Activities of José Inácio FARIA related to 2014/2239(INI)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on the follow-up to the European Citizens’ Initiative Right2Water PDF (221 KB) DOC (179 KB)
Amendments (18)
Amendment 14 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas water provision is a natural monopoly and all revenues from the water management cycle should be reinvested in the protectioncover the cost of water services and its improvement;
Amendment 42 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Considers it regrettable that the communication lacks any real ambition and limits itself to reiterating existing commitments but welcomes its support to increase transparency in the water sector;
Amendment 50 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the Commission, in line with the primary objective of the Right2Water ECI, to coming forward with legislative proposals – including a possible revision of the WFD and of the Drinking Water Directive – that would recognise universal access andproposals that would enshrine the human right to potable water, and considers it regrettable that this has not been done to date; believes that if the Commission fails to do so, the ECI will lose credibility as a democratic mechanism in the eyes of citizenssanitation in the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union;
Amendment 81 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Calls on Member States to support the promotion of education and awareness raising campaigns for citizens in order to preserve and save water resources and to ensure greater civic participation;
Amendment 82 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 b (new)
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7b. Calls on Member States to ensure non-discrimination in access to water services, prioritising its provision to marginalised user groups, where appropriate;
Amendment 86 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Calls on the Commission, the European Investment Bank and the Member States to support public water companies in the EU which lack the necessary capital to access available EU funding and long-term loans at a preferential interest rate, especially for the purpose of extending water and sanitation services to the poor and to invest in building, maintaining and renewing the water infrastructure, in order to guarantee affordable and accessible high quality water services;
Amendment 130 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
Amendment 144 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Recognises that, as stated in the WFD, water is not a commodity but a public good that is vital to human life and dignity, and calls on the Commission, therefore, to permanently excludeensure that water and sanitation fromare managed in ternal market rulesms of efficiency and transparency, given that the provision of water services is a natural monopoly;
Amendment 148 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Urges Member States to ensure an effective institutional framework that enable the scrutiny and enforcement of legislation, norms, standards and best practice in service delivery by guaranteeing the independence and effectiveness of the national regulatory authorities;
Amendment 151 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 b (new)
Paragraph 13 b (new)
13b. Stresses the importance of national regulatory authorities in ensuring fair and open competition between service providers, in facilitating faster implementation of innovative solutions and technical progress, in promoting efficiency and quality of water services, and in ensuring the protection of consumers’ interests; calls on the Commission to support initiatives for regulatory cooperation in the EU in order to accelerate benchmarking, mutual learning and exchange of best regulatory practices;
Amendment 155 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Highlights the success of public-public and public-private partnerships in exchanging best practice in water provision, calls on the Commission, therefore, to promote this form of non- profit cooperation among water operators, and welcomes the Commission’s recognition for the first time, in the communication, of the importance of public-public partnerships;
Amendment 163 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Welcomes the successful efforts of some municipalities, such as that of Paris, to enhance public participation in improving water service provision and the protection of water resources, and recalls that local institutions are best placed to decide water resourceplay an important role in the decision- making process regarding water management;
Amendment 169 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Urges the Member States to enact social policies such as the establishment of water solidarity funds and water affordability schemes to support people who are unable to afford access to water and sanitation services;
Amendment 183 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Calls on Member States to implement the figure of a water services Ombudsman in order to ensure that water-related issues such as complaints and suggestions on water service quality and access could be processed by an independent body;
Amendment 189 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Encourages water companies to reinvest all economic revenues generated from the water management cycle into maintaining and improving water services and protecting water resources; recalls the principle of cost recovery of water services, including environmental and resource costs in accordance with the polluter pays and the user pays principles;
Amendment 194 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18a. Urges the European Commission and Member States to reinforce investment in infrastructure as well as other water services as a premise to guarantee the human right to water in the future;
Amendment 203 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Calls, therefore, for increased transparency among water operators, in particular through the development of a publicclear governance code for water companies in the EU;
Amendment 219 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Stresses that EU development policies should fully integrate universal access to water and sanitation viaand make use of a range of instruments, from the promotion of public-public partnerships based on not- for-profit principles and solidarity between water operators and workers in different countries, to the promotion of best practices, knowledge transfer, as well as development and cooperation programmes;