Activities of Anders VISTISEN related to 2023/0232(COD)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on Soil Monitoring and Resilience (Soil Monitoring Law)
Amendments (12)
Amendment 155 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 25
Recital 25
(25) In order to ensure an appropriate governance on soils, Member States should be required to appoint a competent authority for each soil district. Member States should be allowed to appoint any additional competent authority at the appropriate level including at national or regnational level.
Amendment 217 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1
Article 1 – paragraph 1
1. The objective of the Directive is to put in place a solid and coherent soil monitoring framework for all soils across the EU and to continuously improve soil health in the Union with the view to achieve healthyier soils by 2050 and maintain soils in healthy condition, so that they can supply multiple ecosystem services at a scale sufficient to meet environmental, societal and economic needs, prevent and mitigate the impacts of climate change and biodiversity loss, maintain the quality of groundwater and avoid its contamination from soil sources, increase the resilience against natural disasters and for food security and that soil contamination and erosion is reduced to levels no longer considered harmful to human health and the environment.
Amendment 240 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1
Article 2 – paragraph 1
This Directive applies to all soils in the territory of Member States, recognizing and respecting the primary jurisdiction of Member States over soil-related matters.
Amendment 249 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 4
(4) ‘soil health’ means the physical, chemical and biological condition of the soil, as well as its erosion control, water control, resistance to compaction, disease suppression, resilience to environmental pressures and sustainability properties, determining its capacity to function as a vital living system and to provide ecosystem services;
Amendment 266 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 9
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 9
(9) ‘soil health assessment’ means the evaluation of the health of the soil based on the measurement or estimation of soil descriptors; according to a Member States’ specific soil challenges
Amendment 328 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 2
Article 5 – paragraph 2
Amendment 355 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 4
Article 6 – paragraph 4
4. The Commission shall, subject to agreement fromthe prior approval of Member States concerned, carry out regular soil measurements on soil samples taken in- situ, based on the relevant descriptors and methodologies referred to in Articles 7 and 8, to support Member States’ monitoring of soil health. Where a Member State provides agreement in accordance with this paragraph, it shall ensure that the Commission can carry out such in-situ soil sampling.
Amendment 574 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 12 – paragraph 1
Article 12 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall manage the risks for human health and the environment of potentially contaminated sites and contaminated sites, and keep them to acceptable national minimum levels of contamination levels, taking account of the environmental, social and economic impacts of the soil contamination and of the risk reduction measures taken pursuant to Article 15 paragraph 4.
Amendment 636 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 18 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point b
Article 18 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point b
Amendment 678 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 23
Article 23
Amendment 720 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 25 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 25 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Member States shall bring into force the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with this Directive by … [OP please insert date = 2 years after date of entry into force of the Directive]2030. They shall forthwith communicate to the Commission the text of those provisions.
Amendment 722 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 25 – paragraph 2
Article 25 – paragraph 2
2. If Member States shall communicve already adopted provisions related to the Commissionfulfilling the obligations set forth in the Directive, they shall communicate the text of the mainsuch provisions of national law which they adopt in the field covered byto the Commission within 2 years after the date of entry into force of thise Directive.