Activities of Margrete AUKEN related to 2022/0345(COD)
Plenary speeches (1)
Urban wastewater treatment (debate)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning urban wastewater treatment (recast)
Amendments (175)
Amendment 52 #
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. 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 improvensure 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 71 #
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 treatmentenvironmental protection 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.
Amendment 78 #
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. They should be based on an integrated quantitative and qualitative water management in urban areas. 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. whereunless it can be demonstrated that storm water overflows or urban runoff does not poses a risk for the environment or public health.
Amendment 102 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 11
Recital 11
(11) Recent scientific knowledge underpinning several Commission strategies43highlight the need to take action to address the issue of micro-pollutants, which are now detected in all waters in the Union. Some of those micropollutants are hazardous for public health and the environment even in small quantities. An additional treatment, i.e. quaternary treatment, should therefore be introduced in order to ensure that a large spectrum of micro-pollutants is removed from urban wastewater. Quaternary treatment should first focus on organic micro-pollutants, which represent a significant part of the pollution and for which removal technologies are already designed. The treatment should be imposed based on the precautionary approach combined with a risk-based approach. Therefore, all urban wastewater treatment plants of 100 000 p.e. and above should provide quaternary treatment, as those facilities represent a significant share of micro-pollutant discharges in the environment and the removal of micro-pollutants by urban wastewater treatment plants at such scale is cost-effective. For agglomerations of between 10 000 p.e. and 100 000 p.e., Member States should be required to apply quaternary treatment to areas identified as sensitive to pollution with micro-pollutants based on clear criteria, which should be specified. Those criteria should particularly reflect the risks associated with micro-plastics and PFAS.Such areas should include locations where treated urban wastewater discharge to water bodies result in low dilution ratios, or where the receiving water bodies are used for the production of drinking water or as bathing waters. In order to avoid the requirement of quaternary treatment for agglomerations of between 10 000 p.e. and 100 000 p.e., Member States should be required to demonstrate the absence of risks to the environment or to public health on the basis of a standardised risk assessment. In order to give Member States enough time to plan and deliver the necessary infrastructures, the requirement of quaternary treatment should progressively apply until 2040 with clear interim objectives. _________________ 43 Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions: A European Strategy for Plastics in a Circular Economy (COM/2018/028 final); Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council and the European Economic and Social Committee, European Union Strategic Approach to Pharmaceuticals in the Environment (COM(2019) 128 final); Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions, Chemicals Strategy for Sustainability Towards a Toxic-Free Environment (COM(2020) 667 final); 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 127 #
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 non the producer can demonstrate that the products they place on the market do not generate micro-pollutants are generated at the quiring quaternary treatmendt of life of a productwastewater. 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 142 #
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 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, the costs of providing adequate information to consumers, 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 153 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 16
Recital 16
(16) The evaluation has also shown that the wastewater treatment sector offers the opportunity to significantly reduce its own energy consumption and to produce renewable energy, for example by better use of the available surfaces in urban wastewater treatment plants for solar energy production or by producing biogas from sludge. The evaluation also illustrated that, without clear legal obligations, only partial progress can be expected in this sector. In this context, Member States should be required to ensure that the total annual energy used by all urban wastewater treatment plants on their national territory treating a load of 10 000 p.e. and above does not exceed the production of energy from renewable sources as defined in Article 2(1) of Directive (EU) 2018/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council44, by those urban wastewater treatment plants. That objective should be progressively met with interim targets by 31 December 2040. Reaching this energy neutrality target will contribute to reduce the avoidable greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from the sector by 46 %, while supporting the achievement of the 2050 climate neutrality objectives and related national and Union objectives, [such as the objectives set out in Regulation (EU) 2018/842 of the European Parliament and of the Council45. Encouraging EU-based biogas or solar energy production while enhancing energy efficiency measures in line with the Energy Efficiency First principle46, which means taking utmost account of cost-efficient energy efficiency measures in shaping energy policy and making relevant investment decisions, will also help reduce the Union energy dependence, one of the objectives expressed in the Commission "Repower EU" Plan47. It is also in line with Directive (EU) 2018/844 of the European Parliament and of the Council48and with Directive (EU) 2018/2001 in which urban wastewater treatment sites are qualified as ‘go-to' areas for renewables, meaning a location designated as particularly suitable for the installation of plants for the production of energy from renewable sources. In order to reach the objective of energy neutrality via optimal measures for each urban wastewater treatment plant and for the collection system, Member States should ensure that energy audits are carried out in accordance with Article 8 of Directive 2012/27/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council49every four years. Those audits should include an identification of the potential for cost- effective use or production of renewable energy following the criteria set out in Annex VI to Directive 2012/27/EU and should result in a concrete and feasible Action Plan. _________________ 44 Directive (EU) 2018/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2018 on the promotion of the use of energy from renewable sources (OJ L 328, 21.12.2018, p. 82). 45 Regulation (EU) 2018/842 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 May 2018 on binding annual greenhouse gas emission reductions by Member States from 2021 to 2030 contributing to climate action to meet commitments under the Paris Agreement and amending Regulation (EU) No 525/2013 (OJ L 156, 19.6.2018, p. 26). 46 Commission Recommendation (EU) 2021/1749 of 28 September 2021 on Energy Efficiency First: from principles to practice — Guidelines and examples for its implementation in decision-making in the energy sector and beyond 47 Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the European Council, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions: REPowerEU Plan (COM/2022/230 final). 48 Directive (EU) 2018/844 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 May 2018 amending Directive 2010/31/EU on the energy performance of buildings and Directive 2012/27/EU on energy efficiency (OJ L 328, 21.12.2018, p. 210). 49 Directive 2012/27/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 October 2012 on energy efficiency, amending Directives 2009/125/EC and 2010/30/EU and repealing Directives 2004/8/EC and 2006/32/EC (OJ L 315, 14.11.2012, p. 1).
Amendment 169 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 20
Recital 20
(20) In order to ensure a proper implementation of this Directive and notably the respect of the emission limit values, it is important to monitor discharges of treated urban wastewater into the environment. The monitoring should be done through the establishment at national level of a mandatory prior authorisation system in order to discharge the treated urban wastewater into the environment. In addition, in order to prevent unintentional discharges of plastic biomedia, including but not limited to biocarriers, biobeads and polystyrene beads, into the environment from urban wastewater treatment plants using this technique, it is essential to include in the discharge authorisations specific obligations to continuously monitor and prevent such discharges.
Amendment 175 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 22
Recital 22
(22) According to Article 168(1) TFEU, Union action complements national policies and is to be directed towards improving public health and preventing diseases. In order to ensure optimal use of relevant public health data from urban wastewaters, urban wastewater surveillance should be set up and used for preventive or early warning purposes, for instance in the detection of specific viruses in urban wastewater as a signal of the emergence of epidemics or pandemics. Member States should establish a permanent dialogue and coordination between competent authorities responsible for public health and competent authorities responsible for urban wastewater management. In the context of that coordination, a list of parameters relevant for public health to be monitored in urban wastewaters should be established, as well as the frequency and location of the sampling. This approach will take advantage of and complement other Union initiatives in the field of public health protection, such as environmental monitoring that includes wastewater surveillance52. Based on information gathered during the COVID-19 pandemic and experience gained from the implementation of the Commission Recommendation on a common approach to establish a systematic surveillance of SARS-CoV-2 and its variants in wastewaters in the EU53(the ‘recommendation’), Member States should be required to monitor health parameters related to SARS-CoV-2 and its variantson a regular basis. In order to ensure that harmonised methods are used, Member States should, to the extent possible, use sampling and analysis methods set out in the recommendation for the monitoring of SARS-CoV-2 and its variants. _________________ 52 Commission Communication on introducing the European Health Emergency Preparedness and Response Authority, the next step towards completing the European Health Union (COM(2021)576 final). 53 Commission Recommendation (EU) 2021/472 of 17 March 2021 on a common approach to establish a systematic surveillance of SARS-CoV-2 and its variants in wastewaters in the EU (OJ L 98, 19.3.2021, p. 3).
Amendment 181 #
(24) In order to protect the environment and human health, Member States should identify the risks caused by urban wastewaters management. 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, preventive measures, 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 or the review of discharge authorisations. 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 185 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 25
Recital 25
(25) Sustainable Development Goal 6 and the associated target requiring Member States to ‘achieve access to adequate and equitable sanitation and hygiene for all and end open defecation, paying special attention to the needs of women and girls and those in vulnerable situations’ by 2030.56Furthermore, Principle 20 of the European Pillar of Social Rights57states that everyone has the right to access essential services of good quality, including water and sanitation. Against that background, and in accordance with the recommendations in the WHO Guidelines for Sanitation and Health58and the provisions of the Protocol on Water and Health59Member States should tackle the issue of access to sanitation at national level. That should be done through actions aimed at improvensuringaccess to sanitation for all, for example by setting up sanitation facilities in public spaces, as well as by encouraging the availability of appropriate sanitation facilities in public administrations and public buildings free of charge and\or making them affordable to all. Sanitation facilities should allow the safe management and disposal of human urine, andfaeces and changing ofmenstrual bloodproducts. They should be safely managed, which implies that they should be accessible to all at all times, including for people with particular needs, such as children, older persons, persons with disabilities and homeless people, that they should be placed in a location that ensures minimal risk to the safety of users, and that they should be hygienically and technically safe to use. Such facilities should also be sufficient in number to ensure that the needs of people are met and waiting times are not unreasonably long. _________________ 56 Resolution adopted by the United Nations General Assembly on 25 September 2015 (A/70/L.1) 57 Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions Establishing a European Pillar of Social Rights (COM/2017/0250 final). 58 WHO Guidelines on Sanitation and Health, 2018. 59 Protocol on Water and Health to the 1992 Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes, 17 June 1999.
Amendment 192 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 26
Recital 26
(26) The specific situation of minority cultures, such as Roma and Travellers, whether settled or not, and in particular their lack of access to sanitation, was acknowledged in the Communication from the Commission of 7 October 2020 ‘A Union of Equality: EU Roma strategic framework for equality, inclusion and participation’, which calls for increasing effective equal access to essential services. Overall, it is appropriate that Member States pay particular attention to vulnerable and marginalised groups by taking the necessary measures to improvensure access to sanitation for those groups. It is important that the identification of those groups is coherent with Article 16(1) of Directive (EU) 2020/2184 of the European Parliament and of the Council60. Measures to improvensureaccess to sanitation by vulnerable and marginalised groups might include providing sanitation facilities in public spaces and privatespaces as well as in public administration buildingsfor free or for a low service fee, improving or maintaining the connection to adequate systems to collect urban wastewater, and raising awareness of the nearest sanitation facilities. _________________ 60 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 (OJ L 435, 23.12.2020, p. 1).
Amendment 200 #
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 touild on the current best practices, as currently practiced in Switzerland. They should be expanded to capture particularly hazardous substances such as Telmisartan, Bisphenol A, Beta-estradiol and Perfluorooctane sulfonic acid (PFOS). . 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 it64. _________________ 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 210 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 32
Recital 32
(32) The urban wastewater collection and treatment sector is specific, operating as a captive market, with public and small enterprises being connected to the collecting system without having the possibility to choose their operators. It is therefore important to ensure public access to operators’ key performance indicators, such as the level of treatment achieved, the costs of treatment, the energy used and produced, and the related GHG emissions and carbon footprint. In order to make the public more aware of the implications of urban wastewater treatment, key information on the annual wastewater collection and treatment costs for each household should be provided in an easily accessible manner, for instance on the invoices, while other detailed information should be accessible online, on a website of the operator or the competent authority.
Amendment 224 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 38
Recital 38
(38) Pursuant to the Interinstitutional Agreement on Better Law-Making68, the Commission should carry out an evaluation of this Directive within a certain period of time from the date set for its transposition. That evaluation should be based on experience gained and data collected during the implementation of this Directive, on any available WHO recommendations, and on relevant scientific, analytical, and epidemiological data. In the evaluation, particular attention should be given to the possible necessity to introduce reduction targets for greenhouse gas emissions of the wastewater treatment sector, the need to remove micro-plastics and PFAS from urban wastewater before discharge, the necessity toadapt ofthe list of products to be covered by extended producer responsibility according to the evolution of the range of products placed on the market, the improvement of knowledge on the presence of micro-pollutants in the wastewaters and their impacts on public health and the environment, and data from the new monitoring obligations on micro- pollutants in the inlets and outlets of the urban wastewater treatment plants. _________________ 68 Interinstitutional Agreement between the European Parliament, the Council of the European Union and the European Commission on Better Law-Making (OJ L 123, 12.5.2016, p. 1–14).
Amendment 234 #
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 eliminating greenhouse gas emissions and improving the energy balance of urban wastewater collection and treatment activities. It also lays down rules on while contributing to the transition towards a circular economy. It also lays down rules for the implementation of the extended producer responsibility, on universal access to sanitation, on transparency of the urban wastewater sector and on the regular surveillance of public health relevant parameters in urban wastewaters .
Amendment 244 #
(3) ‘ non-domestic wastewater ’ means any wastewater which is discharged into collecting systems from premises used for either of the following:
Amendment 263 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 5
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 5
(5) ‘urban runoff’ means rainwater, snow or meltwater from agglomerations collected by combined or separate sewers or by mechanical collection of snow from roads and other urban spaces;
Amendment 269 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 6
(6) 'storm water overflow’ means discharge of untreated urban wastewater in receiving watfrom combined sewers or from combined sewerurban wastewater treatment plants caused by rainfall;
Amendment 274 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 8
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 8
(8) ‘combined sewer’ means a conduit thatllecting system designed to collects and conducts urban wastewater from different origins in one conduit;
Amendment 311 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 16
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 16
(16) ‘micro-pollutant’ means a substance, including its breakdown products, that is usually present in the environment and urban wastewaters in concentrations usually below milligrams per litre and which can be considered hazardous to human health or the environment based on any of the criteria set out in Part 3 and Part 4 of Annex I to Regulation EC69; _________________ 69 Regulation EC 1272/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council on classification, labelling and packaging of substances and mixtures (OJ L 353 31.12.2008, p 1).
Amendment 337 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 20
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 20
(20) ‘sanitation’ means facilities and services for the safe, hygienic, secure, and socially and culturally acceptable disposal of human urine, and faeces, and menstrual bloodfor the changing of menstrual products that provides privacy and ensures dignity;
Amendment 348 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 23
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 23
(23) ‘plastic biomedia’ means any plastic support used for the development of the bacteria needed for the treatment of urban wastewaters;
Amendment 353 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 24 a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 24 a (new)
(24a) 'direct greenhouse gas emissions’ means emissions that occur from sources that are owned or controlled by the urban wastewater treatment plant and collecting systems and include process gas emission such as nitrous oxide and methane.
Amendment 359 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 24 b (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 24 b (new)
(24b) `indirect greenhouse gas emissions´ means emissions from the generation of purchased electricity consumed by the urban wastewater treatment plant and collection systems and its operation.
Amendment 383 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Member States shall take measures to ensure that competent authorities carry out an assessment of the wastewater leakage levels and associated emissions on their territory and of the potential for improvements in wastewater leakage reduction. That assessment shall take into account relevant public health, environmental, technical and economic aspects. Member States shall adopt, by 31 December 2030, national targets to reduce the leakage levels of wastewater in their territory by 31 December 2035. Member States may provide meaningful incentives to ensure that sewage operators in their territory meet the national targets.
Amendment 391 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Member States shall ensure that individual systems are designed, operated and maintained in a manner that ensures at least the same level of treatmentenvironmental protection as the secondary and tertiary treatments referred to in Articles 6 and 7.
Amendment 393 #
Member States shall ensure that agglomerations where individual systems are used are registered in a public registry and that regular inspections of those systems are carried out by the appropriate authority at least every 3 years .
Amendment 399 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 3
Article 4 – paragraph 3
3. The Commission is empowered toBy [2 years after the entry into force of this Directive], the Commission shall adopt delegated acts in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 27 to supplement this Directive by establishing minimum requirements on the design, operation, and maintenance of individual systems and by specifying the requirements for the regular inspections referred to in paragraph 2, second subparagraph.
Amendment 404 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 4 – introductory part
Article 4 – paragraph 4 – introductory part
4. Member States that use individual systems to treat more than 2 % of the urban wastewater load from agglomerations of 2 0500 p.e. and above shall provide the Commission with a detailed justification for the use of individual systems in each of the agglomerations. That justification shall:
Amendment 406 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 4 – point a a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 4 – point a a (new)
(aa) demonstrate that the use of individual systems does not risk to prevent the fulfilment of the environmental objectives set out in Directive 2000/60/EC, Directive 2008/56/EC, (EU) 2020/2184, Directive 2006/7/EC nor 2008/105/EC.
Amendment 417 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
By 31 December 20325, Member States shall establish a list ofnsure that an integrated urban wastewater management plan is established for agglomerations of between 10 000 p.e. and 100 000 p.e., unless where, considering historic data and state- of-the- art climate projections, one or morincluding seasonal variations, none of the following conditions apply:
Amendment 432 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point c – introductory part
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point c – introductory part
(c) storm water overflow or urban runoff risks to prevents the fulfilment of any of the following:
Amendment 436 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point c – point iv a (new)
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point c – point iv a (new)
(iva) the environmental objectives set out in Article 1 of Directive 2008/56/EC
Amendment 437 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point c – point iv b (new)
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point c – point iv b (new)
(ivb) the Natura 2000 network including Special Areas of Conservation under Directive 92/43/EEC and Special Protection Areas under Directive 79/409/EEC
Amendment 439 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Amendment 441 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 3
Article 5 – paragraph 3
Amendment 448 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 4
Article 5 – paragraph 4
4. Integrated urban wastewater management plans shall be made publicly available toand the Commission on requestMember States shall ensure that the public concerned are given early and effective opportunity to participate in the drafting of the plans.
Amendment 454 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 5
Article 5 – paragraph 5
5. Integrated urban wastewater management plans shall include at least the elements set out in Annex V and prioritise green and blue infrastructure solutions wherever possible.
Amendment 456 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
Article 5 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
Amendment 457 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 1 – point b
Article 5 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 1 – point b
(b) provide methodologies for the determination of alternative indicators to verify whether the indicativverification of the objective of pollution reduction referred to in point 2 (a) of Annex V is achieved;
Amendment 459 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 2
Article 5 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 2
Those implementingdelegated acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 28(2).7. Member States shall ensure that integrated urban wastewater management plans are reviewed every 5 years after their establishment and updated where necessary.
Amendment 495 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
By 31 December 2025, Member States shall establish and publish a list of areas on their territory that are sensitive to eutrophication and update that list every five years starting on 31 December 2030.
Amendment 502 #
The list referred to in the first subparagraph shall include the areas identified in Annex II. By 31 December 2024, the Commission shall publish guidelines for the harmonised implementation of Annex II, in particular with regards to transboundary water bodies.
Amendment 505 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
Article 7 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
Amendment 526 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
Article 7 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
By 31 December 2040, Member States shall ensure that urban wastewater entering collecting systems is subject to tertiary treatment in accordance with paragraph 4 before discharge into areas included in a list referred to in paragraph 2 with regard to all agglomerations of between 10 000 p.e. and 100 000 p.above.
Amendment 564 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 7
Article 7 – paragraph 7
7. Member States shall ensure that discharges from urban wastewater treatment plants which are situated in an area included in a list referred to in paragraph 2 and discharges from urban wastewater treatment plants into a catchment area of an area included in a list referred to in paragraph 2 following one of the regular updates of the list required by that paragraph fulfil the requirements laid down in paragraphs 3 and 4 within seven years of the inclusion in that list .
Amendment 595 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 8 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
On 31 December 203027, Member States shall have established a listnd published a list of areas on their national territory where the concentration or the accumulation of micro-pollutants, including PFAS and micro-plastics, represents a risk for human health or the environment. Member States shall review that list every five years thereafter and update it if necessary.
Amendment 609 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2 – point f
Article 8 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2 – point f
(f) areas where additional treatment is necessary to meet the requirements set out in Directives 2006/118/EC, 2008/56/EC, 2000/60/EC and 2008/105/EC.
Amendment 612 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2 – point f a (new)
Article 8 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2 – point f a (new)
(fa) the Natura 2000 network including Special Areas of Conservation under Directive 92/43/EEC and Special Protection Areas under Directive 79/409/EEC.
Amendment 617 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 3
Article 8 – paragraph 3
3. The Commission is empowered toBy 31 December 2026, the Commission shall adopt implementing acts establishing the format of the risk assessment referred to in paragraph 2, second subparagraph, and delegated acts establishing the method to be used for that risk assessment. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 28(2) and delegated acts in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 27.
Amendment 622 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
Article 8 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
Amendment 639 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2
Article 8 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2
By 31 December 2040, Member States shall ensure that urban wastewater entering collecting systems is subject to quaternary treatment in accordance with paragraph 5 before discharge into areas included in a list referred to in paragraph 2 with regard to all agglomerations of between 10 000 p.e and 100 000 p.above.
Amendment 641 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 4 a (new)
Article 8 – paragraph 4 a (new)
Amendment 642 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 4 b (new)
Article 8 – paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Member States shall ensure that discharges from urban wastewater treatment plants which are situated in an area included in a list referred to in paragraph 2 and discharges from urban wastewater treatment plants into a catchment area of an area included in a list referred to in paragraph 2 following one of the regular updates of the list required by that paragraph fulfil the requirements laid down in paragraphs 3 and 4 within seven years of the inclusion in that list.
Amendment 649 #
6a. The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 27 to amend Annex I to add an indicator and a minimum percentage for removal of micro-plastics in discharges from urban wastewater treatment plants referred to in paragraphs 1 and 3.
Amendment 655 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Member States shall take measures to ensure that, by the last day of the twenty- third month after the date of the entry into force of this Directive, producers who place any of the products listed in Annex III on the market have extended producer responsibility.
Amendment 674 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point a
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point a
(a) the full costs for complying with the requirements set out in Article 8, including the costs for the acquisition, implementation and operation of the quaternary treatment of urban wastewater to remove micro-pollutants resulting from the products and their residues they place on the market, for the monitoring of micro- pollutants referred to in Article 21(1), point (a); and
Amendment 686 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point c a (new)
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point c a (new)
(ca) the costs of providing adequate information to consumers in accordance with Article 10 (1a).
Amendment 692 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 9 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 27 to amend Annex III in order to expand the list of products covered by extended producer responsibility on the basis of the results of the monitoring required under Article 21(4).
Amendment 699 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
2. Member States shall exonerate producers from their extended producer responsibility under paragraph 1 where the producers can demonstrate any of the following:that the products they place on the market do not generate micro-pollutants requiring quaternary treatment of wastewater.
Amendment 704 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point a
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point a
Amendment 719 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point b
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point b
Amendment 729 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 (new)
The Commission shall review and approve such exonerations to ensure coherent application of this Directive.
Amendment 755 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2 – point a – point i
Article 9 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2 – point a – point i
(i) the annual quantities of the products listed in Annex III that they place on the market, including the annual quantity of micro-pollutants contained in those products, in the context of their professional activity;
Amendment 771 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2 – point a – point ii
Article 9 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2 – point a – point ii
(ii) information on the hazardousness of the producmicro-pollutants referred to in point (i) in the wastewaters at the end of their life;
Amendment 789 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2 – point c
Article 9 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2 – point c
(c) each producer’s contribution, as referred to in point (b), is determined based on the quantities and hazardousness in the wastewaters of the micro-pollutants contained in products that are placed on the market;
Amendment 793 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2 – point d a (new)
Article 9 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2 – point d a (new)
(da) associations representing wastewater treatment plant operators have observer status within the extended producer responsibility organisations.
Amendment 795 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 4 a (new)
Article 9 – paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts to establish detailed criteria on the modulation of each producer’s contribution to promote harmonised implementation across the Union, based on the quantities and hazardousness in the wastewaters of the active substance contained in products laid down in paragraph 4, point (c). Those delegated acts shall be adopted in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 27.
Amendment 806 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. Member States shall take the necessary measures to ensure that any producer responsibility organisation established under Article 9(4) is operational by [the last day of the twenty- third month after the date of entry into force of this Directive]. In addition, Member States shall take the necessary measures to ensure that any such producer responsibility organisation:
Amendment 814 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 10 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Member States shall take the necessary measures to inform consumers about waste prevention measures, take- back and collection systems, and the impact of inappropriate means of waste disposal of the products listed in Annex III on the collection, treatment, and discharge of wastewater.
Amendment 817 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 2
Article 10 – paragraph 2
2. Member States shall establish an adequate monitoring and enforcement framework to ensure that producer responsibility organisations fulfill their obligations in a transparent manner, that the financial means of producer responsibility organisations are properly used and that all actors having extended producer responsibility report reliable data to the competent authorities and, when requested, to the producer responsibility organisations.
Amendment 822 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 3
Article 10 – paragraph 3
3. Where, in the territory of a Member State, there are multiple producer responsibility organisations, the Member State concerned shall appoint at least one body independent of private interests or entrust a public authority to oversee the implementation.
Amendment 823 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 4 – introductory part
Article 10 – paragraph 4 – introductory part
4. Member State shall ensure that the producers established on the territory of another Member State or in a third country and placing products on its market appoint a legal or natural person established on its territory as an authorised representative for the purposes of fulfilling the extended producer responsibility obligations on its territory:
Amendment 826 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 4 – point a
Article 10 – paragraph 4 – point a
Amendment 828 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 4 – point b
Article 10 – paragraph 4 – point b
Amendment 832 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 11 – title
Article 11 – title
Energy neutrality of urban wastewater treatment plants and collecting systems
Amendment 833 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. Member States shall ensure that energy audits of urban wastewater treatment plants and collecting systems are carried out every four years. Those audits shall be carried out in accordance with Article 811 of Directive 2012/27/EU and include(...) on energy efficiency (recast) and include an identification of energy efficiency measures to decrease energy consumption in line with the energy efficiency first principle and an identification of the potential for cost-effective use or production of renewable energy, with a. A particular focus to identify and utilise the potential for biogas production, while reducing methane emissionsshould be on the recovery and use of waste heat, onsite or via a district energy system and to identify and utilise the potential for biogas production, while reducing methane and nitrous oxide emissions. The audits shall result in a concrete and feasible action plan. The first audits shall be carried out:
Amendment 871 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 11 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
Article 11 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
2. Member States shall ensure that the total annual energy from renewable sources, as defined in Article 2(1) of Directive (EU) 2018/2001, produced at national level on- or nearby off-site by urban wastewater treatment plants treating a load of 10 000 p.e. and above is equivalent to at least:
Amendment 878 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 11 – paragraph 2 – point a
Article 11 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) 50 % of the total annual energy used by such plants and the collecting systems connected to them by 31 December 2030;
Amendment 890 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 11 – paragraph 2 – point b
Article 11 – paragraph 2 – point b
Amendment 905 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 11 – paragraph 2 – point c
Article 11 – paragraph 2 – point c
(c) 100 % of the total annual energy used by such plants and the collecting systems connected to them by 31 December 204035.
Amendment 931 #
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. In the event of any discharge affecting human or health or the environment in another Member State, the Member State in whose territory the discharge has occurred shall ensure that the competent authority of the other Member State and the Commission are immediately informed.
Amendment 943 #
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) ensures that only those discharges of non-domestic wastewater that can be treated in urban wastewater treatment plants will be accepted into collecting systems and urban wastewater treatment plants;
Amendment 944 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point b b (new)
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point b b (new)
(bb) 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 948 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 14 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 14 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Member States shall ensure that, in case pollutants in non-domestic wastewater that cannot be abated in urban wastewater treatment plants enter collecting systems and urban wastewater treatment plants, the liability for any damage either to human health, to the environment or to wastewater infrastructure should be on the entity releasing those pollutants.
Amendment 957 #
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, unless this threatens the maintenance of minimum ecological flow for the receiving water body or the environmental objectives set out in Article 4 of Directive 2000/60/EC. Where treated wastewater is reused for agricultural irrigation, it shall comply with the requirements established under Regulation (EU) 2020/741 .
Amendment 961 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 15 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 15 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Member States shall ensure that water reuse plans for municipal, industrial, agricultural, and environmental uses are established, contributing to the objectives of Directive 2000/60/EC by addressing water scarcity and the resulting pressures on water resources.The plans shall take into account climate change projections on the availability of water, the integrated urban wastewater management plans referred to in Article 5 of this Directive and the water reuse risk management plans established in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2020/741.The water reuse plans shall be adopted by: a) 2030 for agglomerations of 100 000 p.e. and above; b) 2032 for agglomerations of 10 000 p.e. and above.
Amendment 964 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 15 – paragraph 2
Article 15 – paragraph 2
2. Member States shall ensure that discharges from urban wastewater treatment plants are subject to specific authorisation. Such authorisation shall include discharges of untreated wastewater from collecting systems and shall ensure that the the requirements set out in Part A and B of Annex I are fulfilled.
Amendment 970 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 15 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 15 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Where an environmental quality standard requires stricter conditions than those set out in Part A and B of Annex I, additional measures shall be included in the specific authorisation, without prejudice to other measures which may be taken to comply with environmental quality standards.
Amendment 973 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 16 – paragraph 2 – point a
Article 16 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) the wastewater originates from plants treating a load of 41 000 p.e. and above that belong to the industrial sectors listed in Annex IV and that do not carry out any of the activities listed in Annex I to Directive 2010/75/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council74; _________________ 74 Directive 2010/75/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 November 2010 on industrial emissions (integrated pollution prevention and control) (OJ L 334 17.12.2010, p. 17).
Amendment 978 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 17 – paragraph 1 – point c a (new)
Article 17 – paragraph 1 – point c a (new)
(ca) E. Coli;
Amendment 979 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 17 – paragraph 1 – point c b (new)
Article 17 – paragraph 1 – point c b (new)
(cb) Enterococci
Amendment 980 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 17 – paragraph 1 – point c c (new)
Article 17 – paragraph 1 – point c c (new)
(cc) Legionella pneumophila
Amendment 981 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 17 – paragraph 1 – point c d (new)
Article 17 – paragraph 1 – point c d (new)
(cd) Cryptosporidium
Amendment 986 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 17 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
Article 17 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
2. For the purpose of paragraph 1, Member States shall set up a national system for permanent cooperation and coordination between competent authorities responsible for public health and competent authorities responsible for urban wastewater treatment, using digital tools and technologies as appropriate, with regard to:
Amendment 993 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 17 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Article 17 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 (new)
By 31 December 2025, the Commission shall publish guidance on the location and the frequency of urban wastewater sampling and analysis for each public health parameter identified in accordance with paragraph 1.
Amendment 998 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 17 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
Article 17 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
When a public health emergency due to SARS-CoV-2 is declared by the competent authority responsible for public health in the Member State, the presence of SARS- CoV-2 and its variantsthe relevant pathogen or contaminant of concern shall be monitored in urban wastewaters from at least 70 % of the national population and at least one sample shall be taken per week for agglomerations of 100 000 p.e. and more. This monitoring shall continue until this competent authority declares that the public health emergency due to SARS- CoV-2 has ended.
Amendment 1000 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 17 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
Article 17 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
To determine whether there ia pathogen or contaminant of concern constitutes a public health emergency, the competent authority shall take into account assessments of the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, decisions of the World Health Organisation (WHO) taken in accordance with the International Health Regulations and Commission decisions adopted pursuant to Article 23(1) of Regulation …/… of the European Parliament and of the Council75+. _________________ 75 + OP: Please insert in the text the number of the Regulation contained in document PE-CONS 40/22 (2020/0322(COD)) and insert the number, date, title and OJ reference of that Regulation in the footnote.
Amendment 1005 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 17 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
Article 17 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
For agglomerations of 100 000 p.e. and above, Member States shall, by 1 January 2025, ensure that antimicrobial resistance is monitored at least twicefour times a year at the inlets and outlets of urban wastewater treatment plants and, when relevant, in the collecting systems.
Amendment 1007 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 17 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2
Article 17 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2
Amendment 1008 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 18 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 18 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. By [OP please insert the date = the last day of the second year after the date of entry in force of this Directive], Member States shall identify the risks caused by urban wastewater discharges to the environment and human health taking into account seasonal fluctuations of the environment as well as extreme events such as, but not limited to, droughts, heat waves, and low river levels, and at least those related to the following:
Amendment 1015 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 18 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 18 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) the good ecological status of a water body as defined in Article 2, point (22), the good chemical status of a surface water body as defined in Article 2, (point 24) and the good chemical status of a groundwater body as defined in Article 2, point (25) of Directive 2000/60/EC;
Amendment 1016 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 18 – paragraph 1 – point d a (new)
Article 18 – paragraph 1 – point d a (new)
(da) the status of the Natura 2000 network including Special Areas of Conservation under Directive 92/43/EEC and Special Protection Areas under Directive 79/409/EEC.
Amendment 1017 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 18 – paragraph 1 – point d b (new)
Article 18 – paragraph 1 – point d b (new)
(db) the good environmental status of the marine environment of Directive 2008/56/EC.
Amendment 1022 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 18 – paragraph 2 – point -a (new)
Article 18 – paragraph 2 – point -a (new)
(-a) preventive measures in addition to the measures foreseen or taken in accordance with Article 11(3) of Directive 2000/60/EC, where required to safeguard the quality of the water body; Member States shall ensure that polluters, in cooperation with other relevant stakeholders, take such preventive measures in accordance with Directive 2000/60/EC;
Amendment 1042 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 18 – paragraph 2 – point f a (new)
Article 18 – paragraph 2 – point f a (new)
(fa) reviewing the discharge authorisations issued in accordance with article 15.
Amendment 1043 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 18 – paragraph 3
Article 18 – paragraph 3
3. The identification of the risks carried out in accordance with paragraph 1 of this Article shall be reviewed every 56 years and aligned with the timing of the review of the River Basin Management Plans developed under the Directive 2000/60/EC . A summary of the identified risks accompanied with a description of the measures adopted in accordance with paragraph 2 of this Article shall be included in the national implementation programmes referred to in Article 23 and communicated to the Commission on request . This summary shall be made available to the public.
Amendment 1048 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 19 – paragraph 1
Article 19 – paragraph 1
Member States shall take all necessary measures to improveensure universal access to sanitation for all, in particular for vulnerable and marginalised groups.
Amendment 1059 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 19 – paragraph 2 – point a
Article 19 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) identify categories of people without access, or with limited access, to sanitation facilities, including vulnerable and marginalised grouppaying special attention to groups vulnerable or marginalised due to factors related to their socio-economic situation, race, ethnicity, sexuality, gender expression or identity, disability, housing situation, legal status, religious conviction or other reasons, and provide reasons for such lack of access;
Amendment 1064 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 19 – paragraph 2 – point b
Article 19 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) assess the possibilities and take actions for improving access to sanitation facilities for the categories of people referred to in point (a), including improving the connection to adequate systems to collect urban wastewater; ;
Amendment 1068 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 19 – paragraph 2 – point b a (new)
Article 19 – paragraph 2 – point b a (new)
(ba) ensure the free availability of sanitation facilities in public administrations and public buildings;
Amendment 1074 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 19 – paragraph 2 – point c
Article 19 – paragraph 2 – point c
(c) for all agglomerations of 10 000 p.e. and above, encouragsure the establishment and maintenance of a sufficient number of sanitation facilities in public spaces, which are freely and, in particular for women, safely accessible.
Amendment 1078 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 19 – paragraph 2 – point c a (new)
Article 19 – paragraph 2 – point c a (new)
(ca) raise awareness of the nearest sanitation facilities;
Amendment 1079 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 19 – paragraph 2 – point c b (new)
Article 19 – paragraph 2 – point c b (new)
Amendment 1080 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 19 – paragraph 2 – point c c (new)
Article 19 – paragraph 2 – point c c (new)
(cc) ensure regular cleaning of sanitation facilities, and encourage free access to menstrual products available in sanitation services;
Amendment 1081 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 19 – paragraph 2 – point c d (new)
Article 19 – paragraph 2 – point c d (new)
(cd) take additional measures that they consider necessary and appropriate to ensure that there is access to sanitation for all.
Amendment 1089 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 20 – paragraph 1
Article 20 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall take the necessary measures to ensure that sludge management routes are conform to the waste hierarchy provided for in Article 4 of Directive 2008/98/EC. Such routes shall maximize prevention, re-use and recycling of resources and minimize the adverse effects onensure that there are no adverse effects to human health or the environment.
Amendment 1100 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 20 – paragraph 2
Article 20 – paragraph 2
2. The Commission is empowered toBy 2 years after the date of entry into force of this Directive, the Commission shall adopt delegated acts in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 27 to supplement this Directive by setting out the minimum reuse and recycling rates for phosphorus and nitrogen from sludge, in order to take into account available technologies for phosphorus and nitrogen recovery in sludge and wastewater and by setting out rules for safe sludge management ensuring that there are no adverse effects to human health and the environment.
Amendment 1111 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 21 – paragraph 1 – point d
Article 21 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) the greenhouse gases produceddirect and indirect greenhouse gas emissions by all operational activities of urban wastewater treatment plants of above 10 000 p.e and their collecting systems, including leak detection and the energy used and produced by urban wastewater treatment plants of above 10 000 p.e .
Amendment 1118 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 21 – paragraph 2
Article 21 – paragraph 2
2. For all agglomerations of 10 000 p.e. and above, Member States shall ensure that competent authorities monitor the concentration and loads of pollutants from storm water overflows and urban runofffrequency and volume of storm water overflows and urban runoff and the concentration and loads of corresponding pollutants discharged into water bodies .
Amendment 1121 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 21 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 21 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. For all agglomerations of 10 000 p.e. and above, Member States shall ensure that competent authorities monitor the wastewater leakage from collecting systems.
Amendment 1126 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 21 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point b
Article 21 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point b
(b) parameters listed in Parts A and B of Annex III to Directive (EU) 2020/2184 and substances and compounds included in the watch list as established in accordance with Article 13(8) of that Directive, where urban wastewater is discharged in a catchment area referred to in Article 8 of that Directive;
Amendment 1129 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 21 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
Article 21 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
For all agglomerations of above 10 000 p.e., Member States shall monitor the presence of micro-pollutants and micro- plastics in the sludge.
Amendment 1131 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 21 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 3 – point a
Article 21 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 3 – point a
(a) at least two samples per year, with maximum 6 months between the samples, for agglomerations of 100 000 p.e. and more;
Amendment 1132 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 21 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 3 – point b
Article 21 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 3 – point b
Amendment 1137 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 21 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 4
Article 21 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 4
Amendment 1139 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 21 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 4 a (new)
Article 21 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 4 a (new)
Amendment 1142 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 21 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 21 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. For all agglomerations of above 10 000 p.e., Member States shall perform annually a broad chemical screening, in order to identify substances that cause concern for aquatic life, drinking or bathing water quality or that indicate non-compliant discharges of non- domestic wastewater.
Amendment 1144 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 21 – paragraph 3 b (new)
Article 21 – paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Member States that use individual systems to treat more than 2 % of the urban wastewater load from agglomerations of 500 p.e. and above shall monitor the quality of the receiving waters in each agglomeration using individual systems.
Amendment 1148 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 22 – paragraph 1 – point d
Article 22 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) by 31 December 2025, set up a data set containing information on the number of samples collected and the number of samples taken in accordance with Part D of Annex I that have failed and update that data set annually thereafter;
Amendment 1150 #
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 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 1168 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 22 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
Article 22 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
With regard to the information referred to in paragraph 1, the EEA shall provide the public with access to relevant data through the European Pollutant Release and Transfer Register established under Regulation (EC) No 2006/166. and through the ‘Waterbase’ database, allowing for a comparison of the performance of treatment plants, and supporting compliance with this Directive.
Amendment 1172 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 23 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point b
Article 23 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point b
b) the identification and planning of investments required to implement this Directive for each agglomeration, including an indicative financial estimation, including an estimation of the financial contribution from the producer responsibility organisations established in accordance with Article 10 of this Directive, and a prioritisation of those investments related to the size of the agglomeration and the environmental impact of untreated urban wastewater;
Amendment 1177 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 23 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point c a (new)
Article 23 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point c a (new)
ca) systematic surveys of the personnel requirements in the water sector including the necessary qualifications and training of workers, workforce development and occupational Health and Safety management;
Amendment 1182 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 24 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 24 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Member States shall ensure that adequate, accessible and up-to-date information on urban wastewater collection and treatment is available to the public online, on webpages which are easy to find on the websites of the operator and of the competent authority, free of charge and without restricting access to registered users, in a user- friendly, machine- readable and customised way, in each agglomeration. The information shall include at least the data listed in Annex VI.
Amendment 1187 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 24 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Article 24 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
The information referred to in paragraph 1 shall also be provided by other means upon justified request.
Amendment 1193 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 24 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
Article 24 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
2. In addition, Member States shall ensure that all persons connected to collecting systems receive regularly and at least once a year, in the most appropriate form, including on their invoice orand by digital means, such as by smart applications, without having to request it, the following information:
Amendment 1199 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 24 – paragraph 2 – point a
Article 24 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) information on the compliance of the collection and treatment of urban wastewater with Articles 3, 4, 6, 7 and 8, including a comparison between the actual releases of pollutants in receiving waters with the limit values set out in Tables 1, 2 and 3 of Annex I. This information should be presented in a manner that allows for easy comparison, for example in the form of a percentage of compliance;
Amendment 1208 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 24 – paragraph 2 – point c a (new)
Article 24 – paragraph 2 – point c a (new)
(ca) the total direct and indirect greenhouse gas emissions (in tonnes of CO2 equivalent) emitted per year and source;
Amendment 1210 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 24 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 24 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Member States shall ensure that public warnings are transmitted to end- users of mobile number-based interpersonal communications service in the concerned area when waters listed in Article 8(2), points (a)-(d) are adversely affected by accidental or incidental discharges of urban waste water or storm water overflow.
Amendment 1215 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 24 – paragraph 3
Article 24 – paragraph 3
3. TBy 31 December 2025, the Commission mayshall adopt delegated acts in accordance with the procedure set out in Article 27 to amend paragraph 2 and Annex VI by updating the information to be provided to the public online and to the persons connected to collecting systems in order to adapt these requirements to technical progress and the availability of data in the field.
Amendment 1220 #
Member States shall ensure that, in accordance with the relevant national legal system, members of the public concerned have access to a review procedure before a court of law, or another independent and impartial body established by law to challenge the substantive or procedural legality of decisions or acts or omissions subject to Articles 6, 7 or 8 of this Directive when at least one of the following conditions is met:
Amendment 1231 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 25 – paragraph 2
Article 25 – paragraph 2
2. Member States shall determine what constitutes a sufficient interest and impairment of a right, consistent with the objective of giving the public concerned wide access to justice. To that end, non- governmental organisations promoting the protection of human health or the environment and meeting any requirements under national law shall be deemed as having a sufficient interest or having rights capable of being impaired for the purpose of paragraph 1 of this Article. Member States shall determine at what stage the decisions, acts or omissions referred to in paragraph 1 may be challenged.
Amendment 1234 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 25 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 25 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. This Article shall not exclude the possibility of a preliminary review procedure before an administrative authority and shall not affect the requirement of exhaustion of administrative review procedures prior to recourse to judicial review procedures, where such a requirement exists under national law.
Amendment 1247 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 26 – paragraph 3
Article 26 – paragraph 3
3. Member States shall ensure that national rules and procedures relating to claims for compensation, including as concerns the burden of proof, are designed and applied in such a way that they do not render impossible or excessively difficult the exercise of the right to compensation for damage caused by a violation pursuant to paragraph 1. National rules and procedures relating to actions for damages resulting from violations of this Directive shall not be less favourable to the alleged injured parties than those governing similar actions for damages resulting from violations of national law.
Amendment 1251 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 26 – paragraph 4
Article 26 – paragraph 4
4. Where there is a claim for compensation in accordance with paragraph 1, supported by evidence from which areasonably demonstrating that the damage can be associated with the violation, the causality link may be presumed between the damage and the violation, Member States shall ensure that the onus is on the person responsible for the violation to prove that the violation did not cause or contribute to the damage.
Amendment 1253 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 26 – paragraph 5
Article 26 – paragraph 5
5. Member States shall ensure that the limitation periods for bringing actions for compensation referred to in paragraph 1 are not shorter than 510 years. Such periods shall not begin to run before the violation has ceased and the person claiming the compensation knows that he or she suffered damage from a violation pursuant to paragraph 1. Where there is new scientific data, supporting for the first time a presumption for a causality link between a violation of the requirements of this Directive and the damage, the limitation period shall not begin before the release of this relevant scientific data.
Amendment 1265 #
(ca) the irreversibility of the environmental damage or the duration that is required to remediate it;
Amendment 1266 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 29 – paragraph 2 – point c b (new)
Article 29 – paragraph 2 – point c b (new)
(cb) any relevant previous violations by the operator;
Amendment 1267 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 29 – paragraph 2 – point c c (new)
Article 29 – paragraph 2 – point c c (new)
(cc) any other aggravating or mitigating factors applicable to the circumstances of the case.
Amendment 1268 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 29 – paragraph 2 – point c c (new)
Article 29 – paragraph 2 – point c c (new)
(cc) any penalties previously received for the same violation
Amendment 1279 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 30 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point e a (new)
Article 30 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point e a (new)
(ea) an analysis of the need to introduce reduction targets for greenhouse gas emissions of the wastewater treatment sector;
Amendment 1280 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 30 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point e b (new)
Article 30 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point e b (new)
(eb) an analysis of the need to remove micro-plastics and PFAS from urban wastewater before discharge.
Amendment 1283 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – Part B – point 5
Annex I – Part B – point 5
5. Authorisations for discharges from urban wastewater treatment plants using plastic biomedia shall include an obligation to permanently monitor and prevent all unintentional biomedia release in the environment description of the technologies used, including the type and volume of plastic biomedia, and of the specific wastewater treatment plant retention equipment installed to prevent plastic biomedia release in the receiving environment and an obligation to permanently monitor and prevent all biomedia release in the environment. In case of releases in the environment, operators shall be required to report the incident to competent authorities.
Amendment 1293 #
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 non-domestic wastewater complies with the relevant maximum allowable concentrations set pursuant to Directive 2008/105/EC (as amended);
Amendment 1298 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – Part D – paragraph 4
Annex I – Part D – paragraph 4
1 Requirements for tertiary treatment of discharges from urban wastewater treatment plants referred to in Article 7(1) and (3) . O. For wastewater treatment plants referred to in Article 7(1) both parameters shall apply. For wastewater treatment plants referred to in Article 7(3), one or both parameters may be applied depending on the local situation. The values for concentration or for the percentage of reduction shall apply.
Amendment 1302 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – Part D – paragraph 7
Annex I – Part D – paragraph 7
Note 1: The concentration of the organic substances referred to in points (a), (b) and (bc) shall be measured.
Amendment 1303 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – Part D – point b a (new)
Annex I – Part D – point b a (new)
(ba) Category 3 (substances of high risk) (i) Telmisartan (CAS No 144701-48-4) (ii) Bisphenol A (CAS No 80-05-7) (iii) Beta-estradiol (CAS No 50-28-2) (iv) Perfluorooctane sulfonic acid (PFOS) (CAS No 1763-23-1)
Amendment 1304 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – Part D – paragraph 8
Annex I – Part D – paragraph 8
Note 2: The percentage of removal shall be calculated for at least six substancesten substances including all substances in category 3 . The number of substances in category 1 shall be twice the number of substances in category 2. If less than sixten substances can be measured in sufficient concentration, the competent authority shall designate other substances to calculate the minimum percentage of removal when it is necessary. The average of the percentages of removal of all substances used in the calculation shall be used in order to assess whether the required 80 % minimum percentage of removal has been reached.
Amendment 1337 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex V – point 1 – point b a (new)
Annex V – point 1 – point b a (new)
(ba) a mapping of urban impervious surfaces, including asphalt driveways, concrete patios, and rooftops; and an action plan with concrete measures to increase urban green spaces;
Amendment 1349 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex V – point 2 – point a – paragraph 1
Annex V – point 2 – point a – paragraph 1
an indicative objective that storm water overflow, represents no more than 1 % of the annual collected urban wastewater load calculated in dry weather conditions;
Amendment 1352 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex V – point 2 – point a – paragraph 2 – introductory part
Annex V – point 2 – point a – paragraph 2 – introductory part
This indicative target shall be met by:
Amendment 1362 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex V – point 4 – point a
Annex V – point 4 – point a
(a) firstly, preventive measures aiming at avoiding the entry of unpolluted rain waters into collecting systems, including measures promoting natural water retention or rainwater harvesting, and measures increasing green spaces orand blue spaces including parks, trees and woodland patches with native species, green roofs, wildflower grasslands, gardens, city horticulture, tree-lined streets, urban meadows and hedges, ponds and watercourses limiting impermeable surfaces in the agglomerations;
Amendment 1364 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex V – point 4 – point b a (new)
Annex V – point 4 – point b a (new)
(ba) thirdly, in areas of new developments, requirements for separate sewers;
Amendment 1365 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex V – point 4 – point c
Annex V – point 4 – point c
(c) finally, where necessary to achieve the objectives referred to in point 2, additional mitigation measures including the adaptation of the infrastructure for the collection, storage and treatment of urban wastewater or the creation of new infrastructures with a priority to green and blue infrastructure such as green urban spaces, green roofs, vegetated ditches, treatment wetlands and storage ponds designed in order to support biodiversity Where relevant, water reuse shall be considered in the context of the development of the integrated urban wastewater management plans referred to in Article 5.
Amendment 1368 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex V – point 4 – point c
Annex V – point 4 – point c
(c) finally, where necessary to achieve the objectives referred to in point 2, additional mitigation measures including the adaptation of the infrastructure for the collection, storage and treatment of urban wastewater or the creation of new infrastructures with a priority to green infrastructure such as vegetated ditches, treatment wetlands and storage ponds designed in order to support biodiversity. Where relevant, water reuse shall be considered in the context of the development of the integrated urban wastewater management plans referred to in Article 5.
Amendment 1373 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex VI – point 3 a (new)
Annex VI – point 3 a (new)
(3a) Information on the source of the urban wastewater, including the categories: (a) Domestic wastewater (b) Non-domestic wastewater (c) Urban run-off
Amendment 1375 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex VI – point 4 – point c
Annex VI – point 4 – point c
(c) the frequency, location, volume and an estimate of the load of pollutants of the discharges from urban wastewater treatment plants and combined sewer and separate sewer collecting systems for urban runoff and storm water overflows for the parameters referred to in Tables 1 and 2 of Annex I.
Amendment 1376 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex VI – point 4 a (new)
Annex VI – point 4 a (new)
(4a) Information on penalties received in accordance with Article 29 and the underlying infringements of national provisions.
Amendment 1377 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex VI – point 4 b (new)
Annex VI – point 4 b (new)
(4b) Information on the quality of the receiving waters, including: (a) Compliance with good chemical and ecological status for surface and groundwater under Directive 2000/60/EC; (b) Compliance with Directive 2006/7/EC expressed in the number of bathing sites failing to meet good bathing water quality due to urban wastewater pollution as well as the number of temporary bathing prohibitions, specifying the reasons for prohibition.
Amendment 1384 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex VI – point 8 – point c
Annex VI – point 8 – point c
(c) the tonnes of CO2 equivalent produced or avoided per year due to the operation of the urban wastewater treatment planttal direct and indirect greenhouse gas emissions (in tonnes of CO2 equivalent) emitted per year and source. .
Amendment 1386 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex VI – point 9
Annex VI – point 9
(9) the total direct and indirect greenhouse gas emissions (in tonnes of CO2 equivalent) produced or avoidemitted per year by the operation of urban wastewater collection and treatment infrastructures in each agglomeration and, if available, the total greenhouse gas emissions (in tonnes of CO2 equivalent) produced during the construction of those infrastructures;
Amendment 1387 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex VI – point 10
Annex VI – point 10
(10) information on how to lodge a complaint and how to report non- compliant wastewater discharges to competent authorities and a summary of the nature and statistics regarding complaints and of the answers provided by the urban wastewater treatment plant operators on matters falling within the scope of this Directive.
Amendment 1390 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex VI – point 10 a (new)
Annex VI – point 10 a (new)
(10a) upon request, consumers shall be given access to historical data, dating back at least 10 years.