Activities of Beatriz BECERRA BASTERRECHEA related to 2014/2239(INI)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on follow up to the European Citizens’ Initiative Right2Water
Amendments (13)
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas the Resolution adopted by the General Assembly of the UN on 28 July 2010 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;
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses that an ECI is an important tool for making citizens’ voices heard in the legislative procedure and that an admissible and appropriate ECI. Therefore, utmost transparency should be implemented during the 2 month analysis phase by the Commission, and that an admissible and appropriate ECI should, in the first place, count with adequate legal support and counselling on behalf of the Commission, be adequately visibilised and publicised, and promoters and supporters kept fully informed and up to date during the whole process, which should in principle result in a new Commission legislative proposal, at least when the Commission has committed itself to doing so, as in the case of the ECI R2W;
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas access to safe drinking water and sanitation is inextricably linked to the right to life and human dignity and to the need for an adequate standard of living;
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion
Recital B b (new)
Recital B b (new)
Bb. whereas the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe declared ‘that Access to water must be recognised as a fundamental human right because it is essential to life on earth and is a resource that must be shared by humankind’;
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion
Recital B c (new)
Recital B c (new)
Bc. whereas the EU Water Framework Directive recognises that ‘water is not a commercial product like any other but, rather, a heritage which must be protected, defended and treated as such’;
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas the European Union and the Member States shall comply with the commitments and take account of the objectives they have approved in the context of the United Nations and other competent international organisations;
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion
Recital C b (new)
Recital C b (new)
Cb. whereas access to water is essential for life, health, food, well-being and development and water can therefore not be considered simply as a commodity;
Amendment 44 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls on the Member States to complete their River Basin Management Plans as a matter of urgency, and as a key element of enforcement of the Water Framework Directive, and to implement them properly with full respect for the overriding ecological criteria;
Amendment 47 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Calls on the Commission and Member States to adopt a policy implementing the human right to water and sanitation as recognised by the United Nations, and promoting the provision of water and sanitation as essential public services for all;
Amendment 58 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Reaffirms that access to drinking water in a sufficient quantity and of a sufficient quality is a basic human right and considers that national governments have a duty to carry out this obligation; reasonable access to water means at least 20 litres per person per day from a clean source within a radius of 1 km;
Amendment 59 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Insists on the need for local public authorities to be given support in their efforts towards establishing an innovative, participatory, democratic system of public water management that is efficient, transparent and regulated and that respects the objectives of sustainable development;
Amendment 60 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 c (new)
Paragraph 4 c (new)
4c. Emphasises that distribution of water should be essentially looked upon as a public service and hence organised as such to guarantee affordable access for all;
Amendment 61 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 d (new)
Paragraph 4 d (new)
4d. Calls on the Commission and Member States not to consider water supply and management of water resources as subject to internal market rules;