20 Amendments of Esther HERRANZ GARCÍA related to 2014/2239(INI)
Amendment 2 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 9
Citation 9
– having regard to the United Nations General Assembly resolution of 28 July 2010 entitled ‘ʽThe human right to water and sanitation’6ʼ6, and the United Nations General Assembly resolution entitled ʽThe human right to safe drinking water and sanitationʼ of 18 December 2013, __________________ 6 A/RES/64/292.
Amendment 3 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 9 a (new)
Citation 9 a (new)
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas ‘Right2Water’ is the first European Citizens’ Initiative (ECI) to have met the requirements set out in Regulation (EU) No 211/2011 on the citizens’ initiative and to have been heard by Parliament after receiving the support of almost 1.96 million citizens;
Amendment 10 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the full implementation of the human right to water and sanitation, as recognised by the UN and widely supported acrossby the EU Member States, is essential for life, and whereas the proper management of water resources plays a crucial role in guaranteeing sustainable water use and safeguarding the world’s natural capital;
Amendment 13 #
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 constant improvement;
Amendment 32 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
Amendment 52 #
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 and the human right to 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 citizens; advocates moreover that universal access to safe drinking water and sanitation be recognised in the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union;
Amendment 62 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Recalls that the UN affirmshas recognised that the human right to water and sanitation entitles everyone to water for personal and domestic uses which is safe, physically accessible, affordable, sufficient and acceptablewithout discrimination to a physically accessible, affordable, sufficient and safe access in salubrious conditions for domestic and personal uses which grants privacy and ensures human dignity;
Amendment 64 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Backs the UN Special Rapporteur on the human right to safe drinking water and sanitation and stresses the importance of her work on recognition of this right;
Amendment 68 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on the Commission to recognise the importance of the human right to safe drinking water and sanitation and of water as a public good and a fundamental value for all EU citizens; expresses its concern that an increasing number of people are facing difficulties in paying their water bills and that affordability is becoming a matter of growing concern;
Amendment 90 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to support public water companmunicipalities 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;
Amendment 105 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Emphasises that all Member States have committed themselves to the human right to water through their backing for the UN Declaration and that this right is supported by the majority of citizens and operators in the European Union;
Amendment 119 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Notes that countries across the EU, including Spain, Portugal, Greece, Ireland, Germany and Italy, have seen the potential or actual liberalisation of water serviceshuman right to water and sanitation become a majorn issue of concerninterest to citizens;
Amendment 143 #
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 exclude water and sanitation from internal market rules, given that the provision of water services is a natural monopoly; calls on the Commission to ensure that they are managed efficiently, effectively and transparently;
Amendment 156 #
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 172 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Urges the Member States to enact policies such as the establishment of water solidarity funds to support people who are unable to afford access to water and sanitation services; encourages all the Member States to introduce social action mechanisms such as those that already exist in some EU countries to safeguard the provision of drinking water for citizens in genuine hardship;
Amendment 180 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Expresses its concern that denial of the provision of water and sanitation to disadvantaged and vulnerable communities, such as Roma, is being used in a coercive manner in some Member States;
Amendment 187 #
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 encourages Member States to apply the WFD effectively, in particular Article 9 on the full recovery of the cost of water services and protecting water resources;
Amendment 201 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Calls, therefore, for increased transparency among water operators, in particular through the development of a public governance code for water companies in the EU; also calls for the creation of a national regulator;
Amendment 220 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Stresses that EU development policies should fully integrate universal access to water and sanitation via the promotion of public-public and public-private partnerships based on not- for-profit principles and solidarity between water operators and workers in different countries;