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8 Amendments of Margrete AUKEN related to 2006/0129(COD)

Amendment 46 #

Recital 6 a (new)
(6a) As other relevant Community acts contributing to quality standards in water have not yet been adopted or fully implemented, it is currently difficult to determine whether the implementation of those policies will enable the objectives of Directive 2000/60/EC to be achieved, or whether further Community action will still be needed. Consequently, it is appropriate to carry out a formal evaluation of the consistency and effectiveness of all Community legislative acts contributing directly or indirectly to achieving good water quality in good time. Or. en (Reinstatement of amendment 9 from first reading in a modified form)
2008/04/14
Committee: ENVI
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)
2008/04/14
Committee: ENVI
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)
2008/04/14
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 52 #

Article 3 – paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Member States shall comply with Directive 98/83/EC and shall manage the surface water bodies used for the abstraction of drinking water in accordance with Article 7 of Directive 2000/60/EC. This Directive shall therefore be implemented without prejudice to provisions which may require more stringent standards. Or. en (Reinstatement of amendment 28 from first reading)
2008/04/14
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 53 #

Article 3 a (new)
Article 3a To achieve the objective set out in Article 3, Member States may impose more stringent restrictions on the use or discharge of substances than those set out in Directive 91/414/EEC and in Regulation (EC) No .../... of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the placing of plant protection products on the market*, which replaces it, or in other Community legislation. __________ *OJ .... Or. en (Reinstatement of amendment 34 from first reading)
2008/04/14
Committee: ENVI
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)
2008/04/14
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 66 #

Article 5 – paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. The Commission shall, in accordance with the regulatory procedure referred to in Article 21(2) of Directive 2000/60/EC, lay down the technical specifications for the analyses as well as the method to be used by Member States for establishing the inventories. Or. en (Reinstatement of amendment 44 from first reading)
2008/04/14
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 68 #

Annex I – Part B – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
However, in accordance with section 1.3.4 of Annex V to Directive 2000/60/EC, Member States may introduce statistical methods, such as a percentile calculation, to ensure an acceptable level of confidence and precision for determining compliance with the MAC-EQS. If they do so, such statistical methods shall comply with detailed rules laid down in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 21(2) of Directive 2000/60/EC. deleted Or. en (New amendment based on Rule 62(2)(c) of the Rules of Procedure)
2008/04/14
Committee: ENVI