54 Amendments of Martin HOJSÍK related to 2022/0345(COD)
Amendment 45 #
Proposal for a directive
Title 1
Title 1
Proposal for a DIRECTIVE OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL concerning urban wastewater treatment (recast) (Text with EEA relevance)
Amendment 50 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 2
Recital 2
(2) Directive 91/271/EEC sets the legal framework for the collection, treatment and discharge of urban wastewater and the discharge of biodegradable wastewaters from certain industrial sectors. Its objective is to protect the environment from being adversely affected by insufficiently treated urban wastewater discharges, in order to achieve the objectives established under Directive 2000/60/EC and other relevant legislation. This Directive should continue to pursue the same objective, whilst also contributing to the protection of public health, when for instance urban wastewater is discharged in bathing waters or in water bodies used for the abstraction of drinking water, or when urban wastewater is used as an indicator for parameters relevant for public health. It should also improve access to sanitation and to key information related to the governance of the urban wastewater collection and treatment activities. Finally, this Directive should contribute to the progressive elimination of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from urban wastewater collection and treatment activities, notably by further reducing nitrogen emissions but also by promoting energy efficiency and production of renewable energies, and thus should contribute to the 2050 objective of Climate Neutrality established under Regulation (EU) 2021/1119 of the European Parliament and of the Council37. _________________ 37 Regulation (EU) 2021/1119 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 June 2021 establishing the framework for achieving climate neutrality and amending Regulations (EC) No 401/2009 and (EU) 2018/1999 (‘European Climate Law’) (OJ L 243, 9.7.2021, p. 1).
Amendment 68 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 6
Recital 6
(6) Exceptionally, where it can be demonstrated that the establishment of a centralised urban wastewater collecting system would produce no environmental benefit or involve excessive costs, Member States should be allowed to use individual systems to treat urban wastewater, as long as they ensure the same level of treatment as secondary and tertiary treatment. For this purpose, Member States should establish national registers to identify individual systems used on their territory and take all necessary measures to ensure that the design of such systems is adequate, that the systems are properly maintained and that they are subject to a regular compliance control. In particular, Member States should ensure that individual systems used for the collection and storage of urban wastewater are impervious and leak-proof, and that monitoring and inspection of the systems are carried out at regular and fixed intervals. In order to allow for a harmonised regulation of individual systems among Member States, the Commission should provide guidance on the requirements mentioned above on the design, operation and maintenance of such individual systems.
Amendment 76 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 7
Recital 7
(7) During rainfall, storm water overflows and urban runoff represent a sizeable remaining source of pollution discharged into the environment. Those emissions are expected to increase due to the combined effects of urbanisation and progressive change of the rain regime linked with climate change. Solutions to reduce that source of pollution should be defined at local level taking into account the specific local conditions, including climatic ones. They should be based on an integrated quantitative and qualitative water management in urban areas. In addition, control at source should prevail as a first step to avoid pollution in urban runoff. Therefore, Member States should ensure that integrated urban wastewater management plans are established at local level for all agglomerations of 100 000 p.e. and above as those agglomerations are responsible for a significant share of the pollution emitted. Furthermore, integrated urban wastewater management plans should also be put in place for agglomeration of between 10 000 p.e. and 100 000 p.e. where storm water overflows or urban runoff poses a risk for the environment or public health.
Amendment 81 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 8
Recital 8
(8) In order to ensure that the integrated urban wastewater management plans are cost-effective, it is important that they are based on best practices in advanced urban areas, taking also into account the availability of digital tools. Therefore, the measures to be considered should be based on a thorough analysis of the local conditions and should favour a preventive approach aiming at limiting the collection of unpolluted rain waters and optimising the use of existing infrastructures. With a preference for ‘green’ and "blue" developments and investments, new grey infrastructures should only be envisaged where absolutely necessary. In order to protect the environment, in particular the coastal and marine environment, and public health, including the protection of surface, ground and drinking water, from being adversely affected by the discharge of insufficiently treated urban wastewater, secondary treatment should be applied to all discharges of urban wastewater from agglomerations of 1 000 p.e. and above. Tertiary treatment should be applied to all discharges of urban wastewater into surface water used as a source for drinking water production.
Amendment 109 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 13
Recital 13
(13) The quaternary treatment necessary to remove micro-pollutants from urban wastewater will imply additional costs, such as costs related to monitoring and new advanced equipment to be installed in certain urban wastewater treatment plants. In order to cover these additional costs and in accordance with the polluter-pays principle expressed in Article 191(2) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU), it is essential that the producers placing on the Union market products containing substances which, at the end of their life, are found as micro- pollutants in urban wastewaters (‘micro- pollutant substances’) take responsibility for the additional treatment required to remove those substances, generated in the context of their professional activities. A system of extended producer responsibility is the most appropriate means to achieve this, as it would limit the financial impact on the taxpayer and water tariff, while providing an incentive to develop greener products. Pharmaceuticals and cosmetic residues currently represent the main sources of micro-pollutants found in urban wastewater requiring an additional treatment (quaternary treatment). Therefore, extended producer responsibility should apply to those two product groups. The list of product groups should be adapted, if appropriate, in the future in line with the scientific and technological progress, the development of the range of products placed on the market and the new data collected from monitoring.
Amendment 126 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 14
Recital 14
(14) Exonerations from the extended producer responsibility obligations should nevertheless be possible where products are placed on the market in small quantities, i.e. less than 2 tonnes of products, since the additional administrative burden for the producer would in such cases be disproportionate compared to the environmental benefits. Exonerations should also be possible when the producer can demonstrate that no micro-pollutants are generated at the end of life of a product. It might be the case for instance where it can be proven that the residues from a product are rapidly biodegradable in the wastewaters and the environment or not reaching the urban wastewater treatment plants. The Commission should be empowered to adopt implementing acts to establish detailed criteria to identify the products placed on the market that do not generate micro-pollutants in wastewaters at the end of their life. When developing these criteria, the Commission should take into account scientific or other available technical information, including relevant international standards.
Amendment 136 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 15
Recital 15
(15) In order to avoid possible internal market distortions, minimum requirements for the implementation of the extended producer responsibility should be established in this Directive, while the practical organisation of the system should be decided at national level. The Commission should provide guidance and framework requirements on the extended producer responsibility schemes to allow for a harmonised implementation among Member States. The contributions of the producers should be proportionate to the quantities of the products they place on the market and the hazardouness of their residues. The contributions should cover, but not exceed, the costs for the monitoring activities for micro-pollutants, the collection, reporting and impartial verification of statistics on the quantities and hazardouness of products placed on the market, and the application of the quaternary treatment to urban wastewater in an efficient manner and in accordance with this Directive. Since urban wastewater is treated collectively, it is appropriate to introduce a requirement for producers to join a centralised organisation which can implement their obligations under the extended producer responsibility on their behalf.
Amendment 161 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 19
Recital 19
(19) Urban wastewater treatment plants also receive non-domestic wastewater, including industrial wastewater, which can contain a range of pollutants not explicitly covered by Directive 91/271/EEC, such as heavy metals, micro-plastics, micro- pollutants and other chemicals. In most instances, there is a poor understanding and knowledge of such pollution which could deteriorate the functioning of the treatment process and contribute to the pollution of the receiving waters, but also prevent the recovery of sludge and the re-use of treated wastewater. Member States should therefore regularly monitor and report on such non-domestic pollution that enters the urban wastewater treatment plants and is discharged into water bodies. To prevent pollution from non-domestic wastewater discharges at source, releases from industries or enterprises connected to collecting systems should be subject to prior authorisation. In order to ensure that collecting systems and urban wastewater treatment plants are technically capable of receiving and treating the incoming pollution, the operators who manage urban wastewater treatment plants receiving non- domestic wastewater should be consulted and give their assent before those permits are issued and should be able to consult the issued permits in order to be able to adapt their treatment processes. In addition, operators of collecting systems and urban wastewater treatment plants receiving non-domestic wastewater should be allowed to monitor those discharges before entering collecting systems and urban wastewater treatment plants. Where non-domestic pollution is identified in the incoming waters, Member States should take appropriate measures to reduce pollution at source, by enhancing the monitoring of pollutants in collecting systems so that the pollution sources can be identified and, where necessary, by reviewing the authorisations provided to relevant, connected urban wastewater treatment plants. The water resources of the Union are increasingly under pressure, resulting in permanent or temporary water scarcity in some areas of the Union. The Union’s ability to respond to the increasing pressures on water resources could be improved through a wider reuse of treated urban wastewater, limiting freshwater abstraction from surface and groundwater bodies. Therefore, the reuse of treated urban wastewater should be encouraged and applied whenever appropriate, whilst taking into account the need to ensure that the objectives of good ecological and chemical status of the receiving bodies, as defined in Directive 2000/60/EC, are met. The reinforcement of the requirements for the treatment of urban wastewater, and the actions to better monitor, track and reduce pollution at source, will have impacts on the quality of treated urban wastewater, and will therefore support water reuse. Where water reuse serves the purpose of agricultural irrigation, it should be carried out in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2020/741 of the European Parliament and of the Council51. _________________ 51 Regulation (EU) 2020/741 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 May 2020 on minimum requirements for water reuse (OJ L 177, 5.6.2020, p. 32).
Amendment 179 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 24
Recital 24
(24) In order to protect the environment and human health, Member States should identify the risks caused by urban wastewaters management. In this regard, as a prior approach, control at source should be promoted to prevent pollution in urban wastewater in line with Article 191(2) of the Treaty of the Functioning of the European Union. On the basis of that identification, and where necessary to comply with the requirements of the Union water legislation, Member States should take more stringent measures for the urban wastewater collection and treatment than the measures required to comply with the minimum requirements set out in this Directive. Depending on the situation, those more stringent measures can include, inter alia, the establishment of collecting systems, the development of integrated urban wastewater management plans or the application of secondary, tertiary or quaternary treatment to urban wastewater for agglomerations or urban wastewater treatment plants that do not reach the p.e. thresholds triggering the application of the standard requirements. They can also include more advanced treatment than the treatment necessary to respect the minimum requirements or disinfection of treated urban wastewaters necessary to comply with Directive 2006/7/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council55. _________________ 55 Directive 2006/7/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 February 2006 concerning the management of bathing water quality and repealing Directive 76/160/EEC (OJ L 64, 4.3.2006, p. 37).
Amendment 201 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 29
Recital 29
(29) Additional monitoring is necessary to verify compliance with the new requirements concerning micro-pollutants, non-domestic pollution, energy neutrality, GHG emissions, storm water overflows and urban runoff. To verify the performance of the quaternary treatment concerning the reduction of micro- pollutants in urban wastewater discharges, it is sufficient to monitor a limited set of representative micro-pollutants. The monitoring frequencies should be aligned to the current best practices, as currently practiced in Switzerland. To remain cost- effective, those obligations should be adapted to the size of the urban wastewater treatment plants and of the agglomerations. The monitoring will also contribute to provide data for the overall Environmental Monitoring Framework as set up under the 8th Environmental Action Programme63, and more specifically feed the Zero Pollution Monitoring Framework underpinning it64and support digital transition in the water sector in line with the EU’s Digital Strategy. _________________ 63 Decision (EU) 2022/591 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 April 2022 on a General Union Environment Action Programme to 2030 (OJ L 114, 12.4.2022, p. 22). 64 Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions, Pathway to a Healthy Planet for All EU Action Plan: 'Towards Zero Pollution for Air, Water and Soil' (COM/2021/400 final).
Amendment 204 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 30
Recital 30
(30) In order to reduce administrative burden and better use the possibilities offered by digitalisation, the reporting on the implementation of the Directive should be improved and simplified by removing the obligation for Member States to report every two years to the Commission and for the Commission to publish bi-yearly reports. It should be replaced by a requirement for Member States to improve, with the support of the European Environment Agency (EEA), the existing national standardised data sets established under Directive 91/271/EEC, and to regularly update them. Permanent access to the national databases should be provided to the Commission and the EEA. In order to ensure complete information on the application of this Directive, the data sets should include information on compliance of urban wastewater treatment plants with the treatment requirements (pass/fail, loads and concentration of pollutants discharged), on the level of achievement of the objectives of energy neutrality, on GHG emissions of the treatment plants above 10 000 p.e. and on measures taken by the Member States in the context of storm water overflows/ urban runoff, access to sanitation and, treatment by individual systems and implementation of extended producer responsibility. Moreover, full coherence with Regulation (EC) 166/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council65should be ensured to optimise the use of the data, as well as to support full transparency. _________________ 65 Regulation (EC) No 166/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 January 2006 concerning the establishment of a European Pollutant Release and Transfer Register and amending Council Directives 91/689/EEC and 96/61/EC (Text with EEA relevance) OJ L 33, 4.2.2006, p. 1–17
Amendment 215 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 35
Recital 35
(35) To adapt this Directive to scientific and technical progress, the power to adopt acts in accordance with Article 290 TFEU should be delegated to the Commission in respect of amending certain parts of the Annexes with regard to the requirements for the secondary, tertiary and quaternary treatment and the requirements for specific authorisations for discharges of non- domestic wastewater into collecting systems and urban wastewater treatment plants and in respect of supplementing this Direcrive by establishing minimum reuse and recycling rates for phosphorus and nitrogen from sludge. In addition, the Commission should be empowered to extend the list of sectors contributing to extended producer responsibility schemes. It is of particular importance that the Commission carries out appropriate consultations during its preparatory work, including at expert level, and that those consultations be conducted in accordance with the principles laid down in the Interinstitutional Agreement on Better Law-Making. In particular, to ensure equal participation in the preparation of delegated acts, the European Parliament and the Council receive all documents at the same time as Member States’ experts, and their experts systematically have access to meetings of Commission expert groups dealing with the preparation of delegated acts.
Amendment 236 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1
Article 1 – paragraph 1
This Directive lays down rules on the collection, treatment, and discharge of urban wastewater , to protect the environment and human health while progressively eliminatreducing greenhouse gas emissions and improving the energy balance of urban wastewater collection and treatment activities. It also lays down rules on access to sanitation, on transparency of the urban wastewater sector and on the regular surveillance of public health relevant parameters in urban wastewaters and through integrated wastewater management planning aims to increase synergies with climate change adaptation and urban ecosystems restoration action.
Amendment 250 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 3 – point c
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 3 – point c
(c) industrial activities, including those subject to the permitting procedure in accordance with Article 4 with permit conditions laid down under Article 15.1 of the Directive (EU).../….[recast IED];
Amendment 253 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 3 a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 3 a (new)
(3a) 'load’ means the amount of any pollutant in urban wastewater, expressed in mass unit per time (usually kg per day or year);
Amendment 254 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 4
(4) 'agglomeration' means an area where the pollution load of urban wastewater is sufficiently concentrated (10 p.e. per hectare or above) for urban wastewater to be collected and conducted to an urban wastewater treatment plant or to a final discharge point, including an area of sufficient p.e. concentration only seasonally;
Amendment 321 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 19
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 19
(19) 'Producer Responsibility Organisation’ means an organisation established collectively byunder the supervision of Member States competent authorities with support of producers for the purpose of fulfilling their obligations under Article 9;
Amendment 367 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) all their sources of domesticurban wastewater are connected to the collecting system.
Amendment 379 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point b
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) all their sources of domesticurban wastewater are connected to the collecting system.
Amendment 411 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 5 a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. The Commission shall provide guidance on the minimum requirements mentioned above on the design, operation, and maintenance of individual systems across the EU.
Amendment 413 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 1
Article 5 – paragraph 1
1. By 31 December 2030, Member States shall ensure that an integrated urban wastewater management plan is established, and at least in part implemented, for agglomerations of 100 000 p.e. and above.
Amendment 433 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point c – point i
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point c – point i
(i) the requirements established under Article 58 of Directive (EU) 2020/2184;
Amendment 438 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point c a (new)
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point c a (new)
(ca) there is a potential for a synergy with actions undertaken pursuant Article 6 of the Regulation (EU).../….Nature Restoration Law].
Amendment 442 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 3
Article 5 – paragraph 3
3. By 31 December 2035, Member States shall ensure that an integrated urban wastewater management plan is established, and at least in part implemented, for agglomerations referred to in paragraph 2.
Amendment 449 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 4
Article 5 – paragraph 4
4. Integrated urban wastewater management plans, including the specification of parts completed and elements to be yet put in place, shall be made available to the Commission on request.
Amendment 450 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 4
Article 5 – paragraph 4
4. Integrated urban wastewater management plans shall be made available to the Commission on requestwithin three months to their publication.
Amendment 455 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 5 a (new)
Article 5 – paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. The Commission shall reject the integrated urban wastewater management plans established by Member States when these plans do not include the elements set out in at least Annex V.
Amendment 527 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
Article 7 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
Samples taken in accordance with Article 21 and Part D of Annex I of this Directive shall comply with the parametric values set out in table 2 of Part B of Annex I to ensure high level of protection of the environment. The maximum permitted number of samples which fail to conform to the parametric values of table 2 of Part B of Annex I is set out in table 4 of Part D of Annex I.
Amendment 661 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Member States shall take measures to ensure that producers who place any of the products listed in Annex III on the market have extended producer responsibility.
Amendment 667 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – introductory part
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – introductory part
Amendment 709 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point a
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point a
Amendment 735 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 3
Article 9 – paragraph 3
3. The Commission is empowered to adopt implementing acts to establish detailed criteria on the uniform application of the condition laid down in paragraph 2, point (b) to specific categories of products. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 28(2).
Amendment 815 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 10 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Member States shall ensure that producer responsibility organisations established under Article 9(4) are implemented by [the last day of the twenty-fourth month after the date of entry into force of this Directive].
Amendment 930 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
Member States shall respond to each other in a timely manner, and no later than 1 month after notification by another Member State in accordance with paragraph 1.
Amendment 932 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
This notification shall be immediate in case of incidental pollution that may significantly affect downstream water bodies. This should also be accompanied by dissemination to catchment stakeholders.
Amendment 937 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point a
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point a
(a) consults and obtains the assent of the operators of collecting systems and urban wastewater treatment plants into which the non-domestic wastewater is discharged before granting specific authorisations;
Amendment 939 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point b
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point b
(b) allows the operators of collecting systems and urban wastewater treatment plants receiving non-domestic wastewater discharge to consult the specific authorisations granted in their catchment areas on request. in their catchment areas prior to them being granted, and to duly take into account potential consequences of emissions on their infrastructures and the protection of human health and the environment, in particular with respect to the provisions of the Directive (EU).../….[recast IED].
Amendment 942 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point b a (new)
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point b a (new)
(ba) allows the operators of collecting systems and urban wastewater treatment plants receiving non-domestic wastewater to monitor those discharges before entering collecting systems and urban wastewater treatment plants.
Amendment 947 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 14 – paragraph 2 – point c
Article 14 – paragraph 2 – point c
(c) treated urban wastewater is to be reused in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2020/741 or reused for other than agricultural purposes;
Amendment 950 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 14 – paragraph 4 a (new)
Article 14 – paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. In the event of incident or accident in line with Art. 7 of in Directive (EU).../….[recast IED] affecting operators of urban waste water treatment plants, the competent authority requires the operator holding specific authorisation to take any appropriate complementary measures that the competent authority considers necessary to limit the environmental consequences and to prevent further possible incidents or accidents. The competent authority shall inform the operators of waste water treatment plans, including transboundary waste water operators affected, of the measures taken to prevent or remedy damage caused by that pollution to human health and the environment.
Amendment 954 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 15 – paragraph 1
Article 15 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall systematically promote the reuse of treated wastewater from all urban wastewater treatment plants, and where applicable ensure proper implementation of the provisions of Art 15(1) of the Directive (EU).../….[recast IED], guaranteeing that the released polluting substances by industrial installations do not impede the operation of the waste water treatment plants and the consequent reuse of the water from these plants. Where treated wastewater is reused for agricultural irrigation, it shall comply with the requirements established under Regulation (EU) 2020/741 . In any case of reuse of water, minimum ecological flow shall be maintained in a water body at all times.
Amendment 1018 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 18 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 18 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Amendment 1106 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 21 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 21 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) the destination of the treated urban wastewater including the share of reused water, including monitoring that, where the waste water discharges to a water body, minimal ecological flow is ensured at all times;
Amendment 1140 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 21 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 4 a (new)
Article 21 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 4 a (new)
By [two years after the entry into force of this Directive], the Commission shall establish EU-wide technical guidelines and harmonised standards for continuous and precise (online) pollution monitoring systems of water quality measurements.
Amendment 1154 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 22 – paragraph 1 – point e
Article 22 – paragraph 1 – point e
(e) by 31 December 2025, set up a data set containing information on all direct and indirect green house gas emissions from all operational activities with a breakdown between different gasses, emission sources and on the total energy used and renewable energy produced by each urban wastewater treatment plant of 10 000 p.e. and above as well as a calculation of the percentage of achievement of the targets set out in Article 11(2) and update that data set annually thereafter;
Amendment 1227 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 25 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Article 25 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
The review procedure shall be fair, equitable, timelycompleted in a timely manner and not prohibitively expensive, and shall provide for adequate and effective redress mechanisms, including injunctive relief as appropriate.
Amendment 1236 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 25 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 25 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. For the purposes of paragraph 1, any non-governmental organisation that promotes environmental protection and meets the relevant requirements under national law shall be deemed to have rights capable of being impaired and their interest shall be deemed sufficient.
Amendment 1238 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 25 – paragraph 2 c (new)
Article 25 – paragraph 2 c (new)
2c. Member States shall ensure that practical information is made available to the public on access to the administrative and judicial review procedures referred to in this Article.
Amendment 1287 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – Part C – point 1 – point a
Annex I – Part C – point 1 – point a
(a) the polluting substances contained in the non-domestic wastewater do not impede the operation of the wastewater treatment plant, do not damage collecting systems, wastewater treatment plants and associated equipment and do not prevent the reuse of treated water and the recovery of sludge for beneficial uses requiring a particular quality of these resources;
Amendment 1289 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – Part C – point 1 – point d
Annex I – Part C – point 1 – point d
(d) where an urban wastewater treatment plant treats discharges from an installation holding a permit referred to in Article 4 of Directive 2010/75/EU, the pollutant loadwaste water treatment plant is made equipped to abate the released polluting substances and the operator of the respective installation is financially responsible for the costs of the additional treatments in line with the polluter pays principle, the pollutant load and concentration from the discharges of that plant does not exceed the pollutant load and concentration that would be discharged if the discharges were released directly from the installation and were compliant with the emission limit values set in accordance with Article 15(3) of that Directive and, any additional measures taken in accordance with Article 18 of that Directive; and an equivalent level of protection of the environment as a whole is guaranteed;
Amendment 1292 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – Part C – point 1 – point e a (new)
Annex I – Part C – point 1 – point e a (new)
(ea) The specific authorisation shall include the monitoring requirements of the non-domestic activity operators responsible for the non-domestic wastewater before such wastewater enters collecting systems and urban wastewater treatment plants.
Amendment 1309 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex II – point 1
Annex II – point 1
1. Areas located in the catchments of the Baltic Sea, the Black Sea, parts of the North Sea identified as sensitive to eutrophication under Directive 2008/56/EC and parts ofand the Adriatic Sea identified as sensitive to eutrophication under Directives 2008/56/EC and 2000/60/EC;
Amendment 1370 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex VI – subheading 1 a (new)
Annex VI – subheading 1 a (new)
The information in the following points shall be accessible to consumers on-line, and consumers may obtain access to that information by other means upon justified request: