8 Amendments of Margrete AUKEN related to 2006/0129(COD)
Amendment 46 #
Recital 6 a (new)
Amendment 47 #
Recital 11
(11) In accordance with the rules set out in section 1.3.4 of Annex V to Directive 2000/60/EC, when monitoring compliance with the EQS, inexcluding those expressed as maximum allowable concentrations, Member States may introduce statistical methods, such as a percentile calculation, to deal with outliers (extreme deviations from the mean) and false readings in order to ensure an acceptable level of confidence and precision. To ensure the comparability of monitoring between Member States, it is appropriate to provide for the establishment of detailed rules for such statistical methods through committee procedure. Or. en (New amendment based on Rule 62(2)(c) of the Rules of Procedure)
Amendment 48 #
Recital 13
(13) Furthermore, Member States should be able to establish EQS for sediment and/or biota at national level and apply those EQS instead of the EQS for water set out in this Directive. Such EQS should be established through a transparent procedure involving notifications to the Commission and other Member States so as to ensure a level of protection equivalent to the EQS for water set up at Community level. The Commission should summarise these notifications in its reports on the implementation of Directive 2000/60/EC. Moreover, as sediment and biota remain important matrices for the monitoring of certain substances bywith significant accumulation potential and against the indirect effect of which environmental quality standards for surface water currently offer no protection. Member States, in order to assess long term impacts of anthropogenic activity and trends, Member States should take measures, subject to Article 4 of Directive 2000/60/EC, with the aim ofto ensuringe that existing levels of contamination in biota and sediments will not significantly increase. (Partial reinstatement of amendment 72 from first reading, as well as partial reinstatement ofincrease. Or. en the text of the Commission proposal)
Amendment 52 #
Article 3 – paragraph 4 a (new)
Amendment 53 #
Article 3 a (new)
Amendment 65 #
Article 5 – paragraph 5
5. The Commission shall, by 20215, verify that emissions, discharges and losses as reflected in the inventory are making progress towards compliancecan be expected to comply, by 2025, with the reduction or cessation objectives laid down in Article 4(1)(a)(iv) of Directive 2000/60/EC, subject to Article 4(4) and (5) of that Directive. . The Commission shall submit a report on this verification to the European Parliament and the Council. If the report shows that compliance is unlikely to be achieved, it shall propose the necessary Community measures pursuant to Article 251 of the Treaty by 2016. Or. en (Reinstatement of amendment 69 from first reading)
Amendment 66 #
Article 5 – paragraph 5 a (new)
Amendment 68 #
Annex I – Part B – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2