Activities of Maria Lidia SENRA RODRÍGUEZ related to 2018/0205(COD)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the alignment of reporting obligations in the field of environment policy and thereby amending Directives 86/278/EEC, 2002/49/EC, 2004/35/EC, 2007/2/EC, 2009/147/EC and 2010/63/EU, Regulations (EC) No 166/2006 and (EU) No 995/2010, and Council Regulations (EC) No 338/97 and (EC) No 2173/2005
Amendments (15)
Amendment 8 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point –1 (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point –1 (new)
Directive 86/278/EEC
Recital 11
Recital 11
-1 the eleventh recital is replaced by the following: whereas sludge must be treated before being used in agriculture; whereas Member States may nevertheless authorise, under certain conditions, the use of untreated sludge in cases where there is no risk to human or animal health;
Amendment 9 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point –1 a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point –1 a (new)
Directive 86/278/ECC
Recital 12
Recital 12
-1 a. Recital 12 is replaced by the following: whereas a certain period must elapse between using the sludge and putting livestock out to pasture or harvesting fodder crops or certain crops which are normally in direct contact with the soil and normally consumed raw; whereas the use of sludge on fruit and vegetable crops during the growing season must be prohibited;
Amendment 10 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point –1 b (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point –1 b (new)
Directive 86/278/EEC
Recital 16
Recital 16
-1 b. Recital 16 is deleted.
Amendment 11 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point –1 c (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point –1 c (new)
Directive 86/278/EEC
Article 6
Article 6
-1 c. Article 6 is replaced by the following: Without prejudice to Article 7: (a) sludge shall be treated before being used in agriculture; (b) sewage-sludge producers shall regularly provide users with all the information referred to in Annex II A; (c) the use of sewage sludge in agriculture shall only be authorised with prior, accredited training, that has been endorsed and supervised by the authorities, and with exhaustive information for users. Those wishing to make use of sewage sludge must be in possession of a licence issued by the competent authorities.
Amendment 12 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point –1 d (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point –1 d (new)
Directive 86/278/EEC
Article 7 – paragraph b
Article 7 – paragraph b
-1 d. Article 7(b) is replaced by the following: (b) in fruit and vegetable crops during the growing season,
Amendment 17 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1 a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1 a (new)
Directive 86/278/EEC
Article 11
Article 11
1a. Article 11 shall be deleted
Amendment 18 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1 b (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1 b (new)
Directive 86/278/EEC
Article 11 a (new)
Article 11 a (new)
1b. The following new Article 11(a) shall be inserted: All food (of animal or plant origin) from soils where sewage sludge is used shall undergo a full heavy metal residue analysis before being placed on the market.
Amendment 19 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Directive 86/278/EEC
Article 17
Article 17
The Commission is empowered to lay down, by means of an implementing act, a format in accordance with which Member States are to provide information on the implementation of Directive 86/278/EEC as required by Article 10 of this Directive. That implementing act, shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 15(2). The Commission services shall publish a Union-wide overview including maps on the basis of the data made available by the Member States pursuant to Articles 10 and 17. and shall submit, every two years, to the European Parliament and the Council proposals for the better protection of soils and the environment.
Amendment 24 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point –1 (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point –1 (new)
Directive 2004/35/EC
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
-1 In Article 3, paragraph 1, the following point b a is added: b (a) Damage caused by the introduction of foreign forest species that are unsuitable owing to their diminishing of local water sources or being highly flammable.
Amendment 25 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Directive 2004/35/EC
Article 14 – paragraph 2
Article 14 – paragraph 2
1. in Article 14(2) is deleted;, paragraph 2 is replaced by the following: The Commission shall submit a report every two years on tangible work undertaken to remedy damage to the environment and shall establish mechanisms to ensure the prevention of damage and, at any rate, redress, including compensation payments for losses caused to persons engaged in fishing, shellfishing and farming.
Amendment 26 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Directive 2004/35/EC
Article 18 – paragraph 1
Article 18 – paragraph 1
Member States shall ensure that adequate and up-to-date information, at least on imminent threats of damage is available to the public in an open data format online, in accordance with Annex VI of this Directive and with Article 7(4) of Directive 2003/4/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council*. For each incident, as a minimum, the information listed in Annex VI of this Directive shall be provided, as a minimumwell as information on measures already taken, including environmental impact assessments with a view to preventing any damage that may be caused by actions subject to such assessments.
Amendment 29 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Directive 2004/35/EC
Article 18 – paragraph 3
Article 18 – paragraph 3
3. The Commission services shall publish a Union-wide overview including maps on the basis of the data made available by the Member States pursuant to paragraph 1, and of the inspections conducted by the Commission itself.
Amendment 30 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Directive 2004/35/EC
Article 18 – paragraph 4 – point b
Article 18 – paragraph 4 – point b
the spatial data sets from Member States set up in accordance with this Article and the related Union-wide overviews under paragraph 3 and with the inspections conducted by the Commission itself.
Amendment 31 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Directive 2004/35/EC
Annex VI – paragraph 1
Annex VI – paragraph 1
1. scale and type of environmental damage, date of occurrence and/or discovery of the damage. The scale of environmental damage shall be classified as small, medium, large or very large. The type of environmental damage shall be classified as damage to water, marine environment, soil, nature/ecosystems, the countryside, or damage to human health caused by pollution;
Amendment 45 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1
Article 8 – paragraph 1
Regulation (EU) No 995/2010
Article 20 – paragraph 2
Article 20 – paragraph 2
2. Based on the information referred to in paragraph 1, the Commission services shall make publicly available, on an annual basis, a Union-wide overview on the basis of the data submitted by the Member States and checked by the Commission by conducting inspections. This overview shall be submitted to the European Parliament and the Council. In preparing the overview, the Commission services shall have regard to the progress made in respect of the conclusion and operation of the FLEGT VPAs pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 2173/2005 and their contribution to minimising the presence of illegally harvested timber and timber products derived from such timber on the internal market.