BETA

6 Amendments of Tiemo WÖLKEN related to 2022/0344(COD)

Amendment 59 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 8 a (new)
(8 a) Atrazine is a herbicide used for annual broad-leaved weeds and annual grasses in cereals. The use of atrazine in plant protection products is no longer authorised within the Union pursuant to Commission Decision 2004/248/EC1a. Atrazine has been proven to be an endocrine disruptor, with evidence that it interferes with reproduction and development, and it could be a cause of cancer. The European Environmental Agency, assessing pesticides against effect or quality thresholds between 2013 and 2020, found that exceedances of one or more pesticides were detected at between 4% and 11% of groundwater monitoring sites, mainly exceedances of atrazine and its metabolites. Considering its persistent presence in the Union surface and groundwaters and in order to ensure the threshold values for atrazine do not exceed the total pesticides and metabolites EQS, the threshold value for atrazine in Annex I to Directive 2008/105/ EC should be adjusted, also in accordance with the threshold value for the same substance set in Directive (EU) 2020/21841b. _________________ 1a Commission Decision of 10 March 2004 concerning the non-inclusion of atrazine in Annex I to Council Directive91/414/EEC and the withdrawal of authorizations for plant protection products containing this active substance, OJ L 78. 1b Directive (EU) 2020/2184 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 2020 on the quality of water intended for human consumption (recast)
2023/04/05
Committee: ENVI
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.
2023/04/05
Committee: ENVI
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 they are recognised in scientific reports, in relevant Union legislation, or in relevant international agreements, as being toxic, persistent and liable to bio-accumulate, as being endocrine disrupters or substances identified as PMT/vPvM (Persistent, Mobile and Toxic/very Persistent, very Mobile) substances or as giving rise to an equivalent level of concern, where this concern is relevant to the aquatic environment, and for which measures need to be taken in accordance with Article 4, paragraph 1, point a), point iv.
2023/04/05
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 183 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 4 a (new)
Directive 2006/118/EC
Article 3 – paragraph 7
(4 a) In Article 3, paragraph 7 is replaced by the following: "The Commission shall publish a report on the national threshold values referred to in paragraph 1, point (b), one year after the Member States provide that information to ECHA in accordance with paragraph 5." Or. en (32006L0118)
2023/04/05
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 241 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 1 a (new)
Directive 2008/105/EC
Article 1
(1 a) Article 1 is amended as follows: "This Directive lays down environmental quality standards (EQS) for priority substances and priority hazardous substances, with the aim of achieving good surface water chemical status and in accordance with the provisions and objectives of Article 4 of Directive 2000/60/EC." Or. en (32008L0105)
2023/04/05
Committee: ENVI
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.
2023/04/05
Committee: ENVI