for identifying and listing pollutants affecting surface and groundwater and setting or revising quality standards for them in the light of new scientific knowledge could be accelerated. If those tasks were to be carried out by the Commission, rather than in the framework of the ordinary legislative procedure as currently provided for in Articles 16 and 17 of Directive 2000/60/EC and Article 10 of Directive 2006/118/EC, the functioning of the surface and groundwater watch-list mechanisms, in particular in terms of timing and sequence of listing, monitoring and assessing results, could be improved, the links between the watch-list mechanism and the reviews of the lists of pollutants could be strengthened, and changes to the lists of pollutants could take account of scientific progress more swiftly. Therefore, and given the need to amend the lists of pollutants and their EQS promptly in the light of new scientific and technical knowledge, the power to adopt acts in accordance with Article 290 TFEU should be delegated to the Commission to amend Annex I to Directive 2008/105/EC with regard to the list of priority substances and corresponding EQS set out in Part A of that Annex and to amend Annex I to Directive 2006/118/EC with regard to the list of groundwater pollutants and quality standards set out in that Annex. In this context, the Commisison should take account of the results of the monitoring of substances on the surface and groundwater watch lists and also consider recommendations from Member States, stakeholders, and the scientific community before submitting proposals for Priority Substances Environmental Quality Standards. As a consequence, Article
Amendment 50 #
Proposal for a directive Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 7 Directive 2006/118/EC Article 8b – paragraph 1 – point (e) (e) research and innovation projects and scientific
Amendment 51 #
Proposal for a directive Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 7 Directive 2008/105/EC Article 8 – paragraph 6 – point (f) (e) research and innovation projects and scientific publications, including up- to-date information on trends and predictions based on modelling or other predictive assessments and data and information from remote sensing technologies, earth observation (Copernicus services), in-situ sensors and devices, or citizen science data, leveraging the opportunities offered by artificial intelligence, advanced data analysis and processing.
Amendment 52 #
Proposal for a directive Annex V – paragraph 1 – point 2 Directive 2013/39/EU Annex V – paragraph 1 – point (2) Note 1: Where an EQS is listed between [], this value is subject to confirmation in the light of the opinion requested from the Scientific Committee on Health, Environmental and Emerging Risks. (23) Nickel and its compounds Metals Annual Average (AA) - EQS Inland surface waters 4 μg/L Annual Average- (AA) - EQS Other surface waters (marine) 8.6 μg Ni/L Maximum Allowable Concentration (MAC) - EQS Other surface waters (marine) 34 μg Ni/L Maximum Allowable Concentration (MAC) - EQS Other surface waters (marine) 34 μg Ni/L
Amendment 53 #
Proposal for a directive Annex V – paragraph 1 – point 2 Amendment 6 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 12 (12) The evaluation of Union water legislation58 (the ‘evaluation’) concluded that the process for identifying and listing pollutants affecting surface and groundwater and setting or revising quality standards for them in the light of new scientific knowledge could be accelerated. If those tasks were to be carried out by the Commission, rather than in the framework of the ordinary legislative procedure as currently provided for in Articles 16 and 17 of Directive 2000/60/EC and Article 10 of Directive 2006/118/EC, the functioning of the surface and groundwater watch-list mechanisms, in particular in terms of timing and sequence of listing, monitoring and assessing results, could be improved, the links between the watch-list mechanism and the reviews of the lists of pollutants could be strengthened, and changes to the lists of pollutants could take account of scientific progress more swiftly. Therefore,
Amendment 7 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 14 a (new) (14 a) In order to ensure a harmonised approach and level playing field in the Union, the power to adopt acts in accordance with Article 290 TFEU should be delegated to the Commission to amend Annex I to Directive 2006/118/EC by setting a quality standard for PFAS total.
Amendment 8 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 17 (17) The review of the list of priority substances in Part A of Annex I to Directive 2008/105/EC has concluded that several priority substances are no longer of Union wide concern and should therefore no longer be included in Part A of Annex I to that Directive. Those substances should therefore be considered as river basin specific pollutants and included in Part C of Annex II to Directive 2008/105/EC together with their corresponding EQS. Considering that those pollutants are no longer considered to be of Union wide concern, the EQS need only be applied where those pollutants could still be of significant national or regional or local concern.
Amendment 9 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 21 (21) To ensure effective and coherent decision-making and develop synergies with the work carried out in the framework of other Union legislation on chemicals, the European Chemicals Agency (‘ECHA’), should be given a permanent and clearly circumscribed role in the prioritisation of substances to be included in the watch lists and in the lists of substances in Annexes I and II to Directive 2008/105/EC and Annexes I and II to Directive 2006/118/EC, and in the derivation of appropriate science-based quality standards. The Committee for Risk Assessment (RAC) and the Committee for Socio-Economic Analysis (SEAC) of ECHA, should facilitate the carrying out of certain tasks conferred on ECHA by providing opinions. ECHA should also ensure better coordination between various pieces of environmental law through increased transparency as regards pollutants on a watch list or the development of Union wide or national EQS or thresholds, by making relevant scientific reports publicly available. The process should be transparent and sufficient time should be given to evaluate scientific information and allow relevant stakeholders to contribute to the process.
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