Activities of Andreas MÖLZER related to 2011/2297(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Implementation of EU water legislation (debate)
Amendments (9)
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
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1. Declares that water is a shared resource of humankind and a public good and therefore should not be a source of profit, and that access to water should constitute a fundamental and universal right; stresses that the sustainable use of water is an environmental and health necessity that plays a fundamental role in the climate regulation cycle; reiterates that ‘the management of water resources should not be subject to internal market rules’ (EP Resolution P5_TA (2004)0183) and invites the European Commission to review the relevant legislation, particularly that on public procurement and concessions, so as to guarantee continued or restored exclusive public ownership and management of water and water utilities;
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion
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2. Notes that every enterprise depends on water resources and believes that the future of industry in Europe depends on thean effective and sustainable response to the current water challenges;
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion
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Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion
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Paragraph 4
4. Notes the potential for better data management, based on an improvement in statistical information and the use of GMES monitoring of the state of water resopressurces andon these pressources on them from economic activity;
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion
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8. Reminds the Member States of their obligations under the WFD to achieve good water status by 2015, and calls on the Member States and the Commission to act as quickly as possible to take all necessary measures and to make sufficient funding and technical assistance available to reach these water quality targets; considers that the participation of citizens, environmental NGOs and the civil society is essential for successful implementation of the WFD and sustainable environmental management as a whole;
Amendment 29 #
Draft opinion
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5. Notes the potential of hydropower as a form of CO2-neutral and own-resource- based energy production that can effectively respond to a large part of the demands of European energy supply; calls for the development of new and innovative energy solutions in this area;
Amendment 34 #
Motion for a resolution
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3. WelcomClassifies the Commission’s upcoming ‘Blueprint to safeguard Europe’s water resources’ as the EU policy response to current and future water challenges, with the objective of ensuring sufficient availability of good-quality water for sustainable and equitable water use to 2050 without impinging on national jurisdictions in relation to water;
Amendment 34 #
Draft opinion
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Paragraph 11
11. Regrets that the European Commission proposal amending the WFD (COM (2011)876) adds only 15 new chemical substances from a list of 2000 potentially dangerous substances that should be monitored and reduced, and fails to set out clear timetables to phase out the most dangerous chemicals, despite explicit legal requirements agreed upon since 2000; asks, therefore, the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety, in its recommendation to the Commission, to pay particular attention to the priority substances mentioned above – very often identified by petitioners as ‘toxic and radioactive waste’ – given the high degree of risk they pose, as water contaminants, to human health;
Amendment 45 #
Draft opinion
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15. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to develop water awareness programmes and information campaigns so as to introduce a water saving and water efficient culture among the European citizens.